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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 The Royal Canadian Regiment , which names its companies sequentially throughout the regiment from the Duke of Edinburgh's Company ...
1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment; Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, at Fort George, Inverness; 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, at Dreghorn Barracks, Edinburgh; 4th Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, in Redhill (Army Reserve) Outreach Group, in Hermitage (Outreach and Cultural Support)
A regiment with such support elements is called a regimental combat team in US military parlance, or a battlegroup in the UK and other forces. Canadian Army doctrine also includes the combat team which is a company of infantry augmented with tanks, or a squadron of tanks augmented with infantry, or the combination of a full company of infantry ...
The headquarters and service company includes all command, administration, intelligence, operations, logistics, and communication Marines and equipment, as well as the battalion's Scout Sniper platoon and Battalion Aid Station (BAS) staffed by U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman. By 2030 three battalions will be disbanded, and some reflagged: 1/8th ...
The machine gun platoon was part of the heavy weapons company, which provided heavy weapons support for an infantry battalion. The platoon could be assigned to provide general fire support for the battalion as a whole, during which one of the messengers would be assigned to the battalion command post, or be attached to a rifle company to ...
One light infantry battalion; One armoured regiment; One mechanized artillery regiment; One engineer regiment; One combat service support (CSS) battalion. Co-located with each CMBG is a field ambulance, a tactical helicopter squadron, and a military police platoon.
Headquarters, 4th Brigade (Simpson Barracks, Victoria) [27] 4th/19th Prince of Wales' Light Horse (HQ at Simpson Barracks, Victoria) 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment (HQ at Hawthorn, Victoria) 8th/7th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment (HQ at Ballarat, Victoria) 12th/40th Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment (HQ at Anglesea Barracks ...
When a regiment has only one battalion, the battalion may have exactly the same name as the regiment. For example, The North Saskatchewan Regiment is the only battalion in the administrative regiment of the same name. When there is more than one battalion, they are distinguished by numbers, subsidiary titles or both.