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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand
 
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| image          = [[Image:Star League Logo.png]]
 
| Designation    = 172nd Mechanized Infantry Division
 
| Designation    = 172nd Mechanized Infantry Division
 
| formed        = unknown
 
| formed        = unknown
 
| Disbanded      =  
 
| Disbanded      =  
 
| Previous Designation =  
 
| Previous Designation =  
| Nickname      = The Turpentine Division<ref name=FMSLDFp123>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 123: "172nd Mechanized Infantry Division"</ref>
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| Nickname      = The Turpentine Division<ref name="FM:SLDFp123">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 123: "172nd Mechanized Infantry Division"</ref>
| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
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| Affiliation    = SLDF
 
| Parent Command = [[XLI Corps (Star League)|XLI Corps]]
 
| Parent Command = [[XLI Corps (Star League)|XLI Corps]]
 
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== History ==
 
== History ==
Stationed on [[Labouchere]] in the years prior to the fall of the [[Star League]], elements of the 172nd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 1722nd Brigade, discovered [[Marik Militia]] troops on an unauthorized deployment. The discovery devolved into a short firefight between the units.<ref name=FMSLDFp123/>
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Stationed on [[Labouchere]] in the years prior to the fall of the [[Star League]], elements of the 172nd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 1722nd Brigade, discovered [[Marik Militia]] troops on an unauthorized deployment. The discovery devolved into a short firefight between the units.<ref name=FMSDLFp123/>
  
 
In [[2764]] the 172nd was assigned as a part of the [[XLI Corps (Star League)|XLI Corps]], [[Ninth Army (Star League)|Ninth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]] but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]] to take part in the [[SLDF]] response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] by [[2765]].<ref name="TSLp142">''The Star League'', p. 142, "Ninth"</ref> The 172nd survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name="TSLp142"/>
 
In [[2764]] the 172nd was assigned as a part of the [[XLI Corps (Star League)|XLI Corps]], [[Ninth Army (Star League)|Ninth Army]], to District 2 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]] but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]] to take part in the [[SLDF]] response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] by [[2765]].<ref name="TSLp142">''The Star League'', p. 142, "Ninth"</ref> The 172nd survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name="TSLp142"/>
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 172nd Mechanized Infantry Division'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 172nd Mechanized Infantry Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Jasper Odam]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FMSLDFp123/>
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| [[Major General]]||[[Jasper Odam]]||[[2764]]<ref name="FM:SLDFp123"/>
 
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The Division comprised two Brigades of Mechanized Infantry and a single BattleMech Brigade. Also attached was a Ground Aero Wing.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
The Division comprised two Brigades of Mechanized Infantry and a single BattleMech Brigade. Also attached was a Ground Aero Wing.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
  
* One of the Brigades was the [[1722nd Brigade (SLDF)|1722nd Brigade]].<ref name=FMSLDFp123/>
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* One of the Brigades was the [[1722nd Brigade (SLDF)|1722nd Brigade]].<ref name="FM:SLDFp123"/>
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

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