68th Jump Infantry Division

Sixty-eighth Jump Infantry Division
Nickname Drop Dead Legs[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XI Corps


Overview

The Sixty-eighth 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 XI Corps, Sixteenth Army, to District 3 of the Draconis Combine 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.[2] The Sixty-eighth was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Sixty-eighth Jump Infantry Division
Major General Devin LeRoss 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

As an SLDF Jump Infantry division the Sixty-eighth 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. 191
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 149: "Sixteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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