Members of 3rd Platoon during their 1993 deployment to Mogadishu, Somalia, left to right: Staff Sgt. David Green, Pvt. Robert Kirk, 2nd Lt. Bryan Puckett. (Photo courtesy of Bryan Puckett) ...

Houston’s actions were one of many by the men of 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division leading up to and during the Battle of Mogadishu.

When 3rd Platoon reached the checkpoint, a team set up security around the perimeter, allowing the platoon leader, 2nd Lt. Michael Sardinas, to meet with the policemen there.

This report details the experiences and lessons learned by Task Force Blawkhawk during Exercise Arctic Forge 2025, a ...

Three of them came from a single platoon of infantrymen. FRONTLINE tells the dark tale of the men of 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st battalion of the 506th infantry; and how the war followed ...

Newly arrived trainees of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Battalion compete against another platoon in tug of war during the "First 100 yards" on October 21st, 2022 at ...

And the hardest-luck platoon in the hard-luck battalion is the 3rd Platoon of A Company. Last January all of its men were killed when their C-123 crashed near An Khe before Operation Masher.

Staff Sgt. Jose Gutierrez herded his 3rd Platoon forward. Its job was to spearhead the raid, gain the foothold on the town school and provide cover fire for Llamas’ 1st Platoon, charged with ...