1st Infantry Division
First Infantry Division | |
Nickname | The Big Red One[1] |
Affiliation | Star League |
Parent Command | XLIV Corps |
The First Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.
History[edit]
In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XLIV Corps, Sixteenth Army, to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery.[2] The First was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2] The unit traced its lineage back almost 1000 years to a Western Alliance formation.
Officers[edit]
Rank | Name | Command | |
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Commanding Officers of the First Infantry Division | |||
Major General | Clift Cantigny | 2764[1] |
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.[3] In addition to the normal formations for a leg infantry division, there are the 345th Heavy and 346th Assault Tank regiments and a full regiment of artillery.