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==Troops in civilian organizations== In the United States, [[State police (United States)|state police]] forces are often regionally divided into troops. This usage came from these organizations modelling themselves on the US Army, and especially the [[United States Cavalry|older cavalry]] units. For this same reason the state police and highway patrol personnel of most states are known as "troopers" rather than "officers". In [[Scouting]], a [[scout troop]] is a unit made up of scouts or [[Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting|guides]] from the same locality under a [[Scout Leader|leader]]. In the case of Guides, the term "company" is used more often, and was used by [[Robert Baden-Powell|the founder]] in his first books about guiding.
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