The Pakistan Army Corps of Service is a military administrative and combat service support branch of the Pakistan Army.[1][2][3]
| Pakistan Army Corps of Service | |
|---|---|
 Badge of the Pakistan Army. | |
| Active | 1947 |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Branch |  Pakistan Army |
| Type | Combat service support |
| Role | Administrative and staffing oversight. |
| Size | Varies |
| HQ/Garrison | Service Center in Nowshera Cantonment, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Nickname(s) | ASC |
| Colors Identification | Blue, White |
| Anniversaries | 1947 |
| Engagements | Military history of Pakistan |
| Decorations | Military Decorations of Pakistan military |
| Website | Facebook– Army Service Corps |
| Commanders | |
| Director-General | Maj-Gen. Usman Haque |
| Insignia | |
| War Flag |  |
Reporting from its headquarter in Nowshera Cantonment, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, the service corps is one of the important military logistics branch in the Pakistani military, and is commanded by its director-general, Maj-Gen. Usman Haq as of 2023.[4]
Overview edit
The Army Service Corps is one of the largest military administrative corps that was commissioned into the Pakistan Army from the partition of the former British Indian Army's Service Corps in November 1947.[2] Originally, the service corps was headquartered in Chaklala cantonment with Colonel Abdullah Jan as its commandant until 1950.: 1033 [5] The service corps is Pakistan army's most senior administrative corps with its mission for management of transportation and military logistics since 1947.[6]: 83 [7]: 55 [8]
From 1947 till 1957, the British Army provided the crucial training support and education on military logistics its officers who were commissioned in the Army Service Corps.: 518 [9][10]
Since 1966, the Army Service Corps is now stationed in Nowshera along with its Army Service College that provides the necessary training and education and training for the personnel to be commissioned in the corps of service.[2]
The Army Service Corps is commanded by its director-general who is usually at two-star rank, major-general, working directly under the Chief of the General Staff, reporting from its headquarters in Nowshera.[4][6]
References edit
- ^ "ASC Documentry". Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Army Service Corps". Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Army Service Corps". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ a b "COAS visits Army Service Corps Centre in Nowshera". Dunya News. Dünya News channel. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Dept, Great Britain Army (1952). The Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ a b Alam, Dr Shah (1 July 2012). Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-93-81411-79-7. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Cheema, Pervaiz I.; Riemer, Manuel (22 August 1990). Pakistan's Defence Policy 1947-58. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-20942-2. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). The Armed Forces of Pakistan. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-1633-5. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ The Story of the Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport, 1945-1982. L. Cooper. 1984. ISBN 978-0-436-50606-2. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Army Service Corps". Retrieved 17 December 2023.
External links edit
Media galleries edit
- "PAKISTAN ARMY | ARMY SERVICES CROPS | RECRUIT PASSING OUT PRADE |". Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- "ASC Documentry". Retrieved 17 December 2023.