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4. The COAS is assisted by the VICE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF
(VCOAS), two DEPUTY CHIEFS OF ARMY STAFF (DCOAS) and

other PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS (PSOs), all of the rank of

Lieutenant Generals (THREE STAR GENERALS), who plan, control,
coordinate and execute the entire spectrum of military activities, which

include operations, procurement, provisioning, logistics, human resource
management and other related military tasks mandated by the

Government.

Command HQs

5. The orchestration, execution and conduct of operations along the length

and breadth of the country are controlled by ARMY COMMANDERS,
the senior-most field force commanders who are responsible for every

military activity within their designated theatre of operations delineated
by well-defined geographical boundaries. Although they are also of the

rank of Lieutenant Generals, they are officially designated as

GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF (GOC-in-C). The
army commander is assisted by a staff of very senior and experienced

officers who function from a COMMAND HQ. There are SEVEN

COMMAND HQs whose locations facilitate control of the assigned
geographical areas and are designated by the cardinal directions with the

exception of the TRAINING COMMAND. These Command HQs are:

a. Northern Command – Udhampur

b. Western Command – Chandimandir

c. Central Command – Lucknow

d. Eastern Command – Kolkata

e. Southern Command – Pune

f. South Western Command – Jaipur

g. Training Command – Shimla

Corps (pronounced “Kor” and not crops or corpse)