Assertion: platoon's officer | /r/CapableOf | command platoon
Facets:
value: as "platoon commander"
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: (Of note, while the U.S. Marine Corps followed the Army's lead in re-designating the senior NCO in a platoon from "assistant to platoon commander" to platoon leader and then as the platoon sergeant, the Marine Corps continues to style an officer commanding a platoon as "platoon commander".)
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.
text: For those not overly familiar with military structure, like me, Romesha very helpfully provides a breakdown of Red Platoon’s members and ranks, as well as the officers who commanded the other platoons, and their collective superior officers.