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| image = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
| Designation = Fifteenth BattleMech Division
| formed = [[2571]]
| Disbanded =
| Previous Designation =
| Nickname = The Bryant Division<ref name=FM:SLDFp119>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 119</ref>
| Affiliation = [[Star League]]
| Parent Command = [[XII Corps (Star League)|XII Corps]]
| Sub-Command =
}}
The '''Fifteenth BattleMech Division''' or '''The Bryant Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.

==History==
The Division was originally formed as the Fifteenth Division during the creation of the SLDF in [[2571]], and was a part of [[V Corps (Star League)|V Corps]] during the [[Reunification War]], where it served in the [[Outworlds Alliance]] campaign from [[2581]] to [[2585]].<ref name="H:RWp141">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 141: "Outworlds Alliance Front"</ref>

As a part of the Outworlds Alliance task force, the Fifteenth was stationed on [[Delacruz]] and [[Senorbi]]<ref name="H:RWp106">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 106: "Reunification War: Outworlds Alliance Front Deployments (2581)"</ref> when military action against the Alliance began. The Fifteenth was the only division from V Corps to see active combat during the first year of the war, with the [[Forty-fourth Brigade]] conquering [[Schirmeck]]<ref name="H:RWp113">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 113: "Schirmeck"</ref> and the [[Forty-third Brigade|Forty-third]] and [[Forty-fifth Brigade]]s conquering [[Weisau]].<ref name="H:RWp113+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 113: "Weisau"</ref> The Fifteenth was deployed to [[Medron]] in [[2582]] and saw little combat, but in [[2583]] the Fifteenth was involved in conquering [[Ki Zoban]],<ref name="H:RWp123">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 123: "Ki Zoban"</ref> before taking part in the battle for [[Lushann]].<ref name="H:RWp124">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124: "Battle for Lushann"</ref> The Forty-third and Forty-fifth Brigades took part in the attempted raid on [[Tellman IV]] under the command of [[General]] [[Amos Forlough]], the Outworlds Alliance Task Force commander, and as a result took heavy damage during the [[Day of Vengeance]] at the hands of the [[Pitcairn Legion]] and [[Outworlds Alliance Militia]] forces.<ref name="H:RWp124+">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 124+: "Day of Vengeance"</ref> For the remainder of the war, the Fifteenth Division found itself involved in the continual grinding conflict on Lushann, and was still on Lushann when the [[Treaty of Cerberus]] came into effect in August [[2585]], ending the Outworlds Alliance campaign.<ref name="H:RWp141"/><ref name="H:RWp126">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 126: "Peace in Our Time"</ref> After the war, the Fifteenth Division and the bulk of V Corps formed the major part of the [[Outworlds Alliance Army of Occupation]], establishing bases alongside the new Star League administration offices on each of the Outworlds Alliance worlds.<ref name="H:RWp160">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 157–160: "The Terms of Outworlds Freedom"</ref>

In [[2764]], the Fifteenth Division had been redesignated as the Fifteenth BattleMech Division, and was assigned to [[XII Corps (Star League)|XII Corps]], a part of the [[9th Army (Star League)|Ninth Army]], deployed within District 2 of the [[Free Worlds League Military Region]]. The Fifteenth was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]] to take part in the [[SLDF]] response to the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] by [[2765]].<ref name=SL142>''The Star League'', p. 142: "Ninth"</ref> The Fifteenth survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL142/>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Fifteenth BattleMech Division'''
|-
| [[Major General]]||[[Beatrice Ling]]||pre-[[2764]]<ref name=FMSLDFp206>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 206</ref>
|-
| [[Major General]]||[[Chase Desola]]||2764<ref name=FM:SLDFp119/>
|}

==Tactics==
Despite the doctrine and organization originally defined for divisions during the creation of the SLDF, the Fourth would most likely have been a mélange of combined armed units.<ref name="H:RWp27">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 27: "Divisions and Brigades"</ref>

==Composition History==
===2581===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #dedede;" | '''Brigades of the Fifteenth BattleMech Division - 2581'''
|-
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #efefef;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #efefef;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #efefef;" | Brigade
|-
|[[Lieutenant General]]
|[[Clay Strombergs]]<ref name="H:RWp113"/>
|[[Forty-third Brigade]]
|-
|Lieutenant General
|[[Simone di Martino]]<ref name="H:RWp113+"/>
|[[Forty-fourth Brigade]]
|-
|Lieutenant General
|
|Forty-fourth Brigade
|}

===2764===
'''The Fifteenth BattleMech Division''' (3 Brigades)<ref name=SL142/><br />
As a BattleMech division, the Fifteenth would have consisted of one brigade of mechanized infantry and two brigades of [[BattleMechs]], plus an air [[Wing (Military Unit)|wing]] and combat and logistical support units.<ref name="H:RWp27"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="4" style="background: #dedede;" | '''Brigades of the Fifteenth BattleMech Division - 2764'''
|-
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #efefef;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #efefef;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #efefef;" | Brigade
|-
|
|
|151st Brigade<ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref>
|-
|
|
|152nd Brigade
|-
|
|
|153rd Brigade
|}

==Notes==
It was confirmed by the author of ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' that in general, the Divisions listed within [[The Star League|the Star League sourcebook]] be traced back directly to those Divisions listed within ''Historical: Reunification War''.<ref name="CGL:ATW05102011">''[http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,11015.0.html Ask the Writers: Star League Divisions: Reunification War to Liberation of Terra]'' {{Dead link|date=November 2024}}</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
* ''[[The Star League]]''

[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - BattleMech Division|BattleMech Division, 0015th]]
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