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D
Marine Corps Small Units
The Marine Corps considers small units to be at the company level and below.
Of these small units, the committee focused on the leaders of companies, platoons,
and squads. Although the actual size and organization of these units depend on
the type of unit and mission, Figures D.1, D.2, and D.3 provide the organizational
diagrams of a typical rifle company, rifle platoon, and rifle squad, respectively.
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APPENDIX D
182 Marines (including the
Rifle Company
Company Commander)
Company 5 Navy Corpsmen
Commander
Company Property NCO
X.O.
Company
Headquarters
Company Messenger/
1stSgt Driver
Company Navy
GySgt Corpsman
Weapons
1st Platoon 2d Platoon 3d Platoon
Platoon
43 Marines 43 Marines 43 Marines
47 Marines
Navy Corpsman Navy Corpsman Navy Corpsman
Navy Corpsman
FIGURE D.1 Organizational diagram of a typical U.S. Marine Corps rifle company. The
company commander is usually a captain.
43 Marines (including the
Figure D-1 Platoon Commander)
Rifle Platoon
1 Navy Corpsman
Platoon
Commander
Platoon
Platoon Platoon Messenger/
Headquarters
Sergeant Radio Man
Platoon Guide Navy Corpsman
Rifle Squad Rifle Squad Rifle Squad
13 Marines 13 Marines 13 Marines
FIGURE D.2 Organizational diagram of a typical U.S. Marine Corps rifle platoon. The
platoon leader is usually a second lieutenant.
Figure D-2
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106 IMPROVING THE DECISION MAKING ABILITIES OF SMALL UNIT LEADERS
Rifle Squad
13 Marines (including the
Squad Leader
Squad Leader)
Fire Team Fire Team Fire Team
Team Leader Team Leader Team Leader
Automatic Automatic Automatic
Rifleman Rifleman Rifleman
Assistant Assistant Assistant
Automatic Automatic Automatic
Rifleman Rifleman Rifleman
Rifleman / Scout Rifleman / Scout Rifleman / Scout
FIGURE D.3 Organizational diagram of a typical U.S. Marine Corps rifle squad. The
squad leader is usually a sergeant or corporal.
Figure D-3
