Frontier Corps - Organization

Organization

The senior command posts of the Frontier Corps are filled by officers seconded from the Pakistan Army for two to three years, although few look forward to these assignments from a professional and career point of view. The rank and file are recruited locally, receiving tough and rigorous training but they are seldom promoted to command positions. The equipment of the Frontier Corps includes G3 rifles, AK-47s, RPG 7, light machine guns, short range artillery and mortars as well as aviation support and APCs and tanks. The Scouts Training Academy, Mirali in North Waziristan is the primary training institution. The Frontier Corps in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is headquartered in Bala Hisar Fort in Peshawar.

The Frontier Corps in Balochistan is headquartered in Quetta and is led by Major General Obaid ullah Khattak. FC Balochistan has a man power of 50,000 troops but it is only partly made up of troops from the region it patrols.

The units of the Frontier Corps are (with founding date):

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  1. Chitral Scouts (1903)
  2. Khyber Rifles (1878)
  3. Kurram Militia (1892)
  4. South Waziristan Scouts (1900)
  5. Tochi Scouts (1894)
  6. Mahsud Scouts (1944)
  7. Mohmand Rifles
  8. Shawal Rifles
  9. Swat Scouts
  10. Orakzai Scouts
  11. Khushal Khan Scouts
  12. Dir Scouts (1970)
  13. Bajur Scouts (1961)
  14. Thal Scouts (1948)
Frontier Corps Balochistan
  1. Zhob Militia (1883)
  2. Chagai Militia (1896)
  3. Sibi Scouts (1971)
  4. Kalat Scouts (1965)
  5. Mekran Scouts
  6. Kharan Rifles
  7. Pishin Scouts (1946)
  8. Dalbandin Rifles (2007–08)
  9. Maiwind Rifles
  10. Ghazaband Scouts
  11. Bambore Rifles
  12. Loralai Scouts
  13. Bolan Scouts (2005)
  14. Awaran Militia (2007)
  15. Panjgur Rifles (2005)
  16. Sui Rifles (2011)
  17. IAC SQN
  18. SOG (Special Operation Group).

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