Generally commanded by a Lieutenant.

Platoon movie army or marines. Platoon won the Academy Award for best picture and the Golden Globe Award for best drama. A company is made up of 3 or 4 Platoons. As for Aliens Apone is a GySgt Gunnery Sergeant or Gunny and he wasnt really a DI but a Platoon Sergeant.

If youre in a war zone you might see a platoon of soldiers guarding a checkpoint. A platoon is typically the smallest military unit led by a commissioned officer. The platoon leader is usually a junior officera second or.

A platoon is a military unit made up of squads. Marine Corps Rifle Platoon consists of a platoon headquarters and 3 rifle squads. He was already the first Vietnam veteran to win an Oscar for Midnight Express 1978 and became with this film the first Vietnam vet to win an Oscar for Best Director.

And yes its all fiction so Im being far to anal. Also headquartered in Makati this is the premier military drill team of the Corps and one of 4 such units in the AFP patterned after the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Well the answer depends on the type of platoon. USMC silent drill platoon with M1 Garands You see my dad was part of a silent drill platoon during his time in the Singaporean military police. But if youre just after a rough number a thirty man platoon is about average.

Marine nearing retirement who gets a platoon of undisciplined Marines into shape and leads them during the. And as such doesnt really fit in this list. Released in 1986 Platoon was a massive hit with audiences and critics winning both Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards.