corps Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...

is a large military unit usually composed of two or more divisions. Corps may also refer to:

Places

* Corps, Isère, a commune in the department of Isère in France *

Corps de Garde Corps de Garde (translation: ''Guard Corpse'') is a 720-metre-high mountain of volcanic origin, in the area Palma in the Black River district of Mauritius. The name derived from the fact that a French military post was once established on its slope ...

, a mountain in the Moka Range in Mauritius *

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Military

Air Training Corps The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer-military youth organisation. They are sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force. The majority of staff are volunteers, and some are paid for full-time work – including C ...

, UK or New Zealand Air Cadets * Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers, a military force in Monaco composed mainly of officers from French military or fire services *

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

, a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea

Civic organizations

* AmeriCorps, a program of the U.S. federal government engaging adults in intensive community service *

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

(CCC), a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States *

Diplomatic corps The diplomatic corps (french: corps diplomatique) is the collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body. The diplomatic corps may, in certain contexts, refer to the collection of accredited heads of mission ( ...

, the collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body *

Job Corps Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free education and vocational training to young men and women ages 16 to 24. Mission and purpose Job Corps' mission is to help young people ages 16 throug ...

, a program of the United States Department of Labor that offers education and vocational training *

Mercy Corps Mercy Corps is a global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have undergone, or have been undergoing, various forms of economic, environmental, social and political instabilities. The organizatio ...

, a global aid agency engaged in transitional environments that have experienced some sort of shock *

National Association of Service and Conservation Corps The National Association of Service and Conservation Corps (NASCC), now known as The Corps Network, is an association of Service and Conservation Corps in the United States. It took shape in 1985, when the nation's first 24 Corps directors bande ...

(NASCC), an association of Service and Conservation Corps in the United States *

Peace Corps The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order of President John F ...

, a volunteer program run by the United States government * Senior Corps, a United States government agency to provide aid to senior citizens *

Youth Conservation Corps The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is a paid summer youth work program in federally managed lands. The National Park Service, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management employ teens each summer to participate ...

, a summer work youth program in U.S. federally managed lands

Other uses

* Corps (church), a place of worship in The Salvation Army * ''

CORPS Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...

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Ambulance corps Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. ...

, an emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care *

Corps de ballet In ballet, the ''corps de ballet'' (; French for "body of the ballet") is the group of dancers who are not principal dancers or soloists. They are a permanent part of the ballet company and often work as a backdrop for the principal dancers. ...

, the group of dancers who are not soloists *

German Student Corps Corps (or Korps; "''das ~''" ('' n''), (''sg.''), (''pl.'')) are the oldest still-existing kind of '' Studentenverbindung'', Germany's traditional university corporations; their roots date back to the 15th century. The oldest corps still exist ...

, Germany's traditional university corporations or fraternities ** Corps Altsachsen Dresden, a German Student Corps in the Weinheimer SC-Verband ** Corps Hubertia Freiburg, one of the oldest German Student Corps in the Kösener SC-Verband with strong Hunting tradition ** Corps Vandalia-Teutonia, a German Student Corps in the Kösener SC-Verband * Green Lantern Corps, a fictional intergalactic military/police force appearing in comics published by DC Comics *

Press corps The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public. These include news agencies, print media (newspapers, news magazines), broadcast news (radio and television), and th ...

, a group of reporters covering a specific entity or event * An abbreviation of

Corporation A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and ...

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