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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image         = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
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| image     = [[Image:Star League Logo.png]]
| Designation    = 184th Mechanized Infantry Division
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| nickname  = n/a
| formed         = unknown
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| parent formation = [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]]
| Disbanded      = 2784<ref name="FSWp34"/>
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| formed   = unknown
| Previous Designation =  
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| disbanded = 2784<ref name="FSWp34"/>
| Nickname      = Any Which Way We Can<ref name=FM:SLDFp149>Field Manual SLDF, 149</ref>
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| year      = 2784
| Affiliation    = SLDF
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| unitname  = 184th Mechanized Infantry Division
| Parent Command = [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]]
 
| Sub-Command    =  
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
 
The '''184th Mechanized Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
 
The '''184th Mechanized Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[2764]] the 184th was a part of [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]] within the [[11th Army (Star League)|Eleventh Army]] and was assigned to District 1 of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Military Region]]. The 184th was subsequently transferred to District 3 by [[2765]] in response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising|Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL144>''The Star League'', p. 144, "Eleventh"</ref> The 184th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], but despite the fate of the 184th being regarded as unknown for several centuries after the fall of the [[Star League]],<ref name=SL144/> subsequent publications released in the thirty-first and thirty-second centuries revealed that the 184th almost certainly survived the Hegemony campaign and remained in the [[Inner Sphere]], joining [[Major General]] [[Lauren Hayes]] and the other SLDF units who chose to join [[ComStar]] in support of [[Jerome Blake]]. The 184th is believed to have formed the basis of the "mercenaries" used to create the [[4th ComStar Expeditionary Division|Fourth ComStar Expeditionary Division]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34, "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref> Following [[Operation SILVER SHIELD]] in June [[2788]], in which ComStar's Expeditionary Divisions seized control of [[Terra]], the vast majority of the Expeditionary Divisions were demobilized and their equipment cached for the future, forming the basis of the later [[Com Guards]].<ref name="H:LOTV2p117">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 117, "ComStar and the Com Guard"</ref>
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In [[2764]] the 184th was a part of [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]] within the [[11th Army (Star League)|Eleventh Army]] and was assigned to District 1 of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Military Region]]. The 184th was subsequently transferred to District 3 by [[2765]] in response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising|Periphery Uprising]].<ref name=SL144>''The Star League'', p. 144, "Eleventh"</ref> The 184th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], but despite the fate of the 184th being regarded as unknown for several centuries after the fall of the [[Star League]],<ref name=SL144/> subsequent publications released in the thirty-first and thirty-second centuries revealed that the 184th almost certainly survived the Hegemony campaign and remained in the [[Inner Sphere]], joining [[Major General]] [[Lauren Hayes]] and the other SLDF units who chose to join [[ComStar]] in support of [[Jerome Blake]]. The 184th is believed to have formed the basis of the "mercenaries" used to create the [[4th ComStar Expeditionary Division|Fourth ComStar Expeditionary Division]] in [[2784]].<ref name="FSWp34">''First Succession War'', p. 34, "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref> Following [[Operation SILVER SHIELD]] in June [[2788]], in which ComStar's Expeditionary Divisions seized control of [[Terra]], the vast majority of the Expeditionary Divisions were demobilized and their equipment cached for the future, forming the basis of the later [[Com Guard]].<ref name="H:LOTV2p117">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 117, "ComStar and the Com Guard"</ref>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 184th Mechanized Infantry Division'''
 
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 184th Mechanized Infantry Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Edena Maric]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp149/>
 
 
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|}
  
 
==Tactics==
 
==Tactics==
The Mechanized Infantry Divisions of the Star League were used offensively to exploit gaps in the enemy front created by the BattleMech Divisions. They also bore the brunt of defensive actions.
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The Mechanised Infantry Divisions of the Star League were used offensively to exploit gaps in the enemy front created by the BattleMech Divisions. They also bore the brunt of defensive actions.
  
 
==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
The Division comprised two Brigades of Mechanized Infantry and a single BattleMech Brigade. Also attached was a Ground Aero Wing.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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The Division comprised two Brigades of Mechanised Infantry and a single BattleMech Brigade. Also attached was a Ground Aero Wing.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
 
* ''[[The Star League]]''
  
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Mechanized Infantry Division, 0184th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Mechanized Infantry Division|Mechanized Infantry Division, 0184th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Mechanized Infantry Division|Mechanized Infantry Division, 0184th]]

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