65th Jump Infantry Division

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Sixth-fifth Jump Infantry Division
Nickname The Tornadoes[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XLVI Corps

The Sixty-fifth Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as part of XLVI Corps, Nineteenth Army, of the Periphery 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 Sixth-fifth survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Sixth-fifth Jump Infantry Division
Major General Henry Matoskah 2764[3]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF jump infantry division the Sixth-fifth would have comprised two brigades of jump troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments and two ground aero wings.[4]

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 223
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 157: "Nineteenth"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 223: "LVI Corps"
  4. The Star League, p. 133

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