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  Drum Corps International :: Marching Music's Major League™
As a youth activity, the world of competitive drum and bugle corps is an intense, choreographed musical experience staged on football stadium fields by students achieving high levels of excellence in performance.
Corps with 71 to 79 members have a choice between Division II or III distinction.
In this division, corps are allowed to follow their own country’s organizational guidelines, but if they choose to recognize DCI rules, they are allowed to compete for the other division titles.
www.dci.org /corps   (296 words)

  
  Indian III Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The British Indian III Corps was the primary ground formation that took part in the campaign in Malaya in 1942.
III Corps was formed in mid-1941 when the increase in tension in the Far East necessitated the dispatch of large reinforcements to the area to deter Japan.
III Corps, and the rest of the mobile land forces were pushed back to Singapore itself by February 1942.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_III_Corps   (444 words)

  
 U.S. III Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The III Corps (Third Corps) —nicknamed the Phantom Corps, America's Hammer, and the Counterattack Corps— is a corps of the United States Army.
The III Corps is the official counteroffensive force of the U.S. Army, and it is currently headquartered at Fort Hood, Texas.
III Corps is currently commanded by Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_III_Corps   (228 words)

  
 III Corps
All III Corps units must be prepared on short notice to deploy to a theater of operations and conduct military operations in support of Commander in Chief missions.
III Corps consists of both Active and Reserve Components, all of which will be modernized to ensure that the Counterattack Corps is ready for any and all missions.
Under III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, the 7th Infantry Division's headquarters at Fort Carson, Colo., would align with the Guard's 39th Infantry Brigade in Arkansas, the 41st Infantry Brigade in Oregon, the 45th Infantry Brigade in Oklahoma and the 155th Armored Brigade in Mississippi.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/iii-corps.htm   (1317 words)

  
 U.S. III Corps -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The III Corps (Third Corps) —nicknamed the Phantom Corps, America's Hammer, and the Counterattack Corps— is a (An army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions) corps of the (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) United States Army.
The III Corps is the official counteroffensive force of the U.S. Army, and it is currently headquartered at (Click link for more info and facts about Fort Hood) Fort Hood, (The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico) Texas.
The corps was first created 16 May 1918 in (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France, and participated in six campaigns.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/U/U.S._III_Corps3.htm   (333 words)

  
 III Armored Corps Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
III Corps' colorful history dates from 1918 when the Corps served in World War I, winning battle streamers for the Aisne-Marne, Lorraine, and the Meuse-Argone campaigns.
Inactivated in 1946, III Corps was reactivated in 1951 and served on active duty until 1959.
III Corps major units comprise the 1st Cavalry Division and 4th Infantry Division; as well as the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, the III Corps Artillery; and the 13th Corps Support Command.
pao.hood.army.mil /III_CORPS/CORPS.HTM   (282 words)

  
 Union - 3rd Corps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This battle was fought almost entirely by the Third Corps; of the 2,239 casualties on that field, 2,002 occurred within its ranks; and three-fourths of them in Hooker's Division, the brunt of the battle having fallen on the Excelsior Brigade and Jersey Brigade, both in Hooker's command.
On the 29th, the corps was engaged at Groveton, Grover's Brigade, of Hooker's Division, having a desperate fight at the railroad embankment, in which the use of bayonets and clubbed muskets was officially reported.
The corps was not prominently engaged at Fredericksburg, although under a heavy fire; still, its casualties amounted to 145 killed, 837 wounded and 202 missing; total 1,184, over half of which occurred in Ward's Brigade of Birney's Divison.
www.civilwararchive.com /3rdcorp.htm   (1250 words)

  
 KWTX | III Corps Begins Deployment to Iraq
Fort Hood’s III Corps made history Saturday night, deploying to a forward area of operation for the first time since September of 1944.
For weeks, III Corps has been training for this operation, engaging in full-scale operations designed to recreate situations in Iraq and train soldiers to take command.
III Corps is expected to remain in Iraq for at least a year.
www.kwtx.com /station/headlines/564362.html   (131 words)

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