platoon English

Meaning platoon meaning

What does platoon mean?

platoon

— noun a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant

— noun a team of policemen working under the military platoon system

— noun a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity platoons of tourists poured out of the busses the defensive platoon of the football team

Synonyms platoon synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as platoon?

platoon English » English

squad

group

company

troop

team

set

military unit

crew

battery

welter

vanguard

unit

throng

side

sector

score

regiment

post

personnel

party

pack

number

mob

men

knot

intersection

host

gathering

garrison

force

flight

file

division

detachment

crowd

corps

contingent

command

column

clutch

bunch

brigade

body

battalion

batch

band

army

Topics platoon topics

What do people use platoon to talk about?

Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Army

• What types of army units are there?
  squad platoon company battalion regiment brigade division corps army army group

Examples platoon examples

How do I use platoon in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Our platoon was ambushed.

Movie subtitles

Jacobs, I'll take the first platoon.

First platoon, briefing in an hour.

Yes, sir. Sergeant major, assemble a platoon from A Troop.

A platoon? I said a detail, captain. An officer and four men.

You spoke before of a platoon from A Troop, Captain York.

Platoon, halt.

Platoon, attention.

Third platoon, second squad.

The whole platoon's going.

That the new platoon leader?

Wolowicz, Garby, in there with the second platoon.

Third platoon, on your feet.

Third platoon, any time there's a dirty detail.

I'll pick four members from my platoon to help, plus me, as I said.

Platoon, hut!

Thirteenth Platoon, face left.

Sergeant, close order drill. Prepare the platoon. Very well, sir!

Jessica, we're turning the castle over To a platoon of american soldiers.

Best platoon in the outfit.

That we are the best platoon in the whole outfit. Hooray! Hooray!

Sir, the platoon is formed. Left face!

Sergeant major, assemble a platoon from A troop. A platoon?

First platoon, fall out.

Platoon, turn around.

You're gonna have to keep your eyes on your squad leaders and platoon leaders.

This platoon starts its instructions tomorrow.

Platoon halt.

I want all of you to watch this platoon when it passes.

That's all. Platoon dismissed.

Platoon right!

Only a Russian would arrive with a platoon.

We were in the same platoon.

Platoon guide of your platoon.

Stay here. Platoon, dismissed!

First Platoon present and accounted for!

Second Platoon all accounted for!

News and current affairs

In films like Apocalypse Now and Platoon, shadowy enemies lurk in an hallucinatory darkness of fetid swamps and jungles.

Unfortunately, Israel today has a prime minister with the mentality of a platoon commander who nonetheless likes to cast himself as a latter day Churchill fighting the forces of evil bent on destroying the Third Jewish Temple.

And William Calley, who commanded the platoon that massacred hundreds of Vietnamese civilians at the village of My Lai in 1968, has now broken his media silence and apologized for his actions.