Preposition: of

• battalion: EVACUATION The ambulance platoon of the support battalion medical company provides evacuation.

• soldier: At this period or a little later, a platoon of 36 soldiers would have three Bren guns.

Converse of object

• deploy: In contrast a Russian platoon deployed in a Broad Wedge had a defensive position 250 m wide by 150 m deep.

• command: Rae commanded a platoon in ' C ' Company holding the line at Hooge Crater.

Adjective modifier

• 1st: He tells 1st platoon to get over to the left flank on the double.

• 2nd: The advance guard were the three tanks carrying Bessonov's 2nd Platoon, 1st company.

• entire: Losing an entire command platoon had thrown the communist offensive into total disarray.

• German: This scenario represents a platoon assault on a defended German position manned by an understrength German platoon.

• whole: Traveling back to the airport in a van with a whole platoon of the grumpy old men I found he had stirred UKIP too.

Modifies a noun

• sergeant: Corporal Wood's platoon sergeant was killed, the onus being placed on Corporal Wood to become its leader.

• commander: In all this time, the only officer I saw was our Platoon commander, Captain Skinner.

• headquarters: The platoon headquarters can provide the mobile patrols along the platoon segment of the route.

• leader: Several kilometers away, the platoon leader watches the action on his wrist monitor.

• officer: Our platoon officer suddenly gave the order to get down into cover.

Noun used with modifier

• anti-tank: Currently in command of an anti-tank platoon, he is about to convert to the new Javelin weapons system.

• infantry: Infantry Platoon Generally three or four squads per platoon, possibly with attached heavy weapons.

• scout: Movement control teams are structured around the scout platoon to maintain a cohesive chain of command.

• rifle: The reserve will only be one motorized rifle platoon.

• mortar: The Battalion suffered little German artillery fire, however, lost their mortar platoon due to an unlucky enemy shell.

• reconnaissance: At the start of the game each side may allocate one reconnaissance platoon to infiltration via the sewers.