§ 7063. Basic branches

• (a) The Secretary of the Army may assign members of the Army to its basic branches. The basic branches are—
  • (1) Infantry;
  • (2) Armor;
  • (3) Artillery;
  • (4) Corps of Engineers;
  • (5) Signal Corps;
  • (6) Adjutant General’s Corps;
  • (7) Quartermaster Corps;
  • (8) Finance Corps;
  • (9) Ordnance Corps;
  • (10) Chemical Corps;
  • (11) Transportation Corps;
  • (12) Military Police Corps; and
  • (13) such other basic branches as the Secretary considers necessary.
• (b) The Secretary may discontinue or consolidate basic branches of the Army for the duration of any war, or of any national emergency declared by Congress.
• (c) The Secretary may not assign to a basic branch any commissioned officer appointed in a special branch.