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ARE YOU ASKING... WHAT THE HECK IS A PLATOON? WASN'T THAT A MOVIE?
 
 
 
PLATOONS ARE GROUPS OF SOLDIERS LINED UP IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION... YOU KNOW THE MILITARY IS ORGANIZED IN EVERYTHING WE DO.  THERE ARE MANUALS ON HOW TO'S ON EVERYTHING FROM  CEREMONIES TO GOING TO THE BATHROOM IN THE FIELD...  SO YOU KNOW THEY HAVE ONE WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANIZING PEOPLE!
 
TAKE A LOOK THESE ILLUSTRATIONS BELOW... IT IS NOT AS HARD AS IT MAY SEEM!

 
LETS START WITH THE BASICS AND WORK OUR WAY UP!
 
 
4 TO 8 SOLDIERS MAKE A SQAUD.
 

 
 

 
NOW... TYPICALLY 4 SQUADS MAKE A PLATOON.
 
 
SO FAR SO GOOD...
 

 
AND TYPICALLY 4 PLATOONS MAKE A COMPANY.
 
 
EXAMPLE: IF YOU DRILL AT COOKEVILLE RSP C... THAT'S COMPANY C!
 
SO...4-8 PEOPLE MAKE A SQAUD... 4 SQUADS MAKE A PLATOON... 4 PLATOONS MAKE A COMPANY!
 

 
SO NOW YOU KNOW ...
 

WHAT A SQAUD IS...

WHAT A PLATOON IS...

AND WHAT A COMPANY IS...

 

SO NOW YOU ARE PROBABLY ASKING... WHERE DO I GO? WHICH PLATOON AM I IN?

 

HERE IS YOUR PLATOON:

 

1ST PLATOON: FINISHED BOOTCAMP BUT WAITING TO SHIP TO AIT (SPLIT OPTION)

2ND PLATOON: YOU HAVE BEEN TO 3 DRILLS BUT NOT LEFT FOR BOOTCAMP YET

3RD PLATOON: YOUR FIRST 3 DRILLS WILL BE SPENT HERE (INTRODUCTORY PLATOON)

4TH PLATOON: THIS IS FOR QUICK SHIPPERS... LAST DRILL BEFORE SHIPPING OUT

 

 

AS FOR YOUR SQUAD AND POSITION IN THAT SQUAD... FOR RSP PURPOSES YOU SIMPLY FILL IN THE PLATOON FORMATION FROM FRONT RIGHT TO LEFT... AND FROM FRONT TO BACK... KEEPING 1 ARM'S LENGTH DISTANCE FROM THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU AND 1 ARM'S DISTANCE FROM THE PERSON TO YOUR LEFT... WATCH THIS SLIDE SHOW DEMONSTRATION...

 

 

 

 

SAME FORMAT IS USED TO FILL IN A COMPANY FORMATION...

1ST PLATOON POSITIONS THEMSELVES AND 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH PLATOONS FILL IN FROM RIGHT TO LEFT OF THE COMPANY FORMATION (5 PACES APART)  AND INDEPENDANTLY FILL IN RIGHT TO LEFT AND FROM FROM TO BACK! SEE THIS NEXT ILLUSTRATION....

 

 

 

NOW SEE... THAT'S NOT TO DIFFICULT!  IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE PRACTICE... AND THERE IS A LITTLE MORE TO IT... BUT YOU WILL LEARN MORE DURING RDP DRILL!

 

WHEN YOU GO TO BOOTCAMP... AND WHEN YOU GET BACK TO YOUR HOME UNIT...

YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED A PLATOON... A SQUAD... AND A POSTION IN THAT SQUAD!  YOU MAY ALSO BEGIN TO USE THIS RULE DURING RSP! YOU COULD BE CHOSEN TO BE THE SQAUD LEADER OR EVEN PLATOON LEADER!  

 

 

 

SO NOW YOU KNOW THE BASICS OF RSP PLATOONS

 AND HOW THEY ARE FORMED!