The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.
A frame or framework.
A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.
A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.
A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
To divide up into squadrons.