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A Guide To US Army Units (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If a squad has at most 10 soliders and a platoon has at most 4 squads, how borked does an education system need to be to claim that a platoon can have up to 50 soldiers?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

These numbers are highly generalized

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

A lieutenant general outranks a major general?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

A good mnemonic to remember the order of generals is "Be my little general" Brigadier, Major, Lieutenant, General

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yep!