Unified Ground Command: Difference between revisions

Four platoons, plus a group of personnel assigned as "Company Headquarters Section" (164 men in total), commanded by a First Lieutenant or Captain, with a "Company Sergeant," usually a Staff Sergeant or a Gunnery Sergeant. The twelve companies of a regiment are named phonetically "A" (Alpha) through "M" (Mike) with the exclusion of "J." First battalion consists of companies A through D, second battalion is companies E through H, and so forth. A typical infantry company would have three infantry platoons and one heavy weapons platoon, but these numbers are flexible depending on the unit type and mission. T companies, for example, eschew this model and mix their heavy weapons personnel into each platoon, so all the platoons have one heavy weapon squad.