Editing Infantry (section)

== Organization ==
{{Main|Military organization}}
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[[File:2014.8.26 GOP 통신병 Republic of Korea Army 6th Infantry Division (14925350059).jpg|thumb|[[Republic of Korea Army]] infantry of the [[6th Infantry Division (South Korea)|6th Infantry Division]], [[Reconnaissance|Reconnaissance Battalion]] during an exercise in 2014]]

The organization of military forces into regular military units is first noted in Egyptian records of the [[Battle of Kadesh]] ({{circa|1274 BC}}). Soldiers were grouped into units of 50, which were in turn grouped into larger units of 250, then 1,000, and finally into units of up to 5,000 – the largest independent command. Several of these Egyptian "divisions" made up an army, but operated independently, both on the march and tactically, demonstrating sufficient military [[command and control]] organisation for basic battlefield manoeuvres. Similar hierarchical organizations have been noted in other ancient armies, typically with approximately 10 to 100 to 1,000 ratios (even where [[base 10]] was not common), similar to modern [[Section (military unit)|sections (squads)]], [[Company (military unit)|companies]], and [[regiment]]s.<ref>{{cite book|author-link1=Miguel A. Centeno |last1=Centeno |first1=Miguel A. |last2=Enriquez |first2=Elaine |title=War and Society |date=31 March 2016 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-313-22348-8 |pages=81–84 |chapter=Origins of Battle}}</ref>