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Section (military unit)
Military unit size designation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A section is a military sub-subunit. It usually consists of between 6 and 20 personnel. NATO and U.S. doctrine define a section as an organization "larger than a squad, but smaller than a platoon."[1][2][3] As such, two or more sections usually make up an army platoon or an air force flight.
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