Army Winter and Mountain Training Center () Special Forces Command (originally 862nd Special Operation Brigade) Special Force 1st Battalion Special Force 2nd Battalion Special Force 3rd Battalion Special Force 4th Battalion Special Force 5th Battalion 6th Army Corps (): Northern Taiwan Guandu Area Command Lanyang Area Command 269 Mechanized Infantry Brigade 542 Armor Brigade 584 Armor Brigade 21 Artillery Command 53 Engineer Group 73 Signals Group 33 Chemical Warfare Group 8th Army Corps (): Southern Taiwan 333 Mechanized Infantry Brigade 564 Armor Brigade 43 Artillery Command 54 Engineer Group 75 Signals Group 39 Chemical Warfare Group 10th Army Corps (): Central Taiwan 234 Mechanized Infantry Brigade (will receive CM-32 "Clouded Leopard" wheeled IFV beginning of 2011) 586 Armor Brigade 58 Artillery Command 52 Engineer Group 36 Chemical Warfare Group 74 Signals Group Hua-Tung Defense Command (): Eastern Taiwan Hualien () Defense Team Taitung () Area Command Kinmen Defense Command () Jindong (, Kinmen East) Defense Team Jinshih (, Kinmen West) Defense Team Shihyu () Defense Team Artillery Group Penghu Defense Command () 1 Armored Battalion, 1 Armored Infantry Battalion, 1 Armored Cav Battalion, 1 mixed Artillery Battalion. Matsu Defense Command () Nangan () Defense Team Beigan () Defense Team Juguang () Defense Team Dongyin Area Command () Logistics Command () Education, Training and Doctrine Command () Republic of China Military Academy, Training & Command Schools, Chemical Warfare Corps, Engineering Corps, Arsenal Development. Armed Force Reserve Command () 9 active infantry brigades, 24 Reserve brigades (Activated only in time of war) ROC Army's former Army Missile Command was transferred to ROC Air Force in 2006. Ranks Commissioned officer ranks The rank insignia of commissioned officers. Other ranks The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Training The Republic of China Military Academy, established in 1924, trains officers for the army in a four-year collegiate course of study, after which they graduate with an officer's commission and a bachelor's degree. History The Republic of China Army originated from Chinese National Revolutionary Army, which was founded by Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang (KMT) in 1924, when the Whampoa Military Academy was established with Soviet military assistance. Whampoa Military Academy, which was presided by Chiang Kai-shek, was tasked with the objective of training a professional Chinese revolutionary army () to unify China during the Warlord Era. It participated in the Northern Expedition, the Second Sino-Japanese War (during World War II) and the Chinese Civil War