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Hmmm ... I suppose it‘s possible "staff duties" have changed and I‘ve become a dinosaur, but I always thought:
Capt was the Canadian military abbreviation for Captain ("Cdn Mil abbn" - even The Canadian Press Stylebook uses it, whereas the Americans are prone to using "Cpt");
Sect = Section (whereas Sec = Security); and
Pl = Platoon (not Pn, and not to be confused with Ptl = "patrol", or Pnr = "pioneer").
In addition, here‘s a few more abbn which might prove useful to a cadet in the GGHG:
armd = armoured
Tp = Troop (four tanks or Cougars; armd "equivalent" of a platoon, with an Officer In Command, or OIC)
Sqn = Squadron (armd "equivalent" of company, or coy - similarly you‘d have a Sqn Comd instead of a Coy Comd as Officer Commanding, or OC - not to be confused with the Commanding Officer, or CO of a Regt or Bn ... Regiment or Battalion)
SSM = Sqn Sergeant-Major (the armd "equivalent" of CSM)
BK = Battle Captain (not the 2IC of a sqn, and also not to be confused with BC = Battery Commander, or Bty Comd)
etc.
Capt was the Canadian military abbreviation for Captain ("Cdn Mil abbn" - even The Canadian Press Stylebook uses it, whereas the Americans are prone to using "Cpt");
Sect = Section (whereas Sec = Security); and
Pl = Platoon (not Pn, and not to be confused with Ptl = "patrol", or Pnr = "pioneer").
In addition, here‘s a few more abbn which might prove useful to a cadet in the GGHG:
armd = armoured
Tp = Troop (four tanks or Cougars; armd "equivalent" of a platoon, with an Officer In Command, or OIC)
Sqn = Squadron (armd "equivalent" of company, or coy - similarly you‘d have a Sqn Comd instead of a Coy Comd as Officer Commanding, or OC - not to be confused with the Commanding Officer, or CO of a Regt or Bn ... Regiment or Battalion)
SSM = Sqn Sergeant-Major (the armd "equivalent" of CSM)
BK = Battle Captain (not the 2IC of a sqn, and also not to be confused with BC = Battery Commander, or Bty Comd)
etc.