Halland News – General Amongstus and the Halland Military have been working towards modernizing the military during the past two years and have moved one step closer to that goal. As of today, the 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th Mechanized Infantry Divisions have been renamed the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th Mechanized Infantry Divisions. Essentially, those Divisions will now have the number 1 in front of their original Division number.

"The purpose behind the renaming is to differentiate the Mechanized Infantry Divisions from the regular Infantry Divisions,” added General Amongstus. "New unit patches have been created in order to show the distinctions. The mechanized divisions will have a dark blue bar in the upper left hand corner of the patch.”

According to military officials, regular infantry divisions are not equipped with armored personnel carriers (APC’s), attack Humvees, and other supporting vehicles like those of the mechanized divisions. ...