ARMY HEADQUARTERS

Army Headquarters (AHQ)
ARMY HEADQUARTERS
The Army Headquarters (AHQ) is located in New Delhi and functions as the command, control and administration of the Indian Army as a whole. The Army is further divided into six operational commands (field armies) and one training command. Indian Army Headquarters (IAH) began its life in the Red Fort, Delhi. Today Army Headquarters occupies portions of South Block along with a gigantic, architecturally modern Sena Bhavan adjacent. The army is headquartered in New Delhi and is under the direction of the chief of the army staff, always a full general. The chief of the army staff is assisted by a vice chief, two deputy chiefs, a military secretary and the heads of four main staff divisions: the adjutant general, the quartermaster general, the master general of ordnance and the engineer in chief. The Army consists of a number of arms and services. These are: Armoured Corps, Regiment of Artillery, Corps of Engineers, Corps of Signals, Mechanised Infantry, Infantry, Army Service Corps, Military Nursing Service, Army Medical Corps, Army Dental Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Remount and Veterinary Corps, Military Farms Service, Army Education Corps, Intelligence Corps, Corps of Military Police, Judge Advocate General Department, Army Physical Training Corps, Pioneer Corps, Army Postal Service Corps and Defence Security Corps. In addition, the Army has its own Recruiting Organisation, Record Offices, Depots, Boys Establishments and Selection Centres and training institutions. These units are organized in twelve corps-level formations. The Army Headquarters' Command sleeve patch is red and black horizontal striped badge with Ashoka Chakra in golden yellow.

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