The Canadian Army is restructuring from one being based around 4 regions (west, central, east and Atlantic) to one based around 4 functions (warfighting, homeland defense, garrison support, and training). This video dives into how Canada's new divisions will be organized in much greater detail than as been published through official media. Here is the order of battle as of September 2026, not including further out changes that may or may not take place (like an Aviation Brigade under 1 Cdn...

In this Depth Section video I talk about the U.S. Marine Corps short-lived J-series Marine Division that was used from 1947 to 1949. It was an unorthodox organization resulting from the shrinking of the corps post-WW2 and was the first purpose-built peacetime Marine Division (except for the H-series of 1946 that didn't change much). Instead of being based on 2 Infantry Regiments manned at cadre levels (about 50% manning) which would be expandable to 3 Infantry Regiments during wartime (the...

Task Force 1-28 Infantry was a light infantry battalion task force from 2015 to 2020 under the 3rd Infantry Division. When it existed 1-28 IN was the only “organic” light infantry task force in the army. In this case, they use task force to refer to a reinforcement to the typical battalion structure and not a task organized unit, because the add-ons were organic to its MTOE and they shared the same regimental affiliation. It's not like a typical battalion task force, where the supporting...