Question on Military Unit Sizes

[thoughtomator]

Can someone with some experience explain to me what the different unit descriptions mean in terms of manpower?

E.g., a company is what, 120 men? And 3 companies to a brigade? How many brigades in a division, etc.

Someone who knows this stuff please spell it out for me!

Thanks

[TomB]

I think the practice among the US Marines was to subdivide squads into even smaller groups called "fire teams" consisting of four of five men

Yes, I was discussing that with a devil dog recently and he informed me the Marines have groups of 4 or 5 men called fire teams, and the Navy call them "foursomes" (that number doesn't include the caddies).

[Billthedrill]

Howdy, ma'am - yep. That, and "one pair, two pair, three of a kind..."