assuming this question is coming from a place of complete ignorance:

7 guys with guns. Some of them have different guns

>>34175103
>Team leader
>Communications
>Marksman
>Support/overwatch
>Combat engineer
>Medic
>FNG

Now here is the plot twist, all 7 of your guys should be able to fill any of those positions at any given time.
now

Take a platoon, shoot 3/4 of the platoon excluding the captain and lieutenant. There you go.

>>34175103
Which one is it, 5 or 7 and what is the area of operation

>Marksman
>Sig
>Gunner
>Commander
>Grenadier
>JTAC/FO guy
>Engineer guy

>>34175103
>versatile
Bring a platoon.

>>34175156
>excluding the captain and lieutenant.
>Conformed never served.
Shoot the officers first.

>>34175103
7 man squad is skeleton for Marines. I think the Army does 2 team squads tho

Ideally 3 teams of 4. Given a 7 man restriction you'd do 3-4 with a SAW Gunner and grenadier on each team. Perform the mission with 0 overwatch. Your restrictions.

5 men is a fire team, not a squad.

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>>34176749
Dont shoot me dammit!
[spoiler]im not in a combatrole anyway[/spoiler]

>>34176749
Fun fact:
The Swedish armed forces manual sometime in the 70s had to be rewritten due to a poorly written section regarding how to engage an enemy unit.
"Always kill the leader first" was interpreted differently by the conscripts than the person writing the manual had anticipated.
A blankfire exercise started with the whole platoon magdumping their own officers and NCOs.

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>>34176847
This is just pure gold!
Imagine being there!

>>34176860
It was of course just a really bad excuse by bored conscripts on their last major exercise before getting out.
But it did end up with the manual rewritten to say "Always kill the enemy leader first".

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>>34175103
This x2
Switch out the breachers for snipers when doing observation or recon.

Weapon specialist will carry the heavy weapons.