Morgan_Keyes wrote:
Then we have the inverting of 'Division' and 'Regiment'. Every military across the world that uses these terms, a Regiment is smaller then a Division. In fact their definition of Regiment in relation to Division is actually the definition between Brigade and Regiment in the US military. IOW to paraphrase, 'Brigades are not formal organizations but refer to a given regiment plus any temporary or permenantly assigned auxiliary support units'.
This is the American usage...things are slightly different in Britain.
In the UK Battalions are organised into Brigades (permenant units) which are then organised into divisions. Generally 4 battalions to a brigade and three brigades to a division.
The concept of a regiment is differnet in Britain too. Each 'regiment' is made up of one or more battalions and they have traditional names (Royal Greenjackets, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (my old unit), THe GReen Howards, etc). THe battalions of a regiment are linked by a common heritage but do not necessarily serve together...except in the Guards where they form the Guards Brigade (Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Coldream and Grenadier Guards).