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a squad is 10 persons. A platoon is 4 to 5 squads. A company is 4 to 5 platoons, or about 250 persons (HQ company is usually a little smaller at around 180-200 people). A battalion is 3 fighting companies and one HQ company (at least in Field Artillery), or about 800 persons. A brigade is usually 2 or 3 battalions, depending on the specialty (field artillery, armor, infantry, etc.).
At any rate, we aren't talking more than a couple thousand fighting troops, and with a border close to 1500km, that isn't very many, and we've been doing a bit of sabre rattling about Iran needing to stop the influx of Al Quaeda into Iraq...
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