Squad

In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer. NATO and U.S. doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section", while U.S. Army doctrine further defines a squad as a "small military unit typically containing two or more fire teams. It typically contains a dozen Soldiers or less." In the Australian, British and Canadian Armed Forces the equivalent of a squad is a section. The Canadian Forces Manual of Drill and Ceremonial defines a squad as "a small military formation of less than platoon size which is adopted to teach drill movements. (escouade)". A squad can also be an ad hoc group of soldiers assigned to a task, for example, a firing squad.