Platoon
noun
A group of soldiers or a worker team working or staying together.
A platoon of soldiers was sent to secure the area
Often appears as...
- infantry platoon
- platoon leader
noun
One of the groups of players who substitute for each other during different parts of a game in certain sports such as football.
Joe is a member of the defensive platoon
Often appears as...
- defensive platoon
- offensive platoon
noun
A group of vehicles, equipment or machines that work together in some industries.
A platoon of street cleaners descended upon the mess left by the parade
Often appears as...
- platoon of street cleaners
- platoon of trucks
noun
A group of soldiers or a worker team working or staying together.
A platoon of soldiers was sent to secure the area
Often appears as...
- infantry platoon
- platoon leader
noun
One of the groups of players who substitute for each other during different parts of a game in certain sports such as football.
Joe is a member of the defensive platoon
Often appears as...
- defensive platoon
- offensive platoon
noun
A group of vehicles, equipment or machines that work together in some industries.
A platoon of street cleaners descended upon the mess left by the parade
Often appears as...
- platoon of street cleaners
- platoon of trucks
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Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Used specifically to refer to a military unit; implies a structured, disciplined team.
The new recruits joined the platoon at dawn.
Pro Tip 2/3Platoon Size
A platoon consists of around 15 to 30 soldiers, emphasizing a smaller subset of a company.
He was proud to lead his first platoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Platoon Leader
A platoon is often led by a junior officer; knowing this highlights the leadership structure.
The platoon leader ordered a tactical retreat.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Used specifically to refer to a military unit; implies a structured, disciplined team.
The new recruits joined the platoon at dawn.
Pro Tip 2/3Platoon Size
A platoon consists of around 15 to 30 soldiers, emphasizing a smaller subset of a company.
He was proud to lead his first platoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Platoon Leader
A platoon is often led by a junior officer; knowing this highlights the leadership structure.
The platoon leader ordered a tactical retreat.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Used specifically to refer to a military unit; implies a structured, disciplined team.
The new recruits joined the platoon at dawn.
Pro Tip 2/3Platoon Size
A platoon consists of around 15 to 30 soldiers, emphasizing a smaller subset of a company.
He was proud to lead his first platoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Platoon Leader
A platoon is often led by a junior officer; knowing this highlights the leadership structure.
The platoon leader ordered a tactical retreat.
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My journey from Marine...
was very devastating for me. I have a very clear image of leaving the base hospital on a stretcher and my entire platoon is waiting outside to see if I was OK. And then, suddenly, I was a civilian again. I knew I wanted to give acting another shot, because -- again, this is me --
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Encouraging troops to be...
for the school in village health clinic and winter coats and medicines to help the kids get through the winter when mortality rates usually jump this helped our soldiers build influence and reduced the potential of future conflict in Afghanistan we helped a platoon leader
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Sebastian Junger: Why...
almost a fifth of the combat for all of NATO forces in the country, for a couple months. It was very intense. I spent most of my time at a small outpost called Restrepo. It was named after the platoon medic that had been killed about two months into the deployment.
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Soldier Adopts Dog That...
people that are sending me out on targets that are making me fight call these animals access equipment you can ask anybody that's ever been in a firefight and somebody has used a dog to save their life or you have worked with any kind of platoon that utilizes the
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Remembering the Battle...
my role in that battle was a team leader with one of the platoons that went in on the air assault I wouldn't originally I'm on the helicopters when you make it out of something where others didn't you're gonna spend the rest of your life
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Photos from the Front...
sound to him a sound and a smell and these mortar - when it was dropping and then the concussion I was one of the last in my platoon that actually see combat and that day started with a mission to do humanitarian aid and we started
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Bees Building Wax Nests...
heavily guarded by platoons of sentries who vet every arrival inside the workers labor building a maze of interconnecting struts and plates to support the brood combs
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Bees Building Wax Nests...
heavily guarded by platoons of sentries who vet every arrival inside the workers labor building a maze of interconnecting struts and plates to support the brood combs
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The Long Road Home PIPE...
I just gotta go I gotta go help some people why those guys in my platoon and my family too
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Shell Shock PIPE National...
Samuel fools platoon is at rest for a short while
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My journey from Marine...
was very devastating for me. I have a very clear image of leaving the base hospital on a stretcher and my entire platoon is waiting outside to see if I was OK. And then, suddenly, I was a civilian again. I knew I wanted to give acting another shot, because -- again, this is me --
Video examples
Encouraging troops to be...
for the school in village health clinic and winter coats and medicines to help the kids get through the winter when mortality rates usually jump this helped our soldiers build influence and reduced the potential of future conflict in Afghanistan we helped a platoon leader
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Sebastian Junger: Why...
almost a fifth of the combat for all of NATO forces in the country, for a couple months. It was very intense. I spent most of my time at a small outpost called Restrepo. It was named after the platoon medic that had been killed about two months into the deployment.
Video examples
Soldier Adopts Dog That...
people that are sending me out on targets that are making me fight call these animals access equipment you can ask anybody that's ever been in a firefight and somebody has used a dog to save their life or you have worked with any kind of platoon that utilizes the
Video examples
Remembering the Battle...
my role in that battle was a team leader with one of the platoons that went in on the air assault I wouldn't originally I'm on the helicopters when you make it out of something where others didn't you're gonna spend the rest of your life
Video examples
Photos from the Front...
sound to him a sound and a smell and these mortar - when it was dropping and then the concussion I was one of the last in my platoon that actually see combat and that day started with a mission to do humanitarian aid and we started
Video examples
Bees Building Wax Nests...
heavily guarded by platoons of sentries who vet every arrival inside the workers labor building a maze of interconnecting struts and plates to support the brood combs
Video examples
Bees Building Wax Nests...
heavily guarded by platoons of sentries who vet every arrival inside the workers labor building a maze of interconnecting struts and plates to support the brood combs
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The Long Road Home PIPE...
I just gotta go I gotta go help some people why those guys in my platoon and my family too
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Shell Shock PIPE National...
Samuel fools platoon is at rest for a short while
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George Vecsey
American Author
The football playoffs feature one-off affairs, without bad feelings building from weekend to weekend. In addition, football uses platoons for offense and defense and kicking, so only the interior linemen have a chance to really get up close and personal with one another.
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Edward Zwick
American Director
If you take away scale, the nature of the story changes. I made a joke the other day: if I were to try to make 'Glory' now, rather than be about a regiment, it would be about a platoon. It would be seven men in the woods rather than all the men on the beach.
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Jeff Duncan
American Politician
I'm concerned that we're sending these military men... facing an infectious disease that could be deadly. If they go to Iraq, and they fight ISIL, and they come home, they're not bringing ISIL with them and threatening their families or platoon mates.
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Joseph Dunford
American Public Servant
I want to make sure I have a system that allows me to know that the platoon sergeant and platoon commander aren't going to move at the same time when we come back from deployment. That sounds pretty simple, but it's really about data.
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Mark Esper
American Public Servant
I think, generally, the NCOs and officers in a platoon or company want to take care of their soldiers, and they understand it doesn't run from nine to five, like in the civilian world.
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Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon.
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R. Lee Ermey
American Soldier
Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.
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Seth Moulton
American Politician
The greatest honor of my life was to lead these men in my platoon, even though it was a war that I and they disagreed with.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
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Michael Hastings
American Politician
My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.
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George Vecsey
American Author
The football playoffs feature one-off affairs, without bad feelings building from weekend to weekend. In addition, football uses platoons for offense and defense and kicking, so only the interior linemen have a chance to really get up close and personal with one another.
Quote examples
Edward Zwick
American Director
If you take away scale, the nature of the story changes. I made a joke the other day: if I were to try to make 'Glory' now, rather than be about a regiment, it would be about a platoon. It would be seven men in the woods rather than all the men on the beach.
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Jeff Duncan
American Politician
I'm concerned that we're sending these military men... facing an infectious disease that could be deadly. If they go to Iraq, and they fight ISIL, and they come home, they're not bringing ISIL with them and threatening their families or platoon mates.
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Joseph Dunford
American Public Servant
I want to make sure I have a system that allows me to know that the platoon sergeant and platoon commander aren't going to move at the same time when we come back from deployment. That sounds pretty simple, but it's really about data.
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Mark Esper
American Public Servant
I think, generally, the NCOs and officers in a platoon or company want to take care of their soldiers, and they understand it doesn't run from nine to five, like in the civilian world.
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Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon.
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R. Lee Ermey
American Soldier
Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.
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Seth Moulton
American Politician
The greatest honor of my life was to lead these men in my platoon, even though it was a war that I and they disagreed with.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American President
The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
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Michael Hastings
American Politician
My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.
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