Question for those who were/are in the armed services...

[nerfman]

Armored Cavalry has a different TOE as well. 8 vehicles (4 M-3 Bradleys, 4 M-1's) per platoon(plus some infantry). I think 4 platoons per troop and like 4 troops per squadron, which ties into a regiment some how.

In WWII the Germans sometimes had armor platoons w/ 5 vehicles each although attrition usually kept this lower.

The breakdowns for the modern USN carrier air seem right although F/A-18's will phase out Tomcats.

A note about the jap carriers at Midway. Due to the earlier arms talks in the 30's, the Japanese were forced to "decommision" some battlecruisers which the then turned into the Kaga and Akagi, kind of like what we did w/ the origional Ranger, our first carrier (converted cruiser). Anyway, that is why the carrier wings were so different for them. They had basically two light carriers, 2 coverted battlecruisers(w/ different designs) and 2 "built from the keel up" carriers. Kind of an oddball assortment.