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id="toc-China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.3</span> <span>China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-France" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#France"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.4</span> <span>France</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-France-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Germany" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Germany"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.5</span> <span>Germany</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Germany-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-India" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#India"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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id="toc-United_Kingdom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.10</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-American_Civil_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#American_Civil_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.10.1</span> <span>American Civil War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-American_Civil_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spanish–American_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spanish–American_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.10.2</span> <span>Spanish–American War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Spanish–American_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_Wars_I_and_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_Wars_I_and_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.10.3</span> <span>World Wars I and II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_Wars_I_and_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cold_War_and_21st_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cold_War_and_21st_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.10.4</span> <span>Cold War and 21st century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cold_War_and_21st_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Soviet_Union" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Soviet_Union"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.11</span> <span>Soviet Union</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Soviet_Union-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Air_Defence_Corps" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Defence_Corps"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.11.1</span> <span>Air Defence Corps</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Defence_Corps-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administrative_corps" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administrative_corps"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Administrative corps</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_corps-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Britain" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Britain"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1</span> <span>Britain</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Britain-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Australia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2</span> <span>Australia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Canada_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Canada_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.3</span> <span>Canada</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Canada_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-India_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#India_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.4</span> <span>India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-India_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_Zealand" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_Zealand"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.5</span> <span>New Zealand</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_Zealand-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.6</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-military_use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-military_use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Non-military use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-military_use-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpus_(h%C9%99rbi)" title="Korpus (hərbi) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Korpus (hərbi)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D9%84%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88" title="قول‌اوردو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قول‌اوردو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0" title="কোর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কোর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kun-tho%C3%A2n" title="Kun-thoân – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kun-thoân" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81_(%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Корпус (ваенная справа) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Корпус (ваенная справа)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81_(%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Корпус (вайсковая справа) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Корпус (вайсковая справа)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81_(%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="Корпус (формирование) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Корпус (формирование)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cos_d%27ex%C3%A8rcit" title="Cos d'exèrcit – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cos d'exèrcit" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%C4%95" title="Çар корпусĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Çар корпусĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%C3%A1dn%C3%AD_sbor" title="Armádní sbor – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Armádní sbor" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%C3%A9korps" title="Armékorps – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Armékorps" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korps" title="Korps – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Korps" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpus_(s%C3%B5jandus)" title="Korpus (sõjandus) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Korpus (sõjandus)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuerpo_de_ej%C3%A9rcito" title="Cuerpo de ejército – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cuerpo de ejército" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpuso_(armeo)" title="Korpuso (armeo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Korpuso (armeo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87" title="سپاه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سپاه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_d%27arm%C3%A9e" title="Corps d'armée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Corps d'armée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legerkorps" title="Legerkorps – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Legerkorps" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpo_de_ex%C3%A9rcito" title="Corpo de exército – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Corpo de exército" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%B0%EB%8B%A8" title="군단 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="군단" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpus" title="Korpus – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Korpus" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korps" title="Korps – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Korps" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpo_d%27armata" title="Corpo d'armata – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Corpo d'armata" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A1" title="גיס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גיס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81" title="Армиялық корпус – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Армиялық корпус" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parart%C3%AA%C5%9F" title="Parartêş – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Parartêş" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81" title="Корпус – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Корпус" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpuss_(bru%C5%86otie_sp%C4%93ki)" title="Korpuss (bruņotie spēki) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Korpuss (bruņotie spēki)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Temporary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detachment_(military)" title="Detachment (military)">Detachment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalk_(military)" title="Chalk (military)">Chalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrol#Military" title="Patrol">Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_force" title="Field force">Field force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Task_force" title="Task force">Task force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigade_group" title="Brigade group">Brigade group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_column" title="Flying column">Flying column</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_command" title="Combat command">Combat command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regimental_combat_team" title="Regimental combat team">Regimental combat team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battalion_tactical_group" title="Battalion tactical group">Battalion tactical group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battlegroup_(army)" title="Battlegroup (army)">Battlegroup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_army_(military_unit)" title="Group army (military unit)">Group army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_team" title="Combat team">Combat team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Corps</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span></span>/</a></span></span>; plural <i>corps</i> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>; from French <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">corps</i></span>, from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">corpus</i></span> "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon I">Napoleon I</a>, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies greatly, but two to five divisions and anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 are the numbers stated by the US Department of Defense. </p><p>Within <a href="/wiki/Military_terminology" title="Military terminology">military terminology</a> a corps may be: </p> <ul><li>an <a href="/wiki/Military_organization" title="Military organization">operational formation</a>, sometimes known as a <b>field corps</b>, which consists of two or more <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(Grande_Arm%C3%A9e)" title="I Corps (Grande Armée)"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Corps d'armée</i></span></a>, later known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">I Corps</i></span> ("First Corps") of Napoleon I's <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grande Armée</i></span>);</li> <li>an <b>administrative corps</b> (or <a href="/wiki/Muster_(military)" title="Muster (military)">mustering</a>) – that is a <a href="#Administrative_corps">specialized branch</a> of a military service (such as an <a href="/wiki/Artillery_corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Artillery corps">artillery corps</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Armoured_corps" title="Armoured corps">armoured corps</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Signal_corps" title="Signal corps">signal corps</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Medical_corps" title="Medical corps">medical corps</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Marine_corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine corps">marine corps</a>, or a corps of <a href="/wiki/Military_police" title="Military police">military police</a>) or;</li> <li>in some cases, a distinct service within a national military (such as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>).</li></ul> <p>These usages often overlap. </p><p>Corps may also be a generic term for a <a href="#Non-military_use">non-military organization</a>, such as the US <a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6A%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6A%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6A%29.svg/160px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Unspecified_or_Composite_All-Arms_%28NATO_APP-6A%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>a hostile combined arms corps </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg/80px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg.png" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Airborne_Forces_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Airborne_Forces_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Airborne_Forces_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/160px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Airborne_Forces_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>a friendly airborne corps </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg/80px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg/120px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg/160px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame)-_Infantry_(NATO_APP-6).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Infantry_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/80px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_Infantry_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="53" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/120px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg/160px-Military_Symbol_-_Hostile_Unit_%28Solid_Diamond_Frame%29-_Armour_%28NATO_APP-6%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>a hostile tank corps </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operational_formation">Operational formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operational formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many armies, a corps is a battlefield formation composed of two or more <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a>, and typically commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, due to the large scale of combat, multiple corps were combined into <a href="/wiki/Field_army" title="Field army">armies</a> which then formed into <a href="/wiki/Army_group" title="Army group">army groups</a>. In Western armies with numbered corps, the number is often indicated in <a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_States)" title="VII Corps (United States)">VII Corps</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia_and_New_Zealand">Australia and New Zealand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Australia and New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_and_New_Zealand_Army_Corps" title="Australian and New Zealand Army Corps">Australian and New Zealand Army Corps</a> was raised in 1914, consisting of Australian and New Zealand troops, who went on to fight at <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli</a> in 1915. In early 1916, the original corps was reorganized and two corps were raised: <a href="/wiki/I_ANZAC_Corps" title="I ANZAC Corps">I ANZAC Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/II_ANZAC_Corps" title="II ANZAC Corps">II ANZAC Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the later stages of World War I, the five infantry divisions of the <a href="/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force" title="First Australian Imperial Force">First Australian Imperial Force</a> (AIF)—consisting entirely of personnel who had volunteered for service overseas—were united as the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Corps" title="Australian Corps">Australian Corps</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>, under Lieutenant General Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Monash" title="John Monash">John Monash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During World War II, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_I_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian I Corps">Australian I Corps</a> was formed to co-ordinate three <a href="/wiki/Second_Australian_Imperial_Force" title="Second Australian Imperial Force">Second Australian Imperial Force</a> (2nd AIF) units: the <a href="/wiki/6th_Division_(Australia)" title="6th Division (Australia)">6th</a>, <a href="/wiki/7th_Division_(Australia)" title="7th Division (Australia)">7th</a> and <a href="/wiki/9th_Division_(Australia)" title="9th Division (Australia)">9th Divisions</a>, as well as other Allied units on some occasions, in the <a href="/wiki/North_African_campaign" title="North African campaign">North African campaign</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Greek campaign</a>. Following the commencement of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>, there was a phased withdrawal of I Corps to Australia, and the transfer of its headquarters to the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a> area, to control Allied army units in <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> and northern <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> (NSW). <a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(Australia)" title="II Corps (Australia)">II Corps</a> was also formed, with <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army_Reserve" title="Australian Army Reserve">Militia</a> units, to defend south-eastern Australia, and <a href="/wiki/III_Corps_(Australia)" title="III Corps (Australia)">III Corps</a> controlled land forces in <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>. Sub-corps formations controlled Allied land forces in the remainder of Australia. I Corps headquarters was later assigned control of the <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign" title="New Guinea campaign">New Guinea campaign</a>. In early 1945, when I Corps was assigned the task of <a href="/wiki/Borneo_Campaign_(1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Borneo Campaign (1945)">re-taking Borneo</a>, II Corps took over in New Guinea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Canada">Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Canada first fielded a corps-sized formation in the First World War; the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Corps" title="Canadian Corps">Canadian Corps</a> was unique in that its composition did not change from inception to the war's end, in contrast to British corps in France and Flanders. The Canadian Corps consisted of four Canadian divisions. After the Armistice, the peacetime <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian militia</a> was nominally organized into corps and divisions but no full-time formations larger than a battalion were ever trained or exercised. Early in the Second World War, Canada's contribution to the British-French forces fighting the Germans was limited to a single division. After the fall of France in June 1940, a second division moved to England, coming under command of a Canadian corps headquarters. This corps was renamed <a href="/wiki/I_Canadian_Corps" title="I Canadian Corps">I Canadian Corps</a> as a second corps headquarters was established in the UK, with the eventual formation of five Canadian divisions in England. I Canadian Corps eventually fought in Italy, <a href="/wiki/II_Canadian_Corps" title="II Canadian Corps">II Canadian Corps</a> in northwest Europe, and the two were reunited in early 1945. After the formations were disbanded after VE Day, Canada has never subsequently organized a corps headquarters. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Army_Cadets" title="Royal Canadian Army Cadets">Royal Canadian Army Cadets</a>: A corps size in the RCAC is different everywhere, depending on the size. The commanding officer can be a <a href="/wiki/Captain" title="Captain">captain</a> (Previously, Commanding Officers of a large corps could have been a Major, but that capability has been removed with the creation of CJCR Group Order 5511-1) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="China">China</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Army" title="National Revolutionary Army">National Revolutionary Army</a> (NRA) corps (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">軍團</span></span>) was a type of military organization used by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%9349)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China (1912–49)">Chinese Republic</a>, and usually exercised command over two to three <a href="/wiki/NRA_division" class="mw-redirect" title="NRA division">NRA divisions</a> and often a number of independent <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigades</a> or <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiments</a> and supporting units. The Chinese Republic had 133 corps during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a>. After losses in the early part of the war, under the 1938 reforms, the remaining scarce artillery and the other support formations were withdrawn from the division and was held at corps, or army level or higher. The corps became the basic tactical unit of the NRA having strength nearly equivalent to an allied <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a>. </p><p>The modern <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Ground_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Ground Force">People's Liberation Army Ground Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Group_army_(military_unit)" title="Group army (military unit)">group army</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">集团军</span></span>) is the closest equivalent of a corps. After the military reforms of the early 2010s, a typical PLA group army consists of six combined arms brigades, plus additional artillery, air defence, engineering, sustainment, special operations and army aviation assets. Each formation contains approximately 30,000 combat troops and several thousands more supporting personnel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="France">France</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a> under <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon I">Napoleon I</a> used corps-sized formations (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">corps d'armée</i>) as the first formal combined-arms groupings of <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a> with reasonably stable manning and equipment establishments. Napoleon I first used the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">corps d'armée</i></span> in 1805. The use of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">corps d'armée</i></span> was a military innovation that provided Napoleon I with a significant battlefield advantage in the early phases of the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>. The corps was designed to be an independent military group containing cavalry, artillery and infantry, and capable of defending against a numerically superior foe. This allowed Napoleon I to mass the bulk of his forces to effect a penetration into a weak section of enemy lines without risking his own communications or flank. This innovation stimulated other European powers to adopt similar military structures. The corps has remained an echelon of French Army organization to the modern day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Germany">Germany</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As fixed military formation already in peace-time it was used almost in all European armies after <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ulm" title="Battle of Ulm">Battle of Ulm</a> in 1805. In Prussia it was introduced by <i>Order of His Majesty</i> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Allerhöchste Kabinetts-Order</i>) from 5 November 1816, in order to strengthen the readiness to war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="India">India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> has <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army#Command_structure" title="Indian Army">14 corps</a>, each commanded by a <a href="/wiki/General_officer_commanding" title="General officer commanding">general officer commanding</a> (GOC), known as the corps commander, who holds the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a>. Each corps is composed of three or four divisions. There are three types of corps in the Indian Army: strike, holding and mixed. The corps HQ is the highest field formation in the army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pakistan">Pakistan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pakistan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a> has nine manoeuvre corps, each commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a>. Each corps is composed of at least two divisions. The corps HQ is the highest field formation in the army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Poland_(1938–1939)"><span id="Poland_.281938.E2.80.931939.29"></span>Poland (1938–1939)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Poland (1938–1939)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces" title="Polish Armed Forces">Polish Armed Forces</a> used <a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_operational_group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent operational group (page does not exist)">independent operational groups</a> in the place of the corps before and during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. An example would be <a href="/wiki/Independent_Operational_Group_Polesie" title="Independent Operational Group Polesie">Independent Operational Group Polesie</a>. The groups, as the name indicates, were more flexible and showed greater capacity to absorb and integrate elements of broken units over a period of just a couple days and keep cohesion during the <a href="/wiki/September_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="September Campaign">September Campaign</a> than more traditional army units such as divisions, regiments, or even brigades. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wellington formed a <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">corps d'armée</i></span> in 1815 for commanding his mixed allied force of four divisions against Napoleon I. </p><p>When the British Army was expanded from an expeditionary force in the First World War, corps were created to manage the large numbers of divisions. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_British_corps_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="List of British corps in World War I">British corps in World War I</a> included 23 infantry corps and a few mounted corps. The word was adopted for other special formations such as the <a href="/wiki/Officers_Training_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Officers Training Corps">Officers Training Corps</a>. Military training of teenage boys is undertaken at secondary schools through the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Cadet_Force" title="Combined Cadet Force">Combined Cadet Force</a>, in which participation was compulsory at some schools in the 1950s. Schoolboy jargon called the CCF simply "Corps". </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> still has a corps headquarters for operational control of forces. <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">I Corps</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_of_the_Rhine" title="British Army of the Rhine">British Army of the Rhine</a> was redesignated the <a href="/wiki/Allied_Rapid_Reaction_Corps" title="Allied Rapid Reaction Corps">Allied Rapid Reaction Corps</a> in 1994. It is no longer a purely British formation, although the UK is the "framework nation" and provides most of the staff for the headquarters. A purely national Corps headquarters could be quickly reconstituted if necessary. </p><p>It took command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan on 4 May 2006. Previously, it was deployed as the headquarters commanding land forces during the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a> in 1999 and also saw service in <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, commanding the initial stages of the <a href="/wiki/IFOR" class="mw-redirect" title="IFOR">IFOR</a> deployment prior to that in 1996. Otherwise, the only time a British corps headquarters has been operationally deployed since 1945 was <a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Corps (United Kingdom)">II Corps</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States">United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_corps_of_the_United_States" title="List of corps of the United States">List of corps of the United States</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:XVIII_Abn._Corps_headquarters,_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/XVIII_Abn._Corps_headquarters%2C_2009.jpg/220px-XVIII_Abn._Corps_headquarters%2C_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/XVIII_Abn._Corps_headquarters%2C_2009.jpg/330px-XVIII_Abn._Corps_headquarters%2C_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/XVIII_Abn._Corps_headquarters%2C_2009.jpg/440px-XVIII_Abn._Corps_headquarters%2C_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1336" data-file-height="1744" /></a><figcaption>The XVIII Airborne Corps command group, led by <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">LTG</a> <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a>, returns home from <a href="/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Iraqi Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>The structure of a field corps in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> is not permanent. On the battlefield, the corps is the highest level of the forces that is concerned with actual combat and operational deployment. Higher levels of command are concerned with administration rather than operations, at least under current doctrine. The corps provides operational direction for the forces under its command. </p><p>As of 2014, the active field corps in the US Army are <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_States)" title="I Corps (United States)">I Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/III_Corps_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="III Corps (United States)">III Corps</a>, and <a href="/wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="XVIII Airborne Corps (United States)">XVIII Airborne Corps</a>; their lineages derive from three of the corps formed during World War I (I and III Corps) and World War II (XVIII Airborne Corps). On 12 February 2020, it was announced that the Army was reactivating <a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_States)" title="V Corps (United States)">V Corps</a> to bolster the presence of US forces in Europe. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="American_Civil_War">American Civil War</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: American Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first field corps in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> were legalized during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> by an act of Congress on 17 July 1862, although the term had been used previously to refer to any large portion of the army.<sup id="cite_ref-Eicher65_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eicher65-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major General <a href="/wiki/George_B._McClellan" title="George B. McClellan">George B. McClellan</a>, for example, planned to organize the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Potomac" title="Army of the Potomac">Army of the Potomac</a> into corps of two or more <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_United_States_Army#American_Civil_War" title="Divisions of the United States Army">divisions</a> and about 25,000 soldiers. However, he delayed doing so, partly for lack of experienced officers, and partly for political reasons, until March 1862 when <a href="/wiki/President_Lincoln" class="mw-redirect" title="President Lincoln">President Lincoln</a> ordered their creation.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson12_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exact composition of a corps in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> varied during the war, though it usually consisted of between two and six division (on average three) for approximately 36,000 soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-Eicher65_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eicher65-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCMuseum_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCMuseum-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Burnside" title="Ambrose Burnside">Ambrose Burnside</a> was given command of the Army of the Potomac in November 1862, he reorganized it into three "grand divisions" of two corps and a cavalry division each, but this structure was abolished when <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hooker" title="Joseph Hooker">Joseph Hooker</a> took over February 1863. This also led to the creation of a dedicated <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_Corps_(Union_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavalry Corps (Union Army)">Cavalry Corps</a> of three divisions and <a href="/wiki/Horse_artillery" title="Horse artillery">horse artillery</a> assigned to the corps headquarters. In the early years of the war, <a href="/wiki/Field_artillery" title="Field artillery">field artillery</a> was either part of an artillery reserve under direct army control or assigned to individual divisions. However, after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville" title="Battle of Chancellorsville">Battle of Chancellorsville</a> the divisional artillery was placed under corps control, with each corps assigned a <a href="/wiki/Brigade_(United_States_Army)#American_Civil_War" title="Brigade (United States Army)">brigade</a> of between four and six <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">batteries</a> commanded by the senior-most artillery officer. In general, the other field armies tended to model their organization after the Army of the Potomac, including the gradual development of corps.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson12_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McGrath17_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGrath17-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Corps were commanded by major generals because Congress refused to promote officers past that grade (with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a> in 1864).<sup id="cite_ref-McGrath17_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGrath17-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To assist with their command, generals were allowed a number of <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aides-de-camp</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Military_staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Military staff">general staff</a> of other officers. This staff consisted of a chief of cavalry, a chief of artillery, and representatives of the <a href="/wiki/War_Department" title="War Department">War Department</a>'s various bureaus:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an assistant <a href="/wiki/Adjutant_general" title="Adjutant general">adjutant general</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Quartermaster" title="Quartermaster">quartermaster</a>, an assistant <a href="/wiki/Inspector_general" title="Inspector general">inspector general</a>, a commissary of subsistence, an ordnance officer (all with the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a>), and a medical director. However, there were no dedicated <a href="/wiki/Combat_service_support_(United_States)" title="Combat service support (United States)">combat service support</a> formations as part of the corps. This meant that either civilian workers had to be hired or line soldiers detailed from their units to carry out the necessary tasks.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially, corps were numbered in relation to their field army, such as I Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. After a while these numerical designations became unique to each corps regardless of the army to which they were assigned.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson12_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McGrath17_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGrath17-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although designated with numbers that are sometimes the same as those found in the modern US Army, there is no direct lineage between the 43 Union field corps of the Civil War and those with similar names in the modern era, due to congressional legislation caused by the outcry from veterans of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic" title="Grand Army of the Republic">Grand Army of the Republic</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate States Army</a>, field corps were authorized in November 1862. They were commanded by lieutenant generals, and were usually larger than their <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> counterparts because their divisions contained more brigades, each of which could contain more regiments. All of the Confederate corps at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a>, for instance, exceeded 20,000 men. However, for both armies, unit sizes varied dramatically with attrition throughout the war. In Civil War usages, by both sides, it was common to write out the number, thus "Twenty-first Army Corps", a practice that is usually ignored in modern histories of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Spanish–American_War"><span id="Spanish.E2.80.93American_War"></span>Spanish–American War</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Spanish–American War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the US Army in the years following the Civil War lacked standing organization at the corps and division levels, it moved swiftly to adopt these during the mobilization for the Spanish–American War in the spring of 1898. On 7 May, General Order 36 called for the establishment of seven "army corps" (repeating the nomenclature of the Civil War); an eighth was authorized later that month.<sup id="cite_ref-HistMilMob_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HistMilMob-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of these saw action as a unit: the Fifth in Cuba and the Eighth in the Philippines; elements of the <a href="/wiki/First_Army_Corps_(Spanish%E2%80%93American_War)" title="First Army Corps (Spanish–American War)">First</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Army_Corps_(Spanish%E2%80%93American_War)" title="Fourth Army Corps (Spanish–American War)">Fourth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Seventh_Army_Corps_(Spanish%E2%80%93American_War)" title="Seventh Army Corps (Spanish–American War)">Seventh</a> made up the invasion force for Puerto Rico (the Second, <a href="/wiki/Third_Army_Corps_(Spanish%E2%80%93American_War)" title="Third Army Corps (Spanish–American War)">Third</a>, and Seventh provided replacements and occupation troops in Cuba, while the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Army_Corps_(Spanish%E2%80%93American_War)" title="Sixth Army Corps (Spanish–American War)">Sixth</a> was never organized). The corps headquarters were disbanded during the months following the signing of the peace treaty (with the exception of the Eighth Army Corps, which remained active until 1900 due to the eruption of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a>), and like the corps of the Civil War, their lineage ends at that point. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="World_Wars_I_and_II">World Wars I and II</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: World Wars I and II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During World War I, the <a href="/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Forces" title="American Expeditionary Forces">American Expeditionary Forces</a> (AEF) adopted the common European usage of designating field corps by <a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a>. Several "<a href="/wiki/Corps_area" title="Corps area">corps areas</a>" were designated under the authority of the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Act_of_1920" title="National Defense Act of 1920">National Defense Act of 1920</a>, but played little role until the Army's buildup for World War II. While some of the lower numbered corps were used for various exercises, the inter-war years corps served mostly as a pool of units.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During that war, the Marine Corps organized corps headquarters for the first time, the <a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Amphibious_Corps" title="I Marine Amphibious Corps">I Marine</a> (later <a href="/wiki/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="III Marine Expeditionary Force">III Amphibious Corps</a>) and <a href="/wiki/V_Amphibious_Corps_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="V Amphibious Corps (United States)">V Amphibious Corps</a>. The Army ultimately designated 25 field corps (I–XVI, XVIII–XXIV, XXXVI, and <a href="/wiki/I_Armored_Corps_(United_States)" title="I Armored Corps (United States)">I Armored Corps</a>) during World War II. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Cold_War_and_21st_century">Cold War and 21st century</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Cold War and 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, the Army and Marines diverged in their approach to the concept of the field corps. The Army continued to group its divisions into traditional corps organizations in the Continental United States (CONUS), West Germany (<a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_States)" title="V Corps (United States)">V Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_States)" title="VII Corps (United States)">VII Corps</a>), and South Korea (I Corps). However, during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, the Army designated its corps-level headquarters in South Vietnam as <a href="/wiki/I_Field_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="I Field Force">I Field Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/II_Field_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="II Field Force">II Field Force</a> to avoid confusion with the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam" title="Army of the Republic of Vietnam">ARVN</a> corps areas.<sup id="cite_ref-Eck-VN-C&C_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eck-VN-C&C-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of July 2016, the Army deactivated all corps headquarters save three CONUS based corps (<a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_States)" title="I Corps (United States)">I Corps</a> - Washington, <a href="/wiki/III_Corps_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="III Corps (United States)">III Corps</a> - Texas, and <a href="/wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps" title="XVIII Airborne Corps">XVIII Airborne Corps</a> - North Carolina). </p><p>In the 1960s, the Marine Corps activated the <a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a> (I MEF) on Okinawa (based in California since 1971) and <a href="/wiki/II_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="II Marine Expeditionary Force">II Marine Expeditionary Force</a> (II MEF) in North Carolina, and re-activated the III Amphibious Corps (which had been deactivated in 1946) as <a href="/wiki/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="III Marine Expeditionary Force">III Marine Expeditionary Force</a> (III MEF) in South Vietnam (re-deployed to Okinawa in 1971). In 1965, all three MEFs were subsequently re-designated as Marine amphibious forces or MAFs, and in 1988 all three Marine Corps corps-level commands were again re-designated as <a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_force" title="Marine expeditionary force">Marine expeditionary forces</a> (MEF). The MEF had evolved into a self-contained, corps-level, <a href="/wiki/Marine_air-ground_task_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine air-ground task force">Marine air-ground task force</a> (MAGTF) consisting of a MEF headquarters group, a Marine division, a Marine aircraft wing, and a force service support group (re-designated as Marine logistics group in 2005). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Soviet_Union">Soviet Union</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Formations_of_the_Soviet_Army" title="Formations of the Soviet Army">Formations of the Soviet Army</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Corps" title="Special:EditPage/Corps">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2010</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The pre–<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> of the former <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of Soviet Socialist Republics">USSR</a> had <a href="/wiki/Rifle_Corps_(Soviet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rifle Corps (Soviet)">rifle corps</a> much like in the Western sense with approximately three divisions to a corps.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after the war started, the recently purged Soviet senior command (<a href="/wiki/Stavka" title="Stavka">Stavka</a>) structure was apparently unable to handle the formations, and the armies and corps were integrated. Rifle corps were re-established during the war after <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> commanders had gained experience handling larger formations. Before and during World War II, however, Soviet armoured units were organized into corps. The pre-war <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_Corps_(Soviet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanized Corps (Soviet)">mechanized corps</a> were made up of divisions. In the reorganizations, these "corps" were reorganized into tank <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigades</a> and support units, with no division structure. Owing to this, they are sometimes, informally, referred to as "brigade buckets". </p><p>After the war, the tank and mechanized corps were re-rated as divisions. During the reforms of 1956–58, most of the corps were again disbanded to create the new combined arms and tank armies. A few corps were nevertheless retained. The Vyborg and Archangel Corps of the <a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Military_District" title="Leningrad Military District">Leningrad Military District</a> were smaller armies with three low-readiness motorized rifle divisions each. In the 1980s "Unified Corps" on the brigade pattern were created in the <a href="/wiki/Belorussian_Military_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Belorussian Military District">Belorussian Military District</a> (Western TVD/Strategic Direction) and the <a href="/wiki/48th_Separate_Guards_Army_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="48th Separate Guards Army Corps">48th Separate Guards Army Corps</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Transbaikal_Military_District" title="Transbaikal Military District">Transbaikal Military District</a>, but abandoned after a few years. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a> used ground terminology for its formations down to squadron level. As intermediates between the <a href="/wiki/Aviation_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviation division">aviation division</a> and the air army were corps—these also had three air divisions each. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Air_Defence_Corps">Air Defence Corps</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Air Defence Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Air Defence Corps ('KPVO') is an operational-tactical formation (in the past - the highest tactical formation) of the former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Defence_Forces" title="Soviet Air Defence Forces">Soviet Air Defence Forces</a> and now <a href="/wiki/Russian_Air_Defence_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Air Defence Forces">Russian Air Defence Forces</a>/Aerospace Forces. The purpose of the such a corps is to protect important administrative, industrial and economic centers and regions of the country, groupings of troops (forces) and military facilities within the established limits of responsibility against air strikes. In organizational terms, an air defence corps is part of the district (or a separate army) of the Air Defence Forces. Also some air defence corps were separate. </p><p>On the basis of individual corps, <i>air defence zones</i> or <i>air defence corps areas</i> could be created. The first <i>KPVO</i> were created in February 1938 for the air defence of <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad">Leningrad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a> (respectively 1st, 2nd and 3rd) based on anti-aircraft artillery divisions and air defence brigade (<i>3rd KPVO</i>). The staff of the <i>KPVO</i> included: 4-6 anti-aircraft artillery regiments, 1 anti-aircraft machine-gun regiment, 1 searchlight regiment (or battalion), 1-2 regiments (or divisions) <a href="/wiki/Barrage_balloon" title="Barrage balloon">barrage balloons</a>, 1- 2 regiments (or battalions) of visual observation, warning and communications (<a href="/w/index.php?title=VNOS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VNOS (page does not exist)">VNOS</a>), and a separate communications battalion. From September 1938 to November 1940, the <i>KPVO</i> also included 1-2 regiments (battalions) of local air defence. </p><p>During the Great Patriotic War from November 1941 to April 1944 the air defence corps were renamed into air defence corps areas (such as the <a href="/wiki/Stalingrad_Corps_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Stalingrad Corps Region">Stalingrad Corps Region</a>). The corps districts included up to 9 anti-aircraft artillery regiments and 14 separate anti-aircraft artillery battalions, up to 3 anti-aircraft machine-gun regiments, 1 searchlight regiment, 1 regiment (or division) of barrage balloons, up to 4 regiments (or separate battalions) VNOS, and a communications regiment (or a separate battalion). In 1945, air defence corps could include 1 anti-aircraft artillery brigade or division. </p><p>Air defence fighters operating within the limits of responsibility of the <i>KPVO</i> was transferred to the corps. By the end of the war, there were 14 <i>KPVO</i> in the Active Army, of which 5 corps continued to carry out the tasks assigned to them even after the war, and the rest of the corps were disbanded. </p><p>In July 1947, all <i>KPVO</i> were renamed anti-aircraft artillery corps. In January 1949, part of these corps was reorganized into <i>air defence areas.</i> From December 1948 to January 1949, all anti-aircraft artillery corps were disbanded. </p><p>In June 1954, for the defense of the main industrial and economic centers and regions of the USSR, 10 air defence corps were re-created. At the same time, in addition to anti-aircraft artillery formations, fighter aviation regiments and divisions were included in the corps. Since the late 1950s, anti-aircraft artillery units have been replaced by anti-aircraft missile formations and formations of radio engineering troops. Searchlight and barrage balloon units were also abolished. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> countries, groupings similar to the Soviet air defence corps were also created. In June–July 1960, all <i>KPVO</i> were enlarged and consisted of: anti-aircraft missile regiments and brigades, air defense fighter regiments, radio engineering regiments and brigades, separate <a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">electronic warfare</a> battalions, regiments and battalions of communications and logistics institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-ВЭ-4_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ВЭ-4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-СВЭ-4_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-СВЭ-4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_corps">Administrative corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Administrative corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many English-speaking countries and other countries influenced by British military traditions, a corps is also a grouping of personnel by common function, also known as an <b>arm</b>, <b>service</b>, <b>mustering</b> or <b>branch</b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Britain">Britain</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the British Army, an administrative corps performs much the same role – for personnel that otherwise lack them – as a <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceremonial regiment">ceremonial regiment</a>. An administrative corps therefore has its own <a href="/wiki/Cap_badge" title="Cap badge">cap badge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stable_belt" title="Stable belt">stable belt</a>, and other insignia and traditions. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)">Intelligence Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Logistic_Corps" title="Royal Logistic Corps">Royal Logistic Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corps_of_Royal_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="Corps of Royal Marines">Corps of Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">Royal Corps of Signals</a></li></ul> <p>In some cases, the term corps is also used informally, for looser groupings of independent regiments and other units – and without many or any unifying <a href="/wiki/Regalia" title="Regalia">regalia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_tradition" title="Military tradition">military traditions</a> or other accoutrements – such as the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal Armoured Corps</a> or the "Corps of Infantry". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia">Australia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Army_Corps" title="List of Australian Army Corps">List of Australian Army Corps</a></div> <p>In Australia, soldiers belong foremost to a corps which defines a common function or employment across the army. The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a> has a system of coloured lanyards, which each identify a soldier as part of a specific corps (or sometimes individual battalion). This lanyard is a woven piece of cord which is worn on ceremonial uniforms and dates back to the issue of clasp knives in the early 20th century which were secured to the uniform by a length of cord. </p><p>If a soldier is posted to a unit outside of their parent corps, except in some circumstances the soldier continues to wear the hat badge and lanyard of their corps (e.g. a clerk posted to an infantry battalion would wear the hat badge of the Royal Australian Ordnance Corps but would wear the lanyard of the battalion they are posted to). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Canada_2">Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, with the integration of the Canadian Army into the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces">Canadian Forces</a>, the British corps model was replaced with <a href="/wiki/Personnel_branch" title="Personnel branch">personnel branches</a>, defined in <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Administrative_Orders" title="Canadian Forces Administrative Orders">Canadian Forces Administrative Orders</a> (CFAOs) as "...cohesive professional groups...based on similarity of military roles, customs and traditions." <i>CFAO 2-10)</i><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Armour Branch continued to use the title <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Armoured Corps">Royal Canadian Armoured Corps</a>, the Infantry Branch continued to use the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Infantry_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Infantry Corps">Royal Canadian Infantry Corps</a> designation, and the Artillery Branch uses the term <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Canadian_Artillery" title="Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery">Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery</a>. </p><p>When the Army, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> were merged in 1968 to form the Canadian Forces, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Dental_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Dental Corps">Royal Canadian Dental Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps">Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps</a> were deactivated and merged with their Naval and Air Force counterparts to form the <a href="/wiki/Dental_Branch_(Canadian_Forces)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dental Branch (Canadian Forces)">Dental Branch (Canadian Forces)</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forces_Medical_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Forces Medical Service">Canadian Forces Medical Service</a> of the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp). The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Army Service Corps">Royal Canadian Army Service Corps</a> transport and supply elements were combined with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Ordnance_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps">Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Logistics_Branch_(Canadian_Forces)" class="mw-redirect" title="Logistics Branch (Canadian Forces)">Logistics Branch</a> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Army Service Corps">Royal Canadian Army Service Corps</a> clerical trades were merged with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Army_Pay_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps">Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Postal_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Postal Corps">Royal Canadian Postal Corps</a> to form the Administration Branch (later merged with the <a href="/wiki/Logistics_Branch_(Canadian_Forces)" class="mw-redirect" title="Logistics Branch (Canadian Forces)">Logistics Branch</a>) <sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other "corps", included: <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Military_Engineers" title="Canadian Military Engineers">Canadian Engineer Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Canadian Corps of Signals">Signalling Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corps_of_Guides_(Canada)" title="Corps of Guides (Canada)">Corps of Guides</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Women%27s_Army_Corps" title="Canadian Women's Army Corps">Canadian Women's Army Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Army Veterinary Corps">Royal Canadian Army Veterinary Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Forestry_Corps" title="Canadian Forestry Corps">Canadian Forestry Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Provost_Corps" title="Canadian Provost Corps">Canadian Provost Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Intelligence_Corps" title="Canadian Intelligence Corps">Canadian Intelligence Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="India_2">India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Administrative corps in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Armoured_Corps" title="Indian Army Armoured Corps">Army Armoured Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Aviation_Corps_(India)" title="Army Aviation Corps (India)">Army Aviation Corps</a></li> <li>Army Dental Corps</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Education_Corps_(India)" title="Army Education Corps (India)">Army Education Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Corps_(India)" title="Army Medical Corps (India)">Army Medical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Ordnance_Corps_(India)" title="Army Ordnance Corps (India)">Army Ordnance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Postal_Service_(India)" title="Army Postal Service (India)">Army Postal Service Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Service_Corps" title="Indian Army Service Corps">Army Service Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corps_of_Army_Air_Defence" title="Corps of Army Air Defence">Corps of Army Air Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Corps_of_EME" title="Indian Army Corps of EME">Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="Indian Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corps_of_Military_Police_(India)" title="Corps of Military Police (India)">Corps of Military Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Corps_of_Signals" title="Indian Army Corps of Signals">Corps of Signals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Security_Corps" title="Defence Security Corps">Defence Security Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Military_Intelligence_(India)" title="Directorate of Military Intelligence (India)">Intelligence Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Pioneer_Corps" title="Indian Army Pioneer Corps">Pioneer Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Remount_and_Veterinary_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Army Remount and Veterinary Corps">Remount and Veterinary Corps</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Zealand_Army_Corps" title="List of New Zealand Army Corps">List of New Zealand Army Corps</a></div> <p>In New Zealand, soldiers belong foremost to a corps which defines a common function or employment across the army. </p><p>A corps in the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Army" title="New Zealand Army">New Zealand Army</a> is an administrative group that comprises members of similar work functions.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If a soldier is posted to a unit outside of their parent corps, except in some circumstances the soldier continues to wear the hat badge of their corps (e.g. a <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Army_Supply_Technician" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Army Supply Technician">supply technician</a> posted to an infantry battalion would wear the hat badge of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Army_Logistic_Regiment" title="Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment">Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States_2">United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defense_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Defense (United States)">Department of Defense</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Transportation" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Transportation">Department of Transportation</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">United States Department of Health and Human Services</a> use <i>corps</i> administratively in several ways. </p><p>1) In the title of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>, <i>Corps</i> is used as a service-branch designator, in much the same way as <i>Force</i> and <i>Guard</i> are used for the <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force">US Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/US_Coast_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="US Coast Guard">US Coast Guard</a>. </p><p>2) The <a href="/wiki/US_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="US Army">US Army</a> (all <a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Army#Active_and_reserve_components" title="Structure of the United States Army">components</a>; <a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">Army Reserve</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a>) uses administrative <i>corps</i>, also known as <a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Army#Branches_and_functional_areas" title="Structure of the United States Army"><i>army branches</i></a>, to group personnel with a common function. These include the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Acquisition_Support_Center#Overview" title="U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center">Acquisition Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Adjutant_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Adjutant General's Corps">Adjutant General's Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Chaplain Corps (United States Army)">Chaplain Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemical_Corps" title="Chemical Corps">Chemical Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Civil_Affairs_and_Psychological_Operations_Command#Civil_Affairs_Units" title="United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command">Civil Affairs Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare_in_the_United_States#Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyberwarfare in the United States">Cyber Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dental_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Dental Corps">Dental Corps</a>*, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finance_Corps" title="Finance Corps">Finance Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logistics_Corps" title="Logistics Corps">Logistics Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medical_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Corps">Medical Corps</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Medical_Service_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Service Corps">Medical Service Corps</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Medical_Specialist_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Specialist Corps">Medical Specialist Corps</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Military_Intelligence_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Intelligence Corps">Military Intelligence Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_(United_States)" title="Military Police Corps (United States)">Military Police Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nurse_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a>*, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Ordnance_Corps" title="United States Army Ordnance Corps">Ordnance Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psychological_Operations_(United_States)#Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychological Operations (United States)">Psychological Operations Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quartermaster_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Quartermaster Corps">Quartermaster Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Signal_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Corps">Signal Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transportation_Corps" title="Transportation Corps">Transportation Corps</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="United States Army Veterinary Corps">Veterinary Corps</a>.* Each of these corps is also considered a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Regimental_System#Combat_Support_(CS),_Combat_Service_Support_(CSS),_and_Special_Branches" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Regimental System"><i>regiment</i></a> for purposes of: "... affiliation, ... loyalty and commitment, ... sense of belonging, ... unit esprit, and ... war fighting ethos." However, these regiments have no tactical function. The six corps (annotated by an asterisk above after each applicable corps' name) of the <a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Army Medical Department</a> (AMEDD) are included in the AMEDD Regiment .<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>3) <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">US Navy</a> officers who are not <i><a href="/wiki/Line_officer" title="Line officer">line officers</a></i> (i.e., those who exercise general command authority and are eligible for operational command positions, as opposed to officers who normally exercise authority only within their own specialty<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) are commissioned into various <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_staff_corps" title="United States Navy staff corps"><i>Staff Corps</i></a>. These officers are specialists in career fields that are professions unto themselves, such as ministers, civil engineers, architects, dentists, lawyers, physicians, healthcare administrators, healthcare scientists, clinical care providers, nurses, financial managers, and logistics and supply specialists. These <i>corps</i> include the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Chaplain_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Chaplain Corps">Chaplain Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_Engineer_Corps" title="Civil Engineer Corps">Civil Engineer Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navy_Dental_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Dental Corps">Dental Corps</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps,_U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navy_Medical_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Medical Corps">Medical Corps</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Navy_Medical_Service_Corps" title="Navy Medical Service Corps">Medical Service Corps</a>*, <a href="/wiki/Navy_Nurse_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a>*, and the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Supply_Corps" title="Navy Supply Corps">Supply Corps</a>. The Navy also has a <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Medicine_and_Surgery#Organization" title="Bureau of Medicine and Surgery">Hospital Corps</a> consisting of enlisted medical technicians. The Hospital Corps, along with the four Navy health services corps listed above (indicated by asterisk), is one of the five corps of the Navy <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Medicine_and_Surgery" title="Bureau of Medicine and Surgery">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</a>. </p><p>4) The US Air Force uses the title <i>corps</i> to designate several non-tactical organizations. These corps include five distinct health services corps of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">United States Air Force Medical Service</a> (AFMS). The AFMS corps are the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service#Biomedical_Sciences_Corps" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Biomedical Sciences Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service#Dental_Corps" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Dental Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service#Medical_Corps" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Medical Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service#Medical_Service_Corps" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Medical Service Corps</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service#Nurse_Corps" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Nurse Corps</a>. The Air Force also has its own <a href="/wiki/USAF_Chaplain_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="USAF Chaplain Corps">Chaplain Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a>. </p><p>5) In the US Armed Forces, the term <i>corps</i> is also used in a general sense to mean the collective membership of a specified military body. Those uses include: the <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)"><i>Officer Corps</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer"><i>Noncommissioned Officer Corps</i></a> (NCO Corps) of the armed forces, either collectively or individually by branch of service; the <i>United States Corps of Cadets</i> at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> and the <i>United States Coast Guard Corps of Cadets</i> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">United States Coast Guard Academy</a>; the overall program title and aggregate collection of cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserve Officer Training Corps">Reserve Officer Training Corps</a> (ROTC) of the several services (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Army_ROTC" class="mw-redirect" title="Army ROTC">Army ROTC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navy_ROTC" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy ROTC">Navy ROTC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_ROTC" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force ROTC">Air Force ROTC</a>), as well as the cadet organizations of the six federally recognized <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senior_Military_College" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senior Military College">United States Senior Military Colleges</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Citadel,_The_Military_College_of_South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina">The Citadel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norwich_University" title="Norwich University">Norwich University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Georgia" title="University of North Georgia">University of North Georgia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Military_Institute" title="Virginia Military Institute">Virginia Military Institute</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Polytechnic_Institute_and_State_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University">Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University</a>); and the members of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Sea_Cadet_Corps" title="United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps">Naval Sea Cadet Corps</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-military_use">Non-military use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Non-military use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ambassadors, consuls and other foreign embassy staff in a country are collectively referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_corps" title="Diplomatic corps">diplomatic corps</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">corps diplomatique</i>). In <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, embassy vehicles have <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Australia#Diplomatic" title="Vehicle registration plates of Australia">licence plates</a> beginning with the letters DC (or DX). </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Salvation_Army" title="The Salvation Army">The Salvation Army</a> calls its local units/church "corps" (e.g. The Rockford Temple Corps, The St. Petersburg Citadel Corps), echoing the pseudomilitary name and structure of the organization. </p><p>In the United Kingdom, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observer_Corps" title="Royal Observer Corps">Royal Observer Corps</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Civil_defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil defence">civil defence</a> unit from 1925 until disbanded in 1995. </p><p>In the US, there are non-military, administrative, training and certification corps for commissioned officers of the government's <a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services of the United States">uniformed services</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" title="United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps">United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration_Commissioned_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many volunteer municipal or university ambulance, rescue, and first-aid squads are known as VACs (volunteer <a href="/wiki/Ambulance_corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambulance corps">ambulance corps</a>). Prominent examples are the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Malta_Ambulance_Corps" title="Order of Malta Ambulance Corps">Order of Malta</a> (the largest in Ireland), <a href="/wiki/Hatzolah" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatzolah">Hatzolah</a> (largest VAC network worldwide), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hackensack_ambulance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hackensack ambulance (page does not exist)">Hackensack</a> VAC. The usage of the term <i>ambulance corps</i> dates to <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> Major General <a href="/wiki/George_B._McClellan" title="George B. McClellan">George B. McClellan</a>'s General Order No 147 to create an "ambulance corps" within the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CivilWar_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CivilWar-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GO 147 used <i>corps</i> in one of its standard military senses. However, subsequent formations of non-military ambulance squads continued to use the term, even where they adhere less to paramilitary organizational structure. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a> was organized by the United States as an "army" of volunteers. </p><p>Some <a href="/wiki/Non-governmental_organizations" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-governmental organizations">non-governmental organizations</a> (NGOs) are known as corps. Examples include <a href="/wiki/Global_Health_Corps" title="Global Health Corps">Global Health Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mercy_Corps" title="Mercy Corps">Mercy Corps</a>. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Patent_examiner" title="Patent examiner">patent examiner</a> in the US is a member of the Examiner Corps.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_corps_of_the_United_States" title="List of corps of the United States">List of corps of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_corps" title="List of military corps">List of military corps</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-auto1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-auto1_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150921231042/http://armawiki.zumorc.de/files/NATO/APP-6(C).pdf"><i>APP-6C Joint Military Symbology</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Tsouras">Tsouras, P.G.</a> <i>Changing Orders: The evolution of the World's Armies, 1945 to the Present</i> Facts On File, Inc, 1994. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8160-3122-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-8160-3122-3">0-8160-3122-3</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230623/http://www.orbat.com/site/history/historical/nato/warsawpact.html">Warsaw Pact June 1989 OOB</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-label="Navbox" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a>: National <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188497#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Korps"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/4165336-1">Germany</a></span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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