detachment vs squadron

detachment

noun
  • A permanent unit organized for special duties. 

  • Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness. 

  • The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation. 

  • The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission. 

  • The unit so dispatched. 

  • The action of detaching; separation. 

  • Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity. 

  • Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed. 

squadron

noun
  • A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer 

  • 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 body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers. 

verb
  • To divide up into squadrons. 

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