Major finally meeting new group of soldiers (8)
I believe the answer is:
regiment
'group of soldiers' is the definition.
'regiment' can be an answer for 'soldiers'. I am unsure of the 'group of' bit.
'major finally meeting new' is the wordplay.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
'new' indicates an anagram.
The final letter of 'major' is 'r'.
'meeting' is an anagram of 'egiment'.
'r'+'egiment'='REGIMENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for regiment that I've seen before include "Force under colonel" , "Order" , "Organise; army unit" , "Army group" , "subject to excessive control" .)