The letter A generally signified headquarters company, the others stood for line companies.

Three months from now, maybe less, you'll be a rifleman in a line company.

He was making a net call, requiring all the battalion's line companies to answer him.

The line company would blame the crew, as they always did.

At least she could transfer the responsibility to the ambassador when the line company started asking questions.

By 1979, women were integrated into the line companies, though they still lived separately from the males in their units.

Their line company even managed to sell the survey's preliminary results to Jupiter.

Mostly, they took cover, simply trying to stay alive until men from the line companies could come to their aid.

Two of the 13th's line companies had changed commanders during the battle-the hard way.

"They hit the three firebases and all but one of the line companies," the major said.