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Nigerian Army personnel corps
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Personnel corps, in the Nigerian Army (NA), are groupings of related military occupations. The Nigerian Army is functionally organized into combat arms and combat support arms.[1][2] There are 17 Corps Training Schools that support these corps.[3]
List of personnel corps
[edit]The following is a list of NA personnel corps in order of precedence:[1]
| Name | Headquarters | Structure and purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Infantry Corps | Jaji, Kaduna State | |
| Armoured Corps | ||
| Corps of Artillery | ||
| Engineers Corps | ||
| Signals | ||
| Intelligence Corps | ||
| Corps of Supply and Transport | ||
| Medical Corps[4] | Victoria Island, Lagos | |
| Ordnance Corps | ||
| Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | ||
| Corps of Military Police | ||
| Education Corps | ||
| Finance Corps | ||
| Directorate of Army Physical Training | ||
| Band Corps | Ojuelegba, Lagos | |
| Women's Corps | ||
| Roman Catholic Chaplaincy | The Roman Catholic Chaplaincy is one of the oldest spiritual institutions in the army. It was founded as part of the West African Frontier Force, with priests being seconded from Britain to Nigeria to administer the spiritual concerns of officers and soldiers. Today, there are 32 chaplain officers in the RC, which is headed by the Director of Chaplain Services.[5][6] | |
| Protestant Chaplain Services | ||
| Directorate of Islamic Affairs | ||
| Directorate of Army Public Relations | ||
| Directorate of Legal Services |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nigerian Army Order of Battle". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Soldiering as a Career. Nigerian Army.
- ^ "Nigerian Army- Official Website". Army.mil.ng. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Soldiering as a Career. Nigerian Army.
- ^ Soluap (2023-10-02). "Nigerian Army Chaplain Services, Roman Catholic". Soluap. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ https://sociologyandchristianity.org/index.php/jsc/article/view/240/225#:~:text=The%20Nigerian%20Army%20Chaplaincy%20provides,structure%20also%20affect%20the%20Chaplaincy.
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