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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 2825302" data-attributes="member: 5868">That would actually be Corps, not Corp. (as the Army is not a Corporation, US Air Force desires not withstanding).  And Army still exists as a formation larger that Corps, though today the numbered Army is primarily an administrative organization that helps to organize and train Reserve Component formations.  1st Army, for example, is responsible for the Northeastern US.  The exception is 3rd Army, which is the Land Component of the US Central Command (also known as ARCENT).During World War II, we used an even larger formation, the Army Group, that included multiple numbered Armies.  Our smaller organizations also include the terms Section (for specific types of organizations, larger than a fire team, but smaller than a platoon), Battery (for a company-sized formation of Field Artillery or Air Defense units), and Group (typically a brigade-sized formation of Engineer, Special Forces, or logistical units).And I can attest to the internal requirement to capitalize Soldier in all of our correspondence, both as a title (the only acceptable form of address for trainees is now "Soldier" or "Private" -- "&*$^*&" is not longer in vogue, much to the chagrin of many drill sergeants) and to "emphasize the importance of Soldiers in everything the Army does."And to make it a bit more confusing: even though the Army and the USMC use the same officer ranks, we use different abbreviations (for example, Army LTC vs. USMC Lt. Col.).I don't makes 'em up, I jest follows 'em!</blockquote>

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