178th Jump Infantry Division

178th Jump Infantry Division
Nickname I am not a number, I am a free man![1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XXXI Corps


The 178th Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XXXI Corps, Thirteenth Army, to District 3 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery.[2] The 178th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 178th Jump Infantry Division
Major General Winston Churchill Mather 2764[1]

Other Unit Officers[edit]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Jump Infantry division the 178th would have been formed from two brigades of Jump Troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments and two Ground Aero Wings.[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 165
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 146, "Thirteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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