0 a small group of about ten or twelve soldiers, with a lieutenant in charge of it -- (军队的)排
The platoon is crossing on a pelican when the green man starts to flash.
The platoon is considered as one agent acting in cohesion for the purposes of simplification.
The little platoon does not, however, exhaust our affective feelings.
This form of control regulates platoon-level functions while still allowing the individual units have some autonomy degree.
He takes pride in walking point and assuming the unofficial leadership of his platoon, banishing the impersonality and randomness of modern war.
Having identified a slate of problems, the development industry then creates a landscape of intervention which platoons of 'experts' can infiltrate to put right.
The platoon is given a sector of territory to search.
In some cases, the author even records the role of units as small as platoons in the military encounters.