platoons
Lieutenant-led combat groups
Platoons is the plural of platoon, a military unit typically comprising 20 to 50 soldiers, smaller than a company and larger than a squad.
The term extends to any organized group acting together: platoons of lawyers descended on the courthouse.
In American football, platoons are specialized units—offense, defense, special teams—that rotate onto the field.
Small working group
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
division · corps · detachment · garrison · contingent · section · phalanx · cohort
Deliberate tactical movement
- flankingAt the sides of
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
formation · assault · encirclement · counterattack · logistics · guerrilla · campaign · fortification
Kinship among men
- solidarityUnity among allies
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- bondingForming close connections
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
morale · teamwork · cohesion · trust · comrades · fellowship
squad
Small working group
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- regimentColonel-led military unit
brigade · division · corps · detachment · garrison · contingent · section · phalanx · cohort · squadron
maneuver
Deliberate tactical movement
- flankingAt the sides of
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
ambush · formation · assault · encirclement · counterattack · logistics · guerrilla · campaign · fortification · patrol
brotherhood
Kinship among men
- solidarityUnity among allies
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- bondingForming close connections
loyalty · morale · teamwork · cohesion · trust · comrades · fellowship
- French Infantry WWIIfoot soldiers, riflemen, infantry units, battalions, regiments
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- armyinfantry, cavalry, soldiers, artillery, officers
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- armiesdivisions, battalions, corps, soldiers, regiments
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
platoonsindividuals
Separate, distinct people
armies · squads · fire teams · divisions · corps
platoonsarmies
Organized military forces
divisions · corps · brigades · regiments · battalions
platoonsindividuals
Separate, distinct people
lone wolves · mobs · rabble · stragglers · crowds
- platoon leaderMilitary small-unit commander
- platoon sergeantSenior enlisted unit leader