How To Use Platoon In A Sentence

The reconnaissance is conducted by teams from the reconnaissance company of the airborne brigade and the reconnaissance platoon of an IFV-equipped airborne battalion or by a designated platoon of an airborne battalion. FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support
Just getting anyone in the area to tell the platoon where the former mukhtar lived had taken three months of pleading, and after several false leads that day, the soldiers had found him. The Coming Normalcy?
I slipped back a barrelful of years and gave him the dap we'd worked out in the platoon. SNOWJOB
He is one of a platoon of French intellectuals praising the game as a noble art compared with the selfish showmanship of football. Times, Sunday Times
The smallest combat engineer in the security platoon, Bourgeois, 19, was constantly ribbed about being tiny.

During the 1990s, Liverpool's biggest contribution to mainstream rock culture involved dispatching platoons of terrifying feral scallies to mug people at Glastonbury.
They took cover in a farm house but arrival of an enemy platoon made the situation hopeless. Times, Sunday Times
And then he did it again, leading the scratch platoon he had formed on to its objective.
This includes a radio operator, light and heavy machine gun operators, and at least a lieutenant or two who bark out orders for the platoon to follow.
To me, it is reminiscent of an old corporation dustcart, not dissimilar to the one seen in the 1971 feature film when the Dads Army platoon hitch a ride back to Walmington-On-Sea from their manoeuvres (thank you Anoneumouse). And now... the European Army
He makes us see and hear with him the tens of thousands of stone cutters and the ring of their tools squaring the "setts"; and then one platoon after another stepping forward and laying down its row of stones followed by rank after rank of men with the paviours 'rammers, which rise and fall at the sweep of the band-master's rods, keeping time in a stately music as they advance; the continuous falling and crashing of the trees as other thousands of hands ply the axes along the lines, that creep, slowly, but visibly, on through the Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
Information they gathered was sent back to platoon headquarters by runner and radioed from the village to Company headquarters.
After more than 20 years in uniform, I am convinced that half the battle is letting your squads and platoons fight.
In like manner the commander of Fort Casimir, when he found his martial spirit waxing too hot within him, would sally forth into the fields and lay about him most lustily with his sabre; decapitating cabbages by platoons; hewing down lofty sunflowers, which he termed gigantic Swedes; and if, perchance, he espied a colony of big-bellied pumpkins quietly basking in the sun, "Ah! caitiff Yankees!" would he roar, "have I caught ye at last? Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
He made over 40 parachute jumps while serving as a rifle platoon leader, battalion adjutant, and commander of a raider platoon.
Molly, an English bulldog, graduated recruit training with Platoon 2103, Company G, in October, then took up duties as the depot mascot.
Their platoon indeed rescued many valuable pieces. Christianity Today
He deployed his command in local platoon and company bases spread throughout the country's key urban areas. Times, Sunday Times
A typical task organization for route clearance would be two ATGMs with a section of infantry, including the rifle platoon sergeant and forward observer, and a sapper squad in the engineer squad vehicle under the MGS platoon leader.
When a platoon of American troops in WWII were making their way across Europe, they came across a bombed-out monastery with these words graffitied on its basement wall.
His platoon, attacking heavily fortified and strategically located hostile emplacements, had been stopped by intense fire from a large bunker containing several firing posts.
The ablutions, cookhouse and accommodation are checked for cleanliness, these jobs being a major headache in a platoon location.
Manager Davey Lopes plans to platoon Matt Stairs and Alex Ochoa in right field.
With gunfire cracking all around, the soldier seized his commander's radio and relayed what had happened to other members of the platoon. Times, Sunday Times
He is ready to proceed with the implementation of the President's directive about nonsegregation down to the platoon level, and proposes to initiate this in the three cavalry regiments and the AA battalion up north, but does not want to do it if it is premature. "[ Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
He's finally healthy, and he hits left-handers well enough to keep from being platooned. MLB Fantasy: American League lineups
A grey drizzle filled the valley, obliterated the mountains and separated the receding regiment of trees into saw-edged platoons.
The MGS platoon, task organized with an infantry squad, a sapper squad, and an MEV, are tasked to standby with the first sergeant for CASEVAC.
The 1943 company had three infantry platoons, each with three rifle squads, a light machine gun squad, and a 60 mm mortar squad.
If you are the medical platoon leader for an infantry or armor battalion task force, you are expected to have what you need to treat patients.
It can be practised by units as small as a company or platoon, or as part of a major programme to protect an industrial site or air base.
This was true despite contact with the enemy, which for the independent tank battalions oc - curred as early as 29 December 1942, when the Afrika Rorps mauled a platoon of Company A, 70th Tank Battalion, north - east of Pichon, Tunisia. Steel Victory
Our self-mocking domestic equivalent to America's invincible locomotive is the platoon of lawnmowers that shaved the Astroturf in the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
They are currently locked in animated detailed discussion with their platoon commander, an experienced infantry captain.
You have to navigate through minefields of homemade fudge, baked hams, office peanut brittle, holiday eggnog, hot toddies, smoked cheese logs and platoons of armed and dangerous gingerbread men.
Dixon platooned as if he were coaching a football team, and none of the Americans was playing much longer than 20 minutes in any game. Underdawgs
The line of troops went onward, and more small units and platoons of swordsmen and spearmen moved in for the battle.
IT is just after dawn at Sandhurst, and a platoon of officer cadets in full dress uniform wheels round the parade ground. Times, Sunday Times
platoons of tourists poured out of the busses
Acting as the beaters, the infantry platoon is to clear the woods for the enemy eyes forward.
While carrying the M-1 in the platoon his rifle never fell to the ground.
Another force at a light battalion commander's disposal is his antitank platoon or company.
Prior to the start of the exercise, the platoons had gone out with snowplows to clear the worst of the snow away.
Ministry is like war, and ministers like platoon leaders. Christianity Today
An entire platoon of soldiers broke in through the front door.
Platoon leaders and platoon sergeants complete ‘train-the-trainer’ certification and are tasked to conduct this training bimonthly for all soldiers in the company.
One platoon splits off and marches toward the crowd, their bayoneted rifles set at a 45-degree angle.
Several names he bandies about in these exploits are the same as last names of several men who were in B Company at that time, and some last names of men who were in the 3rd platoon. Manny garcia
In a platoon of hard-nosed execs, few have a snout quite as strong as Irish budget carrier Ryanair's Chief Executive Michael O'Leary: a harrier of behemoth flagship airlines, a browbeater of trade unions, a bugbear of the European Union and an unhesitant user of the "f" word--and we don't mean "flying. U.K. Faces Of The Week, May 15-19, 2006
As cavalry platoons became too unwieldy, they were finally replaced by smaller paired tank and scout platoons.
General Jackson therefore has no lack of experience of infantry soldiering, having been a platoon commander, adjutant, company commander and commanding officer in infantry battalions.
This cadre platoon consisted not only of more senior staff sergeants but promising corporal/specialists and sergeants as well.
It is a medal that was given to a a soldier that # 1 disobeyed a direst order or command, put their Platoon, Unit, Command and or Dave M Murphy
A Land Warrior platoon - each soldier outfitted with body armor, a computerized backpack system and helmet-mounted monocular eyepiece - is also part of the parachute assault.
Lt-Col Lean said a patrol from the Fiji Company's Reconnaissance Platoon identified a small footpad leading from a road about 2km from the area of the corn theft on the afternoon of February 27.
This gave ample room for the platoon to train in more than 150 different types of buildings ranging from farmhouses and residential houses to commercial storefronts and walled compounds.
Finally, Wren and I saluted and did an about-face, turning around to face the platoon.
If Anderson falters, the team could turn to utilityman Tomas Perez, a much superior fielder, on a platoon basis.
Master Chief Watson ordered the platoon diving supervisor to inspect and predive each Draeger scuba, and the platoon riggers to check the parachutes and fast-rope gear. Pressure Point
He saw the next wave of attackers gathering to charge the platoon position.
The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
He's a bank manager and platoon commander. Times, Sunday Times
Instead of constantly maneuvering to maintain contact, the platoon should seize the dominant terrain in the area.
You barely know where you are, much less where your three platoons and associated infantry squads are located.
We coordinated nonstandard casualty evacuation, which would be done on our tank turrets, and prepared his platoon for our arrival.
Within minutes, the platoon was being pummeled by heavy machine gun and rifle fire.
Prosecutors are either too timid or outgunned by the platoons of pricey defense lawyers.
Back in the trenches, he offered a prize to the first platoon to kick its football up to the German trenches on the day of the attack.
A rice paddy and a small canal separated the advance platoon and the village.
In addition to shortages on armor plates there has also been a shortage on assault rifles, requiring the military to outfit one man per platoon with a cavalry saber.
Platoons and companies that conduct rigorous pre-combat inspections, training rehearsals, patrol debriefs, and AARs are laying the foundation of strong discipline.
Our sergeant led our platoon across Crete displaying great bravery and single-handedly taking out German machine-gun positions.
While he was guarding the prisoners, some of the other platoon members poured boiled water over them.
Second Platoon's sergeant was a career sol-dier named Mark Patterson who, at age thirty, had twelve years on the youngest man in the unit. 'War'
Like all the graduating cadets, he was assigned to a unit as a platoon lieutenant, commanding the ranks of the enlisted men.
They can also combine with the scout platoon to engage enemy targets for hasty attacks and ambushes.
Company B Commander Deploy the 3 rd Platoon. Have them attack the flank.
The rundown: After more than a decade of being platooned with Brad Friedel and complaining about it, Keller is the undisputed USATODAY.com
“Captain Fox leads a trio of platoons in the interdivisional team I spoke of.” Bring On the Night
Each company is commanded by a major and consists of four platoons, led by a captain and sergeant first class.
The members of a SEAL platoon train intensely together as a small unit for many months (sometimes close to one full year) before deploying anywhere in order that they might effectively work together as Heroes or Villains?
Casualties among the platoon commanders had been so heavy that Gaje was made an acting havildar in command of a platoon of D Company.
Perhaps if we enlist enough troops, we can have several platoons simultaneously exploding into dance around Manhattan, so there will be absolutely no way to tell where we might strike next.
Our line of defence straddled a major road from which the bulk of our unit was withdrawn the night before the British attack and my platoon was left behind as the rearguard with the instruction to fight to the last bullet.
Staff Sergeant Brian Flading, a 19D Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, remembers an incident when his platoon was mortared one night in Balad.
But I'm much better off than members of other platoons in my company who are living in tents or bombed buildings in the desert sand.
The term peloton (pronounced PELL-O-TAHN) comes from the same root as the English word platoon. When the Middle of the Pack Is Good
And Cal Ripken, just days after learning he is a platoon player from here on out, hit his first 2001 homer.
The first female platoon of 26 traffic officers will patrol the centre of Volgograd (in southern Russia), " Izvestia daily quoted regional police chief Mikhail Tsukruk as saying.
The mortar platoon is the personal artillery battery for the battalion commander.
At the very least he might land one or more useful platoon players, or an everyday guy who can deliver league-average performance at bargain rates.
Now there is one per platoon. Times, Sunday Times
Later in the day, another 1st Platoon Marine was felled by heat exhaustion.
Finally, Wren and I saluted and did an about-face, turning around to face the platoon.
The platoon made its way to the pre-arranged rendezvous in the desert.
His platoon sergeant, SFC Dunchi brought Xavier up to speed with the happenings and particulars of their platoon, the Outlaws.
He proceeds through the mud surrounding the perimeter, tumbles down a makeshift stairway of mud and logs into the half-buried hootch, a clubhouse of sorts for his platoon. The Last Vietnam War Movie
The test will be a battle simulation, using paintball guns, against a platoon of marines.
the defensive platoon of the football team
A platoon of conventional marines supplemented his mechanized squad.
The Navy announced last year it would name a destroyer after Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham, who used his helmet and body to cover a grenade in Iraq on April 14, 2004, protecting members of his platoon from the bulk of the blast, according to the Department of Defense's "Heroes in the War on Terror" website. Navy to name destroyers after 2 combat heroes
Three to five platoons form a company, which is commanded by a captain with a first sergeant as the commander's principal NCO assistant.
He laid out a perimeter and the men of 1st Platoon began digging and setting out trip flares and claymore mines.
The group crossed from Sudan in South Sudan's Upper Nile state on August 19, attacking a platoon of SPLA troops at Alan and later Kaka Moro. South Sudan says Khartoum-backed raiders kill 15
Commanders and platoon leaders should lead from the front of attack formation even when in file or column when fighting in urban terrain.
In '64, when the Phils almost stole the pennant, third baseman Richie Allen and right fielder Callison were the only everyday players; all other regulars were platooned.
The captain, must, therefore, control the company through the platoon commanders -- that is to say, he _actually directs_ the fire and the platoon commanders, assisted by the squad leaders, _actually control_ it. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition
Not three, not half a dozen, not a rifle platoon.
Supporting six platoons - each platoon loaded with 18 sets of diving rigs, dive team members have their work cut out for them.
Jones still looks like a potential platoon player, though his defense helps offset his struggles against lefthanders.
I was out on the flank with my platoon, and to my right was some high elephant grass.
Cahill and Sgt. Ernest C. Jamison, the platoon medical aidman, took cover in Shriver, Jerry M.
Five days ago he led his platoon into the city to fight the Iraqi army.
Casey platooned Brown and Billy Johnson at third.
About half of the soldiers in our rifle platoons were draftees whom we had trained for about six weeks.
Everybody was trying to figure out who released this video and who talked to a reporter," said Pvt. Charles Kremling, a stout, tough-looking infantryman from the 2nd Platoon, as he recalled the accusatory atmosphere on the base that day. Later On
This allows them to operate further from the parent recon platoon, while still maintaining a good communications link with the task force.
My Dear Charles, -- St. John, in 1914 a light-hearted lieut., advancing and retiring with his platoon as an all-seeing Providence or a short-spoken Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917
If Morgan falters, the Nationals could move to a platoon, perhaps with Werth taking center and Michael Morse taking right field against left-handed pitchers. A welcome to Viera, and five things to watch for there
Testing was conducted on an unwitting platoon from the 75th Ranger Regiment. The Flirty Dozen
In the current report, we are told that the situation became so serious that a platoon from the 3Bn the Parachute Regiment refused to go out on patrol until the problem was resolved. It can be revealed…
One mystery, however, goes unanswered: why was the Dad's Army platoon, properly the responsibility of a subaltern, commanded throughout by a captain?
Dillard's 3d Platoon was in the lead because he had farthest to go to reach his old position.
The platoon manoeuvres Doc towards the rendezvous point. Times, Sunday Times
My father had been an Infantry platoon leader in the ETO and he had no illusions. Blumenthal, pretend warrior
They took cover in a farm house but arrival of an enemy platoon made the situation hopeless. Times, Sunday Times
OSU platooned Dan Herron, Maurice Wells and Brandon Saine in the backfield, with ho-hum results. Gauging the opponent: Ohio State needs healthy Wells
I hope this article assists in training mortar platoons in an armor battalion.
The platoon in the unaffected pass began to reposition onto the flank of the enemy forces, which took approximately 20 minutes.
Platoon sergeants fell their men in on the barrack square.
Two years and eight months later he would be a rifleman in an infantry platoon, being transported across the Pacific Ocean for the invasion of Japan.
Two or more squads make up a platoon, which usually has 16 to 44 soldiers and is led by a lieutenant.
This year's blue-line platoon is a fairly uninspiring lot in Red Line's view. USATODAY.com - Getting defensive with this year's NHL draft crop
Bramall dived under a half-track and found himself lying next to his friend Bertie Jackson, a slightly-built Old Harrovian who was senior platoon commander. Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy
According green tabs to military police leaders commanding such units as divisional MP platoons or squads in combat support companies in itself does not make military police a combat arm.
Upset by his treatment, he claimed that he followed army procedure and reported the incident to his platoon sergeant. Times, Sunday Times
England have just lost a small platoon of top men; Ireland conversely have a few leading lights soon to return. Times, Sunday Times
Army Aviation upsized, making platoons into companies and companies into battalions.
Some suits already have been filed, and platoons of lawyers and other legal watchdogs are standing by in battleground states like Wisconsin just in case.
Expect Walker to handle the ball even more this season with the team platooning several players at point guard.
The heavy armored cavalry troop is organized with a troop headquarters, two scout platoons, two tank platoons, a mortar section, and a maintenance section.
You're a platoon commander '. The Sun
Single infantry platoons could have provided enough security at these spots and enough commo to prevent the kind of demoralizing events we've seen on TV.
Oriented north toward the small town of Limbo, he meticulously fights off the slow drift to complacency within his platoon.
Another prominent example of 3rd platoon's contribution was in August 2000.
Prosecutors are either too timid or outgunned by the platoons of pricey defense lawyers.
the lost platoon
Looking like fugitives from a bankrupt circus, the platoon slowly motored down a narrow muddy road to rejoin Charlie Company.
He said the 30-man marine platoon was backed by other troops deployed to block the escape of the militants from their encampment on Jolo, where the militants have operated for years despite a U. S.-backed military campaign against them. The Times of India
A very alarmed platoon sergeant crept across to tell us the unexpected little risk we had been running. Times, Sunday Times
Do squads or platoons composed solely of contract soldiers perform better than conscripts?
A regimental cavalry troop has two tank platoons, two scout platoons, and a heavy mortar section.
They took cover in a farm house but arrival of an enemy platoon made the situation hopeless. Times, Sunday Times
Also at 2nd Platoon's location was the battalion mortar platoon.
With a .255 lifetime batting average, Ibanez appeared to be destined for a career as a platoon outfielder and backup first baseman.
The rest of the platoon piled out of the Humvees.
I had my 9 a.m. acting class to teach to our platoon of body doubles.
Although assault pioneers were all trained riflemen and could fight as a rifle platoon, their value to the battalion was in their versatility.
A platoon of sci-fi marines are dropped into hostile territory, seething with aliens, and they go ballistic.
Expect Iannetta to face a good number of southpaws, as the club would be best suited to platoon the position.
We cabbed there to rendezvous with more bar staff, once again forming a platoon of hard pounders.
The Marine platoon on Vegas, near Bunker Hill, took cover in its last remaining bunker as shells rained down, and then was sealed in by an earthfall.
Prince Harry has been called before his Army superiors for a "bollocking" after referring to a Pakistani platoon comrade as a "Paki". Top Stories - Google News
Once all weapons were neutral zeroed, they were night tested at the small arms range on our forward operating base - my platoon loved the new equipment.
A rifle platoon was tasked to delay on either flank.
The line of troops went onward, and more small units and platoons of swordsmen and spearmen moved in for the battle.
That platoon depends upon the corpsman's ability to think and react quickly in combat and in other critical situations.
It does not require a platoon of flatfoots to make discreet inquiries.
At worst, Gibbons makes a nice platoon bat, and has been able to get by in right field, and play well at first base.
The platoon tracks could occasionally kick out four sandbags tied together as casualties that the first sergeant could take back to the battalion aid station.
The sergeant of the housecarl platoon that had brought the prisoner up from Catawrayannis Port said in his brassiest voice, "Don't address traitors by titles they've forfeited. The Rebel Worlds
He chose a tightish perimeter which allowed each platoon commander to place two sections covering open ground to his front, and held back the third section in depth. First Clash
The test will be a battle simulation, using paintball guns, against a platoon of marines.
Each maneuver troop would have four platoons: two tank and two mechanized infantry.
I wrote where they were hit, what with, and what happened to them afterwards as I had access to all this via the radio and being in the position of being the 'commo' man for the Lts. Two events of that platoon stand out to me as being unreal that anyone who was involved could ever forget happened and certainly if one was to write a book they would be in it. Manny garcia
Troops should eat, play, train and even pull support details as squads, platoons and companies.
Common features to both types of regiment would include an organic sapper / pioneer platoon at the battalion/squadron level for mobility, countermobility, and survivability tasks.
The purists will argue that training lieutenants to command such complex platoons will be difficult.
General Jackson therefore has no lack of experience of infantry soldiering, having been a platoon commander, adjutant, company commander and commanding officer in infantry battalions.
A pot-bellied Catrín (the male version, its name meaning "a dandy") clothed in mariachi garb holds a rooster; a small platoon of grinning Catrinas wear mermaid tails and bear flowers. Catrina: Skeletons take over the art of Capula, Michoacan
The Platoon Aid Station should be situated in the middle of the platoon's defense, close to equidistant from each squad.
I ordered disengagement and sent two runners to find his platoon and tell him to join the rest of us on the knoll where we took up pre-attack positions and set up night security.
While navigating the vehicle through obstacles, Church fired his rifle at insurgents with one hand while encouraging his platoon leader to stay conscious.
the platoon is combat-ready
To undertake the duties and responsibilities of a platoon sergeant, you are expected to be at the top of your game.
The smallest entity commanded by a commissioned officer is usually a platoon of about 30 men.
Of course, if you have a platoon of royal planners at your disposal, you can have your multitiered cake, and your 1,900 guests will eat it, too — all within half a year. Short engagements: Like Will, Kate, why wait?
The platoon pulled back to safety.
Scout platoons are a recon and security element of a maneuver battalion (infantry, mechanized, tank, or cavalry).
Third platoon was the last to leave and John knew that it was killing the Lieutenant to leave so many of her comrades' deaths unavenged.
A platoon of soldiers stands at a checkpoint on a barren road in the middle of miles and miles of trackless desert.
Dolorfino said the 30-man marine platoon was backed by other troops deployed to block the escape of the militants from their encampment on Jolo, where the militants have operated for years despite a U. S.-backed military campaign against them. Nashuatelegraph.com: Breaking News | Web Feeds
There are platoons of child actors who don't come across as childish at all.
While weak bats may have prevented some defensive aces from starting roles, they often enjoyed long careers as backup or platoon catchers.
One platoon splits off and marches toward the crowd, their bayoneted rifles set at a 45-degree angle.
Company B Commander Deploy the 3 rd Platoon. Have them attack the flank.
The platoon leader 's efforts to prove his men's worth go badly wrong. The Sun
IT is just after dawn at Sandhurst, and a platoon of officer cadets in full dress uniform wheels round the parade ground. Times, Sunday Times
Fact-based drama involving a platoon of soldiers in Vietnam. The Sun
News of the Tendulkar shaped void at the heart of the evening spread like a sudden autumn cloudburst, much to the disappointment of the platoons of Indian television crews, who had spent the early evening rattling about the carpeted halls in a state of unfulfilled pre-Sachin anxiety. England's Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook hit sixes at ICC awards

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