platoon
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“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
As a lieutenant, Mueller led a platoon of troops, was wounded twice in battle, and was awarded numerous commendations including the Bronze Star for bravery.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
Sodais, 33, and Sullivan, then a platoon leader, met two years later at a military base in the remote Zabul Province.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
It was a platoon thing, but not really a full platoon thing.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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
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
Many of us in the platoons of the federal workforce cannot afford to be dismissed, however illegal the dismissal might be.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 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
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