platoon

     

A platoon is a military unit typically compose of two to four sections or squads and containing about 30 to 50 soldiers. Platoons are organised into a company, which typically consists of three, four or five platoons. A platoon is typically the smallest military unit led by a commissioned officer — the platoon leader or platoon commander, usually a lieutenant. He is usually assisted by a senior non-commissioned officer — the platoon sergeant.

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  • Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his story about one of these title units in which he served in Vietnam
  • (Hi, I'm Francesco Quinn of The Young And The Restless.) I played Rhah the drug king in this Oliver Stone film that won the 1986 Best Picture Oscar
  • It's usually 2 or more sections of a company of troops & is headed by a lieutenant
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a forested training area at the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, VA.) Every Marine officer completes six months training at Quantico to qualify to lead this unit, usually made up of three squads
  • A manager sounds like an army general when he uses this system of alternating players at the same position
  • The Samuel Barber piece heard here was evocatively used in this Oliver Stone Oscar winner
  • Martin Scorsese:"Platoon","Cape Fear","The Last Temptation of Christ"
  • 1986:Charlie Sheen is a soldier in Vietnam
  • Willem Dafoe is seen here on the poster from this award-winning 1980's film
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Parris Island, SC.) Marines are taught to see themselves as part of a team, like this basic unit of 30 to 50 people
  • Johnny Depp & Forest Whitaker have supporting roles in this Best Picture Oscar winner from 1986
  • The tagline for this 1986 multiple Oscar-winning film was "the first casualty of war is innocence
  • Best Picture Oscar winner for 1986

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