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Combat Service Support Branch

Adjutant General's Corps

Officers in the Adjutant General's Corps serve at all organization levels of the Army where they plan, develop, and operate the Army's personnel management support systems: a vital responsibility in both peace and war. Personnel systems include all life cycle functions such as personnel requisitioning, reassignments, evaluations, promotions, awards and decorations, reenlistment, casualty reporting, strength accounting, and replacement operations. Administrative systems management includes courier and postal services. As a member of the Army band, officers coordinate band activities for the command and conduct technical inspections to evaluate the operational status, capability, and proficiency of command bands.

Adjutant General School   Fort Jackson,SC


Army Medical Specialist Corps

The Army Medical Specialist Corps is a part of the Army Medical Department and is a special branch of the Army. The Nutrition Care Section, Physical Therapist Section, and the Occupational Therapist Section make up the Medical Specialist Corps.

Medical Corps           Fort Sam Houston, TX


Army Nurse Corps

The Army Nurse Corps is a part of the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) and is a special branch of the Army. The mission of the Army Nurse Corps is to provide quality nursing support and nursing leadership. To fulfill its mission, the Army Nurse Corps officers specialize as nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists and serve as staff officers at all levels throughout the AMEDD.  Army ROTC has a program specially designed for Nursing Cadets that aguments the curriculum of a standard nursing program.

Chaplain Corps

The Chaplains Branch is a special branch which has the primary mission to perform or provide for comprehensive religious support for soldiers and their family members in war and peace. Chaplains assist commanders in facilitating the right to free exercise of religion for all personnel. Chaplains are commissioned officers and accredited clergy endorsed by a recognized denomination or faith group for the military ministry.

Dental Corps

The Dental Corps is a special branch of the Army. The Corps consists of commissioned officers who are doctors of dental surgery or dental medicine. Their mission is to conserve the fighting strength by preserving oral health, treating oral disease, and supporting the combat medical mission.

Finance Corps

All officers commissioned in the Finance Corps (FI) serve in a variety of financial management and leadership positions in today's Army. The ultimate mission of the FI is to support the soldiers and commanders in the field and provide the Army with expertise concerning all aspects of financial management. Finance officers are required to be both technically and tactically proficient to perform their mission in wartime as well as peacetime. They must continuously develop their professional skills and knowledge in order to stay abreast of evolving doctrine and stay current in the finance and accounting profession.

Finance School         Fort Jackson, SC

Judge Advocate Generals Corps

The Judge Advocate General's Corps is a special branch of the Army whose officers are all lawyers. Their duties include all areas of legal practice including criminal law, administrative and civil law, contract law, and international law.

JAG School        The University of Virginia

Medical Corps

The Medical Corps is a part of the Army Medical Department and is a special branch of the Army. There are three functional areas in the Army Medical Corps: Clinical Medicine, Staff and Command, and Research.

Medical Corps             Fort Sam Houston, TX

Medical Service Corps

The Medical Service Corps is a special branch of the Army and is one of the branches of the Army Medical Department. Officers of this branch provide administrative, operational, logistical, technical, and scientific support for the Army Medical Department in the accomplishment of its mission " to conserve the fighting strength." The Corps is organized into four sections: Pharmacy Supply and Administration (PS&A).

Medical Service School      Fort Sam Houston, TX

Ordnance Corps

The purpose of the Ordnance Corps is to develop, produce, acquire, and support weapons systems, ammunition, missiles and ground mobility material during peace and war in order to provide combat power for the U.S. Army. The Ordnance Branch encompasses all functions related to the life cycle management of its three commodities: tank/automotive materiel, munitions materiel, and missile materiel.

Ordnance School              Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Quartermaster Corps

The Quartermaster Corps offers a broad spectrum of opportunities. The Quartermaster Corps officer plans and directs the activities of Army units and organizations engaged in the acquisition, receipt, storage, preservation, and issue of equipment, repair parts, fortification/construction material, subsistence, petroleum products, water, and other general supplies.

Quartermaster School          Fort Lee, VA
 

Transportation Corps

Transportation Corps encompasses those positions related to the multi-modal movement of personnel and cargo over land, sea, and air.

Transportation School           Fort Eustis, VA

Veterinary Corps

The Veterinary Corps is a part of the Army Medical Department and is a special branch of the Army. The Corps directs its activities toward four areas: veterinary food inspection and hygiene, animal medical care, veterinary preventive medicine, and research and development.
 
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