1st Infantry Division

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First Infantry Division
Disbanded 2765[1]
Nickname The Big Red One[2]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XLIV Corps

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

History[edit]

The First Infantry Division traced its lineage back almost 1000 years to an elite Western Alliance formation.[2]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Braunton,[3] assigned as part of XLIV Corps, Sixteenth Army to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery in 2765. The First was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising.[1]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the First Infantry Division
Major General Clift Cantigny 2764[2]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

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

2764[edit]

First Infantry Division[2]

References[edit]

  1. a b The Star League, p. 149: "Sixteenth Army"
  2. a b c d Field Manual: SLDF, p. 195: "First Infantry Division"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 256: "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command"
  4. The Star League, p. 133: "Divisions - Infantry Division"

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