army corps
Large troop unit
An army corps is a military formation typically consisting of two or more divisions, numbering tens of thousands of soldiers.
It functions as a major tactical unit within a larger army, commanded by a lieutenant general or equivalent rank.
The term often appears in historical contexts: The XVIII Airborne Corps deployed to the Gulf.
Plural: army corps (pronounced with a silent *s*).
- brigadeLarge military unit
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- echelonLevel within hierarchy
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- expeditionaryOf forces sent abroad
forward operating base · maneuver · troop movement · reconnaissance · military police · chain of command · infantry · command post · Roman legions · headquarters · ammunition · general · task force · reinforcement · supply lines · logistics · armored vehicles · colonel
- armyinfantry, cavalry, soldiers, artillery, officers
- military forcesallied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces, militias
- military organizationbattalion, brigade, company, platoon, regiment
- Chinese Militaryground force, military bases, military leaders, generals, soldiers
- military unitsbattalion, squad, brigade, company, platoon
- militarysoldiers, troops, officers, navy, generals
army corpscivilian workforce
Non-military employed population
peace corps · civilian population · non-governmental organization · diplomatic corps · civil service