Perhaps. I'm debating on writing a fan fiction where a group of Spartan Is are recalled back together after the war with the Covenant starts, and they try to make up for the scarcity of Spartan IIs. Not as effective, but still better than the average ODST.
"This one has forgotten whether it's heatsink is over capacity. It wonders whether the criminal scum considers itself fortunate" ~ Blasto, the only Hanar Spectre.