On May 9th 20____ Lieutenant ____ ______, who had begun His first posting, at Fort _______, just 12 days earlier, Undertook a routine patrol with members of his platoon, Including two guardsmen and an interpreter.
Two days later members of his platoon, including Gibbs and Morlock, accused him of "snitching", gave him a beating and told him to keep his mouth shut.
When he does so, he'll bump into some of the old hands from his platoon, including Sergeant Richie "Stricky" Strickland (front row, second from left).
Artillery and mortar fire killed half of the platoon, including its commander.
Sabo then began redistributing ammunition to other members of the platoon, including stripping ammunition from wounded and dead comrades.
The American platoon includes an Ivy League-educated Lieutenant, a First Sergeant from the Deep South who loves the Blues, Ramirez the Hispanic American, and Pratt the Alaskan.
Two platoons, including combat engineers with heavily armored mine-detection vehicles, would clear the road to the town.
(A platoon might include three to five squads).
Dog Soldiers (2002) Another witty werewolf film, this time featuring a platoon of British squaddies – including Kevin McKidd's earnest hero and Sean Pertwee's very ripe (he's disembowelled early in the piece, but is patched together with Superglue) sergeant – who are besieged, 'Night of the Living Dead'-style in an abandoned shack in the woods by dirty great werewolves.
In two evenings at Sirena, only two dishes let me down: a fillet of halibut that tasted a day past its prime and an incoherent entree in which lamb chops fought a losing battle against a platoon of unnecessary ingredients, including overcooked asparagus and a cloying sweet-wine sauce.
