101st Jump Infantry Division
101st Jump Infantry Division | |
Formed | unknown |
Nickname | The Screaming Eagles |
Affiliation | SLDF |
Parent Command |
Contents
Overview
The 101st Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.
History
The 101st could trace its history back over seven hundred years, to a unit from the Western Alliance nation the United States of America, the 101st Airborne Division.[1]
In 2764, the unit was stationed on Armington[2], assigned as a part of the LXII Corps, Fourth Army, to District 3 of the Federated Suns Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery in 2765 as part of the redeployment effort to fight the Periphery Uprising.[3] The 101st survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[3]
Officers
Rank | Name | Command | |
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Commanding Officers of the 101st Jump Infantry Division | |||
Major General | Stephen Zeller | 2764[1] |
Tactics
The 1011th BattleMech Brigade is expert at combat drops.
Composition History
As an SLDF Jump Infantry division the 101st would have been formed from two brigades of Jump Troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments and two Ground Aero Wings.[4]
2764
- Parachute Battalion