Army corps

A tactical unit larger than a division and smaller than a field army. A corps usually consists of two or more divisions together with auxiliary arms and services. See also field army.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

army corps - an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support

corps

army unit - a military unit that is part of an army

army, ground forces, regular army - a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

Women's Army Corps, WAC - an army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army

Reserve Officers Training Corps, ROTC - a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers

division - an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"

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Three months ago I spent the night with the Third Army Corps up by Niemen.

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National Service or three more army corps four years ago would have brought us an alliance which would have meant absolute safety for twenty-one years.

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Vast forests unrolled beneath him in which a German army corps might have lain concealed, so dense was the overhanging foliage of the great trees.

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Fort Hood, Texas, to director of military programs, United States Army Corps of Engineers, with duty as commander, Gulf Region Division/United States Deputy to the director, Program Management Office, Coalition Provisional Authority, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.

Department of Defense news release (March 23, 2004): general officer assignments

Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CENWP-OP-GP (Mark Gronceski), P.O.

Corps eyes impact of road on wetlands

Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, CENWO-CT-M.

The Army Corps. (Procurement Watch)

Army Corp of Engineers erected the first of eight massive hydroelectric dams that now traverse the Snake and Columbia Rivers.

A fighting chance for salmon

Army Corps of Engineers NYD, to locate and secure a location which fulfilled the Corps' very specific requirements, including layout, accessibility and location.

Vantage secures long-term lease for US Marine Corps in Marlton

Army Corps of Engineers will recommend a multi-billion-dollar plan to help protect the Texas coast - the Houston area in particular - from hurricanes.

Army Corps Preparing its Own Hurricane Protection Plan for Houston