159th Jump Infantry Division

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159th Jump Infantry Division
Formed unknown
Nickname Hill Hoppers[1]
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command XIV Corps

The 159th Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned as a part of the XIV Corps, Fourteenth Army, to District 1 of the Draconis Combine Military Region and then transferred to District 3 by 2765.[2] The 159th survived the war, the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus, in 2784.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 159th Jump Infantry Division
Major General Karem Baki 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

As an SLDF Jump Infantry division, the 159th would have been formed from two brigades of Jump Troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments, and two Ground Aero Wings.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 173
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 147: "Fourteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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