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In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer. NATO and US doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section." while US Army d ...
is a small military unit.
Squad may also refer to:
Organizations
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Squad (company), a Mexican company that developed the video game ''Kerbal Space Program''
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The Squad (Irish Republican Army unit)
The Squad, nicknamed the Twelve Apostles, was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit founded by Michael Collins to counter British intelligence efforts during the Irish War of Independence, mainly by means of assassination. The Squad engaged in exec ...
, a unit founded in 1919 by Michael Collins
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The Squad (United States Congress)
The Squad is a group of six Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives. It was initially composed of four women elected in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (aka AOC) of New York, Il ...
, a nickname for six progressive members of the US House of Representatives
Film and television
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''The Squad'' (1981 film), an Australian television film
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''The Squad'' (2011 film), a Colombian horror film
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''The Squad'' (2015 film), a French action film
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''Squad'' (film), a 2021 Indian action film
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''The Squad'' (TV series), a 1980 British teen drama series
Other media
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Squad (app), a social-media app acquired by Twitter
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''Squad'' (video game), a 2020 first-person shooter
* ''The Squad'', a 1990 novel by
David Sherman
David Sherman (1958 - November 16, 2022) was an American novelist who dealt overwhelmingly with military themes at the small-unit tactical level. His experiences as a United States Marine informed his writings.
Early life and education
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* The Squad, a superhero team in the Malibu Comics
Ultraverse
The Ultraverse is a defunct comic book imprint published by the American company Malibu Comics which is currently owned by Marvel Comics. The Ultraverse is a shared universe in which a variety of characters – known within the comics as Ultras � ...
See also
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Death squad
A death squad is an armed group whose primary activity is carrying out extrajudicial killings or forced disappearances as part of political repression, genocide, ethnic cleansing, or revolutionary terror. Except in rare cases in which they are f ...
, an armed group that conducts extrajudicial killings or forced disappearances
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Hit Squad (disambiguation)
Hit Squad was a 1990s hip hop collective.
Hit Squad may also refer to:
* A team of hired contract killers, especially within the context of organized crime
* ''Hit Squad'' (film), a 1976 crime-comedy film
* Da Hit Squad, a professional wrestli ...
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Police car
A police car (also called a police cruiser, police interceptor, patrol car, area car, cop car, prowl car, squad car, radio car, or radio motor patrol) is a ground vehicle used by police and law enforcement for transportation during patrols a ...
, also known as squad car
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Rescue squad
A rescue squad is an emergency service that provides technical rescue services, and may also provide emergency medical services and firefighting services. Rescue squads may be standalone organizations or an integrated part of fire department ...
, a unit that performs technical rescues and other emergency services
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Squadron (disambiguation)
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Team
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.
As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to inf ...
, in the context of sports, often called a squad
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