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Military unit
A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service, or specialisation. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: RegimentA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Review of 75th Ranger Regiment Battle-Injured Fatalities Incurred During Combat Operations From 2001 to 2021Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Rough RidersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: `Being Regimented': Aspiration, Discipline and Identity Work in the British Parachute RegimentCited 318 times
- Go sideways: BattalionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: BrigadeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
Noun Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.
Noun The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
Noun Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
`Being Regimented': Aspiration, Discipline and Identity Work in the British Parachute Regiment
A physical demands analysis of the 24-week British Army Parachute Regiment recruit training syllabus
"Black Troops" and Hierarchies of Color in the Portuguese Atlantic World:: The Case of Henrique Dias and His Black Regiment
An Audiological Survey of Officers at an Infantry Regiment
The Development of a Preselection Physical Fitness Training Program for Canadian Special Operations Regiment Applicants
GnRH agonist treatment regulates IL-6 and IL-11 expression in endometrial stromal cells for patients with HRT regiment in frozen embryo transfer cycles
Are Copycats Subversive? Strategy-31, the Russian Runs, the Immortal Regiment, and the Transformative Potential of Non-Hierarchical Movements
Reinforced regiment of interferon alfa-2a reduces the incidence of cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a multicentre randomized trial
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Review of 75th Ranger Regiment Battle-Injured Fatalities Incurred During Combat Operations From 2001 to 2021
Effect of Almond Residue Soil Amendments and Irrigation Regiment on Organic Acid Development and Transport in Soil
Understanding the Immortal Regiment: Memory Dualism in a Social Movement
Mixing effect for the bath with bottom regiment arrangements in the steelmaking converter
Effects of Probiotic Short-Term Regiment on Oral Health Parameters in Children: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
📚 Books worth reading
The Rough RidersTheodore Roosevelt · 1894
Army Life in a Black RegimentThomas Wentworth Higginson · 1870
Andersonville; a story of rebel military prisonsJohn McElroy · 1879
Co. AytchSamuel Rush Watkins · 1882
Band of BrothersStephen E. Ambrose · 1992
Bravo Two ZeroAndy McNab · 1991
Ghost soldiersHampton Sides · 2001
The Edge of the SwordAnthony H. Farrar-Hockley · 1954
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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