Pakistan Army Corps of Remount Veterinary and Farms
{{Short description|Pakistan Army's staff corps for military rations & food.}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=December 2023}}
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| image =Pakistan Army Emblem.png
| caption = Badge of Pakistan Army
| dates = {{start date and age|1948}}{{cite web |title=RV & FC 1 | website=YouTube | date=8 April 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxNulfz3YKI |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=en}}
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| type = Combined and combat service support
| role = Administrative and staffing oversight.
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| garrison =GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
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| nickname = RVF
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| website = [https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/Army-Dog-Breeding-Training-Centre-and-School Army Dog Breeding Training Centre and School]
| commander1 =Maj-Gen. Muhammad Shuja Anwar
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The Pakistan Army Corps of Remount Veterinary and Farms is a military administrative and combat service support staff branch of the Pakistan Army.{{cite web |title=ARMY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCES |url=https://numspak.edu.pk/army-college-of-veterinary-sciences |website=numspak.edu.pk |publisher=National University of Medical Sciences |access-date=31 December 2023}}
The Remount Veterinary and Farms Corps is headquarters in Mona Remount Depot, and is commanded by its director-general, Maj-Gen. Shahid Mahmood as of 2023.
Overview
The Pakistan Army Corps of Remount Veterinary and Farms was established from the partition of the Remount Veterinary Corps of the former British Indian Army in 1948 with Major-General Dimond of the British Army becoming its first director.{{rp|59}}{{cite book |title=Baily's Hunting Directory |date=1939 |publisher=Vinton & Company, Limited |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fe3vAAAAMAAJ&q=pakistan |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=en}}{{rp|447}}{{cite book |last1=Steinberg |first1=S. |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1965-66: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations |date=26 December 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-27094-7 |pages=1723 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qY3LDQAAQBAJ&dq=Pakistan+Army+Corps+of+Remount+Veterinary+and+Farms&pg=PA447 |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=en}} The RVF Corps is responsible for supplying with military rations, dairy products, as well as administrating farms for military.{{rp|48-49}}{{cite book |title=Armed Forces Internation Nutrition Conference |date=1959 |publisher=Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPtHAAAAYAAJ&dq=Pakistan+Army+Corps+of+Remount+Veterinary+and+Farms&pg=RA1-PA3 |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=en}}
The education, training, and qualification for its personnel to be part of the RVF Corps is provided by its Army Dog Breeding Training Centre and School (previously known as Army School of Veterinary) in Rawalpindi.{{cite web |title=RV & FC 2 | website=YouTube | date=8 April 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92B5F7sI9ww |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Army Dog Breeding Training Centre and School |url=https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/Army-Dog-Breeding-Training-Centre-and-School |access-date=31 December 2023}} Further advance courses on veterinary medicines are provided by the Army College of Veterinary Sciences of National University of Medical Sciences, also in Rawalpindi. The Army Dog Breeding Training Centre and School not only provides training on military canines but also train the RVF Corps officers and enlisted personnel in kennel management and to handle canines in different specialties.
The Corps of Remount Veterinary and Farms is directed by the Director-General at the active-duty senior two-star ranking Major-General who usually works from Mona Remount Depot but report under the Chief of the General Staff at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan.{{cite web |title=Pakistan Army's Director, Veterinary and Farm Corps Meets Commander {{!}} Sri Lanka Army |url=https://www.army.lk/news/pakistan-armys-director-veterinary-and-farm-corps-meets-commander |website=www.army.lk |access-date=31 December 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Alam |first1=Dr Shah |title=Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building |date=1 July 2012 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-81411-79-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvapCQAAQBAJ&dq=pakistan+army+service+corps&pg=PT19 |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Army Dog Breeding Training Centre and School |url=https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/Army-Dog-Breeding-Training-Centre-and-School |access-date=31 December 2023}}
- {{cite book |title=Armed Forces Internation Nutrition Conference |date=1959 |publisher=Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPtHAAAAYAAJ&dq=Pakistan+Army+Corps+of+Remount+Veterinary+and+Farms&pg=RA1-PA3 |access-date=31 December 2023 |language=en}}
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Category:Military units and formations established in 1948
Category:1947 establishments in Pakistan
Category:Administrative corps of the Pakistan Army