I don't believe we would split up a platoon into different zones.
We wouldn't.
I don’t either. My point was that his tall tale clearly defies logic on all levels, even if you assume the military would do something like this. But his followers motto is, “why let logic get in the way of an opportunity to be outraged?” so they won’t work it out, they’ll just drink the kool-aid and rail against the President. And the media will dutifully report both the tale and the outrage.