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A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron. In many armies a troop is the equivalent element to the infantry section or platoon . Exceptions are the US Cavalry and the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery where a troop is a subunit comparable to an infantry company or artillery battery .
Military organization or military organisation is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer such military capability as a national defense policy may require. Formal military organization tends to use hierarchical forms (see Modern hierarchy for terminology and approximate troop strength per hierarchical unit).
Oregon Army National Guard Brig. Gen. William J. Edwards (left), Land Component Commander; Col. Gregory T. Day (center), outgoing commander; and Lt. Col. (promotable) Stephen L. Schmidt (right), incoming commander, stand at attention during the beginning of a change of command ceremony for the 82nd Brigade (Troop Command), June 3, 2017, at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, Oregon.
Forlorn hope: a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position, where the risk of casualties is high. [3] Frontal assault or frontal attack: an attack toward the front of an enemy force. Garrison: a body of troops holding a particular location on a long ...
Army brigades were only authorized one cavalry Troop, as was the case with "A" Troop, 4/12 Cavalry. When only the 1st Brigade of the 5th (Mechanized) Infantry Division deployed to the Republic of South Vietnam (RVN), only one cavalry troop was assigned to the brigade, Troop A.
One set of troops, the District of Columbia National Guard, has historically operated as the equivalent of a state militia (under Title 32 of the United States Code) not subject to Posse Comitatus Act restrictions, even though it is a federal entity under the command of the President and the Secretary of the Army. [10] National Guard troops ...
The Troop Leading Procedures (TLP) are a systematic approach to planning, preparing, and executing military operations at the small-unit level, [1] particularly in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. It extends the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) to the small-unit level, placing primary responsibility for planning on the commander or small ...
In some British Army units it is a tradition for squadrons to also be named after an important historical battle in which the regiment has taken part. For example, the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment assigns trainees to " Waterloo " Squadron, named in honour of the significance the cavalry played in the Allied forces' victory over Napoleon.