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platoon

[pluh-toon] / pləˈtun /


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"The student commander had done the majority of his training on the FV-510, which is the platoon variant of the vehicle," Col Watson said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

At a nearby residential complex, investigators found a radio with a list of call signs of junior commanders in airborne companies, including the head of a reconnaissance platoon: Uspekh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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

My platoon responded with a coordinated “Yes, Sergeant,” and began to join the flood headed toward the door.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

The golds and apple at the center is all the ways that people love their neighbor, pursue the good, the true, and the beautiful, build little platoons.

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

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

The department is staffed by three 24-hour shifts, or platoons, of firefighters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025

We strolled down the barely lit street, gossiping about the antics of our platoons.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore


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