Again, completely wrong. I'm looking at the GI article right now and there is nothing in there that comes close to what you just said. All it says with regards to the Chief is, and I quote, "whatever the case may be, Chief is on the run with a fireteam of his oldest compatriots, the last remaining active Spartan II's: Fred, Linda, and Kelly. Blue Team is considered AWOL by the Office of Naval Intelligence and Spartan Locke is tasked with recruiting a squad of his own, Fireteam Osiris, and tracking him down." AWOL simply means Absent WithOut Leave, it merely means that the Chief is missing and no one knows why or where, but WE know that "something happens to Chief," which causes Blue Team to drop off the grid. Locke is merely trying to "bring him home."