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You know, I’ve heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon — supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon. Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq.

Platoon - 16 to 44 soldiers. A platoon is led by a lieutenant with an NCO as second in command, and consists of two to four squads or sections.

Unit sizes are not specific across the board. Depending on the unit type, (supply, infantry, aviation, etc...) requirements change for personnel and equipment.

And as a consequence, they didn’t have enough ammunition, they didn’t have enough Humvees. They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief.

The first part is utterly ridiculous. The amount of supplies would also be fluid, depending on the mission and need at that particular time. I suppose their "extra ammo" was in the Hummers sent to Iraq? Even if all the personnel were together, their total ammo load would be higher, but spread among more people. Therefore, they would likely be "short", but nobody ever has as much as they'd like.

He's a disaster in the making as CIC. Nothing he's said or done shows me he has the most basic understanding of military affairs. I'm not even confident he'd admit to himself he would need very good and competent advisors.

Perhaps you forget that parents were buying body armor for there children in Iraq and Afghanistan!! You may wish to visit this site for information on the Captain who was a Lt at the time of his deployment. Some of his platoon were reassigned before they deployed!!! Get the facts before casting a stone!!!

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