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A '''''platoon guide''''' is a position, but not a rank in the United States Army and Marine Corps. The guide sets the direction and cadence of the march.<ref>http://navyrotc.berkeley.edu/docs/Drill%20Manual%202.pdf</ref>

In an infantry [[platoon]] the platoon guide is a non commissioned officer (By TO{{expand acronym|date=March 2016}} a sergeant in the US Marine Corps) who acts as an assistant [[platoon sergeant]]. The platoon guide is responsible for ensuring the platoon is supplied with ammunition and rations<ref>p.41 Rogal, William W. ''Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Beyond: A Mud Marine's Memoir of the Pacific Island War'' McFarland, 01/07/2010</ref> and, in combat operations, may be tasked by the platoon commander to take temporary charge of casualties or enemy prisoners of war/detainees until they are evacuated to the rear.