In military terminology what does a brigade,divison,battalion,company & regiment mean?

Answer 1

Southron_98 is the only one who has everything exactly right (at least for the Army).

Of course, he is listing only the operational commands. Above those are the administrative commands going all the way up to the Pentigon - such as (listing Army only) regional task force commands (such as SETAF), theatre specialized commands (such as 5th Signal Command), theatre commands (such as USAREUR), army commands (such as 5th Army), management commands (such as Army Comptroller), and so on.

Other service branches (Air Force, Navy, etc) have similar administrative commands, but often with varying names.

Answer 2

Corps 30,000+ 2 divisions Lieutenant General
Division 10,000–20,000 2-6 brigades Major General
Brigade or Brigade Combat Team 2000–5000 2+ battalions and/or Task Forces Colonel
Battalion or Squadron 300–1000 2–6 company-sized elements Lieutenant Colonel
Company, Battery, or Troop 150–300 3–6 platoons Captain
Platoon 30–40 2+ squads Second Lieutenant
Squad 8–12 2+ fireteams NCO (Sergeant)
Fireteam 4 n/a NCO (Corporal)

Answer 3

Everything well almost what Zack-art is said is the correct and exact. The girt bar is the one being hooked to the floor. After closed doors when the plane is push-back or when the bridge has been removed it is armed as in case of emergency and needs a quick aircraft evacuation the slides are already armed and will be deployed. As I said all are OK only the spoilers are not really armed it is the ground spoilers or what we call speed brakes prior landing and deployment will be actuated only when the nose wheel touches the ground and a certain speed like <60knots the ground spoilers will be deployed. He deserved the 10 points.

Answer 4

I concur with Blueprairy with one change. The Army does not use the Regimental Designation any more, and it has been replaced at that level with Brigade.

Answer 5

lets start at the bottom, there is the individual, who is part of a four man team, two teams make a squad, four squads makea platoon, fou plats. make a company, four compnys make a battalion, six batt. make brigade, four or five brig. make division, abunch of divs. make a regiment, bunch of regis.make an ARMY!!

Answer 6

platoon -- smallest combat unit, usually commanded by a lt.
company -- next largest, 3 plts plus weapons platoon usually commanded by a capt.
battalion -- next largest, three companies plus weapons company usually commanded by a ltcol
regiment -- next largest, three battalions plus hq company usually commanded by a full col.
Division - next largest, three infantry and one artillery regiment plus attached armor, engineering, and logistical support.

Brigades in the Army & USMC mean different things so I'm not going to try and answer that one ;-)