The lieutenant was put in charge of an infantry platoon.

中尉被委任指挥一个步兵排。

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Mr Junger's study, a platoon of airborne infantry, was deployed to the Korengal valley, a remote and craggy tract of north-eastern Afghanistan.

荣格尔的研究对象为空降步兵的一个排，部署于阿富汗东北部偏远崎岖的库伦·加尔(Korengal)山谷地带。

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Platoon or company officers should be graduates of junior infantry schools.

排连干部要初级步兵学校毕业。

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The 29-year-old, of The Royal Highland Fusiliers, commanded an infantry platoon in an extremely dangerous area, and charged an enemy ambush twice to rescue an injured soldier.

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