Brigade

A brigade was a large military infantry formation.
==History==
The Grand Army of the Republic made use of brigades in its unit structure as massive formations of clone troopers. Two entire brigades, for example, were made up of many individual battalions. Furthermore, the Republic's special forces were identified as the Special Operations Brigade, and the Clone Youth Brigade was composed of young clone cadets. Standard clone trooper organized into brigades were led by a Jedi Commander. Senator Mon Mothma, serving as Chancellor of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, believed that a single brigade of clone troopers could penetrate a planet's orbital defenses and conquer the world.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
The Confederacy of Independent Systems utilized maintenance brigades within the CIS Navy. These brigades were deployed after the Subjugator-class heavy cruiser Malevolence was critically damaged during the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula. The Battle of Utapau at the end of the war saw two full clone brigades deployed against the CIS.
The Galactic Empire continued the use of brigades, with one such brigade being under the command of Colonel Brenna. A resistance group allied with the Rebel Alliance during the Coruscant civil war went by the name of Anklebiter Brigade.Aftermath Years later, the Empire's successor state, the First Order, also utilized brigades, with one brigade being led by a First Order major.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Battlefront II
*Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss 
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*Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization 
*Shadow Fall 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Organizational military units