Eli5. Why do military groups (101st airborne for example) seem to be numbered in random order
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Does “101st Airborne” literally mean what it says, that there were already 100 “Airbornes”, making the next one the
“101st Airborne”? Or does it just mean “The 101st unit, of all the army units ever made, is an Airborne type.”
I guess another way to ask this is, can there be some other “101st” that isn’t Airborne, or does the existence of “101st Airborne” mean no other unit is going to be called “101st”. (So they all share the same numberspace.)
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