GOC Army Headquarters
The Israeli GOC Army headquarters (Hebrew: זְרוֹעַ הַיַבָּשָׁה, Zro'a ha-Yabasha, "Ground Arm"), known unofficially as MAZI, is a multi-corps command headquarters created in 1998, which amalgamates the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces. The current size of the Israeli Ground Forces is estimated at roughly 133,000 active soldiers and 380,000 soldiers in reserve.
Name
The GOC Army Headquarters is known unofficially as MAZI, the Hebrew pronunciation for an acronym for "Ground Arm Command" (מָזִ"י, מִפְקֶדֶת זְרוֹעַ הַיַבָּשָׁה, Mifkedet Zro'a ha-Yabasha), which was the GOC Army Headquarters' previous name before being renamed to the current "Ground Arm" (זְרוֹעַ הַיַבָּשָׁה). After this renaming, the acronym MAZI officially refers nowadays to "Commander of the Ground Arm" (מְפַקֵּד זְרוֹעַ הַיַבָּשָׁה, Mefaked Zro'a Ha-Yabasha). However the old acronym MAZI still remains the popular name for the GOC Army Headquarters.
Units and structure
MAZI includes the five ground-warfare corps of specific military functions:
Army Headquarters
Army Headquarters may refer to
General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)
General Headquarters (GHQ) is the headquarters of Pakistan Army located at Rawalpindi. It was established on 14 August 1947 in Northern Command Headquarters of the British Indian Army.
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Army Headquarters (Sri Lanka)
Army Headquarters refers to the military headquarters complex of the Sri Lanka Army. Situated next to Galle Face Green and Lower Lake Road, this complex also includes the Ministry of Defence. Apart from operational and administrative offices, it contains the centers of several regiments and corps of the Sri Lanka Army. Until 2006 the Colombo Military Hospital was based here, however it was moved to a suburb of Colombo in 2007. It is also the location of the army sports grounds.
History
The base was founded by the British during British colonial rule of Ceylon, with it being expanded during World War II. When the Ceylon army was formed in 1949 following the independence of Ceylon, the base was used as its headquarters.
Terrorist attacks
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have carried out two suicide bombings at the army headquarters. The first was on November 24, 1995, when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the headquarters killing 16 people, mostly civilians. The second terrorist attack occurred on April 25, 2006, when another female LTTE suicide bomber, disguised as a pregnant women coming for clinical treatment at the Colombo Military Hospital, blew her self up. She targeted Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka's staff car. Although seriously wounded the general survived, eight others were killed and thirty more wounded. This prompted the moving of the military hospital to a suburb of Colombo.
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