Since potential missions are worldwide, soldiers train in forest, desert, mountain, arctic, jungle, and urban environments. The Chemical Corps encompasses functions which are primarily oriented toward operations, training, scientific development, and acquisition activities in support of nuclear, biological, chemical NBC defense program.
Signal Corps officers must blend together combat leadership skills and technical proficiency as they plan and manage information systems that support the command and control of the Army's forces. Signal officer assignments and career opportunities are diverse and challenging. Military Intelligence encompasses the application and integration of all Military Intelligence functions at both the tactical and strategic levels.
Officers serving in this specialty plan, conduct, and supervise intelligence collection resources, analysis of the resultant raw intelligence information, and the production and dissemination of finished all-source intelligence in the form of briefings and written reports to the ultimate consumer, the commander. Government resources, criminal investigation, and corrections. The combat support role provides a vital link in our national defense, and the MPs provide the tactical commander with a force that is highly organized, trained, and responsive to the battlefield commander.
Military Police also serve as peacekeeping forces in a low-intensity conflict and provide security in war and peace to critical Army facilities and resources. 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.
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. 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.
The Quartermaster Corps offers a broad spectrum of opportunities. Transportation Corps encompasses those positions related to the multi-modal movement of personnel and cargo over land, sea, and air. Their duties include all areas of legal practice including criminal law, administrative and civil law, contract law, and international law.
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. 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 war saw some of these battalions take part in action on both fronts as part of Combat Groupings with Armoured Units for the first time. To fully realise the combat potential of this dynamic arm, the need was felt to provide these battalions with an integrated training and a common battle philosophy. It was they who pursued the formal raising of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment. The Mechanised Infantry is the youngest regiment of the Indian Army and is a unique blend of military heritage originating since and the latest state of the art equipment profile.
To fulfil the requirement of the common battle and training philosophy of mechanised warfare, the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised on 02 April and the affairs of the regiment were transferred from Directorate General of Infantry to Directorate General Mechanised Forces. New Battalions were raised by pooling in manpower from old battalions. The regimental crest is a rifle bayonet mounted on the BMP- 1, depicting the infantry and mechanised facets of the regiment.
The regiment has the unique distinction of operating in the High Altitude Areas of Ladakh and Sikkim. It also specialises in amphibious, heliborne and airborne operations. The regiment is affiliated to the Indian Naval Ship.
The Armed Forces Medical Services AFMS relentlessly pursues professional excellence, and immensely dedicated to maintaining the morale of fighting forces both in war and peacetime by quality medical care and treatment. AFMS is a model of inter-service integration wherein all the three services are jointly committed to the task of providing comprehensive health care services to its clientele.
The ethos of the Army Medical Corps, are reflected in the Corps flag and its crest, with the three colours as "Dull Cherry, Old gold with Black, in-between. The AFMS delivers quality curative and preventive services and practice of social hygiene on a large scale. The Corps has some of the highest qualified super-specialist, specialists and medical officers in all branches of medicine.
The AFMS not only implements all National Health Programmes to provide efficient preventive and curative services but has specialized treatment facilities for heart, lung, kidney diseases and cancer treatment. The AFMS have always been at the forefront in providing medical relief in times of disasters and natural calamities and has formed a very important integral part of UN Peace Keeping Forces.
The rapid technical changes in the past two decades and the commitment of the Corps to provide a cradle-to-grave service, has led to advances in medical science and technology. The Army Ordnance Corps today is an organization that has been transformed into a well connected logistic chain capable of withstanding all challenges.
The 'Tuskers' ensure that the required wherewithal is delivered at the right time, right place, and of the right quality.
Perfection is striven for so that the fighting soldier does not have to look over his shoulder for his needs. The great challenge today is that of balancing economy with effort and getting the 'best bang for the buck'. Following the establishment of the U. Air Force as a separate service in , the Army began to develop further its own aviation assets light planes and rotary wing aircraft in support of ground operations. The Korean War gave this drive impetus, and the war in Vietnam saw its fruition, as Army aviation units performed a variety of missions, including reconnaissance, transport, and fire support.
After the war in Vietnam, the role of armed helicopters as tank destroyers received new emphasis. In recognition of the growing importance of aviation in Army doctrine and operations, Aviation became a separate branch on 12 April , and a full member of the Army's combined arms team.
As a result of renewed emphasis on special operations in the s, the Special Forces branch was established as a basic branch of the Army effective 9 April , by AGO No. Logistics was established as a basic branch of the Army effective 1 January by General Orders No. The legal origin of the Chaplains is found in a resolution of the Continental Congress, adopted 29 July , which made provision for the pay of chaplains.
The Office of Judge Advocate of the Army may be deemed to have been created on 29 July , and has generally paralleled the origin and development of the American system of military justice. Its present designation as a corps was enacted in Branch Birthdays Since , Congress has also authorized the establishment of certain branches within the Army. Authorities: Journals of Congress. Wednesday, 14 June Title 10, United States Code, Section a 1. Department of the Army General Orders, No. Adjutant General's Corps.
Friday, 16 June Title 10, United States Code, Section a 6. Corps of Engineers. Title 10, United States Code, Section a 4. Finance Corps. Title 10, United States Code, Section a 8. Quartermaster Corps. Title 10, United States Code, Section a 7. Air Defense Artillery Corps. Friday, 17 November Title 10, United States Code, Section a Field Artillery. White was the color used for Infantry until at which time light or Saxony blue was prescribed for the pompon and for the trimming on Infantry horse furniture.
In , the color was prescribed as light or sky blue. In , the linings of capes and trouser stripes were prescribed to be white. However, in , the light blue was prescribed again. In , the cape was still lined with light blue but the Infantry trouser stripes were of white as were the chevrons for enlisted men.
The infantry color is light blue; however, infantry regimental flags and guidons have been National Flag blue since White is used as a secondary color on the guidons for letters, numbers, and insignia. The Infantry is the oldest branch in the Army. Ten companies of riflemen were authorized by the Continental Congress Resolve of 14 June This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "Infantry branch".
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