[LibWhacker]

It's the old mulitply by four rule:

A squad is roughly 8 to 12 men
A platoon is 4 squads
A company is 4 platoons
A battalion is 4 companies
A brigade is 4 battalions
A division is 4 brigades (roughly 15,000 men)
An army is 4 divisions

These numbers vary widely. Active combat units tend to be more fully manned than rear echelon units, etc. (This stuff only applies to the Army. Don't know about the other branches.)

[snooker]

>>> These numbers vary widely.

yep. I believe there are now 10 active divisions in the US Army.

About the only thing you can really count on is what belongs to what.

I saw a news report where the 4th division was 33,000 troops total. May not have been right.

snooker