Detachment (military)
A detachment (from the
1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne) (SFOD-D), commonly known as Delta Force
by the general public.
Detachment is also the term used as the collective noun for personnel manning an artillery piece (e.g. gun detachment).
Use by Cadet forces in the United Kingdom
The Army Cadet Force in the United Kingdom breaks its structure down into local detachments which usually consist of between 10 and 40 cadets. Several detachments make up a company.
The Combined Cadet Force, however, does not use this term. Individual units are known as Cadet Contingents.
See also
- Geographically Separate Unit
References
- ^ Gilad Soffer (22 January 2015). 35000+ English - French French - English Vocabulary. Soffer Publishing. pp. 598–. GGKEY:JCQ0293AJWG.
- ISBN 978-0-8179-8983-5.
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