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  2. Regiment - Wikipedia

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    A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service, or specialisation. In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, [1] recruited or conscripted in one geographical area, by a leader who was often also the feudal lord in capite of the soldiers.

  3. Regiment (United States Army) - Wikipedia

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    A regiment is a military unit that has been in use by the United States Army since its inception. Derived from the concept originating in European armies, a regiment was historically commanded by a colonel , and consisted of ten companies , for a total of approximately 1,000 soldiers.

  4. List of United States Marine Corps regiments - Wikipedia

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    1st Marine Parachute Regiment: Paramarines: 8th Marine Regiment: More Than Duty 9th Marine Regiment: Striking Ninth 16th Marine Regiment: 17th Marine Regiment: 18th Marine Regiment: 19th Marine Regiment: 20th Marine Regiment: 21st Marine Regiment: 24th Marine Regiment: N/A Combat Logistics Regiment 15: N/A Combat Logistics Regiment 25: N/A ...

  5. U.S. Army Regimental System - Wikipedia

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    The United States Army Regimental System (USARS) is an organizational and classification system used by the United States Army.It was established in 1981 to replace the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS) to provide each soldier with continuous identification with a single regiment, and to increase a soldier's probability of serving recurring assignments with their regiment.

  6. Military organization - Wikipedia

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    A regiment with such support elements is called a regimental combat team in US military parlance, or a battlegroup in the UK and other forces. Canadian Army doctrine also includes the combat team which is a company of infantry augmented with tanks, or a squadron of tanks augmented with infantry, or the combination of a full company of infantry ...

  7. Company (military unit) - Wikipedia

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    A notable exception is The Royal Canadian Regiment, which names its companies sequentially throughout the regiment from the Duke of Edinburgh's Company (instead of A Company) in the 1st Battalion to T Company in the 4th Battalion. Many regiments name their companies after battle honours or former units that make up the current regiment, for ...

  8. List of established military terms - Wikipedia

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    A Dictionary of Military Architecture: Fortification and Fieldworks from the Iron Age to the Eighteenth Century by Stephen Francis Wyley, drawings by Steven Lowe; Victorian Forts glossary Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. A more comprehensive version has been published as A Handbook of Military Terms by David Moore at the same site

  9. Battalion (United States Army) - Wikipedia

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    5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base A battalion is a military unit used by the United States Army since it was first formed. It has traditionally been commanded by a lieutenant colonel, assisted by a command sergeant major as the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer (NCO).