"Senior officers of the two cells have already been repatriated to their parent units while others are under transfer."
List of duty assignments and parent units from 1942 to present.
However over the years various sections of the volunteers grew large enough to become independent from their parent unit.
After the intake process, most inmates go to a "parent unit" for their initial assignment.
Note that the parent unit of the centimorgan, the morgan, is rarely used today.
'And that's all you'll do 'til you get to your parent unit.
The battalion was disbanded in October 1943 and its men returned to their parent units.
When not deployed, the elements that would make up a battlegroup remain with their parent units.
We essentially decide who the parent unit is for this student applicant.
This average configuration does, of course, vary widely dependent on the parent unit and their equipment.