Stormtrooper Corps

The Stormtrooper Corps, also referred to as the Trooper Corps, was an independent military branch operating under the Imperial Army of the Galactic Empire. The Corps was best known for its near limitless supply of obedient stormtroopers trained at Imperial academies across the galaxy, as well as its near fanatical devotion to the Emperor. Regarded as the Empire's chief enforcers, the Corps would serve to remind the civilian populace of the Empire's military supremacy.

History
Inheriting the military forces of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Stormtrooper Corps would possess a large amount of highly trained infantry units to support military excursions against remaining Separatist holdouts. The Corps was ultimately founded by a group of clone commandos. Due to the military buildup during the Clone Wars, the Corps continued to rely on Republic-era clone troopers for a few years after the Proclamation of the New Order. Nonetheless, the clone stormtroopers' fighting skills ultimately deteriorated due to their accelerated aging process. In response, the Corps began accepting non-clone recruits into its ranks, with most remaining clones being disbanded four years before the Battle of Yavin.

During the earlier years of the Galactic Empire, the Imperial army also deployed Imperial Army soldiers on many worlds instead of stormtroopers. As the Empire continued, however, the army upgraded as these soldiers were phased out in favor of more stormtroopers. By the time of the Mimban campaign Imperial army soldiers had not been not completely phased out and fought alongside stormtroopers, but the army's upgrade to increase stormtroopers had begun.

Training and equipment
Although their ranks were numerous and possessed some of the finest weaponry and armor, with much development spearheaded by the Imperial Department of Military Research, stormtroopers were generally less respected as soldiers at least in comparison to their clone predecessors by the Empire's adversaries and surviving veterans of the clone wars. Nevertheless, stormtroopers were trained to be fiercely loyal to Emperor Palpatine and were reputedly incapable of betraying him. According to Imperial records the Corps, had never trained a trooper-turned-traitor.

Organization of units
In the Stormtrooper Corps, one of the smallest units was a squad, which consisted of ten stormtroopers. A platoon was made up of five squads, and a company was made up of four platoons. Higher up, a battalion consisted of four companies, and a regiment had four battalions. A legion was made up of four regiments giving one a total of twelve-thousand-eight-hundred stormtroopers.