US Army organization terms
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- Want to know what the US Army organization terms such as Platoon, Brigade, division and more mean? This video breaks down the Army's organization terms and sizes for those of you that are curious.
PS. lets see who hates that i say "Core" instead of saying the P and S to say "Corps" when that is often how a solder will say it though.
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They should be the first comment.
Confusing.. charts would be better to visualize the differences in army organization
When I was in the service in VietNam we had a saying that an army squad had 16 men but a marine squad had 17 men. The marines carried a press agent.
Vietnam vet here too .....good one .....l never heard that one .... wish l would have heard this years ago, it would have been used by me more than once.
Another namvet...I did hear that in BonSon with the Herd (173rd)..Made a tuff time funny..
You 3 all have my respect. Thank you for your service!
Thank you for your service
@John Drohan If you gotta be one, be a Big Red One. I never listened to that; I joined the 82nd.
"Don't you know I'm your first sergeant?" "Well, I really wish you were my first sergeant, but I already had a couple ones already."
I love that movie!! “Is it hot in Chad?”
The movie with Pauly shore when he was the waterman..
Sherman T. Potter The name of the Movie is In The Army Now..
My brother’s a pool man
@@manuelferis6954 I thought that COL Potter was a part of MASH on TV. I saw the original in Berlin back in the very early 70s, and it really cracked us up. I still enjoy the old TV show reruns.
Corps>division>brigade>battalion>regiment>company>platoon>squad>team. Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks for this vid. And thank you for your service.
You left out regiment between brigade and batallion.
+Jeff Rogers Well, if you were in arty thats a whole another can of worms, because artillery guys much like the fleet couldnt be arsed to standardize withthe army back in the 1700s.
And regiments are afaik, units with a single type of arms that was traditionally recurited from the same place.
So say all the infantry guys from chicago would be called the whateverth Chicago Rifles Regiment.
what I dont get, is why divide the infantry and artillery force of a brigade or division into three or so regiments, when I know 9f no regimantally organic supposrt units, and a dozen batallions would have the same effect.
Its probably just so Colonels have something to command.
@@Bloodhound264 In the US mayhaps. But the organizational level certainly exists in other militaries.
@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 thats why combimed arms brogades have popped up. Lets say 3 INF BNs 1 CAV BN and 2 Support BN likely engineers amd logistics.
6 Battalions with a deployable HQ.
@@OrDuneStudios Thats basically the old kampfgruppe concept is it not?
Thank you for speaking in a manner and language that non military can understand! 👍🏻👍🏻
him just speaking about it made me dizzy & I served 4 years in the military. as he says; there are no hard or rigid rules on rank/structure in the US army. for many reasons a E6 ssg might be in a ops slot or a acting platoon sgt or a Lt might be acting C O while a captain is on leave or injured.
I thanked him right now for the same reason.
Hello Chris, your explications about the different ranks, squads etc are very helpful to understand a military personnel. My husband belongs to the US Army, he is on mission. Up to now we hvn't had the opportunity to talk about what you explain on your channel. So I say thank you.
FYI: In Armor, it's "Crew" (3 EM + 1NCO) then "Platoon" (4 Tanks) then "Company" (16 + 2 HQ Tanks + Supply, Etc.). So differs greatly by MOS. An Officer's tank will usually have 2 EM's, 1 NCO and the Officer (PLT LDR, XO or CO)
You were Transportation.. I was an 88H for 12 years before getting stuck with the Combat Engineers for my last 5
90% Veteran Studios Yeah, to be fair I think sappers would probably go before the rangers. What are the rangers gonna do? Walk on water?
Did you like combat engineers
57H to 88H here... Changed PMOS out of transportation for a bit , and then back to TC for my last hitch (had 88H as SMOS)..
I’m a 88H currently !
"Stuck"? You know you were the happiest when you were with 12B's!!!
Good information. I served in the army from 2003-2010. My squad consisted of about 7-10 soldiers but we were referred to as a section. From there it was pretty standard. We had a platoon, then company, then battalion, and finally a regiment. That’s as high as my chain of command went and the only unit size higher than that would be the entire post itself.
Your description aligns perfectly with his explanation. You weren't an exception. Also, your chain of command did in fact include the "entire post itself" -- that was your division. Beyond that, your chain of command included echelons all the way to the CiC. I'm surprised that in 7 years of service this fact eluded you.
I am going into the navy
I love these videos, but could you do a "What do these units do?" video? What are typical squad, platoon, company, etc tasks?
What a unit does, depends on it's branch. Infantry = men with rifles as their primary weapon. Cavalry = tanks and other armour. Artillery = cannons. Engineers = construction and destruction of obstacles. Those are the fighting units of the regular Army. Rangers and Specials Forces are elite forces and are very different from the rest of the Army in unit structure and mission. Support units are: Transport, Motorpool, Clerks, Logistic, Military Police. All the units Chris mentioned are the seize of the unit. Also the bigger the unit, the higher the rank of the commanding NCO (sergeant) of officer.
@@mardiffv.8775 Engineers = fixing equipments as well right?!
Also, can helicopters be part of cavalry?
As for the support units, where is the medical support on those 5 you listed?
@@Cruzeiro5x02008e2009 Sure, I forgot medical. Yes, helicopters can be part of cavalry, but are useally deployed with air mobile operations, so air mobile troops can be inserted and extracted into hostile territory. Engineers constructs too, see my previous comment. The Dutch Army used to have the rank of Supervisor of the fortifications.
@@mardiffv.8775 When you say fortification, I straight start thinking about medieval castles that leads me into thinking about sieges. lol
BTW, thank you for your reply!
A units job depends on what type of unit it is. I was in a signal unit and based on what I seen the best answer to your question is this, from the team level up to about the battalion, regiment and brigade level units do what they specialize in, primarily either combat or support. When you get to the division level and higher the units that make up division s and corps have still do what they specialize in but now the share a Command unit.
A-Team Consisting of 4 guys in a black van. From the top down:
1Col.
2Capt./pilot
3Lt./swindeler
4Sgt/ Driver / Mechanic/ Welder/ and token black guy.
How about The Avengers?
Corps is correctly pronounced like word core. :)
This video was tough to follow
Why tho?
@@huntclanhunt9697 It's a French word originally (as in "esprit de corps" -- the French were the leading military power in Europe for a spell and so a lot of their terminology was borrowed by others) and the final "s" in a French word is normally silent (not pronounced).
@@davidchou1675 I have a tendency to forget which version of the word has an e at the end.
huntclan hunt because of the French.
I was in a armor battalion at ft. lewis wa. my company had close to 300 soldiers. we were HHC 1/33 ar. we had defac, support, motorpool, medics, orderly room, NBC, scouts, mail clerk, signal, supply, s1, s2, s3, s4, a retention NCO all in one company. the other companies were a, b, c, d line companies. HHC was headquarters & headquarters company.
Harvey L. Nichols. do platoon beef with other platoon?
My 2nd duty station; 555 mp co, 2nd platoon, fort lee VA; we had 04 platoons of M Ps, a headquarters platoon. approx 160/180-190 soldiers total. our unit changed commands & BNs, four/04 times! yes, we had moved from one brigade or BN to another. DA cut the 555th MP co in 1995.
Yea but tanks also need more than one person to crew a tank lol
All that fancy specialized stuff organic at company level? Was it some spec ops thing expected to operate autonomously?
hey harvey was at ft lewis hhc 2 nd bde mid 80's shout out to 2/77 armor!
When I was on active duty, 90s era, it was common for soldiers or officers under promotable status to add a P to their rank so others knew they were soon going to be promoted. a Sgt might write; Sgt/P or E5(P) meaning they have the promotion points or meet the DA standards but are awaiting orders-formal notice.
Very smart
For a non-american watching a shit ton of inaccurate movies I was relieved watching this
Thank you for clearing this stuff up, those terms always confused the hell out of me!
Most people will get confused about it. It is not very hard if you think about it. a team is a subset of a squad, a squad is a subset of a platoon, a platoon is a subset of a company, a company is a subset of a battalion, a battalion is a subset of a brigade as well as a regiment, a brigade is a subset of a division, a division is a subset of a corp. By the way after ww2 the use of regiments ended for the most part. a brigade is the unit that is used for now.
1:13 team
1:49 squad
2:28 section
3:10 platoon
4:05 company, troop(cav) battary(artillery)
5:45 batalion, squad (cav)
6:33 regament, (cav)
6:50 bragade (before this its all specials, infantry platoon, anti tank section, tank platoon ect)
7:02 division
7:48 courp, arny
I almost stopped and commented on the CSM topic until you mentioned it later on in the video lol What I will say, however, is that it IS important to mention that the roles of a Sergeant Major and a Command Sergeant Major can differ greatly. A Sergeant Major may serve as the NCOIC of a Staff Shop at the Battalion level while the Command Sergeant Major is the senior NCO of the entire Battalion. For example my BN has an S3 Sergeant Major but he still answers to the Command Sergeant Major who is the right hand man of the Battalion Commander (hence the word "Command" being in the title of Command Sergeant Major). Albeit all of this is getting a little deeper into how the Army works than what most people are looking for when watching your videos (which are pretty awesome BTW) but some may want more info. Either way, great videos. I might have to recommend them to my family so that they can finally have some sort of idea of how the Army works and I don't have to explain to them every time they ask what I do lol
when I was on active duty, E9s & generals were basically who knew who, who wanted to retire, who wanted to be at a certain post for a certain reason, etc. there were not thousands of generals or sgt majors out there like TV or hollywood make it seem. most are near retirement or have 5/6 years left.
ok !the senior enlisted ranks run the u.s. army !!!!!! god bless em!!!!!!!
Thanks 🙏 now I can understand the structure of Easy Company in Band of Brothers
I served in the old ASA (Army Security Agency) with the Field Station Berlin. It was commanded by an O-6. We had three companies (A, B, and HHQ) with a total strength of about
1000 troops. Since it was an intelligence outfit with sites in several places in the city, we really didn't interact across company lines. Most of our guys worked in one place, while small numbers worked in remote sites miles from the biggest one. I was situated as far south and as far east as one could go and still be in West Berlin far from most of the brass and senior NCOs. I worked for two E-7s for most of my time there, although we did have a W-2 come in for a few months, before I rotated back to the States. Our company CO was a Captain, and we had an E-7 as the First Shirt, also know to us as Top. Only 30 or so men worked at my site, so it was a pretty tight knit bunch. Our shift NCOs were SSGs, while the operators and analysts were usually SP4 and 5 (me), with a smattering of SP6s, too. All in all it was a good group. I'm still in touch with some of the guys from those days almost 50 years ago. Those were good days.
A fire team is lead by Corporal/Specialist and consists of 2-4. . A team is lead by Sergeant. A Squad/Section is lead by Corporal/Sergeant/Staff Sergeant and consists of 5-14. A Platoon/Troop is lead by First LT/ Second LT. and consists of 15-45. A Company/Battery/Squadron is lead by First LT./ Captain/Major. and consists of 80-150. A Battalion/Cohort is lead by LT. Colonel and consists of 300-800. A Brigade/Regiment/Legion is lead by Colonel/ Brig. General and consists of 1,000-5,500. A Division is lead by Major General and consists of 10,000-25,000 . A Corps is lead by a LT. General and consists of 30,000-50,000. . A Field Army is lead by General and consists of 100,000-300,000. A Army Group/Front is lead by General Of The Army and consists of 2+ Field Armies. A Region/ Theater is lead by a General Of The Army and consists of 4+ Army Groups.
subbed less than 30 minutes ago after seeing your rank explanations video. good time for an upload! cheers
Awesome!! Thanks for the sub and thanks for watching!!
I think both Band of Brothers and Generation Kill both did a good job of explaining their respective structures. In a standard movie I think it's tough; not enough time.
This explains a lot about the modern Army structure. I study Army organization in the American Civil War and the way I learned it was;
When you joined you’ll be placed in a company, which usually had about 50 men
Then your company will be placed with 4 or 5 other companies that will make a regiment which had roughly about 250 men commanded by a Colonel
Your regiment will then be placed with 3 or 4 others in a Brigade, numbers may vary from 2500 to 3000 men commanded by a Brigadier General
Your brigade will then be placed with maybe 2 or 3 other brigades to make a division of 8000 to 10,000 men under a Major General
Your division then will be placed with 2 or 3 others in a Corps of maybe 20,000 men under a Major General
Then your corps will be placed with 2 others under a Lt. General or sometimes a Major General
USAF translation:
Team/Fireteam = Team/Fireteam
Platoon = Flight
Company or Battalion (size dependant) = Squadron
Battalion or Brigade (size dependant) = Group (HQ)
Division = Wing (Base)
Corps = Command (Multiple bases with same or similar mission)
Field Army = Command Group/Numbered Air Force (Multiple Commands in the same theater or region)
Thank you again as this is very informative information and I really enjoy this new channel I stumbled on. Keep it going, sir! I keep hearing, what's your, mos? This could be another subject for us.
Thanks!! That is a great idea. Thank you. I think I’ll work on that topic soon.
These videos are awesomely informative! Thanks!
I think during WWII and Korea, a squad was usually split into two fireteams, or teams. One team, usually with Garands would suppress an enemy position while an assault team, usually armed with M1A1s would flank and assault the position. During Vietnam, there wasn't as many open positions or easy flanking paths, and since almost every soldier got an automatic rifle, the fireteams' roles were changed.
Do a video about Us Army Tabs
The film classic Patton introduced me to the upper level structures Division, Corps, Army. Band of brothers was a good example of the lower unit structures, squad, platoon, company, regiment, to division. But that was ww2 and I'm sure it's changed somewhat since then.
Not much has changed, actually
Sometimes if a Captain isn't available a 1st Lt. will fill in, and a major fill in for a Lt. Col. but they can be frocked to the appropriate grade too
Watching you vids on the way to basic thank you 🙏🏾
I was in the ETO 7th Army, 7th Corps, 7th Engineer brigade ( fully engineer units aren't divisional.), 82nd combat engineer Battalion (fully engineer units aren't regimental), Blue Babe, Company D, 2nd Platoon specialist engineers, 1st squad. Specialist Mayhem explosives expert. Air assault, Mountaineer, Cold Weather. Loved the 80s man.
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My unit in the guard calls squads sections for some reason. We have “teams” in theory but usually that’s just who we fall under on paper and doesn’t really mean much in practicality
Can you do comparative videos with other branches?
It's probably best he stick to subject matters he is familiar with.
He's speaking of the Army and most of this (excluding division and up) all translates to Navy life.
USAF translation:
Team/Fireteam = Team/Fireteam
Platoon = Flight
Company or Battalion (size dependant) = Squadron
Battalion or Brigade (size dependant) = Group
Division = Wing
Corps = Command
Field Army = Command Group/Numbered Air Force
Hope this helps a little.
Does unit size matter?
Asking for a friend.
I heard 4 is the minimum.
size is dependent of the unit. a team is the smallest unit. team leader with an m16, with 3 guys, one carried the m203, another would carry the m249 another would just carry an m16.
It's not the size of the unit that matter, but the force it can project. ;)
LMFAOOO
Team - (x4) soldiers. Led by SGT, Corporal, Specialist
Squad - (x2) teams. Led by SGT, SSG
Section - (x2) squads. Led by SGT, SSG
Platoon - (x2-3) sections. Led by SSG, SFC, 2nd-1st Lt
Company - (x2-6) platoons. Led by 1st SGT and CPT
Battalion/Squadron - (x2+) Companies. Led by Lt Colonel and SGT Major.
Regiment. Led by Lt Colonel.
Brigade - (x3) battalions. Led by Brigadier General and SGT Major.
Division - (x3) Brigades. Led by Major General and (Command) SGT Major
Corp +1
Field Army +2
Kinda goes like this from what the video says. Hope it helps someone and reply if there's a needed edit.
THE MEXICAN ARMY IS STUCTURED JUST LIKE YOU HAVE DESCRIBED IT IN THIS VIDEO. PROPS TO YOU BRO. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS KEEP THEM COMING.
A corps is lead by LT. Gen. I believe.
Aiden F yep with a MG as his XO
@@pauljoe4444 I was in a regiment once and it was just really a large company with a major in charge because we had helicopters and this equipment was worth more than an Army captain could sign off on. This regiment was combined with 2-3 other company level elements to form a battalion.
Everyone from the Battalion-up is a politician, so I don't care.
I was in a helicopter maintenance unit. We were a Company with 4 Platoons. SFC’s were the Platoon Sergeants. 1st Sergeant we called “Top” crusty old guy, The XO was a Captain. The CO was a Major. All the pilots were officers but mostly all Warrant Officers. The Warrant Officers were in charge of specialties like supply, etc besides their flying duties.
Our Company was not in a Battalion, but instead we were in a Group. The 45th support group. The consisted of very eclectic specialty Companies.
The base MP’s (Company A) were in our group. Recreation specialists were in the Group.
The Group Commander was. Full bird Colonel. He had a Sergeant Major.
The Group was part of a Command. USASCH (United States Army Support Command Hawaii).
We wore the USASCH patch known as the Lazy H. If you ever watch the old movie From Here To Eternity they wear the Lazy H.
USASCH supported the 25th Infantry Division. We shared the same base. We fixed their helicopters.
For Air Force the equalivent would be
Team = N/A
Squad = Element
Section = N/A
Platoon = Flight
Company = Squadron
Battalion = Group
Brigade = Wing
Division = NAF
Corps = MAJCOMs
Feild Army = HAF
For the first unit I was assigned to, it was a Detachment. Kinda counts as a company but not really. Usually consists of 21~ personal.
Regiments were used until the early sixties in the US, and the main difference between regiments and brigades, is that a regiment is of a fixed size, with battalions/squadrons of the same type. A brigade can consist of different types of battalions.
Another difference is that regiments are 'units'(as are all smaller organizations), while brigades and larger organizations are 'formations'.
First off , thank you for your service . Second thanks for taking the time to explain .
Our company (C\122 Maintenance, 3rd AD} at the time had 144 personnel. Of course we were a "Heavy" division during the Cold War. The Brigade we supported was commanded by a Colonel -06.
Thank you for your service Chris
1. You were obviously in Support Squadron, Muleskinners!!
2. You forgot detachment
Hey Chris- I was 64 Charley back in 1977 Primary MOS, and Secondary was 71 Lima. Stationed at Ft Lewis as BN S1. Glad you were in Transportation......Drive on.
When I stationed in then West Germany 1988-1991 I was in the 1st Infantry Division 1st Battalion 16th Infantry Regiment, we had 7 companies which were Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, were Combat companies, then Delta a TOW Company, Echo and Headquarters were non combat consisting of Mechanics, Clerks and Electronics ect. I was in Bravo Company had 4 platoons, 3 combat 1 we called Headquarters in our Company. Our squads were generally 8 guys maybe 10 at most and if I remember each platoon had only 3 squads. Headquarters squad had the Company Clerk, Armour, Chemical Sergents (2), 2 drivers for the Captian. 1 for his HUMVVE, the for his M-113 or M2A2 Bradley had a Gunner also and a Duce Driver and maybe 4 more guys who did something else but I don't member at this time.. Our supposed operational strength in 1989 was 221 guys. Sure didn't look that big but maybe it was but buy the time of my PCS in 1991we had around 105 or less guys and in 1990 were using only 2 Bradley's per Platoon out of the 4 we had for each platoon, as we didn't have enough squads to fill each vehicle. In 5th Id 4th Bt 6th In Rg we probably had 150 guys if that and that was 1991-1992. Don't remember if we used all of our Bradley's but I think we did. Unit strength varies a lot depending on location and combat readiness makes all the difference.
When I was in the 101st. We had Platoons, companies, and Battle groups composed of Battalions. That was until1965 when everything changed.
Really? I was in the 101st as well. 1st of the 502.
Love your videos man. Managed to learn the difference between enlisted (and warrant), commissioned officers as well how the army is organised (this video). Thanks a lot man.
Awesome. Glad I could help!! Thanks for watching!!!
I'd add that when I served, many titles or leadership roles had "acting" ranks. a sfc/E7 would be a "acting first sgt" or a master Sgt, E8 would be a acting operations sgt until DA orders were either issued or a army col/general gave a officer-senior nco the job/title. retirements, movements/pcs, unit changes, budgets, etc often impacted army unit rank structures or personnel. I was a spc/E4 & had weeks where I was "acting" squad leader due to changes or orders.
In Cavalry Scouts units, a platoon contains 2 to 4 sections.
Thank you for the explanation! I was curious after knowing that my grandfather was in the 1st calvary division in vietnam.
Watching BOB, again.....this vid helped out alot!!!!
Back when I was in (late 80s) our ACRs (Armored Cavalry Regiments) were comparable in size to brigades and we were tank/Bradley/APC "heavy".
god bless the a.c.r regiments!!! allons!!!
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Mortar platoons are different from rifle platoons. American Army system. Armies of other nations may differ. There will be mortar Platoons in Infantry Companies and/or Infantry Battalions. Or, one heavy mortar Platoon in an Armor (tank) Battalion.
Everything is centered around the mortar gun itself. Each gun squad has: 1 squad leader, 1 gunner, 1 assistant gunner, and, 1 or 2 ammo bearers depending on the size of the gun. There is a Fire Direction Squad, FDC, in each section. For the mortar fire calculation specialists and the forward observers. Put four guns together and you get a mortar section. Two mortar sections make a mortar platoon. Each section has a section leader that is an E-6 Staff Sergeant. Each mortar platoon has an E-7 Platoon Sergeant. One Lieutenant for the Platoon.
Each mortar section can operate independently of each other.
you should try doing weekly soldier to civilian type of episodes I think that would be a good viewing market for you. especially if you focus on veteran topics/ issues. keep up your videos! :)
I’ll probably try to incorporate more veteran stuff into the vlogs that I do. Thanks for still watching!!!
When I was in I was in Cav units and aviation units.
Normally a Captain was plotoon leaders and as the XO.
The unit or troop Co was a Major.
IIRC that's a function of the value of the equipment, and the fact that an LT isn't *usually* allowed to be accountable for that high of a price tag, so O-3s fill the PL and XO roles
Great explanation, enjoyed your video. Keep up the great work and God Bless you.
Nice explanation. Very clear and concise.
I was an 11C & our mortar squads were usually 3-4 guys, then our section was 3 gun squads & 1 FDC squad, & 2 sections in the platoon.
I was 11B.
Great information., Keep the good work...!!! My brother...!!!
Excellent and clear explanation Sir. Thank you for your service.
I know most of it, I was confused on what the smallest was. Squad or platoon. Thank you for clearing that up.
Then you throw in Group and some others that really get things muddy. Haha. It's not even always well understood by those in the Army.
Good job on this Chris.
As I undrrtand Battlegroup is any ad hoc collection of forces deployed to achieve a single objective.
You began to exclude the amount of personnel there on the higher up ones. A Division is between 6,000 and 25,000 personnel
In mech infantry platoon. We have 2 squads and 2 sections. And each section in consist of 2 Bradley/striker crews depending on the vic there using. But the PL/PSG will be part of those sections. But they don't sit in the Motor pool working on the vis so they would have two section sgts in charge of them. And they are the TC of the vics. And then each crew would have gunners wich played as a "Team Leader" role.
I was USAEUR, 5th Corps, 36th Group, 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery (known as 2nd/5th FA), B Battery, FDC Section (Fire Direction Control) Primary Chart Operator. This was before computers entered FA. E4 (Specialist E4) 1970/72 - Babenhausen West Germany. M107 SP, 175mm Gun.
In a field artillery battery, the platoon Sergeant is called chief of firing battery its either a staff sergeant or a Sergeant first class.
I supported 3rd ACR during OIF 1 MY unit was the 16th signal battalion and we supported the 16th Commander and the 16th CSM. Also my cousin was in that unit before they moved to ft hood
when I was in the Army we called the first sergeant "TOP'; as in top sergeant.
Great video! Thanks for explaining this for people like me who love the armed forces but have never been in the service.
Thanks!! Glad it was helpful.
in the Marine Corps there is a unit size known as a "series" (mostly used in boot camp, but can be seen in other part of the Marines) and I honestly never quite understood the difference between a company and a series in the Marine Corps.
Somewhat helpful. U.S. Army ‘71-‘74. The only #s you got right were platoon size on down. Unit sizes are smaller now then in WWll. When you say a Company is 4 platoons of 40+ men- how is a company 60-100 men? # of men in a Brigade, Regiment, Division, Or an Army?
Thank you for the info, needed it for a game I'm playing. Thank you for my freedoms.
My brother was in the 1st Cav Regiment in Viet Nam. It's my understanding that Cavalry still uses Regiments. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
You’re almost right. There was no "1st Cavalry Regiment" in Vietnam; there was just the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), frequently called the 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1st Air Cav, or 1st Cav. Within the 1st Cavalry Division, I was in the "1st of the 8th", which referred to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, which was short for 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment. Same with the rest of the battalions & regiments within the Division. (And remember that the correct pronunciation is "Cav-al-ry"; I cringe when I hear people say "Cal-va-ry".)
@@terryv My brother was in the 7th Squadron, 1st Cav Regiment. They were in the Mekong Delta but he flew all over.
museum.vhpa.org/1stcav/7thsquad/7thsquad.shtml
So no, you are not correct in your statement.
You said it right, the First Sergeant has the Company Commander.
A company First Sergeant position (E-8) is frequently filled by a Master Sergeant rank (E-8). Also, you said "Cav" many times without ever clarifying that you were shortening the word "Cavalry"; a civilian might not know what "Cav" means. Also, a brigade is typically headed by a Colonel (O-6; "full" colonel, or "bird" colonel). Also - a civilian wouldn’t have a clue what you mean by a "high-speed specialist".
I wish there was a marine core version of your videos😂
Core?
I was in the Infantry in Vietnam so things may have changed but each Infantry battalion is part of a regiment and has a regimental designation, flag and insignia. But regiments no longer exist in the Army as units. One stateside unit I was in was the 4th Infantry Division I no longer remember which brigade but I was in D Co. 1st Battalion 11 Infantry Regiment (1/11 or 1st of the 11th). The next Battalion in the brigade could be from a totally different Battalion designated regiment only bound together by being in the same brigade.
Thank you our son just enlisted and is in basic training. Explains quite a bit
Both the terminology and the way units are used today differs somewhat from the pre-WW1 US Army. During the Civil War, for example, the regiment was the main fighting unit. On paper, a full-strength regiment had 1000 men (10 100-man companies). A regiment would occasionally be split into 2, or, more rarely, 3 battalions. In those days, full-strength regiments had a colonel, a lieutenant-colonel and a major. If split into 3 battalions, each of these three field-grade officers would take one of the battalions. Brigades during the Civil War were made up of several (usually 2 to 4) regiments. By rights, these would be commanded by brigadier generals. But, the army being cheap, often placed colonels in charge of brigades (as they still do today). But back then, a brigade was a large unit, coming in at around 4000 men.
So, in Civil War times: Army > Corp > Division > Brigade > Regiment > Battalion > Company
Companies weren't really parsed out into smaller units back then. Typically, due to sickness and battlefield attrition, most companies came in at around 40 - 50 men as it was, so they were already kind of small enough. If a smaller unit was needed to perform a specific task, then the commanding NCO or CO would ask for volunteers to step forward. That was about as formal as it got.
Pretty cool video.. I wish you mentioned army group..and theater of operations.. (I know Army Group hasn't been used since WW2)
Nice job man! Hey, i'm really interested in this kind of terms but also what are their function all about, besides that, i'd also like to know how this kind of structure developed, that's why I got a question:
Is there any kind of book {or any other source} where I can find this kind of information?
If there's, what's the name of such book?
Now,, there's a terrorist asking for information... 😳
Now when entering WWII the air unit was called the US Army Air Corp, then later on it was changed to the US Army Air Force. Was this changed because the Air Corp exceeded the numbers of an Army Corp and they had to find a name that would be designated as a unit that would be able to handle a larger number of members that were over 100,000 and couldn’t be designated as a Corp or a numbered Army?
I started out with 3rd ACR then 3rd ID, and I had a 8 month break in service after that unit lol. I came back in and went to Germany to 1st ID. Did Iraq with them. I then went to 4 ID and went right back to Iraq. Got back and did a 3rd Iraq with them. I then went to Kansas and back to 1st ID. I was then Med boarded for a lot of things but mostly for my jacked up back and rubber ankles. 4 surgeries later I was booted out with 30% VA disability lol. Even the VA guy said they are fucking you. But I was just ready to be done with the whole thing. I later did a reevaluation and was bumped to 70%. I still get doctors asking me why I ain't medically retired lol. But while I am in constant pain every day. I honestly don't think I would trade my life that lead me here. I got to do crazy and fun stuff. And had allot of fun along the way. I also had many hard times as well. But I am who I am today because of it all. Except FT. Bennig. Fuck that place lol..
My experience has been that Top always has a Captain. It’s a nice accessory.
Not *always*... 1SGs can take (temporary) command if need be
Man your channel is a blessing
good video. detailed. The only thing left out is a "detachment" or a small group of soldiers/ncos. detachments are mostly highly trained or support mos troops that are needed for a specific purpose like military police, cid special agents, M I, civil affairs, psych ops, public affairs-media, etc. "delta force" had squadrons but to my knowledge, the unit no longer uses the term & members are in different sections. SECdef Rumsfeld folded-cut delta force in the mid 2000s. The new SOF unit changes often & is given new titles.
I don’t know about now. But the regimental system was replaced in the 1950’s. However, in the Infantry, each battalion, usually attached to an infantry brigade, still carries its regimental designation but there is no regiment other than the designation. For example I was in D Company 1st battalion of the 11th Inf. I don’t remember the Brigade but all were a part of the 4th Inf Div. Regiment but although the designation 11th Inf exists the regiment does not. Also the XO of a Company is a 1st Lt.
I'm having a little trouble relating this to armor. My father was in a small group of tanks that patrolled the border in Germany in the mid '50s.
that'd be a troop or a squadron... depending on your definition of a "small group of tanks"
@@user-sx4yu3nw4j there were five tanks that patrolled the bolder in this particular group. At the time the East Germans were closing the border and part of this group's job was to protect the border and assist refugees escaping to the west.
As noted, the size of any unit in the Army can vary a whole lot. In ancient times (50 years ago) my company in Viet Nam had 520 enlisted men and at that we were still 60 men under strength. We were organized from Detachment>Company>Battalion>Group. Who was in charge depended on who was available and as the Army pulled out of VN replacements were not to be had. Some detachments ended up being run by Sp5's (who fortunately knew what they were doing and saved a lot of American and South Vietnamese lives)... We were "First In-Last out."
I joined in 1966 and was assigned to the 5th batallion, 66th Armor Regiment. It was an independent regiment but during the time I served it was assigned to the 2nd Armor Division (Hell On Wheels)
Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th regiment, 101st Airborne.
Thanks for the vid! I was wondering if the battalion was bigger or smaller than a regiment.
+Chie Chie Benitez A battalion is smaller than a regiment. A regiment would be similarity size to a division.
Thanks for the info
Christopher Chaos - No, a division consists of several regiments, which consist of several battalions each.
squads are usually for combat arms units such as infantry or artillery. Section is the same as squad but is used in combat support units such as maintenance, aviation, supply units. So basically if your a combat MOS unit then you will call it squads within the platoon, If your a support MOS such as Aviation, Supply, Medical, then instead of calling it squad, it would be called section. they are basically the same thing.
Not true. It just goes off size like described in this video. I was in several support units and it was still a squad.
What Units were unit were you in? I been 11B, 68F, 94K and a 35F. I Did every position from team leader, Squad Leader, Section Sergeant, Platoon Sergeant, all the way up to Detachment 1SG so explained to me again how Unit MTOEs go again?
I was an 88M. I was in 1-13AR, The JSA, 3rd ACR, and 4 -10 CAV. We still had squads of about 10 soldiers and some squads like 1st and 2nd squad would make up the ammo section.
SO as a 88M and being in transportation unit it varies, whether you are driving PLS, LHS, 915s, or even HETs. it depends on light , Medium, or Heavy Truck Companies. When I left Infantry we had fire teams in a squad like you describe, When a soldier is in a support unit, you can call the section a section or squad and even rate the NCO in that leadership position as a section sergeant or Squad Leader on his 2166-8 (NCOER) The only thing that hurts that NCO is if the 1SG allows for that NCO to be improperly written when its time for that NCO to get looked at for E7. Many Junior NCOs don't know this and wonder why they get passed up for E7, Because their NCOERS were written wrong for years. This is one of the many things that hurts future junior Non Coms when they got rid of good NCOPD. I learn this when I went from 11B to 68F (its now 15F Aircraft Electrician ) in 1993. I been in support units ever since up until I retire as a E7 prom in 2013. unlike 88M which can be in any platoon. IF you are a support MOS then by MTOE that soldier based on pay grade can only go to one section and that's it. Example When I was a 94K we had four separate MOSs in our platoon. We were Avionics Platoon which 1st Section was the 94Y, 2nd Section 94K, third section was 94R. We still called our sections squads even though as squad leader then I was rated as the section sergeant for 2nd Squad(Section ) we only called it squad because that's what most soldiers are used to hearing. Some sections can have up to 16 soldiers which might have to break off into 2 squad elements simply because of the MTOE but sections alone are not based on size its based on MTOE. And its very possible for units to be overstrengh. That's why the S1 has to make sure its properly reported that HRC. I was in 3ACR as well. I was in Support Squadron, We were K co 158th Aviation ( Yes Kilo Company not troop like most of the other companies) I Was the section sergeant and platoon sergeant at Butts Army Airfield.
Just round it out. A Corps is 2 or more divisions usually commended by a Lt. General and a Field Army is 2 or more Corps. Usually Commanded by Full General.
Just to round it even further out, although they have not existed since World War II, there is also a formation called an army group which can consist of several armies. An example would be the 12th Army Group commanded by General(4 star) Bradley and consisting of the First, Third, Ninth, and 15th Armies. At the end of the war, it numbered roughly 1.3 million soldiers.
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Alan Tomlinson
+Diego Rhoenisch Do you mean in the US army? Because both the soviets and germans had armygroups in wwii.
I understand Air Force but my some of my friends are in the army and this helped
1:43)A sergeant (E-5) is intended to lead A Teams. A corporal ( E-4) leads the B Team. In reality, as a Specialist/5 (E-5), I was the squad leader instead of a Staff Sergeant (E-6). A S/Sgt was often in the Platoon Sgt.(E-7) position. A few Specialist/4 (E-4) led a squad. I was in platoons where the 1st squad had one.I led the 2nd squad.The first squad leader is third in command of the platoon. I, technically, committed mutiny by assuming the Plt.Sgt's place, or at times the platoon leader's (O-1). I was in the 608 Ordnance Company, Fort Benning, Ga. We had S/Sgt Pounds in the 1st Sgt's position. I annoyed by not calling him 1st Sgt. He could not do anything about it. I properly addressed him. The Supply Sgt. (S-4) was a Master Sgt. (E-8). He ignored the E-6 most of the time, or told him what to with any requests or orders.There's nothing new about getting placed above the pay grade. During the War Between The States, Nordern enlisted men &officers were made Brevet Officers, but did not get a pay increase.
3:15) A 1st LieuTenant is the company Executive Officer (XO) or sometimes the Officer Commanding (OC).
6:28) A battalion, or squadron, Sergeant Major (Sgt. Maj.) does not have leaves flanking the star.