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Section Formation
-----------------

.. command:: section

.. parsed-literal::

   section <name>
      debug
      detached
      offset ...
      [lead] unit ... end_unit
   end_section

Overview
========

A sections is a formation that is formed from two unit sub-formations. Sections
cannot be defined at the root level in input files. Sections can also be
defined in script, see :class:`WsfFormation` and  :class:`WsfFormationManager`.
Sections can be given commands, see :class:`WsfFormationCommand`.

.. _Section_Formation.Common_Formation_Commands:

.. include:: common_formation_commands.txt

Sub-formation Commands
======================

.. command:: unit ... end_unit

   Define a unit sub-formation. See :doc:`unit`.

.. command:: lead

   Specify that the following unit sub-formation is to be the lead
   sub-formation of this section. Sections defined in input files must have
   one of their sub-formations designated as the lead sub-formation.