Editing Region (section)

===Military regions===
{{Army units}}
{{see also|Military district}}
In military usage, a region is shorthand for the name of a military [[Military organization#Commands, formations, and units|formation]] larger than an [[Army group|Army Group]] and smaller than a [[Theater (warfare)|Theater]]. The full name of the military formation is Army Region.<ref name=MilitaryRegion>{{cite web
|url=https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/Military-Units/Army/#army
|title=Military Units: Army Region
|website=US Department of Defense
|access-date=2023-05-18
}}</ref> The size of an Army Region can vary widely but is generally somewhere between about 1 million and 3 million soldiers. Two or more Army Regions could make up a Theater. An Army Region is typically commanded by a full [[General]] (US four stars), a [[Field Marshal]] or [[General of the Army]] (US five stars), or [[Generalissimo]] (Soviet Union); and in the [[United States Armed Forces|US Armed Forces]] an [[Admiral]] (typically four stars) may also command a region. Due to the large size of this formation, its use is rarely employed. Some of the very few examples of an Army Region are each of the Eastern, Western, and southern (mostly in Italy) fronts in Europe during [[World War II]]. The military map unit symbol for this echelon of formation (see [[Military organization]] and [[APP-6A]]) is identified with six Xs.