Elites spawn with AR on Invasion

So I was playing as an Elite on Invasion game type and the entire team spawned with Assault Rifles. It was the oddest glitch. I was so confused that I got pwned by a Spartan that had jumped of the ship. For a split second I thought the green bastard was on my team!

Something sure got screwed up cause the Bnet stats are unavailable. Does that mean our shut out didn't get recorded? Woot!