179th Jump Infantry Division
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Overview
The One Hundred Seventy-ninth 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 VIII Corps, Fourteenth Army, to District 1 of the Draconis Combine Military Region and then transferred to District 2 in 2765 as part of the redeployment effort to fight the Periphery Uprising.[1] The 179th was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[1]
Composition
As an SLDF Jump Infantry division the 179th would have been formed from two brigades of Jump Troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments and two Ground Aero Wings.[2]