Sentence examples for in both platoon from inspiring English sources

An Oliver Stone hero is often torn between two paternal figures (Charlie Sheen in both "Platoon" and the first "Wall Street," for instance), and so Jake is long on mentors, turning to Gekko after the death of the benevolent old-school broker (Frank Langella) who had been like a father to him.

In addition, both platoons had thirty-six men in three squads – two assault squads and one heavy weapons squad – and were furnished with a 60 mm M2 mortar, two M20 Super Bazookas, and a M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle as well as the M1 Garand and M2 Carbines that the majority of the men were armed with.

Derrick played a key role in this action, and coordinated both platoons during the final assault that afternoon.

There were bodyguards in platoon strength in front of the Senator and behind him as he walked.

He was the only one in the whole platoon, actually in the whole company (4 platoons) to fail the event.

Some persons had multiple exposures to the index patient while in the training platoon and subsequently in various processing units.

Other Marines in his platoon stayed in touch.

Somebody in your platoon?" "Not ours.

Twenty-five-year-old Nic DeNinno was in 3rd Platoon.

But the mood in the platoon had not changed.

At 29, Wagnon was older than most in the platoon.