Corporal Harland's fireteam

This squad fought in the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV. It consisted of four marines whose names were Corporal Harland, Private Fincher, Private Walker, and Private Cochran. During the battle, they and two other squads of marines were sent on a recon patrol to set up motion sensors at Grid 13 x 24, and were ambushed by the Covenant. Two of the three squads were destroyed by a Hunter's Assault Cannon, and Harland's squad escaped to their Warthog, but Cochran took a Needler round to his stomach, and Walker was frozen up with fear and shock. The marines quickly filled Cochran with biofoam, as the Needler round had exploded in him. They drove back to Firebase Bravo, but found it, and all of the marines present at the time, destroyed. They witnessed the bond brother of the Hunter they had seen earlier kill a group of marines hiding in a river bank, and promptly fled. They made their way to Alpha Base, and were attacked by a pair of Banshees. Walker refused to shoot the Banshees with his Jackhammer launcher, but Cochran, despite his serious injuries, shot both down. Upon arriving at Alpha Base, they found it decimated by the Covenant, with only fourteen survivors. Corporal Harland assumed command and called in for evac, and recieved three squads of Spartan II's