Abel Team is a SPARTAN Special Operations team formed in 2549 as the product of Project Abel. Abel is also apart of the Inter-species Joint Operations Task Force. All members of the team would later join the SPARTAN-IV Program. It's had a stable commander in Taylor-B025 since it's formation. Abel team has served in dozens of campaigns, including Operation: JAILBIRD, the Fall of Reach, Battle of Uterria, Battle of Earth, and the Battle of Installation 00. The team originally consisted of 11 spartan super soldiers, but following the conclusion of the Human-Covenant War there are only 8 left.