Assertion: battalion's officer | /r/CapableOf | command platoon
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text: Officers" as in any military organization, command the battalion and its organic companies and platoons and serve as staff officers in the battalion headquarters.)
text: 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.