Casual Company

Casual Company, Casual Detachment, or Casual Platoon, sometimes shortened to simply Casual or abbreviated as CasCo, is a type of unit in the United States military.

Functions

It is sometimes-

  • A holding unit for military personnel awaiting assignment to a permanent unit, such as after completing basic training or as combat replacements.[1]
  • A group awaiting transportation to or from another duty station or for discharge from the military.[1][2]
  • An ad hoc unit formed for a specific assignment or duty, such as guarding prisoners.[1]

Ex-Marine Ed Wood wrote the play The Casual Company based on his wartime experiences[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "At Your Service", Daily Palo Alto Times, Palo Alto, California, 53rd year, number 100, April 26, 1945, page 11. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Discharge of Marines Is Increasing at Quantico", The Free Lance–Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 17, 1945 available at the U.S. Military Forum website under "What Is a WWII USMC Casualty Company", posted Posted July 20, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Ed Wood Wednesdays, week 101: "Casual Company: The Laugh of the Marines" (1948)", May 13, 2020. Note, this is from the online blog Dead 2 Rights by Joe Blevins and provided for information only.
  4. ^ p. 248 Umland, Samuel J. The Tim Burton Encyclopedia Rowman & Littlefield 14 November 2015
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