Revision as of 23:01, 15 February 2022 edit InternetArchiveBot (talk \| contribs) Bots, Pending changes reviewers 5,698,985 edits Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8.6) (BrownHairedGirl - 9492 ← Previous edit		Revision as of 01:55, 15 May 2022 edit undo 174.86.118.217 (talk) Article stated that army training platoons do not have guidions, this is incorrect. They do. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Next edit →
Line 6: In a [[basic training]] unit, the platoon guide is the senior recruit in the platoon chosen by his or her [[Drill Instructor]] as a liaison between the Drill Instructor and the platoon and the recruit leadership of the platoon.<ref>p.29 Hitchcock Thomas ''One of the Few, the Proud, the Marines'' Dorrance Publishing, 18/06/2010</ref> In Marine Corps training units the platoon guide also carries the platoon [[Guidon (United States)\|guidon]] ~~(Army training platoons do not have guidons.)~~. This is derived from 19th-century guide sergeants, who carried marker flags to denote the flanks of an infantry regiment, and was applied to smaller units as tactics changed. ==Notes==

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