Company (military unit)
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A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain. Most companies are formed of three to seven platoons, although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure.
1980s Soviet Motorised Company (BTR)
Company B, 3rd Battalion, of the 75th Ranger Regiment in Somalia, 1993.
Stryker BCT Rifle Company, 2010.
Company B of the 113th Infantry, part of the American Expeditionary Force, France, 1919
Royal Army Medical Corps
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The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. The RAMC, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps and Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps form the Army Medical Services.
The RAMC Memorial for the Boer War at Aldershot in Hampshire
Beret and cap badge used by the RAMC in present day
Army surgeons carry out an operation during the Second World War
RAMC First World War memorial in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh