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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Nigerian Army Order of Battle". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ^ Soldiering as a Career. Nigerian Army.
  3. ^ "Nigerian Army- Official Website". Army.mil.ng. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  4. ^ Soldiering as a Career. Nigerian Army.
  5. ^ Soluap (2023-10-02). "Nigerian Army Chaplain Services, Roman Catholic". Soluap. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  6. ^ https://sociologyandchristianity.org/index.php/jsc/article/view/240/225#:~:text=The%20Nigerian%20Army%20Chaplaincy%20provides,structure%20also%20affect%20the%20Chaplaincy. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)