Founded in 1963, the platoon's original mission was to serve as the opposing force (OPFOR) for pre-camp operations. More recently, the unit mission has changed to providing realistic training in small ...

U.S. soldiers provided direct fire support for British officer cadets during a live-fire exercise for the first time at ...

This week the latest Falkland Islands Roulement Infantry Company (FIRIC), The Inkerman Company, left the Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, headquarters of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI.

"The [flamethrower] platoon commander adjusted platoon [fire] in a forest, and the crew destroyed an enemy infantry group using a flamethrower," the deputy commander with the call sign Alligator said.

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — U.S. soldiers provided direct fire support for British officer ... tested their ability to conduct a platoon attack under realistic combat conditions.