17th Jump Infantry Division

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17th Jump Infantry Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Golden Talon
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command XXI Corps

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

History

In 2764 the 17th was stationed on Saiph,[1] the unit was assigned, as a part of the XXI Corps, First Army, to the Terran Military Region and transferred to District 1 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region by 2765.[2] The 17th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 17th Jump Infantry Division
Major General Ambrose Haughton 2764[3]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

As an SLDF Jump Infantry division, the Seventeenth would have been formed from two brigades of Jump Troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments and two Ground Aero Wings.[4]

Known Units

References

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 251: "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 140: "First Army"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 43: "17th Jump Infantry Division"
  4. The Star League, p. 133
  5. Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 12

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