platoon leaders
Small unit heads
Platoon leaders are military officers who command platoons—units typically comprising 20 to 50 soldiers.
Usually lieutenants, they occupy the first level of command where officers directly lead troops in the field: The platoon leader ordered his men to take cover.
The role combines tactical decision-making with responsibility for soldiers' welfare and training.
- sergeantsNoncommissioned military officers
- squadSmall working group
- infantryGround combat troops
- lieutenantsDeputy officers in command
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
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- War Figuressoldiers, generals, commanders, combatants, military commanders
- military officerscolonel, general, officers, major, admirals
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commanding generals · field marshals · admirals · privates · enlisted personnel
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