As was pointed out that to answer you question it yes and no.
In general the Company/Troop/Battery has HQ with small support section including the supply, armorer, and commo people assigned there. 2-4 Platoons depending on the type of Company.
In the field all bets are off and a companies can gain attachments or send out detachments. Like stated in many places the organization you find TO&E is one thing that usually gets thrown out the window after units get to the field. Under the older TO&Es it as quite normal for when Armor and Mechanized Brigades would deployed it was quite common for one Armor and Mechanized Battalion to exchange at min. one company each. Then these cross attach companies would exchange platoons with another company to form the Team. Yet, none of this was written in stone.
There was an article that I read about the 2nd ID. It was when the only the 1st Brigade was left in country as the rest of the division was sent to Iraq. The article went on to talk about the new Heavy Brigade organization in which the 1 Armor and 1 Mechanized Battalion each had HQ, Engineering Company, Support Company, 2 Mechanized, and 2 Armor Companies in each Battalion. The Armor Company had HQ, 2 Armor Platoons, and 1 Mechanized Platoon while the Mechanized Company was reverse. As well the Artillery Battalion had been pared down.
At the time the 3rd Brigade of the Division had been moved and transformed into Stryker Brigade or was slated to do so after their tour, which was the Mechanized Brigade of the Division. The 2nd Brigade was being deployed with 2 Air Assault and 1 Mechanized Battalion that was suppose to redeployed to Fort Carson to become part of the 4th Division there after their deployment.
One of the striking things about the article was it made a very big deal that this reorganization had happen well in advance of the date when it was suppose to happen. It was schedule to be completed for some months later, but with them already stripping troops from this place and that to get the 2nd and 3rd Brigade moved and deployed....
Just some thoughts..
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