[DamnYuppie]

Why? I can't think of one instance in any industry, civilian or otherwise, anywhere in the world that operates this way.

The best way I have seen teams transition is for one to leave and find a place they enjoy working at then work to recruit others over to join them.

[plenipotentSS]

There are several companies that allow teams to apply. In Tech companies especially, teams are very valuable and it's only time that more companies start looking at teams together.

Stripe is one company that got a lot of press in 2016 for hiring teams: https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/recruiti....

Your model is definitely more common, but in no one does anything prevent teams to apply to companies and for companies to hire teams. From experience, I can tell you teams moving together happens more often than most think.