First Platoon, Alpha Company

All the units that step through the Stargate are unique in that they do not follow the normal structure of the Royal Marine Commandoes and that they are normally a mixed unit drawing from all military services of the United Kingdom and the United States of America as well as civilian experts. First Platoon, Alpha Company is a force of four rifle sections and one weapons section, First Platoon is commanded by a Major and each squad commanded by a Lieutenant with the weapons section commanded by a Colour Sergeant. This is of course most unusual in the military, to have so many officers in a single platoon, but the reason for this is that with the unit being in a position where there is little to no communication with senior officers the officer in command had to make choices on their own, thus a 'middle management' rank was needed.

Platoon Structure


The Platoon is split into 5 sections, each with an officer or NCO in charge supported by a junior NCO and 6 others. Red Squad is the command section and is commanded by the Platoon leader; Major Matthew Ludd who is supported by Sergeant Jason Stone, the platoon radioman and senior medic and senior scientist are also found in this section. The weapons section consists of two machinegun crews and two light mortar crews and is normally split between the four other squads. Each of the squads is structured with a leader, a 2IC a radioman, a scientist and 7 riflemen. Standard deployment of the platoon has two squads dug in at the Stargate to guard the gate to allow for a rapid extraction through the gate. The two remaining squads move forward to execute the mission objectives with the weapons squad remaining with the dug in squads providing heavy fire power in the event a hostile force heads towards the gate. SOP states that the dug in squads remain in cover and hidden where possible, such as in a tree line,   where this is not possible the team is to dig in and make cover from the available materials.