How many men are in an American Army squad, company, platoon, etc? A reliable, informed source is appreciated

Answer 1

I cannot speak for the army, it is different from the Marine Corps. But here is the Marine Corps basic organization:

The basic organization of Marine Corps infantry units follows the "rule of threes", which places three subordinates under a commander, not counting support elements. The organization and weapons are from the Marine Corps Table of Organization and Equipment standard. Note that these are principles, but according to manpower and mission needs units can deviate from the TOE (e.g. with 4 subordinate units instead of 3, or a commander who is a rank above or below the rank specified). Supporting units will have their own organization and equipment, but generally also follow the "rule of threes"

A fire team is the basic element of the GCE. It consists of four Marines: three riflemen and a team leader, typically a Corporal or Lance Corporal.
A squad is made up of three fire teams, lead by a Corporal or Sergeant as squad leader.
A rifle platoon consists of three squads, a Navy Corpsman, a Platoon Sergeant, and a Platoon Commander. A weapons platoon will substitute for the squads a 60mm mortar section, an assault section, and a medium machine gun (M240G) section. It is led by a 2nd or 1st Lieutenant.
A rifle company consists of three rifle platoons, a weapons platoon, and support staff. A weapons company will substitute for the rifle platoons an 81 mm mortar platoon, an anti-armor platoon, and a heavy machine gun platoon. There is also a Headquarters and Service Company, consisting of a headquarters platoon, a communications platoon, a service platoon, and the Battalion Aid Station. It is lead by a Captain.
A battalion consists of three rifle companies, one weapons company, and one Headquarters and Service Company, commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel.
A regiment consists of three battalions, lead by a Colonel
A division, commanded by a Major General, comprises three infantry regiments and an artillery regiment.
A brigade, commanded by a brigadier general, is less common in the Marine Corps, but is typically made up of one or more regiments.

Battalions and larger units have a Sergeant Major, and an Executive Officer as second in command, plus officers and others for: Administration (S-1), Intelligence (S-2), Operations (S-3), Logistics (S-4), Civil Affairs (wartime only) (S-5), and Communications (S-6). Units of battalion size or larger may be reinforced by the addition of supporting tank or artillery units, as in the Battalion Landing Teams comprising the GCEs of Marine Expeditionary Units.

The four Marine divisions are:

1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California
2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
3rd Marine Division at Camp Courtney in Okinawa, Japan
4th Marine Division, a reserve unit headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with units scattered throughout the United States.
In World War II, two more Marine Divisions were formed: the Fifth and Sixth, which fought in the Pacific War. These divisions were disbanded after the end of the war.

Answer 2

Squad = 3 Fire Teams and a Squad Leader. Each Fire Team
has 4 men: 2 riflemen, a AR man, and Fire Team
Leader.

Platoon = 4 Squads and a Platoon Sergeant and C.O.

Company = 4 platoons and Company Gunny and C.O.

Battalion = 4 Companys : 3 line companys and a HQ Company
and a Battalion C.O.
Regiment = 3 Battalions and a C.O.
Division = 4 Regiments

Squad Leader is usually a Corporal
Platoon C.O. is usually a Lieutenant
Company C.O. a Captain
Battalion C.O. a Major
Regiment C.O. a Colonel
Division C.O. a General

In combat, there are no guarantees of full strength at any level.
I was a Company Gunny as a 3 Striper for 2 weeks in 1966.

Answer 3

Wow, so many different answers. When I was in a squad was 11 men. It comprised of two fire teams. Five men to a team. A team leader was a corporal. A buck sgt. was squad leader. He was the 11th. man. Each team had a S.A.W. That's squad automatic weapon. A machine gun. Two men on the S.A.W two rifle men and a Grenadier. That's an m79 grenade launcher. It fired a 40 mm. explosive. Although we fired a lot of smoke grenades to cover our movements. Fire and maneuver. Four squads formed a platoon. A platoon was commanded by a second Lieutenant. The ranking N.C.O was a sgt. first class. Four platoons formed a company. Commanded by a Captain with a first Lieutenant as executive officer. The ranking N.C.O was the First sgt. Four are five company's to a battalion. Commanded by a Lieut. Colonel with a Major as X.O. Sgt. Major as ranking N.C.O. But as I write this the Army is reorganizing still again. I get an Airborne publication monthly as I was a paratrooper and the 82nd Airborne is in the midst of another reorganization. There is know more Div. Artillary. Each brigade now has a 105 battery assigned to it. The support companys are now assinged a brigade. Thats you medical people your maintance people and the list goe's on. I think you get my drift. But wate untill you get to the Air Cav. people. They have troops and squadrans and stuff. Really confusing. They even wear cowboy hats and blow bugles and stuff. Pretty cool. GARY OWENS to all you Cav. guys. I rattled on long enough. I think I gave you the basic Inf. T.O.& E.

Answer 4

Squad - 5-7 soldiers. Ideally, this consists of two 3-man teams (E-1 thru E-4), and the squad leader (E-5)

Platoon - 3 to 4 squads. This will also include the platoon sergeant (E-7) and platoon leader (2LT)

Company - 4 to 5 platoons. This will also include the 1SG and the Company commander

Answer 5

On average there are 8 soldiers in a squad, up to 50 in a platoon, up to 200 in a company, and up to 1000 soldiers in a battalion. These numbers are determined by the type of unit.

Answer 6

Squad - 7 soldiers
Platoon - 28 soldiers
Company - 3 platoons
Battalion - 4 companies

Answer 7

SQUAD = 2 Fire teams, (9) soldiers
each team comprised of 2 rifleman, 1 saw gunner, a
team leader
2 fireteams plus a squad leader = 9 soldiers

PLATOON = 4 Squads, 4th usually is a weapons squad support by fire (2) 240B gun teams

COMPANY = 4 Platoons, 4th usually a headquarters platoon

Depends on your MoS I suppose.
That was the way ours broke down

If you want complete batallion, brigade, regiment breakdown go to army website

Answer 8

There is no set size. I was in a platoon that was half the size of the one above us in the barracks... Our Battalion only had 3 companies and each companies had 2 to 3 platoons.

It is determined by what field you are in. Of course some are larger in numbers therefore have larger and more groups... IE, infantry, I was in Intelligence so we had small groups.

Answer 9

Squad-usually 10 men; platoon- 4 squads; company -3 or more platoons; batallion-4 or more companies; brigade-3 or more batallions; division 3 or more brigades

Answer 10

2 teams per squad 8-10 per squad
4 squads per platoon
5-7 platoons to a company
6-8 company's to a battalion