eli5 Where do the numbers in military units come from?

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I always see, for example, military units, like the 126th division or whatever, but I never see any mention of divisions 1-125, or 127 and beyond, etc. The numbers always seem so arbitrary, but there has to be a reason they’re used to name the units. Can someone please explain how this works to me? Thanks.

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You generally hear about the ‘successful’ units. Government isn’t creative or anything else so something as benign as draft date and location may determine the unit’s pagination.

The exception being seal team 6 which was ‘numbered’ intentionally as a misleading tactic

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