3rd Infantry Division

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Third Infantry Division
Nickname The Lucky Third[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XXVII Corps

The Third Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

The Third had a fairly dull history, having survived through the centuries because it had been kept out of most conflicts.[1]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Furillo,[2] assigned as part of XXVII Corps, Eleventh Army to District 1 of the Lyran Commonwealth Military Region and then transferred to District 3 in 2765 in response to the Periphery Uprising. The Third was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Third Infantry Division
Major General Nathaniel Kipper IX 2764[1]

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Infantry division, the Third would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[4]

References[edit]

  1. a b c Field Manual: SLDF, p. 141: "3rd Infantry Division"
  2. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 255: "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Command"
  3. The Star League, p. 144: "Eleventh Army"
  4. The Star League, p. 133: "Divisions - Infantry Division"

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