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Posted by: DoctorPsychology
Posted by: StealthSlasher2
Noble Team had more frontline interaction than the other Spartans. As such, they were promoted so that they wouldn't be 'hijacked' by any ranking officers seeking to pull rank and use the Spartans for their own needs. It was stated so here.
Likely it was to prevent potential incidents like the one that occurred in First Strike where Lt Haverson tried to take command of the situation and override the Chief.
Oh, okay. Thank you. That bothered the sh1t out of me for a long time.
Why hasn't Chief been promoted though?
Probably because he didn't need to be. The Spartan IIs generally conducted their operations completely separated from the frontline troops and usually are directly deployed by the ONI detachment giving the orders (Stanforth, the personnel of the ONI ship in The Package, etc, etc) so it's straight forward with little room of being reassigned on the spot to the point there would be a conflict of interest.
Noble Team seems to have been formed with frontline trooper interaction in mind in regards to whatever operations they would be commonly assigned to. Which, would warrant the high ranks as insurance to prevent things from changing in the field. Ironically it didn't stop Halsey, a civilian at that, from commandeering Noble Team from Holland without his advance notice.