This is a list of current formations of the united states army which is constantly changing as the army changes its structure over time.
Us army light infantry platoon.
Army signal intelligence student platoon.
It provides techniques for employment of infantry platoons and squads in conducting decisive actions.
Fm 3 96 brigade combat team published october 2015 department of the army.
The principle audiences for atp 3 21 8 are commanders staffs and leaders who are responsible for planning preparing executing and assessing operations of the infantry platoon and squad.
Atp 3 20 15 tank platoon published december 2012 department of the army.
For the purposes of this list brigades are currently excluded.
Platoons are made up of a few squads and fall under a company.
Army s infantry rifle platoon consists of a platoon headquarters 3 rifle squads and 1 weapons squads.
This amounts to 1 officer and 38 permanent enlisted personnel as well as 3 usually attached enlisted personnel.
Generally in infantry the platoon consists of 3 infantry squads a weapons squad and a platoon headquarters with a platoon radiotelephone operator.
Atp 3 21 8 provides the doctrinal framework for all infantry platoons and squads.
It is not intended to be a stand alone publication.
They can have up to a few dozen soldiers and are ran by a lieutenant.
The organization of a light infantry platoon before we begin our look at the organization of the light infantry platoon.
Let s lay out our parameters.
Due to the nature of those changes specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations.
We will provide a fairly typical us army organization that was highly successful over the years.
The different types of light infantry organizations were all consolidated into the one infantry organization in 2007.
There are many variants to this organization.
Atp 3 90 1 armor and mechanized infantry company team published january 2016 department of the army.