1st Infantry Division

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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
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.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 195
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 149: "Sixteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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