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89. A military unit doesn't gain or lose its designation whether there us war or not.

The state of war is especially irrelevant when a reference to a military unit is used as I did: brigade's worth. This means I am not referring to an actual existing brigade but the number of combatants approximating the number of combatants in a brigade. And that number doesn't change whether any particular brigade is at war or not. Nor does it refer to casualties. Just as a gallon of gasoline is still a gallon of gasoline whether it is the amount of gasoline you have used today, or the amount of gasoline in the tank of your car, or the amount of gasoline at the refinery.

Brigade's worth, according to the chart I provided, equals to 2000 - 5000 troops. When the number of casualties is referred to as "brigade's worth", it refers to 2000 - 5000 casualties. It's their number, not their condition, not their location and not the state of their engagement.

I was under the impression that this number of troops would be equivalent to a division's worth (not a reference to any actual division, just the number of troops), but I was mistaken, and I corrected the error.