Task Organization for 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade "Sky Soldiers!"

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[i][b]Sky Soldiers[/b][/i][/center]

[u][b]Headquarters and Headquarters Company[/b][/u]
[indent]Battalion Command Section[/indent]
[indent]Battalion Staff Section[/indent]
[indent]Communications Section[/indent]
[indent]Medical Platoon[/indent]
[indent]Support Platoon[/indent]
[indent]Mess Platoon[/indent]
[indent]Maintenance Platoon[/indent]
[indent]81mm Mortar Platoon[/indent]
[indent]Weapons Platoon (Anti-Armor)[/indent]
[indent]Reconnaissance Platoon[/indent]
[indent]Company Headquarters Section[/indent]

Total: 200 soldiers in the HHC
200 + 489 = 689 soldiers in the Airborne Battalion

[u][b]Rifle Company (A, B & C Companies)[/b][/u]
[indent]Company Headquarters Section[/indent]
[indent]Weapons Platoon (3x 60mm Mortar Squads, 3x Anti Armor teams & 3x sniper teams)[/indent]
[indent]3x Rifle Platoons (PL, PSG, RTO, 2x M60 MG Teams, & 3 11-man rifle squads = 42 soldiers)[/indent]

Total: 163 soldiers in the Company x 3 companies = 489

The Battalion has three Companies. Each company has three rifle platoons with three squads each. This is nine squads for the Company and/or nine platoons for the battalion.There are four 81mm Mortars at battalion to support the platoons in the field and three 60mm mortars at company to support the squads in the field. The Anti-armor teams at Battalion are probably 90mm or 106mm recoilless Rifles mounted on M151 Jeeps. The Anti-armor weapons at Company are probably Light Anti-Armor Weapons (LAAW) with teams who carry several of them. These teams are attached to the rifle platoons for their use and may consist of four men carrying a bunch of LAAWs.

[u][b]Rifle Squad:[/b][/u]
Squad Leader (SSG)
A Team Leader (SGT)
Auto Rifleman (SP4)
Grenadier M79 (SP4/PFC)
Rifleman (PFC)
Rifleman (PFC)
B Team Leader (SGT)
Auto Rifleman (SP4)
Grenadier M79 (SP4/PFC)
Rifleman (PFC)
Rifleman (PFC)


I believe [@CaptainBritton] intends to take the A Company Commander slot for his character. I intend to write up the 1-503 Battalion Commander and then various other characters within the battalion as the story progresses.