In 1618, he was at the height of his power, commanding fifty warships in his fleet which were split into separate squadrons.
In the early 1950s, most of its detachments were replaced by separate squadrons.
The Politikoi were probably not a unitary regiment of horse, but a collection of separate squadrons with each squadron having its own distinctive dress and equipment.
It houses the 32 Tactical Attack (TA) Wing which comprises four separate squadrons.
On the level ground they split into their separate squadrons and headed out in diverging directions.
The vice-admirals were also useful if a particular armada needed to be split into separate squadrons.
On 10 May 1945 the Mosquitos were formed into a third separate squadron - 334 Squadron.
In 1859, the Australia Squadron was formed as a separate squadron and remained in Australia until 1913.
Today the regiment exists as separate squadrons within the U.S. Army.
Then they did a remarkable thing: They divided into three separate squadrons, like miniature fighter planes.