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Brown, 26, who left the Army Reserve after seven years as an infantry platoon commander, wore it in training and on deployments.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“It would be like if I was leading a platoon of Marines but went to a hotel to sleep at night while they’re out in a foxhole,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Before you can command a ship, a platoon, a flight of fighters,” he told graduates, “you must be able to command yourself.”

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

He joined the Marines and led a rifle platoon of the Third Marine Division in Vietnam, where he received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

Sometimes new recruits were punished for something they didn’t do well enough, or someone in their platoon didn’t do well enough: cleaning their boots, pitching a tent, performing in drill competitions.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

And we need to think more about the little platoons, the habits, the character forming that’s required for people to navigate a world where there’s not going to be lifelong work anymore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Army spokesman Maj Gen Lul Ruai Koang told the BBC that soldiers from two platoons and their commanders had been put in detention following internal investigations and now face a court martial.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

This year, mercenaries began transiting through Bosaso in Somalia, where local sources told AFP a UAE-run section of a military base has hosted platoons of uniformed foreigners, transported in cargo planes.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

The department is staffed by three 24-hour shifts, known as platoons, with about 1,000 firefighters on duty at any given time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025

It surprised me to see how hard these things were for the white recruits in the other platoons at boot camp.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac