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===Post-Heresy===
[[Image:DGArt9th.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The Death Guard advances{{Fn|54c}}]]
Due to Mortarion's traditionalism, the modern Death Guard uses roughly the same organization as it did before and during the Heresy. The primary force of the Death Guard consists of seven '''Plague Companies''', each with its own mountain fortress on the [[Plague Planet]] and are led by [[Lord Commander (Legiones Astartes)|Lord Commanders]].{{Fn|25a}} These Companies consist of thousands of warriors and their own fleets, aircraft, tanks, [[Daemon|daemonic]] cohorts, and super-heavy vehicles, dwarfing modern Space Marine [[Chapter|Chapters]]. Each Plague Company consists of '''Sepsis Cohorts''' of roughly seven hundred [[Plague Marine|Plague Marines]]. A Sepsis Cohort is divided among two '''Maladictums''', each with seven '''Colonies''' which in turn are broken up into seven squads.{{Fn|25a}}
The current organization of the Death Guard consists of:{{Fn|25a}}