File (formation)

Troops from the U.S. and Bangladesh March in single file during a tactical training exercise during 2014.

A file is a military term for a number of troops drawn up in line ahead, i.e. one behind the other in a column. The number of files is the measure of the width of a column of troops in several ranks one behind the other.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ McNab, p. 55.
  2. ^ Schwartz, p. 9
  3. ^ Holbrook, p. 10.
  4. ^ United States Army, p. 9.