On the basis of the developed platoon model, Part II investigates various important characteristics of vehicle platoons and derives their statistical distribution models, including platoon size, within-platoon headway, between-platoon headway and platoon speed.
My tank platoon was part of a much larger race through central Iraq, and while we pulled triggers with one hand, we waved with the other.
Both desperation and promise appeared abundant in the isolated border areas during a three-day patrol by the company that Lieutenant Finn's platoon is part of.
"I was just running on adrenalin," said the lieutenant, whose platoon was part of an engineering battalion based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., that came under fire on March 27 after having destroyed crates of rocket-propelled grenades on the outskirts of Nasiriya.
Casper platoon was part of the HHC 173rd Airborne Brigade and its members wore the brigade patch.
On 10 May 1970 Sabo's platoon was part of a force of two platoons from Bravo Company on a mission to Se San, Cambodia.
Both platoons are part of the First Battalion, Fourteenth Infantry Regiment, and were based near Taji before they were rushed to Baghdad to help with the Sadr City operation.
When the KRRC's Rhodesian platoons took part in British offensives, they were easily recognised by a distinctive battle cry that their men shouted as they went over the top.
