Editing Corps (section)

===Administrative corps===
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 '''arm''', '''service''', '''mustering''' or '''branch'''.

====Britain====
In the British Army, an administrative corps performs much the same role – for personnel that otherwise lack them – as a [[ceremonial regiment]]. An administrative corps therefore has its own [[cap badge]], [[stable belt]], and other insignia and traditions. 
*[[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]]
*[[RAF Regiment]]
*[[Royal Logistic Corps]]
*[[Corps of Royal Marines]]
*[[Royal Corps of Signals]]
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 [[regalia]], [[military tradition]]s or other accoutrements – such as the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] or the "Corps of Infantry".

====Australia====
{{Main|List of Australian Army Corps}}

In Australia, soldiers belong foremost to a corps which defines a common function or employment across the army. The [[Australian Army]] 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.

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 Army Ordnance Corps but would wear the lanyard of the battalion they are posted to).

====Canada====
In [[Canada]], with the integration of the Canadian Army into the [[Canadian Forces]], the British corps model was replaced with [[personnel branch]]es, defined in [[Canadian Forces Administrative Orders]] (CFAOs) as "...cohesive professional groups...based on similarity of military roles, customs and traditions." ''CFAO 2-10)''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/002-10_e.asp |title=Personnel Branches within the Canadian Forces |access-date=2006-03-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206095126/http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/002-10_e.asp |archive-date=2006-02-06}}</ref> However, the Armour Branch continued to use the title [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps]], the Infantry Branch continued to use the [[Royal Canadian Infantry Corps]] designation, and the Artillery Branch uses the term [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery]].

When the Army, [[Royal Canadian Navy]], and [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] were merged in 1968 to form the Canadian Forces, the [[Royal Canadian Dental Corps]] and [[Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps]] were deactivated and merged with their Naval and Air Force counterparts to form the [[Dental Branch (Canadian Forces)]] and the [[Canadian Forces Medical Service]] of the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp). The [[Royal Canadian Army Service Corps]] transport and supply elements were combined with the [[Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps]] to form the [[Logistics Branch (Canadian Forces)|Logistics Branch]] The [[Royal Canadian Army Service Corps]] clerical trades were merged with the [[Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps]] and the [[Royal Canadian Postal Corps]] to form the Administration Branch (later merged with the [[Logistics Branch (Canadian Forces)|Logistics Branch]]) <ref>Sutton, Brigadier John, ed., "Wait For The Waggon". Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Leo Cooper, 1998.</ref>

Other "corps", included: [[Canadian Military Engineers|Canadian Engineer Corps]], [[Royal Canadian Corps of Signals|Signalling Corps]], [[Corps of Guides (Canada)|Corps of Guides]], [[Canadian Women's Army Corps]], [[Royal Canadian Army Veterinary Corps]], [[Canadian Forestry Corps]], [[Canadian Provost Corps]] and [[Canadian Intelligence Corps]].<ref>Love, David, ''A Call To Arms''.</ref>

====India====
Administrative corps in the [[Indian Army]] include:

*[[Indian Army Armoured Corps|Army Armoured Corps]]
*[[Army Aviation Corps (India)|Army Aviation Corps]]
*Army Dental Corps
*[[Army Education Corps (India)|Army Education Corps]]
*[[Army Medical Corps (India)|Army Medical Corps]]
*[[Army Ordnance Corps (India)|Army Ordnance Corps]]
*[[Army Postal Service (India)|Army Postal Service Corps]]
*[[Indian Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]]
*[[Corps of Army Air Defence]]
*[[Indian Army Corps of EME|Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers]]
*[[Indian Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]]
*[[Corps of Military Police (India)|Corps of Military Police]]
*[[Indian Army Corps of Signals|Corps of Signals]]
*[[Defence Security Corps]]
*[[Directorate of Military Intelligence (India)|Intelligence Corps]]
*[[Indian Army Pioneer Corps|Pioneer Corps]]
*[[Indian Army Remount and Veterinary Corps|Remount and Veterinary Corps]]

====New Zealand====
{{Main|List of New Zealand Army Corps}}

In New Zealand, soldiers belong foremost to a corps which defines a common function or employment across the army.

A corps in the [[New Zealand Army]] is an administrative group that comprises members of similar work functions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military Training & Education NZ {{!}} Defence Careers |url=https://defencecareers.mil.nz/army/life-in-uniform/education-and-training/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=defencecareers.mil.nz |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620123004/https://defencecareers.mil.nz/army/life-in-uniform/education-and-training/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 [[New Zealand Army Supply Technician|supply technician]] posted to an infantry battalion would wear the hat badge of the [[Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment]].

====United States====
The [[Department of Defense (United States)|Department of Defense]]; the [[Department of Transportation]]; and the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] use ''corps'' administratively in several ways.

1) In the title of the [[United States Marine Corps]], ''Corps'' is used as a service-branch designator, in much the same way as ''Force'' and ''Guard'' are used for the [[US Air Force]] and [[US Coast Guard]].

2) The [[US Army]] (all [[Structure of the United States Army#Active and reserve components|components]]; [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]], [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]], and [[Army National Guard]]) uses administrative ''corps'', also known as [[Structure of the United States Army#Branches and functional areas|''army branches'']], to group personnel with a common function. These include the [[U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center#Overview|Acquisition Corps]], [[United States Army Adjutant General's Corps|Adjutant General's Corps]], [[Chaplain Corps (United States Army)|Chaplain Corps]], [[Chemical Corps]], [[United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command#Civil Affairs Units|Civil Affairs Corps]], [[Cyberwarfare in the United States#Army|Cyber Corps]], [[Dental Corps]]*, [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]], [[Finance Corps]], [[Judge Advocate General's Corps]], [[Logistics Corps]], [[Medical Corps]]*, [[Medical Service Corps]]*, [[Medical Specialist Corps]]*, [[Military Intelligence Corps]], [[Military Police Corps (United States)|Military Police Corps]], [[Nurse Corps]]*, [[United States Army Ordnance Corps|Ordnance Corps]], [[Psychological Operations (United States)#Army|Psychological Operations Corps]], [[Quartermaster Corps]], [[Signal Corps]], [[Transportation Corps]], and [[United States Army Veterinary Corps|Veterinary Corps]].* Each of these corps is also considered a [[United States Army Regimental System#Combat Support (CS), Combat Service Support (CSS), and Special Branches|''regiment'']] 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 [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Army Medical Department]] (AMEDD) are included in the AMEDD Regiment
.<ref>Army Regulation 600-82: ''The U.S. Army Regimental System'' Chapter 2: Management of the U.S. Army Regimental System, 2–2. USARS purpose, page 2. http://www.17thinfantry.org/documents/dmor/AR%20600-82%20US%20ARMY%20Regimental%20System.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109052453/http://www.17thinfantry.org/documents/dmor/AR%20600-82%20US%20ARMY%20Regimental%20System.pdf |date=9 January 2023 }}. retrieved 14 December 2016.</ref>

3) [[US Navy]] officers who are not ''[[line officer]]s'' (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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navyreserve.com/glossary/l/line-officer.html |title=URL Unrestricted Line Officer |publisher=NavyReserve.com |access-date=2016-12-13 |archive-date=3 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703095928/https://www.navyreserve.com/glossary/l/line-officer.html |url-status=live }}</ref>) are commissioned into various [[United States Navy staff corps|''Staff Corps'']]. 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 ''corps'' include the [[Navy Chaplain Corps|Chaplain Corps]], [[Civil Engineer Corps]], [[Navy Dental Corps|Dental Corps]]*, [[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy|Judge Advocate General's Corps]], [[Navy Medical Corps|Medical Corps]]*, [[Navy Medical Service Corps|Medical Service Corps]]*, [[Navy Nurse Corps|Nurse Corps]]*, and the [[Navy Supply Corps|Supply Corps]]. The Navy also has a [[Bureau of Medicine and Surgery#Organization|Hospital Corps]] 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 [[Bureau of Medicine and Surgery]].

4) The US Air Force uses the title ''corps'' to designate several non-tactical organizations. These corps include five distinct health services corps of the [[United States Air Force Medical Service]] (AFMS). The AFMS corps are the [[United States Air Force Medical Service#Biomedical Sciences Corps|Biomedical Sciences Corps]], [[United States Air Force Medical Service#Dental Corps|Dental Corps]], [[United States Air Force Medical Service#Medical Corps|Medical Corps]], [[United States Air Force Medical Service#Medical Service Corps|Medical Service Corps]], and [[United States Air Force Medical Service#Nurse Corps|Nurse Corps]]. The Air Force also has its own [[USAF Chaplain Corps|Chaplain Corps]] and [[United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps|Judge Advocate General's Corps]].

5) In the US Armed Forces, the term ''corps'' is also used in a general sense to mean the collective membership of a specified military body. Those uses include: the [[Officer (armed forces)|''Officer Corps'']] and [[Non-commissioned officer|''Noncommissioned Officer Corps'']] (NCO Corps) of the armed forces, either collectively or individually by branch of service; the ''United States Corps of Cadets'' at the [[United States Military Academy]] and the ''United States Coast Guard Corps of Cadets'' of the [[United States Coast Guard Academy]]; the overall program title and aggregate collection of cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the [[Reserve Officer Training Corps]] (ROTC) of the several services (i.e., [[Army ROTC]], [[Navy ROTC]], and [[Air Force ROTC]]), as well as the cadet organizations of the six federally recognized [[United States Senior Military College]]s ([[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina|The Citadel]], [[Norwich University]], [[Texas A&M University]], the [[University of North Georgia]], the [[Virginia Military Institute]], and [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]); and the members of the [[United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps|Naval Sea Cadet Corps]].