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| image = [[Image:Lyran Guards brigade logo.png|150px|Brigade Insignia of the Lyran Guards]]
| Designation = Third Lyran Guards Division
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| Affiliation = Lyran Commonwealth
| Parent Command = [[Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FR2765p14">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 13-14, "Lyran Guards"</ref>
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The '''Third Lyran Guards Division''' was one of six operational [[division]]s active within the [[Lyran Guards]] [[brigade]] during the [[Star League era]].<ref name="FR2765p14"/>

==History==
=== Star League Era ===
The origin of the Third Lyran Guards Division and her assorted sister divisions lay in the sheer size of the Lyran Guards brigade. The largest brigade within the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during the Star League era<ref name="FR2765p14"/> - and possibly the [[Age of War]] and the early [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] - the Lyran Guards was the only brigade to have a series of permanently staffed headquarters established between the regimental and brigade levels. The original divisional structure called for each division to be responsible for ten regiments, but this practice came to include those regiments struck from the rolls over the history of the Lyran Guards. By 2765 only one division had a full ten active regiments under its command: the [[1st Lyran Guards Division|First]].<ref name="FR2765p14"/>

Originally established as the divisional headquarters for the [[21st Lyran Guards|Twenty-first]] through [[30th Lyran Guards|Thirtieth Lyran Guards]] regiments, by the mid-[[twenty-eighth century]] the number of regiments commanded by the Third had dropped to six as a result of regiments being destroyed or disbanded. Despite the diminished combat strength of the Third, the division had established a reputation as being the home for the Lyran Guards' rising stars whilst commanded by [[Leutnant-General]] [[Kristy Kiirlund]] in the 2760s. The Third Division was also responsible for conducting [[Operation HOUND DOG]], a division-level deployment that saw all seven of the Third's regiments deploy into the inhabited [[Circinus]] system, hunting for pirates. Whilst the [[Free Worlds League]] declined to provide any troops or observers during Operation HOUND DOG - the League considering the Operation to be nothing more than a "snipe hunt" - the [[Star League Defense Force]] dispatched a small team of observers to accompany the Third, which was successful in tracking down pirates using Circinus as a base of operations. By 2765 the various regiments of the Third were back up to full strength after taking relatively few casualties during the campaign.<ref name="FR2765p14"/>

During this era the Lyran Guards lacked any particular political ties - either regional or familial - unlike other brigades and formations; commonly assigned to garrison postings, the regiments of the Lyran Guards were postings of choice for those who wanted to work for the Commonwealth without either regional loyalties or particular ambitions. This led to the Lyran Guards Divisions being manned by soldiers who were professional, but without the close-knit ties found in more parochial regiments. The LCAF was intent on generating more camaraderie and ''esprit de corps'' amongst the Lyran Guards regiments, but with little success by 2765.<ref name="FR2765p14"/>

==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 3rd Lyran Guards Division'''
|-
| [[Leutnant-General]]||[[Kristy Kiirlund]]||[[2765]]<ref name="FR2765p14"/>
|}

==Tactics==
Different per Unit.

== Composition History ==
=== 2765 ===
* [[Twenty-first Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FR2765p14"/>
* [[Twenty-third Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FR2765p14"/>
* [[Twenty-fourth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FR2765p14"/>
* [[Twenty-sixth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FR2765p14"/>
* [[Twenty-ninth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FR2765p14"/>
* [[Thirtieth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FR2765p14"/>

==Reference==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''

[[Category:Lyran Commands|Lyran Guards Division, 03rd]]

3rd Lyran Guards Division - Revision history

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