platoon
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Brown, 26, who left the Army Reserve after seven years as an infantry platoon commander, wore it in training and on deployments.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“It would be like if I was leading a platoon of Marines but went to a hotel to sleep at night while they’re out in a foxhole,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Before you can command a ship, a platoon, a flight of fighters,” he told graduates, “you must be able to command yourself.”
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
He joined the Marines and led a rifle platoon of the Third Marine Division in Vietnam, where he received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
I was the platoon sergeant for one of them, and a cadet named Dalio was the platoon sergeant for the other.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
Developing the ability to deploy platoons of robots that can carry out orders without hesitating also speaks to skepticism in Beijing about the reliability of PLA mission commanders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
This year, mercenaries began transiting through Bosaso in Somalia, where local sources told AFP a UAE-run section of a military base has hosted platoons of uniformed foreigners, transported in cargo planes.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Many of us in the platoons of the federal workforce cannot afford to be dismissed, however illegal the dismissal might be.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2025
On March 16, 1968, Calley led one of the three platoons of Charlie Company into the village known by U.S. military planners as My Lai 4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
Every now and then, a tank rolls through, followed by several platoons of troops.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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