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id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Army" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Army"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Army</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Army-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Historical_background_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historical_background_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Historical background</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historical_background_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Modern_use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Modern_use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>Modern use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modern_use-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marine_Corps" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marine_Corps"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Marine Corps</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marine_Corps-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_examples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_examples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notable examples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_examples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companya_de_chent_d%27armas" title="Companya de chent d'armas – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Companya de chent d'armas" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6l%C3%BCk" title="Bölük – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bölük" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF_(%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F)" title="কম্পানি (মিলিটারি ইউনিট) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কম্পানি (মিলিটারি ইউনিট)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiong-t%C5%ABi" title="Tiong-tūi – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tiong-tūi" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Рота – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Рота" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Рота – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Рота" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Рота – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Рота" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Ceta" title="Četa – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Četa" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companyia_militar" title="Companyia militar – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Companyia militar" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Рота – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Рота" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rota" title="Rota – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rota" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwmni_(uned_filwrol)" title="Cwmni (uned filwrol) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cwmni (uned filwrol)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompagni_(milit%C3%A6r)" title="Kompagni (militær) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kompagni (militær)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompanie_(Milit%C3%A4r)" title="Kompanie (Militär) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kompanie (Militär)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompanii" title="Kompanii – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kompanii" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa_(fuerzas_armadas)" title="Compañía (fuerzas armadas) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Compañía (fuerzas armadas)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roto" title="Roto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Roto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86" title="گروهان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گروهان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnie_(militaire)" title="Compagnie (militaire) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Compagnie (militaire)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompanjy_(milit%C3%AAre_ienheid)" title="Kompanjy (militêre ienheid) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kompanjy (militêre ienheid)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A4%91%EB%8C%80" title="중대 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="중대" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF" title="Վաշտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վաշտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satnija" title="Satnija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Satnija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompanio_(armeala_unajo)" title="Kompanio (armeala unajo) – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kompanio (armeala unajo)" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompi" title="Kompi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kompi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undirfylki" title="Undirfylki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Undirfylki" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnia_(unit%C3%A0_militare)" title="Compagnia (unità militare) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Compagnia (unità militare)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%92%D7%94" title="פלוגה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פלוגה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompi" title="Kompi – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kompi" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF_(%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF)" title="ಕಂಪನಿ (ಸೈನ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ) – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕಂಪನಿ (ಸೈನ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ)" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ასეული – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ასეული" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Рота – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Рота" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liq" title="Liq – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Liq" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Рота – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Рота" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rota_(armija)" title="Rota (armija) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Rota (armija)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuopa" title="Kuopa – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kuopa" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A1zad_(katonai_egys%C3%A9g)" title="Század (katonai egység) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Század (katonai egység)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Regimental_combat_team" title="Regimental combat team">Regimental combat team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battalion_tactical_group" title="Battalion tactical group">Battalion tactical group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battlegroup_(army)" title="Battlegroup (army)">Battlegroup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_army_(military_unit)" title="Group army (military unit)">Group army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_team" title="Combat team">Combat team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Company_%22B%22-113th_Infantry-American_Expeditionary_Forces-France._Richards_Film_Service_Inc.,_04-1919_-_NARA_-_533262.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Company_%22B%22-113th_Infantry-American_Expeditionary_Forces-France._Richards_Film_Service_Inc.%2C_04-1919_-_NARA_-_533262.tif/lossy-page1-300px-Company_%22B%22-113th_Infantry-American_Expeditionary_Forces-France._Richards_Film_Service_Inc.%2C_04-1919_-_NARA_-_533262.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Company_%22B%22-113th_Infantry-American_Expeditionary_Forces-France._Richards_Film_Service_Inc.%2C_04-1919_-_NARA_-_533262.tif/lossy-page1-450px-Company_%22B%22-113th_Infantry-American_Expeditionary_Forces-France._Richards_Film_Service_Inc.%2C_04-1919_-_NARA_-_533262.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Company_%22B%22-113th_Infantry-American_Expeditionary_Forces-France._Richards_Film_Service_Inc.%2C_04-1919_-_NARA_-_533262.tif/lossy-page1-600px-Company_%22B%22-113th_Infantry-American_Expeditionary_Forces-France._Richards_Film_Service_Inc.%2C_04-1919_-_NARA_-_533262.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2902" data-file-height="918" /></a><figcaption>Company B of the <a href="/wiki/113th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="113th Infantry Regiment (United States)">113th Infantry</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Forces" title="American Expeditionary Forces">American Expeditionary Force</a>, France, 1919</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>company</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Military_organization#Commands,_formations,_and_units" title="Military organization">military unit</a>, typically consisting of 100–250<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Soldier" title="Soldier">soldiers</a> and usually commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(armed_forces)" title="Captain (armed forces)">captain</a>. Most companies are made up of three to seven <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoons</a>, although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure. </p><p>Usually several companies are grouped as a <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a> or <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a>, the latter of which is sometimes formed by several battalions. Occasionally, <i>independent</i> or <i>separate</i> companies are organized for special purposes, such as the <a href="/wiki/Air_Naval_Gunfire_Liaison_Company" title="Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company">1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company</a> or the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Force_Reconnaissance_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Force Reconnaissance Company">3rd Force Reconnaissance Company</a>. These companies are not organic to a battalion or regiment, but rather report directly to a higher level organization such as a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Expeditionary_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Expeditionary Force">Marine Expeditionary Force</a> headquarters (i.e., a <a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">corps</a>-level command). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_background">Historical background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historical background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The modern military company became popularized during the reorganization of the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_intervention_in_the_Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War">Swedish Army</a> in 1631 under King <a href="/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden">Gustav II Adolph</a>. For administrative purposes, the infantry was divided into companies consisting of 150 men, grouped into regiments of eight companies. Tactically, the infantry companies were organized into <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a> and grouped with cavalry troops and artillery batteries to form <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigades</a>. </p><p>From ancient times, some armies have commonly used a base administrative and tactical unit of around 100 men. (Perhaps the best known is the Roman <a href="/wiki/Centuria" title="Centuria">century</a>, originally intended as a 100-man unit, but later ranging from about 60 to 80 men, depending on the time period.) An organization based on the decimal number system (i.e., by tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten-thousands) might seem intuitive. To the Romans, for example, a unit of 100 men seemed sufficiently large to efficiently facilitate organizing a large body of men numbering into the several thousands, yet small enough that one man could reasonably expect to command it as a cohesive unit by using his voice and physical presence, supplemented by musical notes (e.g., drum beats, bugle or trumpet blasts, etc.) and visual cues (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Military_colours,_standards_and_guidons" title="Military colours, standards and guidons">colors, standards, guidons</a>, etc.). </p><p>Furthermore, recent studies have indicated that humans are best able to maintain stable relationships in a cohesive group numbering between 100 and 250 members, with 150 members being the common number (see <a href="/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number" title="Dunbar's number">Dunbar's number</a>). Again, a military unit on the order of no more than 100 members, and perhaps ideally fewer, would perhaps present the greatest efficiency as well as effectiveness of control, on a battlefield where the stress, danger, fear, noise, confusion, and the general condition known as the "<a href="/wiki/Fog_of_war" title="Fog of war">fog of war</a>" would present the greatest challenge to an officer to command a group of men engaged in mortal combat. Until the latter half of the 19th century, when infantry troops still routinely fought in close order, marching and firing shoulder-to-shoulder in lines facing the enemy, the company remained at around 100, or fewer, men.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The advent of accurate, long-range rifle fire, <a href="/wiki/Repeating_rifle" title="Repeating rifle">repeating rifles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine guns</a> necessitated highly dispersed combat formations. This, coupled with radio communication, permitted relatively small numbers of men to have much greater firepower and combat effectiveness than previously possible. Companies, however, continue to remain within the general range of 100–250 members, perhaps validating the premise that humans fight best (as well as live, work, socialize, play, etc.) in organizations of around 150 members, more or less. </p><p>While historically companies were usually grouped into battalions or regiments, there were certain sub-units raised as <i><a href="/wiki/Independent_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Company">independent companies</a></i> that did not belong to a specific battalion or regiment, such as <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a> state local militia companies. However, upon activation and assimilation into the army, several of these <i>independent</i> companies would be grouped together to form either a battalion or a regiment, depending upon the number of companies involved. (Usually two to five would form a battalion, while six to twelve would form a regiment.) </p><p>More recent examples of <i>separate</i> companies would be the divisional support companies (i.e., signal, military police, ordinance maintenance, quartermaster, reconnaissance, and replacement companies) of a U.S. Army, Korean War-era infantry division<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the divisional aviation company of a U.S. Army <a href="/wiki/Pentomic" title="Pentomic">"Pentomic" infantry division</a>. These companies were not organic to any intermediate headquarters (viz., battalion/group/regiment/brigade), but rather reported directly to the division headquarters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NATO">NATO</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: NATO"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="floatright" style="border:1px solid black; background:white;float: right;text-align: center" cellpadding="3"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology" title="NATO Joint Military Symbology">NATO Map Symbols</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/80px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/120px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/160px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame)-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/80px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/160px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A friendly company of unspecified composition </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/80px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/120px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/160px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame)-_Infantry_-_Mechanized_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Infantry_-_Mechanized_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/80px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Infantry_-_Mechanized_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Infantry_-_Mechanized_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Infantry_-_Mechanized_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Infantry_-_Mechanized_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/160px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Infantry_-_Mechanized_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A mechanized infantry company </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/80px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/120px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg/160px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Company_or_Squadron_or_Battery.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame)-_Armour_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/80px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/160px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>a tank company </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame)-_Artillery_-_Towed_(NATO_APP-6A_Canadian_Usage).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Artillery_-_Towed_%28NATO_APP-6A_Canadian_Usage%29.svg/80px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Artillery_-_Towed_%28NATO_APP-6A_Canadian_Usage%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Artillery_-_Towed_%28NATO_APP-6A_Canadian_Usage%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Artillery_-_Towed_%28NATO_APP-6A_Canadian_Usage%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Member nations have stipulated the different names they will use for organizations of this size. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Names for companies in NATO member armed forces </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row">Belgium<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Compagnie, escadron</i></span>, or <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">batterie</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Bulgaria<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Bulgarian-language text"><i lang="bg-Latn">Rota</i></span> (<span title="Bulgarian-language text"><span lang="bg">рота</span></span>), or <span title="Bulgarian-language text"><i lang="bg-Latn">batareja</i></span> (<span title="Bulgarian-language text"><span lang="bg">батарея</span></span>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td bgcolor="#A0E0A0">Company, squadron, battery, or flight </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Croatia<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Croatian-language text"><i lang="hr">Satnia, baterija</i></span>, or <span title="Croatian-language text"><i lang="hr">sat</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Czech Republic<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Czech-language text"><i lang="cs">Rota, baterie</i></span>, or <span title="Czech-language text"><i lang="cs">roj</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Denmark<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Kompagni, eskadron</i></span>, or <span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">batteri</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Finland </th> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Komppania</i></span>, or <span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">patteri</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Compagnie, batterie</i></span>, or <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">escadron</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Kompanie, Batterie, Staffel, Boot</i></span>, or <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Inspektion</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Greece<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Greek-language text"><i lang="el-Latn">Lochos, pyrovolarchia</i></span>, or <span title="Greek-language text"><i lang="el-Latn">ili</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Hungary<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Hungarian-language text"><i lang="hu">Század</i></span> or <span title="Hungarian-language text"><i lang="hu">üteg</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Italy<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Compagnia, squadrone, batteria, autoreparto</i></span>, or <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">complesso minore</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Lithuania<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Lithuanian-language text"><i lang="lt">Kuopa, baterija</i></span>, or <span title="Lithuanian-language text"><i lang="lt">grandis</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Compagnie, eskadron</i></span>, or <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">batterij</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norway<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">Kompani, eskadron, batteri</i></span>, or <span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">stridsgruppe</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Poland<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl">Kompania, bateria</i></span>, or <span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl">szwadron</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Portugal<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Companhia, bateria</i></span>, or <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">esquadrao</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spain<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Compañía, batería, escuadrón</i></span>, or <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">subgrupo táctico</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Romania<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Romanian-language text"><i lang="ro">Companie, baterie, escadron</i></span>, or <span title="Romanian-language text"><i lang="ro">grup tactic</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Turkey<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span title="Turkish-language text"><i lang="tr">Bölük</i></span> or <span title="Turkish-language text"><i lang="tr">batarya</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td bgcolor="#A0E0A0">Company, squadron, battery, or combat group. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td bgcolor="#A0E0A0">Company, battery, or troop </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="British_Army">British Army</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: British Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rifle companies consist of three <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoons</a> and a company headquarters. </p><p>Company-sized organisations in units with a horse-mounted heritage, such as the <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry" title="Household Cavalry">Household Cavalry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal Armoured Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">Royal Corps of Signals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)">Army Air Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">Special Air Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company" title="Honourable Artillery Company">Honourable Artillery Company</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Logistic_Corps" title="Royal Logistic Corps">Royal Logistic Corps</a>, use the term <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(cavalry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Squadron (cavalry)">squadron</a> instead of company, and in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> they are called <i>batteries</i>. Until after the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, the Royal Engineers and Royal Signals had both squadrons and companies depending on whether the units were supporting mounted or foot formations. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> infantry normally identifies its rifle companies by letter (usually, but not always, A, B and C) within a <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>, usually with the addition of a headquarters company and a support/heavy weapons company. Some units name their companies after regimental battle honours; this is commonly the case for composite units, for example the <a href="/wiki/London_Regiment_(1993)" class="mw-redirect" title="London Regiment (1993)">London Regiment</a> with its <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Somme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Messines_(1914)" title="Battle of Messines (1914)">Messines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cambrai" title="Cambrai">Cambrai</a> companies. The foot guards regiments use traditional names for some of their companies, for example Queen's Company, Left Flank, Prince of Wales's Company etc. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> companies are designated by a letter that is unique across the corps, not just within their <a href="/wiki/Command_(military_formation)" title="Command (military formation)">command</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)">Intelligence Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Police" title="Royal Military Police">Royal Military Police</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers">Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</a> all have companies uniquely numbered across their corps. </p><p>The defunct <a href="/wiki/Royal_Logistic_Corps" title="Royal Logistic Corps">Royal Army Service Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Pioneer_Corps" title="Royal Pioneer Corps">Royal Pioneer Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Ordnance_Corps" title="Royal Army Ordnance Corps">Royal Army Ordnance Corps</a> had companies; the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Transport" title="Royal Corps of Transport">Royal Corps of Transport</a> had squadrons. </p><p>British companies are usually commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Officer_commanding" title="Officer commanding">officer commanding</a> (OC), with a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">captain</a> or senior <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a> as <a href="/wiki/Second-in-command" title="Second-in-command">second-in-command</a> (2i/c). The company headquarters also includes a <a href="/wiki/Company_sergeant_major" title="Company sergeant major">company sergeant major</a> (CSM) normally holding the rank of <a href="/wiki/WO2" class="mw-redirect" title="WO2">WO2</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Company_quartermaster_sergeant" title="Company quartermaster sergeant">company quartermaster sergeant</a> (CQMS) of <a href="/wiki/Colour_sergeant" title="Colour sergeant">colour sergeant</a> rank, the two most senior soldiers in the company. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company" title="Honourable Artillery Company">Honourable Artillery Company</a> is in fact a <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a>, not a company, in terms of organisation and size. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canadian_Army">Canadian Army</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Canadian Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a>, the company is the standard sub-unit organization for infantry and <a href="/wiki/Combat_service_support" title="Combat service support">combat service support</a>, as modelled after the British. A Canadian infantry battalion consists of three or four rifle companies identified by letter (A Company, B Company, etc.), a Combat Support Company, and an Administration Support Company. A notable exception is <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Canadian_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Canadian Regiment">The Royal Canadian Regiment</a>, which names its companies sequentially throughout the regiment from the Duke of Edinburgh's Company (instead of A Company) in the 1st Battalion to T Company in the 4th Battalion. Many regiments name their companies after <a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">battle honours</a> or former units that make up the current regiment, for example: </p> <ul><li>75th Company—<a href="/wiki/The_Toronto_Scottish_Regiment_(Queen_Elizabeth_the_Queen_Mother%27s_Own)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)">The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)</a></li> <li>Victoria Company—<a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Own_Rifles_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada">The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada</a></li> <li>Grenadier Company—<a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Regiment_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Regiment of Canada">The Royal Regiment of Canada</a></li> <li>No.2 (Prince of Wales) Company-<a href="/wiki/Canadian_Grenadier_Guards" title="Canadian Grenadier Guards">Canadian Grenadier Guards</a></li></ul> <p>The combat support company administratively contains the specialized platoons, such as reconnaissance, pioneer, headquarters and signals, anti-armour, and mortar. The administration support company contains the support tradesmen that a battalion requires, such as cooks, vehicle technicians, supply, medics, etc. </p><p>As in the British Army, company sized units with a mounted heritage use the term squadron, and in the artillery they are called batteries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soviet/Russian_armed_forces"><span id="Soviet.2FRussian_armed_forces"></span>Soviet/Russian armed forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Soviet/Russian armed forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motorised_rifle_company">Motorised rifle company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Motorised rifle company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SovietMotorRifleCO1980.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/SovietMotorRifleCO1980.jpg/150px-SovietMotorRifleCO1980.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/SovietMotorRifleCO1980.jpg/225px-SovietMotorRifleCO1980.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/SovietMotorRifleCO1980.jpg/300px-SovietMotorRifleCO1980.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>1980s Soviet Motorised Company (BTR)</figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Soviet" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet">Soviet</a> motorised rifle company could be mounted in either <a href="/wiki/BTR_(vehicle)" title="BTR (vehicle)">BTR</a> <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">armoured personnel carriers</a> or <a href="/wiki/Boyevaya_Mashina_Pekhoty" class="mw-redirect" title="Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty">BMP</a> <a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">infantry fighting vehicles</a>, with the former being more numerous into the late 1980s. A BTR rifle company consisted of a company headquarters, three motorised rifle <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoons</a> and a machine gun/antitank platoon equipped with three <a href="/wiki/PK_machine_gun" title="PK machine gun">PK machine guns</a> and three <a href="/wiki/AT-7_Saxhorn" class="mw-redirect" title="AT-7 Saxhorn">AT-7 Saxhorn</a> launchers for a total of 110 personnel and 12 BTRs. A BMP rifle company had the same number of personnel and carriers and consisted of a company headquarters, three motorised rifle platoons and a machine gun platoon equipped with six <a href="/wiki/RPK-74" class="mw-redirect" title="RPK-74">RPK-74s</a>. While seemingly containing less firepower, US commanders were advised to include the BMP's heavier weaponry in their calculations.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tank_company">Tank company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tank company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the late 1980s, a <a href="/wiki/Soviet" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet">Soviet</a> <a href="/wiki/Tank" title="Tank">tank</a> company within a Motorised Rifle Regiment consisted of a company headquarters and three tank platoons with <a href="/wiki/T-64" title="T-64">T-64</a>, <a href="/wiki/T-72" title="T-72">T-72</a> or <a href="/wiki/T-80" title="T-80">T-80</a> tanks for a total of 39 personnel and 13 tanks; companies using the older <a href="/wiki/T-54" class="mw-redirect" title="T-54">T-54</a>, <a href="/wiki/T-55" class="mw-redirect" title="T-55">T-55</a> or <a href="/wiki/T-62" title="T-62">T-62s</a> tanks had 13 additional enlisted personnel. Companies within Tank Regiments or independent Tank Battalions had a slightly smaller establishment, having 10 tanks and 30 personnel (40 with older tanks).<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Research_company">Research company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Research company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Research companies (single. nauchnaya rota, научная рота) were established in 2013 to allow conscripts with higher education to serve doing scientific and research tasks. There are seven research companies: </p> <ul><li>2nd and 3rd research company (Aerospace Forces)</li> <li>5th research company (Army)</li> <li>6th research company (General Headquarters)</li> <li>7th research company (Communication)</li> <li>8th research company (Medical)</li> <li>9th research company (Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States">United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army">Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Company_(United_States_Army)" title="Company (United States Army)">Company (United States Army)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:75th_Ranger_Regiment_Bravo_Company_3rd_Battalion_Somalia_1993.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/75th_Ranger_Regiment_Bravo_Company_3rd_Battalion_Somalia_1993.jpg/220px-75th_Ranger_Regiment_Bravo_Company_3rd_Battalion_Somalia_1993.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/75th_Ranger_Regiment_Bravo_Company_3rd_Battalion_Somalia_1993.jpg/330px-75th_Ranger_Regiment_Bravo_Company_3rd_Battalion_Somalia_1993.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/75th_Ranger_Regiment_Bravo_Company_3rd_Battalion_Somalia_1993.jpg/440px-75th_Ranger_Regiment_Bravo_Company_3rd_Battalion_Somalia_1993.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1760" data-file-height="1098" /></a><figcaption>Company B, 3rd Battalion, of the <a href="/wiki/75th_Ranger_Regiment" title="75th Ranger Regiment">75th Ranger Regiment</a> in Somalia, 1993.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Historical_background_2">Historical background</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Historical background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1700s, British Army, <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_States)#History" title="Militia (United States)">American Colonial Militia</a>, and Provincial Regulars (e.g., the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Regiment" title="Virginia Regiment">Virginia Regiment</a>), and later American Army infantry, regiments were organized into companies of somewhat less than 100 officers and enlisted men, although the actual totals widely varied. For example, in 1775, a typical British Army infantry company contained only 47 personnel (comprising 3 officers, 5 noncommissioned officers, a drummer, and 38 privates). However, by 1792, an American infantry company contained 98 personnel (comprising 3 officers, 9 noncommissioned officers, a drummer, a fifer, and 84 privates). </p><p>Beginning in 1775, American forces began to develop their own organizational doctrine somewhat based on the Franco-Prussian model (with much influence beginning in 1777 from Continental European expatriates and future American generals the <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette#American_Revolution" title="Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette">Marquis de Lafayette</a> of France, <a href="/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski#In_the_United_States" title="Casimir Pulaski">Count Casimir Pulaski</a> of Poland, and <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben#American_Revolution" title="Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben">Baron von Steuben</a> of Prussia). As a result, in 1776, a Continental Army Infantry company was authorized one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant (both lieutenants serving as platoon commanders – not designated as platoon <i>leaders</i> until 1943 under the "Triangular Division" reorganization begun in 1939), an ensign (an obsolete subaltern officer rank charged with carrying the regimental colors in rotation with the other ensigns of the battalion/regiment), four sergeants (section leaders/squad leaders with two to a platoon), four corporals (assistant section leaders/squad leaders with two to a platoon), two musicians (a drummer and a fifer), and 76 privates. The company was organized into two platoons, each consisting of two sections/squads (the terms were sometimes used interchangeably) consisting of one sergeant, one corporal, and 19 privates. (Wright, 1983)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the late 1700s up until the late 1800s, a US infantry company was commanded by a captain and assisted by a <a href="/wiki/First_sergeant" title="First sergeant">first sergeant</a> (first authorized in 1781), and consisted of a small company headquarters and two identical platoons commanded by lieutenants. Even though from 1808 until 1821 companies were authorized two first lieutenants and two second lieutenants (and again from 1861 to 1866 for two second lieutenants), the positions of company executive officer (second-in-command) and a third platoon commander were not authorized until 1898 when the army expanded under mobilization for the war with Spain. During the 1800s the authorized strength of infantry companies fell to a low of 54 officers and men during periods of relative peace from 1821 to 1838 and again from 1842 to 1846. In contrast, from 1812 to 1815 (second war with Great Britain), 1846 to 1848 (war with Mexico), 1861 to 1890 (American civil war and wars with the plains Indians), and 1898–1899 (war with Spain) authorized company strength ranged from over 100 officers and men up to a high of 119. Also, in 1861 a company quartermaster sergeant was added to the authorized manning of an infantry company and a wagoner was reinstituted (previously authorized from 1796 to 1808) to drive the company supply wagon. </p><p>During the 1700s and up until the late 1800s, the company was an administrative and tactical unit seldom employed in other than as a massed formation. The standard procedure, once the company had marched into its position in the line of battle, was for the company to form facing the enemy as two ranks, by platoon, one behind the other. The commanding officer (a captain), and the one to four lieutenants (depending upon the time period) serving as platoon commanders/assistant platoon commanders (1808 to 1821) and the executive officer would direct the fighting, leading from the front in the attack and on the flanks in the defense. The executive officer, or more usually the junior lieutenant, and the first sergeant were normally positioned behind the battle line so as to assist the company commander in overseeing the company and managing the rear (company trains with the quartermaster sergeant and wagoner, casualties, enemy prisoners, non-combatants, deserters, etc.). The sergeants, acted as "file closers", working the line by putting men forward to replace casualties in the front rank, encouraging men to fire, reload, move forward, etc. and if need be, physically assisting or restraining men who refused to move forward or attempted to flee. The corporals physically led by example (much like modern fire team leaders) by taking their place in the line with their privates and fighting alongside them. </p><p>The ensign, the junior officer in the company from 1775 until 1808 and nominally the "color bearer", usually either personally carried the regimental battle flag or supervised the detailed party of NCOs and privates drawn from the companies tasked with bearing and protecting the flag. The rank and position of ensign (as well as cornet in mounted units) was eliminated in the early 1800s when incumbents were converted to second lieutenants. It had already become the custom to assign a veteran sergeant to carry the national colors as only regiments and separate battalions were authorized to carry a "battle flag". A special group of NCOs, led by the "color sergeant", chosen for their experience and fighting skills, were detailed from the companies to the regimental headquarters to carry and defend the national colors (the United States flag) and the regimental colors (the regiment's unique standard bearing its branch and regiment designation as well as its battle honors and unit decorations). </p><p>The musicians remained with the commanding officer to relay orders by sound (i.e., musical notes and drumbeats). Sometimes, the regimental commander would group the musicians as a regimental band positioned behind the left center company in the line of battle, with the drummers forming a regimental drum-line for use by the regimental commander in giving orders to the several companies by drumbeats. As needed, the musicians also served as orderlies and guards at either the company or battalion/regimental headquarters and in combat served as messengers, water carriers, stretcher bearers, and temporarily guarded enemy prisoners of war until they were passed to the rear for processing and internment. </p><p>In 1898, with the expansion of the rifle company to three platoons under mobilization for the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>, the company gained two officers (an additional first lieutenant as executive officer and an additional second lieutenant to command the third platoon). Additionally, there was an increase in the number of noncommissioned officers (NCOs) to serve as section leaders (sergeants) and squad leaders (corporals) to the point that in 1901 with the increase in privates to 127 (from 84 in 1898) that there were then authorized 18 corporals and six sergeants, along with two buglers (the bugle having replaced both the drum and the fife in infantry companies), the wagoner, two senior NCOs (first sergeant and quartermaster sergeant), and five officers for a total of 161 officers and men. In 1905, a mess sergeant was added to the company's senior NCO staff and the company quartermaster sergeant was renamed supply sergeant. </p><p>Due to mobilization for World War I, the army adopted its "square division" organization structure, significantly increasing unit sizes from platoon up. In 1917, a fourth platoon was added to the company, increasing its size to 256 officers and men, including six officers (a captain as commanding officer, a first lieutenant as executive officer, and two first lieutenants and two second lieutenants as platoon commanders). Enlisted strength became: three senior NCOs (first sergeant, supply sergeant, and mess sergeant), 12 sergeants, 33 corporals (one company clerk and 32 squad leaders with eight per platoon), eight specialists (four cooks and four mechanics), two buglers, 64 privates first class, and 128 privates. Of the 12 sergeants, while eight of them continued to serve as section leaders (with two in each platoon), the four senior ranking sergeants were assigned to a new position in each platoon headquarters as "assistant to platoon commander". This was the forerunner of the modern platoon sergeant slot created in 1943 (originally known in 1940 as the "platoon leader", as the officer was styled as the "platoon commander" until 1943) to provide an experienced senior NCO as an advisor and second-in-command to the officer commanding the platoon. </p><p>Cavalry companies (not officially re-designated as "troops" until 1883) had a similar organization to the infantry, but with fewer men, companies rarely exceeding around 70 men. In the Field Artillery, the company-equivalent unit is designated as a "battery" and historically consisted of a battery headquarters and two or three gun platoons, each with two gun sections. At full authorized strength, a typical battery of six gun sections would consist of approximately 100 officers and enlisted men. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Modern_use">Modern use</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Modern use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Company_(military_unit)" title="Special:EditPage/Company (military unit)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Infantry_Rifle_Company.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Infantry_Rifle_Company.jpg/220px-Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Infantry_Rifle_Company.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Infantry_Rifle_Company.jpg/330px-Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Infantry_Rifle_Company.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Infantry_Rifle_Company.jpg/440px-Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_Infantry_Rifle_Company.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2273" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stryker" title="Stryker">Stryker</a> <a href="/wiki/Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Stryker Brigade Combat Team">BCT</a> Rifle Company, 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> companies are usually made up of three rifle <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoons</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Heavy_weapons_platoon" title="Heavy weapons platoon">heavy weapons platoon</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanized infantry</a> companies are usually made up of three rifle platoons consisting of four infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) each and a command element containing two IFVs; tank companies are usually made up of three tank platoons consisting of four tanks each and a command element containing two tanks; support companies are typically divided into platoons of specialization that may contain additional special sections. A company is usually commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(U.S._Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (U.S. Army)">captain</a>, although in some cases they may be commanded by a <a href="/wiki/First_Lieutenant#United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="First Lieutenant">first lieutenant</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">major</a>. Unlike its component platoons, a company typically has additional positions of supporting staff, such as an <a href="/wiki/Executive_officer" title="Executive officer">executive officer</a> (XO), a first sergeant, a readiness/training NCO, and other positions (e.g., supply sergeant, armorer). The corresponding unit of <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a> is always called a <i><a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">battery</a></i>. Similarly, the term <i>troop</i> is used for <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> units, including both the horse-mounted units of history as well as modern armored cavalry and air cavalry units. </p><p>Companies that are not separate from their parent <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a> are identified by letter—for example, "Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment". This would commonly be abbreviated as "A/1-15 INF" in writing, but not in speaking. The dash in "1–15" indicates that the unit's history stems from the 15th Infantry Regiment of the Army, in its lineage. Companies normally do not have their own overhead, but share the overhead of the parent organization. When the regimental headquarters exists as a separate echelon of command (e.g., the 75th Ranger Regiment, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, and the 1st Marine Regiment), as virtually all U.S. Army regiments did until after the Korean War, a slash separates the battalion/squadron number from the regimental number (i.e., B/2/75 Ranger, C/3/11 ACR, E/2/1 Marines). </p><p>Although not official designations, the letters are often pronounced in "GI slang" using the <a href="/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet" title="NATO phonetic alphabet">NATO phonetic alphabet</a> or, before that, the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Army/Navy_Phonetic_Alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet">Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet</a>, resulting in names such as "Bravo Company" and "Echo Company" (formerly "Baker" and "<a href="/wiki/Easy_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Easy Company">Easy</a>" companies, respectively). Companies with a separate <a href="/wiki/Table_of_organization_and_equipment" title="Table of organization and equipment">table of organization and equipment</a> (TO&E) are identified by a number, and are able to operate completely independently from any other unit's support. Company-sized units that are organized under a table of distribution and allowance (TDA) are identified with a name or number. </p><p>Company-sized units usually consist of four to six platoons each led by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a>, although there are examples of combat service and combat service support companies that have seven or more platoons. For example, a transportation terminal service company normally has two ship platoons, two shore platoons, one documentation platoon, one maintenance platoon, and the headquarters platoon. </p><p>While companies are typically commanded by captains, some have a special operational capacity that requires them to be commanded by an officer with greater command authority and experience; such companies are commanded by majors, and have platoons commanded by captains. Examples of this arrangement include <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aviation_platoon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aviation platoon (page does not exist)">aviation platoons</a>, military intelligence companies, military police companies, and <a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">special forces</a> companies. A captain reports to his commander, usually the battalion commander (a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a>). However, there are some administrative and other duties at battalion level and larger (<a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a> or <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a>) that are also handled by captains, for example the <a href="/wiki/Staff_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Staff officer">S-1, S-2, & S-4</a> officers of a battalion (S-3 is a major), or some assistant staff positions in the G shops at division. </p><p>The senior non-commissioned officer of a company is called a <a href="/wiki/First_sergeant" title="First sergeant">first sergeant</a>. Any sergeant holding this position is referred to as "first sergeant" regardless of actual rank, though the non-commissioned officer assigned ordinarily has the rank of first sergeant. A <a href="/wiki/Master_sergeant" title="Master sergeant">master sergeant</a> assigned to this position will be "laterally promoted" to the rank of first sergeant, unless the appointment is temporary. In some instances, a sergeant first class will be appointed to the job in lieu of a rank-qualified first sergeant or master sergeant. Again, in such situations, the NCO holds the duty position and title of "First Sergeant", while retaining the rank of sergeant first class. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_Corps">Marine Corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Marine Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Rifle Company</dt></dl> <ul><li>Company Headquarters <ul><li>Company Commander (Commanding Officer/CO) – Captain (O-3)</li> <li>Executive Officer (XO) – usually a First Lieutenant (O-2)</li> <li>First Sergeant (1stSgt, E-8)</li> <li>Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt, E-7)</li> <li>Property NCO (Sgt, E-5)</li> <li>Messenger/Driver (Pvt-LCpl, E-1/3)</li></ul></li> <li>Rifle Platoon (3) <ul><li>Platoon Headquarters <ul><li>Platoon Commander – Lieutenant (O-1/2)</li> <li>Platoon Sergeant – Staff Sergeant (E-6)</li> <li>Platoon Guide – Sergeant (E-5)</li> <li>Messenger – (Pvt-LCpl, E-1/3)</li></ul></li> <li>Rifle Squad (3) <ul><li>Squad Leader – Sergeant (E-5)</li> <li>Fire Team (3) <ul><li>Team Leader/Grenadier – Corporal (E-4)</li> <li>Automatic Rifleman – Lance Corporal (E-3)</li> <li>Assistant Automatic Rifleman – (Pvt-LCpl, E-1/3)</li> <li>Rifleman/Scout – (Pvt-LCpl, E-1/3)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Weapons Platoon <ul><li>Platoon Headquarters <ul><li>Platoon Commander – usually a First Lieutenant (O-2)</li> <li>Platoon Sergeant – Gunnery Sergeant (E-7)</li></ul></li> <li>Machine Gun Section (6 – <a href="/wiki/M240_machine_gun" title="M240 machine gun">M240G 7.62mm general-purpose machine guns</a>) <ul><li>Section Leader – Staff Sergeant (E-6)</li> <li>Machine Gun Squad (3) <ul><li>Squad Leader – Sergeant (E-5)</li> <li>Machine Gun Team (2) <ul><li>Team Leader – Corporal (E-4)</li> <li>Gunner – Lance Corporal (E-3)</li> <li>Ammunition Man – (Pvt-LCpl, E-1/3)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>LWCMS Mortar Section (3 – <a href="/wiki/M224_mortar" title="M224 mortar">M224 60mm Light Weight Company Mortar Systems</a>) <ul><li>Section Leader – Staff Sergeant (E-6)</li> <li>Mortar Squad (3) <ul><li>Squad Leader/Gunner – Corporal (E-4)</li> <li>Assistant Gunner – Lance Corporal (E-3)</li> <li>Ammunition Man (2) – (Pvt-LCpl, E-1/3)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Assault Section (6 – <a href="/wiki/Mk_153_Shoulder-Launched_Multipurpose_Assault_Weapon" title="Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon">Mk153 SMAW Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon launchers</a>) <ul><li>Section Leader – Sergeant (E-5)</li> <li>Assault Squad (3) <ul><li>Squad Leader/Team Leader/Gunner – Corporal (E-4)</li> <li>Team Leader/Gunner – Lance Corporal (E-3)</li> <li>Assistant Gunner (2) – (Pvt-LCpl, E-1/3)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Attachments (notional, dependent upon mission and availability) <ul><li>Company Medical Team from Medical Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Infantry Battalion</li> <li>Forward Observer from Fire Direction Center, <a href="/wiki/81_mm_mortar" title="81 mm mortar">81mm Mortar</a> Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry battalion</li> <li>Forward Air Control Party from S-3 Section and Communications Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Infantry Battalion</li> <li>Forward Observer Team from the Battalion's Direct Support <a href="/wiki/HOWITZER_155_mm_HM_41" class="mw-redirect" title="HOWITZER 155 mm HM 41">155mm Howitzer Battery</a>, Artillery Battalion</li> <li>Dining Facility Team from Dining Facility Section, Service Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Infantry Battalion</li> <li>Heavy Machine Gun Squad/Section (<a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">M2HB .50 cal. BMG</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/Mk_19_grenade_launcher" title="Mk 19 grenade launcher">Mk 19 40mm AGL</a>) from Heavy Machine Gun Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion</li> <li>Javelin Squad (4 – <a href="/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin" title="FGM-148 Javelin">FGM-148 Javelin Anti-Tank Missile launchers</a>) from Javelin Section, Antiarmor Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion</li> <li>Antitank (TOW) Squad (2 – <a href="/wiki/BGM-71_TOW" title="BGM-71 TOW">BGM-71 Tube launched, Optically tracked, Wire command link guided missile launchers</a>) from Antitank (TOW) Section, Antiarmor Platoon, Weapons Company, Infantry Battalion</li> <li>Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon (12 – <a href="/wiki/Assault_Amphibious_Vehicle" title="Assault Amphibious Vehicle">AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicles</a>) from the Battalion's Direct Support AAV Company/Battalion</li> <li>Tank Section/Platoon (2/4 <a href="/wiki/M1_Abrams" title="M1 Abrams">M1A2 Main Battle Tanks</a>) from the Battalion's Direct Support Tank Company/Battalion</li> <li>Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Platoon (4 <a href="/wiki/LAV-25" title="LAV-25">LAV-25 Light Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles</a>) from the Battalion's Direct Support LAR Company/Battalion</li> <li>Other Ground Combat Element assets as required (e.g., Scout Sniper, Reconnaissance, Combat Engineer, etc.)</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Weapons_company#United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Weapons company">Weapons company</a></dt></dl> <p>A weapons company has in place of the three rifle platoons, an 81 mm mortar platoon, an anti-armor platoon, and a heavy machine gun platoon. </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Headquarters_and_Service_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Headquarters and Service Company">Headquarters and Service Company</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Headquarters Platoon consists of Marines from S-1, S-2, S-3, the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defense section, and the Chaplain section (one Navy chaplain and an enlisted religious program specialist).</li> <li>Communications Platoon, consisting of Radiomen, Wiremen, Techs, Data Marines, and the associated staff.</li> <li>Service Platoon, consisting of S-4, Motor Transportation, Food Service, armorers, and Supply.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_Sniper_Platoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout Sniper Platoon">Scout Sniper Platoon</a>.</li> <li>Medical Platoon, which includes all of the Navy medical personnel for the rifle companies and the Battalion Aid Station (BAS). The allowance of 65 hospital corpsmen and two Medical Corps officers (doctors) is usually not completely staffed. As such, the BAS usually fields one doctor and 10–12 hospital corpsmen. The remaining personnel are assigned to the rifle companies, usually five hospital corpsmen per company.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Tank and <a href="/wiki/Light_Armored_Reconnaissance" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Armored Reconnaissance">Light Armored Reconnaissance</a> (LAR) companies</dt></dl> <p>USMC tank and LAR companies are organized similarly to US Army tank and mechanized infantry companies, with the three line platoons consisting of four tanks or LAVs each, and the company command element containing two tanks or LAVs. </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_Assault_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious Assault Vehicle">Assault Amphibian Vehicle</a> (AAV) companies</dt></dl> <p>AAV companies have three platoons containing four sections of three AAVs each, for a total of 12 AAVs per platoon, and a headquarters section of three AAVs. The company also includes both command and recovery variants of the AAV, giving the company a grand total of approximately 42–45 AAVs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_examples">Notable examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some companies were well enough known that they have been identified with their company letter. Examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/E_Company,_506th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)">Easy Company</a> of the <a href="/wiki/506th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="506th Parachute Infantry Regiment">506th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Division</a>, which became the focus of the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/Home_Box_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Box Office">HBO</a> miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(TV_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)">Band of Brothers</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Company,_116th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A Company, 116th Infantry Regiment (United States) (page does not exist)">Able Company</a> of the <a href="/wiki/116th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="116th Infantry Regiment (United States)">116th Infantry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/29th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="29th Infantry Division (United States)">29th Infantry Division</a>, which landed at Dog Green Sector on Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings and suffered 96% casualties.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Company_(military_unit)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_organization" title="Military organization">Military organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_of_the_British_Army" title="Infantry of the British Army">Infantry of the British Army</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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title="Section (military unit)">section</a></td> <td>5–14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">corporal</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">sergeant</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Staff_sergeant" title="Staff sergeant">staff sergeant</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Troop" title="Troop">troop</a></td> <td>15–45</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant" title="First lieutenant">first lieutenant</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">company</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">battery</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Squadron_(army)" title="Squadron (army)">squadron</a></td> <td>80–250</td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant" title="First lieutenant">first lieutenant</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Captain" 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