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by walshemj 1773 days ago
I seem to remember that these are how the SF units are structured

Alpha is a large fire team capable of being broken down into subunits

Bravo is the next level up (platoon) and Charlie (company)
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dragonwriter 1773 days ago
Close.

The A-team is effectively a platoon (it’s the size of a squad—well, about the size of a USMC rifle squad, a bit bigger than an Army rifle squad—and normally commanded by a Captain, which is more typical of a company, but its the organizational level below the company, which typically has ~6 of them.) A B-team is the company HQ element (so a company has one B-team as well as the A-teams.) A C-team is the battalion HQ element (an SF battalion has ~4 SF companies + 1 C-team.)

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runjake 1773 days ago
An ODA (A-Team or Alpha Team) is composed of 12 guys, designed to be broken down into 2 equal sub-units.

Usually an ODA has a senior guy and a junior guy for each job (Medic/Comms/Engineer/etc).

Here is a good, simple overview:

https://www.americanspecialops.com/special-forces/odas/

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