He instructed his platoon to stay behind, while he went ahead to see if a road in the Demilitarized Zone was safe.
Autonomous and connected vehicles can take advantage of the route, including those that can "platoon" one behind another.
Despite the ferocity of the air strikes and artillery fire, the North Vietnamese managed to break through the Company 104 area, forcing the defenders to retreat into the 2nd and 3rd Combat Reconnaissance Platoon positions behind them.
Our skirmish went on for 20 minutes; finally an infantry platoon came up behind us and chased the North Koreans into the valley.
In a matter of seconds, the shooting broke off, and another patrol, consisting of another squad in Reilly's platoon, emerged from behind the hedgerow.
There was a time in 2007, in between Chris Kyle's deployments, when half my platoon was trapped behind a house while two Iraqi insurgent machine gunners pinned us down.
Prior to the battle, Willoughby placed Company 101 of 82 Bru Montagnard tribesmen, on the northeastern flank of the camp, with the 3rd Combat Reconnaissance Platoon positioned just behind it.
From what we have seen, this can also contribute to post-traumatic stress among our veterans, who often feel that they left a member of their platoon — their interpreter — behind to die.
The first evacuation convoy left the camp at approximately 10 00, with B Company, the reconnaissance platoon and the guerrillas remaining behind to provide a rearguard.
Thuong waited until they were less than a hundred yards away before giving the order to fire, and then pinned them down and captured them by sending a platoon to circle around behind.
