"former units" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to measurements, groups, divisions, or even people that used to be part of a larger unit. For example, "The former units of the disbanded army are now scattered across the country."
The Halliburton Company and Honeywell Inc. won a 30-day extension of a stay on more than 250,000 asbestos-related claims against former units.
A senior Afghan official said General Fahim was under intense pressure to continue paying former units of the Northern Alliance, which led the victorious campaign against the Taliban that brought the current government to power, until they can be fully demobilized into civilian jobs.
Over time graphite irradiation ageing has been expressed by a number of units, including Calder Hall Equivalent Dose (CED MWd ATE−1), Equivalent DIDO Nickel Dose (EDND n cm−2), En > 0.18 MeV (n cm−2) and the now preferred, displacements per atom (dpa), although the former units are still often used.
On Feb. 11, 2009, the SEC announced that Halliburton and its subsidiary KBR had agreed to pay $579 million in disgorgement and penalties to settle charges that one of their former units bribed Nigerian officials during the construction of a gas plant.
The only personnel retained by the Army were the interpreters, who were returned to their former units.
He was a leader in Melbourne's Anzac Day marches, a patron of a number of his former units' associations, and honorary colonel of the 5th Battalion (Victorian Scottish Regiment).
The company is a former unit of Lucent Technologies.
Citi isn't completely letting go of its former unit from the outset.
Assicurazioni Generali, based in Trieste, is buying Continent from Toro Assicurazioni, a former unit of Fiat.
That was with a former unit of Standard Bank of South Africa, which agreed to pay $32.6m.
He has offered to assist Ellison in identifying cases where his former unit withheld evidence from the trials of campaigners.
