military
unit that fights on foot, in modern
times typically with rifles,
machine guns, grenades, etc., as weapons. I was talking to somebody the other
day and he says, "You know," he said, "I just ache to get
hold of an infantry
company and put all their
hats on as to what they're supposed to do and train them so that they can
control MEST so the officers can
handle men and the men can
handle weapons, and so they can communicate with one another and so that they could engage upon their
individual activities as they were supposed to."
- Tone 40 on an Object (6 July 1957) military
unit that fights on foot, in modern
times typically with rifles,
machine guns, grenades, etc., as weapons.