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    Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
    I certainly cannot take credit for organising in 5-man teams. That goes back to WW1. Also, my schtick was a 30-man platoons in formed into 6 x 5-man teams - and even that is not original. The video said 150 men in 30 groups of 5, not 5 Groups of 30.
    So there was more than one platoon, so it is a Wilf Company.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
    So there was more than one platoon, so it is a Wilf Company.
    This might be an organization suitable for the Search & Attack platoons, companies and battalions recommended by the author of the Systems Theory article.

    How about Battleswarm?.

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    How did u even find this thread?!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
    How did u even find this thread?!?

    "The Force" my young Padawan.

    Seriously, google search looking for Wilf's article.

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