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{{infoBoxStateUnit
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| Designation   = 80th Royal Jump Infantry
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| nickname = n/a
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| parent formation = [[Star League Defense Force]]
| Disbanded      =
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| formed  = unknown
| Previous Designation =
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| year    = 2764
| Nickname      = The East Hartford Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp149>Field Manual SLDF, 149</ref>
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| unitname = 80th Royal Jump Infantry
| Affiliation    = [[Star League]]
 
| Parent Command = [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]]
 
| Sub-Command    =  
 
 
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==Overview==
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The '''Eighty Royal Jump Infantry''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
The '''Eightieth Royal Jump Infantry''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. It was one of the [[Star League Defense Force Royal Divisions|SLDF's Royal units]], which consisted of troops from the [[Terran Hegemony]].
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]], [[11th Army (Star League)|Eleventh Army]], to District 1 of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Military Region]] and then transferred to District 3 by [[2765]].<ref name=SL144>''The Star League'', p. 144, "Eleventh"</ref>  
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In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]], [[Eleventh(Star League)|Eleventh Army]], to District 1 of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Military Region]] and then transferred to District 3 by [[2765]].<ref name=SL144>''The Star League'', p. 144, "Eleventh"</ref>. The 80th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL144/>
  
The Eightieth took part in the winter fighting for Moscow in January [[2777]]. Its jump capable 'Mechs and light armor were not affected by the frozen rivers in the area allowing them to push against the defending Thirty-third Amaris Dragoons and secure the river crossings. <ref name=lot2p53>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 53</ref>
 
 
The Eightieth survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL144/>
 
 
==Officers==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 80th Royal Jump Infantry Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Paul Habeas]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp149/>
 
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==Tactics==
 
Unknown.
 
 
==Composition History==
 
As an [[SLDF]] [[Jump Infantry]] [[division]] the Eightieth would have been formed from two [[Brigade|brigades]] of Jump Troops, one brigade of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and two Ground Aero [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wings]].<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
 
*''[[The Star League]]''
 
*''[[The Star League]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
  
  
[[Category:Star League Defense Force - Exodus Commands|Jump Infantry Division, 0080th Royal]]
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Royal Jump Infantry, 00080th]]
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Jump Infantry Division|Jump Infantry Division, 0080th Royal]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Royal Commands|Jump Infantry Division, 0080th Royal]]
 

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