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").

Note: for US Army Corps Badges 1861–1865 see American Civil War Corps Badges

American Civil War Corps Badges

Corps badges in the American Civil War were originally worn by soldiers of the Union Army on the top of their army forage cap , left side of the hat, or over their left breast. The idea is attributed to Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, who ordered the men in his division to sew a two-inch square of red...

. For insignia of U.S. Army branches designated as "corps" see United States Army branch insignia

United States Army branch insignia

Branch insignia of the United States Army refers to military emblems that may be worn on the uniform of the United States Army to denote membership in a particular area of expertise and series of functional areas...

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See also

• United States Army branch insignia
  United States Army branch insignia
  Branch insignia of the United States Army refers to military emblems that may be worn on the uniform of the United States Army to denote membership in a particular area of expertise and series of functional areas...
  
  
• commons:Field Army insignia of the United States Army
• commons:Field Corps insignia of the United States Army
• Division insignia of the United States Army
  Division insignia of the United States Army
  Shoulder sleeve insignia are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. The SSI of some army divisions have become known in popular culture....
  
  
• Brigade insignia of the United States Army
  Brigade insignia of the United States Army
  Shoulder sleeve insignia are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a Soldier is assigned. Like Division sized units, separate brigades of the United States Army are allowed their own SSI to distinguish their wearers from those of...
  
  
• Miscellaneous shoulder sleeve insignia of the United States Army
  Miscellaneous shoulder sleeve insignia of the United States Army
  Shoulder sleeve insignia are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a Soldier is assigned...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Infantry Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Infantry Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Infantry Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with infantry regiments in the US Army. By Army regulation, all regiments of the US Army organized under a Table of Organization and Equipment are authorized a coat of arms to be displayed on the organization's standard, called...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with field artillery, air defense artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  This page has been split as follows:* Coats of arms of U.S. Armor Regiments* Coats of arms of U.S. Cavalry Regiments-See also:* commons:Field Army insignia of the United States Army* Corps insignia of the United States Army...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Army units
  Coats of arms of U.S. Army units
  Coats of arms of US Army units are heraldic emblems associated with units in the US Army. By Army regulation, all regiments, and some other units, of the US Army organized under a Table of Organization and Equipment are authorized a coat of arms to be displayed on the organization's standard,...