Platoon
Lieutenant's infantry unit
A platoon is a military unit typically consisting of two to four squads, commanded by a lieutenant.
The word extends to any small organized group acting together: a platoon of lawyers, the offensive platoon.
In baseball, to platoon is to rotate players at a position based on matchups: The manager platooned left field all season.
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
- war movieFilm depicting armed conflict
- EliasMasculine given name, biblical
- BarnesBookseller surname
Charlie Sheen · Willem Dafoe · Academy Award · jungle · 1986 · casualties · ambush · bunker
Small working group
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- infantryGround combat troops
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- sergeantMid-level military rank
troops · formation · combat · unit · deployment · company · regiment · barracks
Turning on an axis
- substitutionExchange of one for another
- playersGame participants
- special teamsKick and return squads
- offenseViolation or umbrage
defense · lineup · depth chart · starters · reserves · coaching · strategy · football
Oliver Stone
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
- war movieFilm depicting armed conflict
- EliasMasculine given name, biblical
Charlie Sheen · Willem Dafoe · Barnes · Academy Award · jungle · 1986 · casualties · ambush · bunker · soundtrack
squad
Small working group
sergeant · troops · formation · combat · unit · deployment · company · regiment · barracks · drill
rotation
Turning on an axis
- substitutionExchange of one for another
- playersGame participants
- special teamsKick and return squads
offense · defense · lineup · depth chart · starters · reserves · coaching · strategy · football · alternating
- History FilmsLincoln, Gettysburg, Glory, Selma, Saving Private Ryan
- Oliver StoneJFK, Wall Street, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, The Doors
- moviesblockbuster, film, Titanic, films, Jurassic Park
- 80s Pop CultureBack to the Future, E.T., Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, The Breakfast Club
- Oscar WinnersTitanic, Forrest Gump, The Godfather, Gladiator, Schindler's List
- 1986 EventsChernobyl, Challenger disaster, Halley's Comet, Top Gun, Ferris Bueller
- platoon leaderMilitary small-unit commander
- platoon sergeantSenior enlisted unit leader