platoon


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Words related to platoon

a military unit that is a subdivision of a company

a team of policemen working under the military platoon system

a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity

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In order to evaluate a set of speed profiles for a platoon over a given road profile, the simulation proceeds as follows: At each time step, the current longitudinal position of the 1th vehicle is used for calculating the desired speed from its speed profile.
A practical area of initial doctrinal focus for platoon leaders is training management.
PLATOONS of self-driving lorries will be trialled on Britain's motorways, the Department for Transport has announced.
Platoon's seemingly unerring consistency across the challenging, hard-to-read conditions, with a wind range of 5 to 18 knots, proved telling.
CTCs should be reorganized into composite platoons; each platoon would have heavy, medium, and light lift capabilities.
Lord batted just.245 (12-for-49) in his 12 starts as the right-handed half of the left field platoon, and.198 overall in 36 games--including seven starts in right field, five of which were against right-handed starting pitchers.
MAN likens the platoon system to an 'electronic tow-bar', whereby the longitudinal and lateral control of the vehicle to the rear is automated - and where each vehicle follows the truck in front.
Their platoons departed from their home bases or production locations: Scania's left from Sodertalje in Sweden, Volvo's started from Gothenburg, Daimler's departed from Stuttgart, and MAN'S from Munich.
Prior to September 2014, our HUMINT and SIGINT Soldiers were in two different platoons: the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Platoon, with All-Source and geospatial intelligence analysts, and the Major Systems Ground Platoon (tactical SIGINT Platoon), with linguists and SIGINT analysts.
Joining them were alias Boy, of Squad Segunda, Platoon Andoy; alias Jojo, member, Team Baking, Segunda; alias Jenny, member of Team Abe; alias Tinoy, Team Abe leader, Squad Primera, Platoon Basil; alias Jepoy, member of Team Baking; alias Dodong, member of Team Abe, Squad Primera; alias Sherly, member of Team Baking.
* Alpha Company Commander Alexander Wilson of North Aurora, Company Executive Officer Nolan Fergus of Sugar Grove, 1st Platoon Leader Michael Jaffe of St.
If the town had been permitted to change the platoon structure, it would have invalidated those 21 provisions of the CBA, she said.
General Mark Carlton-Smith, Chief of the General Staff was the Sovereign's Representative during the ceremony.Major Umar Farooq Malik from Pakistan Army was one of the Platoon Commanders with this Commissioning Course, a statement of Pakistan High Commission London said.