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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand
| image = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
| Designation = Fifty-third Jump Infantry Division
| formed =
| Disbanded =
| Previous Designation =
| Nickname = The Cyclones of Castle Rock
| Affiliation = [[Star League]]
| Parent Command = [[LXIX Corps (Star League)|LXIX Corps]]
| Sub-Command =
}}
The '''Fifty-third Jump Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.

==History==
In [[2764]], the unit was stationed on [[Lackland]],<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 252: "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"</ref> assigned as a part of the [[LXIX Corps (Star League)|LXIX Corps]], [[3rd Army (Star League)|Third Army]] to District 2 of the [[Federated Suns Military Region]], but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]].<ref name=SL151>''The Star League'', p. 151: "Third"</ref> The unit's nickname of "The Cyclones of Castle Rock" more than likely originates from the unit using their jump packs during the powerful storms on Lackland's capital island of Castle Rock.<ref name=FMSLDFp65>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 65: "53rd Jump Infantry Division"</ref>

The Fifty-third was destroyed during the [[Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL151/>

==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 53rd Jump Infantry Division'''
|-
| [[Major General]]||[[Nirmala Wruck]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FMSLDFp65/>
|-
|}

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
As an SLDF [[Jump Infantry]] [[division]], the Fifty-third would have been formed from two [[brigades]] of Jump Troops, one brigade of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiments]] and two Ground Aero [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wings]].<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>

===2764===
*[[245th Jump Infantry Regiment]]<ref name=FMSLDFp65/>

==References==
<references/>

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

[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Jump Infantry Division|Jump Infantry Division, 0053rd]]

53rd Jump Infantry Division - Revision history

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