After Korea, Corley served as Chief of the Infantry Branch before graduating from Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania in 1954. He served with 7th Army in Europe from August 1954 to August 1957, and then served as director of the Infantry School's Infantry School's Ranger Department at Fort Benning, Georgia, from August 1957 to May 1960. He next served as Deputy Chief of Staff, Allied Land Forces, with SHAPE in Denmark from June 1960 to May 1962. Gen Corley became Assistant Division Commander of the 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Georgia, in June 1962, and he was assigned as Chief of Staff, 1st Army in New York, in June 1964. His final assignment was as Deputy Commanding General at the U.S. Army's Infantry Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, from January 1966 until his retirement from the Army on September 30, 1966.