The phrase "a separate platoon" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a distinct group or unit within a larger organization, often in a military context.
Example: "During the training exercise, we were divided into a separate platoon to focus on specific tactical maneuvers."
Alternatives: "an independent unit" or "a distinct squadron."
Correct me if I'm wrong, RTS fanboys, but I hadn't seen any other game where you could build up your separate platoons with all sorts of kick ass weaponry before going into battle.
The assault soon faltered with steadily increasing casualties as the Viet Cong resisted strongly, withstanding multiple frontal assaults, including bayonet charges by two separate platoons.
After the momentous victory in the Battle of Stalingrad the Soviet troops proceeded to nationwide counter-offensives and Shanina on 2 April 1944 joined the 184th Rifle Division, where a separate female sniper platoon had been formed.
The helicopter unit became the Casper Aviation platoon, befitting a separate infantry brigade as the only separate aviation platoon deployed in Vietnam.
The other two platoons of the troop have a separate lineage from that point.
The index patient was assigned to the recruit-training platoon for 3 weeks, a rehabilitation squad for 9 days, and the separation platoon for 4 days.
A canal separated the platoon from the village.
Why else would they support a system of more than 500 local governments, each supporting its own separate little platoons of school administrators, $110,000-a-year chiefs of seven-person police departments, planners, mayors, even public works departments, as if the badge on the truck made any difference on how well your Christmas tree gets picked up.
In one, a refugee girl hiding in a barn is attacked by rats and saved by a dog; in the other, a soldier separated from his platoon finds and befriends a runaway horse.
He explains how the breakdown of a Humvee and the command to save that vehicle led Mr. Tillman's platoon to be split in half, separating Mr. Tillman from his brother Kevin, a fellow platoon member.
