What is below a squad?

• A. Team
• B. Fire team
• C. Section
• D. Platoon

Answer: (A)

In infantry organization, units are arranged in a hierarchical chain where squads are subdivided into smaller elements. A squad is typically made up of two or more teams, each led by a team leader. The team is the immediate building block that sits directly below a squad, and within each team you’ll often find even smaller fire teams as subunits. So the unit directly below a squad is the team.

A fire team is smaller than a team and sits inside a team, not directly under the squad. A section and a platoon are larger units than a squad (a squad is usually part of a platoon, and a section is a subdivision used in some forces).