User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: Previous Beacon teams/@comment-24994749-20140816044333

I think Monty mentioned in the AfterBuzz that Mercury and Emerald have their own team that's not with Cinder.

That said, I think Glynda and Oobleck are some years younger than Ironwood and Ozpin.

Also, given Torchwick calls Emerald a "street rat", I think she has never received formal education. Not sure if she paired up with Mercury upon being recruited by Cinder or if they were already together when she hired them.

My guess is that Ironwood, Ozpin, Port and Peach? fought together in the latest war. Irowood came out of it with different feelings than Ozpin. Glynda and Qrow, depending on age gap, might have been durect subordinates of Ozpin or Ironwood.