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=== Battalion === | === Battalion === | ||
A battalion contains four companies, plus a group of personnel assigned as "Battalion Headquarters Section" (eight hundred men in total), commanded by a [[Major]] or [[Lieutenant Colonel]], with a "Battalion First Sergeant," usually a Gunnery | A battalion contains four companies, plus a group of personnel assigned as "Battalion Headquarters Section" (eight hundred men in total), commanded by a [[Major]] or [[Lieutenant Colonel]], with a "Battalion First Sergeant," usually a [[Gunnery Sergeant]] or above. | ||
=== Regiment === | === Regiment === | ||
A regiment contains three battalions, plus a group of personnel assigned as "Regimental Headquarters Section" (three thousand men in total), commanded by a Colonel, or in some cases a Brigadier General. | A regiment contains three battalions, plus a group of personnel assigned as "Regimental Headquarters Section" (three thousand men in total), commanded by a [[Colonel]], or in some cases a [[Brigadier General]]. | ||
=== Division === | |||
A division contains three regiments, plus a group of personnel assigned as "Division Headquarters Section" (fourteen thousand men in total), commanded by a [[Brigadier General]] or [[Major General]]. The extra personnel in the force number given are support units, including medical, combat engineering, maintenance, and military police. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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