squadron

A body of troops drawn up in a square.

Those half-rounding guards / Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined.

A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.

A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.

A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer

the North Atlantic Squadron

A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).

To divide up into squadrons.