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The United States Army designed Shoulder Sleeve Insignia for 32 corps formations, of which four are active today.

Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of U.S. Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. Corps are high level field commands, or can alternately be used to describe entire Combat Support and Combat Service Support branches (as in "the Military Police Corps").[1]

Note: for US Army Corps Badges 1861–1865 see American Civil War Corps Badges. For insignia of U.S. Army branches designated as "corps" see United States Army branch insignia.

Infantry Corps

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Note: Notes in quotations are derived or are copied from official insignia descriptions by The Institute of Heraldry
Insignia Unit Symbolism History Alternates
I Corps
1918 - Present
"A white circle was used as a corps badge by an organization designated I Corps during the Civil War. The white circle was selected as the identifying device for the current I Corps." The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the Adjutant General, American Expeditionary Forces telegram on 3 December 1918 and approved by the War Department on 17 June 1922.

US Army Corps

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See also

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