Synopsis. John Tyler was born on March 29, 1790, in Charles City County, Virginia. Like his father, Tyler served as governor of Virginia. Representing the Whig Party, he was the first vice president to become president due the death of his predecessor (President William Henry Harrison).
In the British Army, a rifle platoon from an infantry company consists of three sections of eight men, plus a signaller (radio operator), a platoon sergeant (a Sergeant), the platoon commander (either a second lieutenant or lieutenant) and a mortar man operating a light mortar (full strength of 27 men and one officer).
A Marine platoon sergeant is the senior noncommissioned officer in the unit, which generally is composed of about 40 Marines. In most cases, a platoon sergeant holds the rank of staff sergeant, pay grade E-6, and has been a Marine for at least four years, at least two of them as a sergeant. Many Marine platoon sergeants have taken special small unit leadership training, especially the Infantry Unit Leadersâ Course at Camp Geiger, North Carolina.