Talk:Easy Company

Merge?
Why isn't this page merged with the actual 56th page? 69.17.59.230 04:34, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

SSgt John W. Martin
Can anyone fill me in on this guy, his background, etc? And what the devil does the W stand for? Cheers!Fergananim 14:52, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Echo Company
The opening statement "In most regiments in the US military, the fifth company, Company E, is referred to as Easy Company" isn't actually correct. Since the adoption of the current radio alphabet, Company E would be called "Echo Company". Somebody should modify the paragraph to reflect this in a way that makes sense. --Scottie theNerd 11:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Ranks
The ranks in this Easy Company roster show their final ranks by the time of their death or retirement. We need to specify their final rank in the war and/or their final career rank, if applicable. The military structure in the list is quite inconsistent due to the roster listing final career ranks, such as Robert Sink "commanding" the 506th as a Lieutenant General or Ronald Speirs being Company Commander as a Lieutenant Colonel. --Scottie theNerd 05:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Is this part of Military terminology?
Easy Company is clearly a part of unit history of this particular formation and not Military terminology. The correct designation of the 5th company in a US infantry battalion is Echo Company and not 'Easy' which was used by the company memebers at the time. However Echo belongs in the phonetic alphabet and not military terminology. mrg3105 4 November 2006

Informal?
OK, so the company itself wasn't actually designated "Easy", but rather "E", but "Easy" isn't "informal". It's how the letter "E" was pronounced. Today, the NATO pronunciation for "E" is "Echo".

The page also makes it sound as if "Easy Company" is commonly used an informal name to refer to ALL companies, everywhere, which isn't true at all. 68.14.133.151 (talk) 21:52, 21 June 2009 (UTC)