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class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Myanmar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Myanmar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-G_Branch_(စစ်ဦးစီး)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#G_Branch_(စစ်ဦးစီး)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>G Branch (စစ်ဦးစီး)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-G_Branch_(စစ်ဦးစီး)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-A_Branch_(စစ်ရေး)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#A_Branch_(စစ်ရေး)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>A Branch (စစ်ရေး)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-A_Branch_(စစ်ရေး)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Q_Branch_(စစ်ထောက်)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Q_Branch_(စစ်ထောက်)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.3</span> <span>Q Branch (စစ်ထောက်)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Q_Branch_(စစ်ထောက်)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prussia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prussia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Prussia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prussia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_Kingdom" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_Kingdom"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>United Kingdom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_Kingdom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Continental_Staff_System" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Continental_Staff_System"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Continental Staff System</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Continental_Staff_System-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Continental Staff System subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Continental_Staff_System-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Manpower_or_personnel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Manpower_or_personnel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Manpower or personnel</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Manpower_or_personnel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Intelligence,_security,_and_information_operations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Intelligence,_security,_and_information_operations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Intelligence, security, and information operations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Intelligence,_security,_and_information_operations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Operations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Logistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Logistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Logistics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Logistics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Plans_and_strategy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Plans_and_strategy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Plans and strategy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Plans_and_strategy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Signal_(communications_and_IT)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Signal_(communications_and_IT)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Signal (communications and IT)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Signal_(communications_and_IT)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Training" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Training"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Training</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Training-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Finance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Finance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>Finance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Finance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-CIMIC:_Civil-Military_Co-operation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CIMIC:_Civil-Military_Co-operation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>CIMIC: Civil-Military Co-operation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CIMIC:_Civil-Military_Co-operation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Commonwealth_staff_system" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Commonwealth_staff_system"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Commonwealth staff 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vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Canada"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Canada</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Canada-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_Kingdom_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_Kingdom_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3</span> <span>United Kingdom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_Kingdom_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Army_staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Army_staff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3.1</span> <span>Army staff</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Army_staff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Brigade_level" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Brigade_level"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3.1.1</span> <span>Brigade level</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Brigade_level-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Division_level" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Division_level"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3.1.2</span> <span>Division level</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Division_level-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Corps_level" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Corps_level"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3.1.3</span> <span>Corps level</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Corps_level-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Naval_staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-5"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Naval_staff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3.1.4</span> <span>Naval staff</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Naval_staff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" 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href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1" title="Штаб – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Штаб" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A9%D0%B0%D0%B1" title="Щаб – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Щаб" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estat_major" title="Estat major – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estat major" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0t%C3%A1b" title="Štáb – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Štáb" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_milwrol" title="Staff milwrol – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Staff milwrol" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab_(Milit%C3%A4r)" title="Stab (Militär) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Stab (Militär)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staap" title="Staap – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Staap" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plana_mayor" title="Plana mayor – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Plana mayor" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabo_(armeo)" title="Stabo (armeo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Stabo (armeo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estatu_Nagusi" title="Estatu Nagusi – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Estatu Nagusi" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C" title="ستاد نظامی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ستاد نظامی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tat-major" title="État-major – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="État-major" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardfhoireann" title="Ardfhoireann – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ardfhoireann" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_maior" title="Estado maior – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estado maior" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B0%B8%EB%AA%A8" title="참모 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="참모" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%A2" title="Շտաբ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շտաբ" 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For officers in a staff corps, see <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_staff_corps" title="United States Navy staff corps">United States Navy staff corps</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Staff office" redirects here. For the ceremonial weapon, see <a href="/wiki/Staff_of_office" title="Staff of office">staff of office</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"General staff" redirects here. For general staff within academic institutions, see <a href="/wiki/Academic_administration" title="Academic administration">Academic administration</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"General Staff" redirects here. For specific General Staff of a country, see <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="General Staff (disambiguation)">General Staff (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_staff_in_Arawe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Military_staff_in_Arawe.jpg/220px-Military_staff_in_Arawe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Military_staff_in_Arawe.jpg/330px-Military_staff_in_Arawe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Military_staff_in_Arawe.jpg/440px-Military_staff_in_Arawe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="632" /></a><figcaption>Staff meeting of the U.S. <a href="/wiki/112th_Regimental_Combat_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="112th Regimental Combat Team">112th Regimental Combat Team</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arawe" title="Arawe">Arawe</a> with General <a href="/wiki/Julian_Cunningham" title="Julian Cunningham">Julian Cunningham</a> (seated), standing left to right: unidentified, Lieutenant Colonel C. 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style="width:"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of a series on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="font-size:150%;"><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/War" title="War">War</a></span><br /><span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Outline_of_war" title="Outline of war">outline</a>)</span></span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:War,_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers,_artist._LCCN91480633_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-War%2C_northwest_gallery_-_Gari_Melchers%2C_artist._LCCN91480633_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3691" data-file-height="1076" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_history" title="Military history">History</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_warfare" title="Prehistoric warfare">Prehistoric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_warfare" title="Ancient warfare">Ancient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_warfare" title="Medieval warfare">Post-classical</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_fortification" title="Medieval fortification">castles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_warfare" title="Early modern warfare">Early modern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Revolution" title="Military Revolution">military revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_and_shot" title="Pike and shot">pike and shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_weaponry_and_warfare" title="Napoleonic weaponry and warfare">napoleonic warfare</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_warfare" title="Modern warfare">Late modern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_warfare" title="Industrial warfare">industrial warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth-generation_warfare" title="Fourth-generation warfare">fourth-gen warfare</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">Military</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_organization" title="Military organization">Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command and control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense ministry">Defense ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">Air force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marines" title="Marines">Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coast_guard" title="Coast guard">Coast guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_force" title="Space force">Space force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve_force" title="Military reserve force">Reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regular_army" title="Regular army">Regular</a> / <a href="/wiki/Irregular_military" title="Irregular military">Irregular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_army" title="Standing army">Standing army</a> / <a href="/wiki/Militia" title="Militia">Militia</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Specialties:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman" title="Rifleman">Rifleman</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_engineer" title="Combat engineer">Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">Intel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Recon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_corps" title="Medical corps">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_police" title="Military police">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_diving" title="Military diving">Diving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_communications" title="Military communications">Comms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_pilot" title="Aircraft pilot">Pilot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_commissar" title="Political commissar">Commissar</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Land units:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">Mechanized</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">Armor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">Special forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_corps" title="Signal corps">Signal corps</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Naval units:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frogman" title="Frogman">Frogman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warship" title="Warship">Warships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">Landing craft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">Auxiliary ships</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Air units:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">Bombers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control" title="Airborne early warning and control">Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">Close air support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic-warfare_aircraft" title="Electronic-warfare aircraft">Electronic-warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Combat systems:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">Fire-control system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire-control_radar" title="Fire-control radar">Fire-control radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_(military)" title="Director (military)">Director (military)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_information_center" title="Combat information center">Combat information center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">Sonar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Historical:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_gun_fire-control_system" title="Ship gun fire-control system">Ship gun fire-control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_data_computer" title="Gun data computer">Gun data computer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_Data_Computer" title="Torpedo Data Computer">Torpedo data computer</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><i>Development:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Basic training">Basic training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">Military manoeuvrers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat training">Combat training</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Battlespace" title="Battlespace">Battlespace</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li>Aerospace <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Aerial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_warfare" title="Space warfare">Space</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Land_warfare" title="Land warfare">Land</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cold-weather_warfare" 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title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrage_(artillery)" title="Barrage (artillery)">Barrage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biological_warfare" title="Biological warfare">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_camouflage" title="Military camouflage">Camouflage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horses_in_warfare" title="Horses in warfare">Horses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_tactics#Cavalry_in_modern_warfare" title="Cavalry tactics">Air cavalry</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_warfare" title="Chemical warfare">Chemical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">Combined arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conventional_warfare" title="Conventional warfare">Conventional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberweapon" title="Cyberweapon">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Area_denial_weapon" title="Area denial weapon">Denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation" title="Disinformation">Disinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a> / <a href="/wiki/Military_robot" title="Military robot">Robot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Electromagnetic warfare">Electromagnetic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loitering_munition" title="Loitering munition">Loitering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missile_defense" title="Missile defense">Missile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martial_music" title="Martial music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare">Psychological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiological_warfare" title="Radiological warfare">Radiological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_warfare" title="Submarine warfare">Submarine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unconventional_warfare" title="Unconventional warfare">Unconventional</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">Tactics</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_tactics" title="List of military tactics">List of military tactics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_combat_manoeuvring" title="Air combat manoeuvring">Aerial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">Airlift</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_assault" title="Air assault">Air assault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbridge_(logistics)" title="Airbridge (logistics)">Airbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airdrop" title="Airdrop">Airdrop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">Anti-aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">Anti-sub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_warfare" title="Anti-tank warfare">Anti-tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle" title="Battle">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_tactics" title="Cavalry tactics">Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charge_(warfare)" title="Charge (warfare)">Charge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterattack" title="Counterattack">Counterattack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">Counterinsurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">Convoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defeat_in_detail" title="Defeat in detail">Defeat in detail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defensive_fighting_position" title="Defensive fighting position">Foxhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Envelopment" title="Envelopment">Envelopment</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Withdrawal_(military)" title="Withdrawal (military)">Withdrawal</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Operational_level_of_war" title="Operational level of war">Operational</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_operation" title="Military operation">Military operation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">Special</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_research" title="Operations research">Operations research</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_warfare" title="Expeditionary warfare">Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_operation" title="Deep operation">Deep operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">Maneuver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operational_manoeuvre_group" title="Operational manoeuvre group">Operational manoeuvre group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_(military)" title="Raid (military)">Raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covert_operation" title="Covert operation">Covert</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_strategy" title="Military strategy">Strategy</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_strategies_and_concepts" title="List of military strategies and concepts">List of military strategies and concepts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_campaign" title="Military campaign">Military campaign</a></li> <li><a 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title="Blockade">Blockade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broken-backed_war_theory" title="Broken-backed war theory">Broken-backed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Class_conflict" title="Class conflict">Class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_war_(general_term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold war (general term)">Cold war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_war" title="Colonial war">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest" title="Conquest">Conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Containment" title="Containment">Containment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divide_and_rule" title="Divide and rule">Divide and conquer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_warfare" title="Economic warfare">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endemic_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic warfare">Endemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_in_being" title="Fleet in being">Fleet in being</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irregular_warfare" title="Irregular warfare">Irregular</a></li> <li><a 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They are organised into functional groups such as <a href="/wiki/Military_administration" title="Military administration">administration</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">logistics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_operation" title="Military operation">operations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">intelligence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_education_and_training" title="Military education and training">training</a>, etc. They provide multi-directional flow of information between a <a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">commanding officer</a>, subordinate <a href="/wiki/Military_units" class="mw-redirect" title="Military units">military units</a> and other stakeholders.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dir1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dir1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A centralised general staff results in tighter <a href="/wiki/Top-down_and_bottom-up_design" class="mw-redirect" title="Top-down and bottom-up design">top-down</a> control but requires larger staff at headquarters (HQ) and reduces accuracy of orientation of field operations, whereas a decentralised general staff results in enhanced situational focus, <a href="/wiki/Personal_initiative" title="Personal initiative">personal initiative</a>, speed of localised action, <a href="/wiki/OODA_loop" title="OODA loop">OODA loop</a>, and improved accuracy of orientation.<sup id="cite_ref-dir1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dir1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A commander "commands" through their personal authority, decision-making and leadership, and uses general staff to exercise the "control" on their behalf in a large unit. Most <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> nations, including the United States and most European nations, use the Continental Staff System which has origin in <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a>'s military. The Commonwealth Staff System, used by most of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a>, has its origin in the British military.<sup id="cite_ref-dir1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dir1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_staff_functions">Military staff functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Military staff functions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Staff_(military)" title="Special:EditPage/Staff (military)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2016</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Information_management">Information management</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Information management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Technical plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-technical" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may be too technical for most readers to understand</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit">help improve it</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">make it understandable to non-experts</a>, without removing the technical details.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>One of the key purposes of a military staff is to provide accurate, timely information (which includes the results of contingency planning) on which command decisions are based. A goal is being able to suggest approaches or help produce well-informed decisions that will effectively manage and conserve unit resources. </p><p>In addition to generating information, the staff also manages the flow of communication within the unit and around it. While controlled information flow toward the commander is a priority, those useful or contingent in nature are communicated to lower-level units and/or through their respective staffs. If the information is not pertinent to the unit, it is redirected to the command level which can best utilize the condition or information. </p><p>Staffs are generally the first to know of issues that affect its group. Issues that require major decisions affecting the unit's operational capability are communicated to the commanding officer. However, not all issues will be handled by the commander. Smaller matters that arise are given to a more appropriate tasker within the unit to be handled and resolved, which would otherwise be an unnecessary distraction for the Commanding Officer who already makes numerous decisions every day. </p><p>In addition, a staff aims to carefully craft any useful situations and utilize that information. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Staff_structure">Staff structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Staff structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a generic command staff, more seasoned and senior officers oversee staff sections of groups organized by the needs of the unit. Senior Enlisted Personnel task personnel in the maintenance of tactical equipment and vehicles. Senior Analysts are tasked with the finalizing of reports, and their enlisted personnel participate in the acquisition of information from subordinate staffs and units. This hierarchy places decision making and reporting under the auspices of the most experienced personnel and maximizes information flow of pertinent information sent out of the command overall, clarifying matters overall. This frees up the most senior members of the command at each level for decision making and issuing direction for further research or information gathering (perhaps requiring men to put their lives at risk to gather additional intelligence). </p><p>Operations staff officers also are tasked with battle planning both for offensive and defensive conditions, and issuing contingency plans for handling situations anticipated during the foreseeable future. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the late 18th century, there was generally no organizational support for staff functions such as <a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">military intelligence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logistics" title="Logistics">logistics</a>, planning or personnel. <a href="/wiki/Military_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Military unit">Unit</a> <a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">commanders</a> handled such functions for their units, with informal help from subordinates who were usually not trained for or assigned to a specific task. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Austria">Austria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Austria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Count_Leopold_Joseph_von_Daun" class="mw-redirect" title="Count Leopold Joseph von Daun">Count Leopold Joseph von Daun</a>, in a letter to Empress <a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa" title="Maria Theresa">Maria Theresa</a> in January 1758, pressed for a more important role for the <i>Generalquartiermeister</i> (Chief of Staff).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The failures in the army, especially at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leuthen" title="Battle of Leuthen">Battle of Leuthen</a> made it clear that Austria had no "great brain" and the command needed to spread the workload to allow the Commander-in-chief the time to consider the strategic picture. The 1757 regulations had created the <i>Grosse Feldgeneralstab</i> and <i>Kleine Generalstab</i> (large and small general staff) and after changes in 1769, a permanent staff of 30 officers was established under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Franz_Moritz_von_Lacy" title="Franz Moritz von Lacy">Franz Moritz von Lacy</a>, which would be expanded in wartime with junior officers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Grosse</i> staff was divided into three: First, the <i>Intrinsecum</i>, which handled internal administration and directing operations; secondly, external activities, including the <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_(military)" title="Pioneer (military)">Pioneers</a>; thirdly, the Inspection Service, which handled the issuing of orders and prisoners of war. Alongside the General Staff was the General Adjutant, who led a group of <a href="/wiki/Adjutant" title="Adjutant">Adjutant</a> staff selected by the army commanders to handle the details of internal administration and collating intelligence, and answered to the Commander-in-chief. The Chief of Staff became the chief adviser to the Commander-in-chief and, in a fundamental move away from the previous administrative role, the Chief of Staff now undertook operational planning, while delegating the routine work to his senior staff officers. Staff officers were drawn from line units and would later return to them, the intention being that they would prove themselves as leaders during their time with the staff. In a battle or when the army had detached corps, a small number of staff would be allocated to the column commander as a smaller version of headquarters. The senior man, usually a Major, would be the chief of the column staff and his principal task would be to help the commander to understand what was intended. </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Karl_Mack_von_Leiberich" title="Karl Mack von Leiberich">Karl Mack von Leiberich</a> became chief of staff of the army under <a href="/wiki/Prince_Josias_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld" title="Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld">Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld</a> in the Netherlands, he issued the <i>Instruktionspunkte für gesammte Herren Generals</i>, the last of 19 points setting out the roles of staff officers, dealing with offensive and defensive operations, while helping the Commander-in-chief. In 1796, <a href="/wiki/Archduke_Charles,_Duke_of_Teschen" title="Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen">Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen</a> augmented these with his own <i>Observationspunkte</i>, writing of the Chief of Staff: "he is duty bound to consider all possibilities related to operations and not view himself as merely carrying out those instructions".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 March 1801, Feldmarschalleutnant Duka became the world's first peacetime <i>Generalquartiermeister</i> at the head of the staff and the wartime role of the Chief of Staff was now focused on planning and operations to assist the Commander. <a href="/wiki/Archduke_Charles,_Duke_of_Teschen" title="Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen">Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen</a> himself produced a new <i>Dienstvorschrift</i> on 1 September 1805,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which divided the staff into three: 1) Political Correspondence; 2) the Operations Directorate, dealing with planning and intelligence; 3) the Service Directorate, dealing with administration, supply and military justice. The Archduke set out the position of a modern Chief of Staff: "The Chief of Staff stands at the side of the Commander-in-Chief and is completely at his disposal. His sphere of work connects him with no specific unit". "The Commander-in-Chief decides what should happen and how; his chief assistant works out these decisions, so that each subordinate understands his allotted task". With the creation of the Korps in 1809, each had a staff, whose chief was responsible for directing operations and executing the overall headquarters plan. The staff on the outbreak of war in 1809 numbered over 170. Finally in 1811, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Radetzky_von_Radetz" title="Joseph Radetzky von Radetz">Joseph Radetzky von Radetz</a> produced his <i>Über die bessere Einrichtung des Generalstabs</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which prioritised the Chief of Staff's managerial and supervisory role with the departments (Political Correspondence, Operations and Service) under their own directors, effectively merging the Adjutants and General Staff officers. In this system lay the beginnings of a formal staff corps, whose members could specialise in operations, intelligence and logistics.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite a short lived permanent staff under St-Cyr (1783–90), the French reverted to the old system in 1790, when the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">Revolutionary Government</a> abolished the staff corps. When <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Louis_Alexandre_Berthier" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Alexandre Berthier">Louis Alexandre Berthier</a> was appointed Chief of Staff to the <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Italy_(France)" title="Army of Italy (France)">Army of Italy</a> in 1795, his was the old administrative role, accurately described by Jomini and Vachee as "the chief clerk" and "of limited competence".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His manual is merely a reporting system as a kind of office manual.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Staff officers were rotated out of the line on the Austrian model, but received no training and merely became efficient in the administrative tasks, especially the rapid issuance of orders. It suited <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Bonaparte" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon Bonaparte">Napoleon Bonaparte</a> from the moment he took over the army the following year and he would use Berthier's system throughout his wars. Crucially, Napoleon remained his own intelligence chief and operational planner, a workload which, ultimately, not even he could cope with. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Myanmar">Myanmar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Myanmar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Myanmar_Armed_Forces_command_structure_2010-2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Myanmar_Armed_Forces_command_structure_2010-2011.jpg/286px-Myanmar_Armed_Forces_command_structure_2010-2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="286" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Myanmar_Armed_Forces_command_structure_2010-2011.jpg/429px-Myanmar_Armed_Forces_command_structure_2010-2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Myanmar_Armed_Forces_command_structure_2010-2011.jpg/572px-Myanmar_Armed_Forces_command_structure_2010-2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1085" data-file-height="772" /></a><figcaption>Example of a Commonwealth style command structure organisation</figcaption></figure> <p>Overall staff system structure is generally similar to the pre 1984 British Army system with G Branch, A Branch and Q Branch with slightly different staff officer position names. Unlike the continental system, <b>1</b> is higher ranking than <b>2</b> followed by <b>3.</b> Despite being called GSO, ASO and QSO in English, all of them are translated as either စစ်ဦးစီးမှူး for G (or) ဦးစီးအရာရှိ for A and Q in Burmese<b>.</b> You can check the 2010/2011 military command structure of Myanmar in the photo shown below which still uses the same staff system </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="G_Branch_(စစ်ဦးစီး)"><span id="G_Branch_.28.E1.80.85.E1.80.85.E1.80.BA.E1.80.A6.E1.80.B8.E1.80.85.E1.80.AE.E1.80.B8.29"></span>G Branch (စစ်ဦးစီး)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: G Branch (စစ်ဦးစီး)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>G Branch, called စစ်ဦးစီး or ဦး for short in Burmese, is responsible for Responsible for intelligence, training and every aspect of operations. </p><p>General Staff Officer (Grade 1), informally known as G1: Ranked Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel </p><p>General Staff Officer (Grade 2), informally known as G2: Ranked Major </p><p>General Staff Officer (Grade 3), informally known as G3: Ranked Captain </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="A_Branch_(စစ်ရေး)"><span id="A_Branch_.28.E1.80.85.E1.80.85.E1.80.BA.E1.80.9B.E1.80.B1.E1.80.B8.29"></span>A Branch (စစ်ရေး)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: A Branch (စစ်ရေး)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Branch, called စစ်ရေး or ရေး for short in Burmese, is responsible for every aspect of personnel management such as medical and military. </p><p>Adjutant Staff Officer (Grade 1), informally known as A1: Ranked Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel </p><p>Adjutant Staff Officer (Grade 2), informally known as A2: Ranked Major </p><p>Adjutant Staff Officer (Grade 3), informally known as A3: Ranked Captain </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Q_Branch_(စစ်ထောက်)"><span id="Q_Branch_.28.E1.80.85.E1.80.85.E1.80.BA.E1.80.91.E1.80.B1.E1.80.AC.E1.80.80.E1.80.BA.29"></span>Q Branch (စစ်ထောက်)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Q Branch (စစ်ထောက်)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Q Branch, called စစ်ထောက် or ထောက် for short in Burmese, is responsible for logistical aspects such as supply and transport as well as ordnance service. </p><p>Quartermaster Staff Officer (Grade 1), informally known as Q1: Ranked Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel </p><p>Quartermaster Staff Officer (Grade 2), informally known as Q2: Ranked Major </p><p>Quartermaster Staff Officer (Grade 3), informally known as Q3: Ranked Captain <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prussia">Prussia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Prussia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a> adopted Austria's approach in the following years, especially when <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst" title="Gerhard von Scharnhorst">Gerhard von Scharnhorst</a>, who as a Hanoverian staff officer had worked with the Austrian army in the Austrian Netherlands in the early 1790s, took charge. Initially, the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Army" title="Prussian Army">Prussian Army</a> assigned a limited number of technical expert officers to support field commanders. Before 1746, however, reforms had added management of intelligence and contingency planning to the staff's duties. Later, the practice was initiated of rotating officers from command to staff assignments and back to familiarize them with both aspects of military operations, a practice that, with the addition of enlisted personnel, continues to be used. After 1806, Prussia's military academies trained mid-level officers in specialist staff skills. In 1814, Prussia formally established by law a central military command—<a href="/wiki/Prussian_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Prussian General Staff">Prussian General Staff</a>—and a separate staff for each <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">corps</a>. Despite some professional and political issues with the Prussian system, especially when viewed through the prism of the 20th century World Wars, their General Staff concept has been adopted by many large armies in existence today.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a> staff work was looked at "with great disdain" in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>; the hardships of that war caused by disorganization led to a change in attitude.<sup id="cite_ref-canadiansoldiers.com_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canadiansoldiers.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The General Staff in Britain was formed in 1905, and reorganized again in 1908. Unlike the <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> staff system, the British Army was thought too small to support separate staff and command career streams. Officers would typically alternate between staff and command.<sup id="cite_ref-canadiansoldiers.com_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canadiansoldiers.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beevor, <i>Inside the British Army,</i> says instead that the terrible cleavages between staff and line units caused by the enormous losses during the <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trench warfare</a> of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> meant that senior British officers consequently decided that all officers would rotate between staff and line responsibilities, preventing the development of a separate general staff corps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a> instead created a <i><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Staff">Joint Staff</a></i> populated by military service members who, rather than becoming career staff officers on the German general staff model, rotate into (and back out of) joint staff positions. Following the major revision of <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10 of the United States Code</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a> in 1986, the Joint Staff of today works directly for the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> rather than the corporate <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>, as they did from 1947 to 1986. Under this scheme, operational command and control of military forces are not the province of the Joint Staff, but that of <a href="/wiki/Combatant_commanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Combatant commanders">combatant commanders</a>, who report through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff unless otherwise directed, to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a>. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Continental_Staff_System"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Continental_Staff_System">Continental Staff System</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Continental Staff System"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "Continental Staff System", also known as the "General Staff System" (GSS), is used by most <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> countries in structuring their militaries' staff functions. In this system, which is based on one originally employed by the French Army in the 19th century, each staff position in a headquarters or unit is assigned a letter-prefix corresponding to the formation's element and one or more numbers specifying a role. </p><p>The staff numbers are assigned according to custom, not hierarchy, traceable back to French practice; i.e., <b>1</b> is not "higher ranking" than <b>2</b>. This list reflects the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe" title="Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe">SHAPE</a> structure:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>1</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Manpower" class="mw-redirect" title="Manpower">manpower</a> or <a href="/wiki/Military_administration" title="Military administration">personnel</a></li> <li><b>2</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">intelligence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Security" title="Security">security</a></li> <li><b>3</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Operations_(military_staff)" title="Operations (military staff)">operations</a></li> <li><b>4</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">logistics</a></li> <li><b>5</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Military_operation_plan" title="Military operation plan">plans</a></li> <li><b>6</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Military_communications" title="Military communications">signals</a> (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Telecommunication" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecommunication">communications</a> or <a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">IT</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>7</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Military_education_and_training" title="Military education and training">military education and training</a> (also the joint engineer)</li> <li><b>8</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Finance" title="Finance">finance</a> and contracts. Also known as <a href="/wiki/Resource_management" title="Resource management">resource management</a>.</li> <li><b>9</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Civil-Military_Co-operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil-Military Co-operation">Civil-Military Co-operation</a> (CIMIC) or <i>civil affairs</i>.</li></ul> <p>Since the original continental staff system only covered branches 1 through 6, it is not uncommon to see 7 through 9 omitted or having various meanings.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Common variation include merging of <b>3</b> and <b>5</b> to <b>3</b>, Operations and Plans; omitting the training branch and utilizing <b>7</b> for engineering (as seen in US Military Sealift Command<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and replacing <b>9</b> with a legal branch (making CIMIC a part of another branch, i.e. 2 or 4) as seen with the UK Permanent Joint Headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Derived from the Prussian <i>Große Generalstab</i> (Great General Staff), traditionally these staff functions were prefixed by the simple <i>G</i>, which is retained in place for modern army usage. But the increasing complexity of modern armies, not to speak of the spread of the staff concept to naval, air and other elements, has demanded the addition of new prefixes. These element prefixes are: </p> <ul><li><b>A</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air force</a> headquarters;</li> <li><b>C</b>, for combined headquarters (multiple nations) headquarters;</li> <li><b>F</b>, for certain forward or deployable headquarters;</li> <li><b>G</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">army</a> or <a href="/wiki/Marine_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine (military)">marine</a> general staff sections within headquarters of organizations commanded by a general officer and having a chief of staff to coordinate the actions of the general staff, such as divisions or equivalent organizations (e.g., USMC Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine Logistics Group) and separate (i.e., non-divisional) brigade level (USMC MEB) and above;<sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>J</b>, for joint (multiple services) headquarters, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>);</li> <li><b>N</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">navy</a> headquarters;</li> <li><b>S</b>, for <a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">army</a> or <a href="/wiki/Marine_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine (military)">marines</a> executive staff sections within headquarters of organizations commanded by a field grade officer (i.e., major through colonel) and having an executive officer to coordinate the actions of the executive staff (e.g., divisional brigades, regiments, groups, battalions, and squadrons; not used by all countries);<sup id="cite_ref-dtic.mil_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dtic.mil-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>S</b> is also used in the Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (SeaBees)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the Air Force Security Forces Squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>U</b>, is used for United Nations military operations mission headquarters.</li> <li><b>CG</b>, is unique to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">US Coast Guard</a>'s Assistant Commandants (Headquarters staff), previously using the <b>G</b> prefix.</li></ul> <p>On some occasions the letter <b>E</b> can also be observed, though it is not an official term. In that case it is for <i>element</i> and it will be used to identify a small independent element, that is a part of a non-staff organization; i.e., an E3 is an operational element on a logistics site or an E4 is a logistics element on a forward medical support site. </p><p>Thus, the personnel officer of a naval headquarters would be referred to as <b>N1</b>. In reality, in large organizations each of these staff functions will require the support of its own large staff, so <b>N1</b> refers both to the office and the officer in charge of it. The continental staff system can be carried down to the next level: <b>J1.3</b> (or <b>J13</b>, sometimes the dot-separator is omitted) is thus the operations officer of the personnel office of a joint headquarters, but the exact definition of the roles at this level may vary. Below this, numbers can be attached following a hyphen, but these are usually only positional numbers assigned arbitrarily to identify individuals (<b>G2.3-2</b> could be the budget officer in the operations section of the intelligence department; <b>A1.1-1-1</b> might simply be a receptionist). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manpower_or_personnel">Manpower or personnel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Manpower or personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Manpower" class="mw-redirect" title="Manpower">manpower</a> or <a href="/wiki/Management" title="Management">personnel</a> officer supervises personnel and administration systems. This department functions as the essential administrative liaison between the subordinate units and the headquarters, handling personnel actions coming from the bottom up (such as a request for an award to be given to a particular soldier) or from the top down (such as orders being received from the army level directing that a particular soldier be reassigned to a new unit outside the command). In army units, this person is often called the <a href="/wiki/Adjutant" title="Adjutant">Adjutant</a>. The S-1 also works with the postal mailing office, and deals with awards and ranks as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Intelligence,_security,_and_information_operations"><span id="Intelligence.2C_security.2C_and_information_operations"></span>Intelligence, security, and information operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Intelligence, security, and information operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">intelligence</a> section is responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence information about the enemy to determine what the enemy is doing or might do, to prevent the accomplishment of the enemy's mission. This office may also control maps and <a href="/wiki/GIS" class="mw-redirect" title="GIS">geographical information</a> systems and data. At the unit level, the S-2 is the unit's security officer, and the S-2 section manages all <a href="/wiki/Security_clearance" title="Security clearance">security clearance</a> issues for the unit's personnel. Other duties of the S-2 often include intelligence oversight and <a href="/wiki/Physical_security" title="Physical security">physical security</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operations">Operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Operations_(military_staff)" title="Operations (military staff)">Operations (military staff)</a></div> <p>The operations office may include plans and training. The operations office plans and coordinates operations, and all things necessary to enable the formation to operate and accomplish its mission. In most units, the operations office is the largest of the staff sections and considered the most important. All aspects of sustaining the unit's operations, planning future operations, and additionally planning and executing all unit training, fall under the responsibility of operations. The operations office is also tasked with keeping track of the weekly training schedules. In most military units (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a>), the operations officer carries the same rank as the <a href="/wiki/Executive_officer" title="Executive officer">executive officer</a> (XO), but ranks third in the unit's <a href="/wiki/Chain_of_command" class="mw-redirect" title="Chain of command">chain of command</a> while the other staff officers are one rank lower. For example, in a battalion, the S-3 would hold the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a> (like the battalion XO), while the remaining staff officers are <a href="/wiki/Captain_(OF-2)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (OF-2)">captains</a> or <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenants</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logistics">Logistics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Logistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">Military logistics</a></div> <p>The logistics office is responsible for managing the wide scope of <a href="/wiki/Materiel" title="Materiel">materiel</a>, transport, facilities, services and medical/health support: </p> <ul><li>Design, development, <a href="/wiki/Military_acquisition" title="Military acquisition">acquisition</a>, storage, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of <a href="/wiki/Materiel" title="Materiel">materiel</a>.</li> <li>Transport of personnel and materiel.</li> <li>Acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation, and disposition of facilities.</li> <li>Acquisition or furnishing of services.</li> <li>Medical and health service support.</li></ul> <p>By <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> doctrine, the logistic staff is tasked with overseeing logistic aspects and principles, where the focus is that "logistic support must be focused towards ensuring the success of the operation" and prescriptions of elements such as responsibility and authority.<sup id="cite_ref-ajp4_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ajp4-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A logistic staff may be divided into sections based on branch or geographic area. Each section may in turn also be divided into tasks and roles. The size of the logistic staff can vary greatly, depending on the environment and complexity of operations. NATO in example work with a "Multinational Joint Logistic Centre",<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which exists outside of the force commander's staff, but runs as a separate entity/unit, with only a few logistic personnel in the commander's staff who act as liaisons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plans_and_strategy">Plans and strategy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Plans and strategy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The plans and strategy office is responsible for civil military operations (CMO) strategy planning. At the unit level, the S-5 is the primary adviser to the commander on the civilian-to-military and military-to-civilian impact of the mission/operation within the host nation's (HN) area of interest (AOI), area of operations (AO), or the target area of interest (TAOI). The G5 serves as the mission support office (MSO) at the division level and HHC<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (February 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> for civil military plans and strategy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Signal_(communications_and_IT)"><span id="Signal_.28communications_and_IT.29"></span>Signal (communications and IT)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Signal (communications and IT)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The signal office directs all communications and is the point of contact for the issue of communications instructions and protocol during operations as well as for communications troubleshooting, issue, and preventative maintenance. Communications at this level is paired with digital as well as voice (radio, computer, etc.). At the unit level, S-6 is also usually responsible for all electronic systems within a unit to include computers, faxes, copy machines, and phone systems. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training">Training</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Training"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The training branch will organize and coordinate training activity conducted by a Headquarters and also supervise and support subordinate units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finance">Finance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Finance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The finance branch, not to be confused with Administration from which it has split, sets the finance policy for the operation. Operationally, the Administration and Finance may be interlinked, but have separate reporting chains. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CIMIC:_Civil-Military_Co-operation">CIMIC: Civil-Military Co-operation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: CIMIC: Civil-Military Co-operation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Civil-Military_Co-operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil-Military Co-operation">Civil-Military Co-operation</a> or <a href="/wiki/Civil_affairs" title="Civil affairs">civil affairs</a> are the activities that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relations between the military forces, the government or non-government civilian organizations and authorities, and the civilian populace in a friendly, neutral, or hostile area of operations in order to facilitate military operations and consolidate and achieve mission objectives.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commonwealth_staff_system">Commonwealth staff system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Commonwealth staff system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="ComStaff"></span><span class="anchor" id="Commonwealth"></span><span class="anchor" id="Commonwealth_Staff_System"></span><span class="anchor" id="Commonwealth_staff_system"></span><span class="anchor" id="British_Staff_System"></span><span class="anchor" id="British_staff_system"></span><span class="anchor" id="British_&_Commonwealth_Staff"></span> </p><p>The "Commonwealth staff system", used by most <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> nations, is largely based on the British military's staff system with nation-specific variations.<sup id="cite_ref-dir1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dir1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_country">By country</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: By country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia">Australia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following Australia's Federation in 1901, the <i>Australian Commonwealth Military Forces</i> (now the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a>) adopted many of the practices of the British Army, including its staff system.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While this approach was modified and adapted over the course of the 20th Century, the British three branch system and nomenclature remained a feature of Australian practice until 1997 when it adopted the <i>Common Joint Staff System</i>, based on the NATO or Continental/General Staff System, across all three services.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The primary reasons given for this were the ability to standardise staff organisations across the breadth and depth of the services, and; improve interoperability between America, Britain, Canada and Australia, as well as NATO partners that employed this system.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this time the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a> also developed its own <i>Joint Military Appreciation Proces</i>s (JMAP), itself derived from the US Tactical Decision-Making Process and UK Individual Estimate.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Canada">Canada</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The head of the Royal Canadian Navy, <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy">Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy</a>, is also titled as Chief of Naval Staff. </p><p>The head of the Royal Canadian Air Force, <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force</a>, is also titled as Chief of Air Force Staff. </p><p>The head of the Canadian Army, <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Canadian_Army" title="Commander of the Canadian Army">Commander of the Canadian Army</a>, is also titled as Chief of Army Staff. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_Kingdom_2">United Kingdom</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Army_staff">Army staff</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Army staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The British Staff System was a product of the <i>Esher Committee Report</i> of 1904, which investigated the conduct of the late Victorian era British Army in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Anglo-Boer War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Haldane_Reforms" title="Haldane Reforms">Haldane Reforms</a> from 1906–1912. <sup id="cite_ref-:1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This staff system was captured in <i>Field Service Regulations, Part II, Organisation and Administration</i>, released in 1909 and later in the <i>Staff Manual 1912</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This system remained in use until 1984, when the United Kingdom began to use the Continental or NATO system. The British Staff System was based on the following: </p> <ul><li>Three branches: <ul><li>G branch: The general branch, responsible for operations, intelligence and training.</li> <li>A branch: The administration branch, responsible for all aspects of personnel management.</li> <li>Q branch: The quartermaster branch, responsible for logistic and equipment support.</li></ul></li> <li>Positions: positions were labelled as follows, may also be styled GSO I, GSO II, GSO III: <ul><li>GSO1, General Staff Officer (Grade 1): The chief of staff, ranked a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a> or <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a>. He was in charge of the general staff branch, responsible for training, intelligence, planning operations and directing the battle as it progressed. Most orders from the <a href="/wiki/General_officer_commanding" title="General officer commanding">general officer commanding</a> (GOC) were actually written up and signed by the GSO1.<sup id="cite_ref-Australian_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Australian-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>GSO2, General Staff Officer (Grade 2): Ranked a <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a>.</li> <li>GSO3, General Staff Officer (Grade 3): Ranked a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(armed_forces)" title="Captain (armed forces)">captain</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>In the British system, <i>staff</i> are outranked by <i>command</i> officers. The staff cannot in theory (and largely in practice) say "no" to a subordinate unit; only the commander has that ability. This ensured a clear chain of command, and reinforced the idea that staff do not command, but exercise control on behalf of their commander. By contrast, in the American system, commanders are frequently outranked by staff officers. For example, within an American-style battalion, the S-3 is a major while <a href="/wiki/Company_commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Company commander">company commanders</a> are captains. In the British system, the principal staff officers at any HQ were always outranked by the subordinate commanders: </p> <ul><li>Lieutenant colonels commanding battalions or units in a brigade outrank the brigade major and the deputy assistant adjutant and quartermaster general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadiers</a> commanding brigades in a division outrank the colonel GS and colonel AQ</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major generals</a> commanding divisions outrank the brigadier GS and assistant adjutant general and assistant quartermaster general at a corps HQ</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Brigade_level">Brigade level</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Brigade level"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Branches as brigade were as follows. A and Q branches might be combined under a deputy assistant adjutant and quartermaster general, rank major (DAA&QMG).<sup id="cite_ref-canadiansoldiers.com_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canadiansoldiers.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>G branch (operations) plans and executes operations. <br /> The senior staff officer in brigade HQ held the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Brigade_major" title="Brigade major">brigade major</a> (BM) with rank of captain or major, who coordinated the HQ. While the BM was responsible for the entire HQ, he concentrated mainly on "G" operational matters. A deputy BM GSO III generally looked after non-operational matters. Under the BM were several GSO III (rank captain) officers: <ul><li>Operations (the senior captain)</li> <li>Intelligence</li> <li>Liaison. The Liaison section often had several lieutenants attached from the brigade's combat units.</li> <li>Air</li></ul></li> <li>A branch: <br /> It handled all personnel matters such as awards, postings, promotions, medical, chaplains, military police and so forth. There were usually one or two GSO III officers in A branch.</li> <li>Q Branch: <br /> It handled logistics, supply, transport, clothing, maintenance. There was usually one GSO III officer, with a learner captain or lieutenant, and several advisors, all captains: <ul><li>Brigade <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Army Service Corps">Royal Army Service Corps</a> Officer (BRASCO)</li> <li>Brigade Ordnance Officer (BOO)</li> <li>Brigade <a href="/wiki/Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers">Electrical and Mechanical Engineer</a> Officer (BEME)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Division_level">Division level</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Division level"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>G branch was under the <i>colonel GS</i> (a lieutenant-colonel). </p><p>The combined "A" and "Q" staffs was headed by a <i>colonel AQ</i>, who was assisted by an assistant adjutant and quartermaster general (AA&QMG, rank lieutenant-colonel). </p><p>Members of the G staff: </p> <ul><li>A GSO II, acting as deputy to the GSO I. He was responsible for the preparation of orders and instructions as directed by the GSO I; the general organization and working of the "G" office; detailing of duty officers at the Div HQ; coordinating arrangements for moving the Main HQ; details of movement by road in consultation with the DAAG and DAQMG; and general policy regarding HQ defence and the preparation and promulgation of HQ standing orders. (In an armoured division headquarters, the GSO II was responsible for the division tactical HQ and the above duties were done by the GSO III (Operations).)</li> <li>The GSO III (Operations) was the understudy to the GSO II; he maintained the situation map; prepared situation reports; supervised the acknowledgement register; maintained the command matrix; prepared orders for the move of the orders group; and prepared orders for the move of the division's main HQ.</li> <li>The GSO III (Operations)(Chemical Warfare) was responsible for all matters dealing with chemical warfare that affected the division; coordinated courses; was responsible for the camouflage policy; maintained the war diary; prepared and maintained location statements; received and distributed codes, call sign lists and other signals information from the divisional signals; coordinated traffic control and organization of routes in the divisional forward area under the GSO II and APM; was understudy to the GSO III (Operations) on all matters less CW.</li> <li>The GSO III (Intelligence) coordinated all intelligence training and work in the division; coordinated the collection and collation of information about enemy dispositions, methods and intentions; prepared daily intelligence summaries; coordinated interpretation of air photographs with the Army Photographic Interpretation Section (APIS); effected liaison with the APIS, the field security office and the Intelligence Officer, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> (at CRA); and was responsible for briefing and handling of press correspondents.</li> <li>The GSO III (Liaison) coordinated the work of the liaison officers, was responsible for the division information room and served as an understudy to the GSO III (Operations).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Corps_level">Corps level</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Corps level"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>G branch was headed by the <i>brigadier general staff</i> (<i>BGS</i>, rank: <a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">brigadier</a>). The BGS was usually superior to the AAG and AQMG, despite all three having the same rank. </p><p>A branch was headed by the <i>Assistant adjutant general</i> (<i>AAG</i>, rank: brigadier). He was assisted by the deputy assistant adjutant general (DAAG, rank lieutenant-colonel). </p><p>Q branch was headed by the <i>assistant quartermaster general</i> (<i>AQMG</i>, rank: brigadier). </p><p>The G staff for a corps might appear as below: </p> <ul><li>Operations and staff duties: <ul><li>GSO I</li> <li>GSO II (Ops)</li> <li>GSO II (Ops)(CW)</li> <li>GSO II (SD) – Staff Duties</li> <li>2 × GSO III (SD)</li></ul></li> <li>Air: <ul><li>GSO II (Air)</li></ul></li> <li>Intelligence: <ul><li>GSO II (Int)</li> <li>2 × GSO III (Int)</li></ul></li> <li>Liaison: <ul><li>GSO II (L)</li> <li>3 × GSO III (L)</li></ul></li> <li>Royal Artillery: <ul><li>GSO II (RA)</li> <li>GSO II (AA)</li> <li>GSO III (RA)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Naval_staff">Naval staff</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Naval staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_War_Staff" title="Admiralty War Staff">Admiralty War Staff</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a former senior command, operational planning department within the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. It was instituted on 8 January 1912 and was in effect a <a href="/wiki/Council_of_war" title="Council of war">war council</a> whose head reported directly to the <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a>. It existed until 1917. After the war ended, it was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Naval_Staff" title="Admiralty Naval Staff">Admiralty Naval Staff</a> department.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Naval_Staff" title="Admiralty Naval Staff">Admiralty Naval Staff</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the senior command, operational planning, policy and strategy department within the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a>. It was established in 1917 and existed until 1964 when the department of the Admiralty was abolished and was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Department_(Ministry_of_Defence)" title="Navy Department (Ministry of Defence)">Naval Staff, Navy Department (Ministry of Defence)</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Staff_college" title="Staff college">Staff college</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/general-staff#:~:text=General%20staff%2C%20in%20the%20military,orders%2C%20and%20overseeing%20their%20execution.">General staff definition</a>, Encyclopædia Britannica.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dir1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dir1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dir1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dir1_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dir1_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">PK Mallick, 2011, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.claws.in/static/MP31_Staff-System-in-the-Indian-Army-Time-for-Change.pdf">Staff System in the Indian Army: Time for Change</a>, <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Land_Warfare_Studies" title="Centre for Land Warfare Studies">Centre for Land Warfare Studies</a>, New Delhi, vol 31.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Duffy, C. 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Puckapunyal: Australian Army. pp. vii, viii.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Training+Information+Bulletin+No.84+The+Common+Staff+System&rft.place=Puckapunyal&rft.pages=vii%2C+viii&rft.pub=Australian+Army&rft.date=1997&rft.au=Commonwealth+of+Australia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStaff+%28military%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPurdy" class="citation journal cs1">Purdy, Leo and Tony. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/australian-army-journal-aaj/volume-19-number-1">"Primus inter pares vel primos? 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/Generals/division_headquarters.html">the original</a> on 29 May 2002.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Division+Headquarters&rft.date=2001-07-19&rft.aulast=Mallett&rft.aufirst=Ross&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unsw.adfa.edu.au%2F~rmallett%2FGenerals%2Fdivision_headquarters.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStaff+%28military%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlack2011" class="citation book cs1">Black, Nicholas (2011). <i>British naval staff in the First World War</i>. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. pp. 15–52. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1843836551" title="Special:BookSources/978-1843836551"><bdi>978-1843836551</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+naval+staff+in+the+First+World+War&rft.place=Woodbridge&rft.pages=15-52&rft.pub=Boydell+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1843836551&rft.aulast=Black&rft.aufirst=Nicholas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStaff+%28military%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoretz2012" class="citation book cs1">Moretz, Joseph (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lvgrBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA247"><i>The Royal Navy and the Capital Ship in the Interwar Period: An Operational Perspective</i></a>. Routledge. p. 247. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781136340369" title="Special:BookSources/9781136340369"><bdi>9781136340369</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Royal+Navy+and+the+Capital+Ship+in+the+Interwar+Period%3A+An+Operational+Perspective&rft.pages=247&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9781136340369&rft.aulast=Moretz&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DlvgrBgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA247&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStaff+%28military%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArchives" class="citation web cs1">Archives, The National. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1917">"The Discovery Service"</a>. <i>discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk</i>. National Archives. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170131195134/http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1917">Archived</a> from the original on 31 January 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 January</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk&rft.atitle=The+Discovery+Service&rft.aulast=Archives&rft.aufirst=The+National&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fdetails%2Fr%2FC1917&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStaff+%28military%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoretz2001" class="citation book cs1">Moretz, Joseph (2001). <i>The Royal Navy and the capital ship in the interwar period an operational perspective</i>. London: Frank Cass. p. 246. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781136340369" title="Special:BookSources/9781136340369"><bdi>9781136340369</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Royal+Navy+and+the+capital+ship+in+the+interwar+period+an+operational+perspective&rft.place=London&rft.pages=246&rft.pub=Frank+Cass&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9781136340369&rft.aulast=Moretz&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStaff+%28military%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bartholomees, J. Boone <i>Buff Facings and Gilt Buttons: Staff and Headquarters Operations in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861–1865</i> (University of South Carolina Press, 1998) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57003-220-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-57003-220-3">1-57003-220-3</a>.</li> <li>Crosswell, D.K.R. <i>The Chief of Staff: The Military Career of General Walter Bedell Smith</i> (Greenwood Press, 1991) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-27480-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-27480-0">0-313-27480-0</a>.</li> <li>Fremont-Barnes, G. (editor) <i>Armies of the Napoleonic Wars</i> (2011)</li> <li>Goerlitz, Walter <i>History of the German General Staff 1657–1945</i> (Praeger 1954).</li> <li>Hittle, James Donald <i>The Military Staff: Its History and Development</i> (Military Service Publishing, 1944)</li> <li>Jones, R. Steven J <i>The Right Hand of Command: Use and Disuse of Personal Staffs in the American Civil War</i> (<a href="/wiki/Stackpole_Books" title="Stackpole Books">Stackpole Books</a>, 2000) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8117-1451-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8117-1451-9">0-8117-1451-9</a>.</li> <li>Koch, Oscar W. <i>G-2: Intelligence for Patton: Intelligence for Patton</i> (Schiffer Aviation History, 1999) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7643-0800-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7643-0800-9">0-7643-0800-9</a>.</li> <li>Purdy, Leo and Purdy, Tony. '<i>Primus inter pares vel primos?</i> The Development of the Military Staff in the Australian Army', <i>Australian Army Journal</i>, Vol. 19, No.1, (2023), <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/australian-army-journal-aaj/volume-19-number-1">https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/australian-army-journal-aaj/volume-19-number-1</a></li> <li>Pigman, Robyn. "All Systems Green: A Concise History of Chicken Bak Bak and the S-6 Offensive" (Nelson Ltd) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9948150510" title="Special:BookSources/978-9948150510">978-9948150510</a>.</li> <li>Regele, O.: Generalstabschefs aus vier Jahrhunderten (Vienna 1966)</li> <li>Watson, S.J. <i>By Command of the Emperor: A Life of Marshal Berthier</i> (Ken Trotman Ltd) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-946879-46-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-946879-46-X">0-946879-46-X</a>.</li> <li>Irvine, D.D. <i>The French and Prussian Staff Systems Before 1870</i> in The Journal of the American Military Foundation Vol. 2, No. 4 (Winter, 1938), pp. 192–203 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3038792?seq=1#fndtn-page_scan_tab_contents">https://www.jstor.org/stable/3038792?seq=1#fndtn-page_scan_tab_contents</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Staff_(military)&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 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command</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">General staff</a></li> <li><i>Land:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_group" title="Army group">Army group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_army" title="Field army">Field army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">Corps</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_corps" title="List of military corps">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Division</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_divisions" title="List of military divisions">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">Brigade</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Brigades_by_type" title="Category:Brigades by type">By type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">Regiment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Regiments_by_country" title="Category:Regiments by country">By country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Regiments_by_type" title="Category:Regiments by type">By type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">Battalion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battalions_by_country" title="Category:Battalions by country">By country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battalions_by_type" title="Category:Battalions by type">By type</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">Platoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squad" title="Squad">Squad</a></li> <li><i>Naval:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_fleet" title="Naval fleet">Naval fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Task_force#Naval" title="Task force">Task force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_strike_group" title="Carrier strike group">Carrier strike group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Division_(naval)" title="Division (naval)">Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">Flotilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squadron_(naval)" title="Squadron (naval)">Squadron</a></li> <li><i>Air:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_box" title="Combat box">Combat box</a></li> <li><i>Special units by nation:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_Fleet" title="Battle Fleet">Battle Fleet; U.S. Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Front_(military_formation)" title="Front (military formation)">Front; Russian land forces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vehicles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Ground:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_vehicle" title="Military vehicle">Ground</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_vehicles" title="List of military vehicles">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_vehicle" title="Combat vehicle">Combat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tracked_military_vehicles" title="Category:Tracked military vehicles">Tracked vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wheeled_military_vehicles" title="Category:Wheeled military vehicles">Wheeled vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">Armor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tank" title="Tank">Tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">Infantry fighting vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_armoured_fighting_vehicles" title="Lists of armoured fighting vehicles">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_armoured_fighting_vehicles_by_country" title="List of armoured fighting vehicles by country">By country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armored_car_(military)" title="Armored car (military)">Armored car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_car" title="Scout car">Scout car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_vehicle#Military_trucks" title="Military vehicle">Truck</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_trucks" title="Category:Military trucks">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_truck" title="Gun truck">Gun truck</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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title="Weapon">Weapons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_weapons" title="Lists of weapons">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Artillery:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_artillery" title="Field artillery">Artillery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_artillery" title="List of artillery">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_artillery_by_country" title="List of artillery by country">By country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">Battery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_gun" title="Field gun">Field gun</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_field_guns" title="List of field guns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howitzer" title="Howitzer">Howitzer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_howitzers" title="List of howitzers">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_artillery" title="Rocket artillery">Rocket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rocket_artillery" title="List of rocket artillery">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Small_Arms_and_Light_Weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Small Arms and Light Weapons">Infantry guns</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_pistol" title="Service pistol">Pistols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine guns</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_machine_guns" title="List of machine guns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Service_rifle" title="Service rifle">Service rifles</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_rifle" title="Battle rifle">Battle rifles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battle_rifles" title="List of battle rifles">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">Assault rifle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assault_rifles" title="List of assault rifles">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sniper_rifle" title="Sniper rifle">Sniper rifle</a></li> <li><i>Other infantry weapons:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bazooka" title="Bazooka">Bazooka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_gun" title="Anti-tank gun">Anti-tank gun</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_anti-tank_guns" title="List of anti-tank guns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenade" title="Grenade">Grenade</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Grenades" title="Category:Grenades">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flamethrower" title="Flamethrower">Flamethrower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayonet" title="Bayonet">Bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_knife" title="Combat knife">Combat knife</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_knives" title="Category:Military knives">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">Missiles</a>:</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shoulder-fired_missile" title="Shoulder-fired missile">Shoulder-fired</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile" title="Anti-tank guided missile">Anti-tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles" title="List of missiles">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles_by_country" title="List of missiles by country">By country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">Mortar</a> <ul><li><i>Lists:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_infantry_mortars" title="List of infantry mortars">Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heavy_mortars" title="List of heavy mortars">Heavy</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Other:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_mine" title="Land mine">Land mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)" title="Shell (projectile)">Shells</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Sea/Air:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">Guided missiles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missiles" title="List of missiles">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">Naval</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_artillery" title="Naval artillery">Naval artillery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_naval_guns" title="List of naval guns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-ship_missile" title="Anti-ship missile">Anti-ship missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">Torpedoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">Depth charges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Close-in_weapon_system" title="Close-in weapon system">Close-in weapons</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Aerial</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Aircraft_guns" title="Category:Aircraft guns">Guns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Air-launched_missiles" title="Category:Air-launched missiles">Missiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerial_bomb" title="Aerial bomb">Bombs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_technology" title="Military technology">Military equipment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_equipment" title="Lists of military equipment">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_equipment_by_country" title="Category:Military equipment by country">By country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_helmet" title="Combat helmet">Helmet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_combat_helmets" title="List of combat helmets">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_camouflage" title="Military camouflage">Camouflage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_clothing_camouflage_patterns" title="List of military clothing camouflage patterns">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Body_armor" title="Body armor">Body armor</a></li> <li><i>Facilities:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_base" title="Military base">Military base</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_installations" title="Lists of military installations">Lists</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_hospital" title="Field hospital">Field hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">Fire-control system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire-control_radar" title="Fire-control radar">Fire-control radar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_(military)" title="Director (military)">Director (military)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_information_center" title="Combat information center">Combat information center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">Sonar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a></li> <li><i>Historical:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_gun_fire-control_system" title="Ship gun fire-control system">Ship gun fire-control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_data_computer" title="Gun data computer">Gun data computer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_Data_Computer" title="Torpedo Data Computer">Torpedo Data Computer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/War" title="War">Warfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War" title="War">War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle" title="Battle">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategy" title="Strategy">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">Tactics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat" title="Combat">Combat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_science" title="Military science">Military science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">Diplomacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_law" title="International law">International law</a></li> <li><i>By era:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_warfare" title="Prehistoric warfare">Prehistoric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_warfare" title="Ancient warfare">Ancient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_warfare" title="Medieval warfare">Post-classical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_warfare" title="Early modern warfare">Early modern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_warfare" title="Modern warfare">Late modern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_warfare" title="Industrial warfare">industrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth-generation_warfare" title="Fourth-generation warfare">fourth-gen</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>By type:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">Armoured warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrage_(artillery)" title="Barrage (artillery)">Barrage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biological_warfare" title="Biological warfare">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_camouflage" title="Military camouflage">Camouflage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_warfare" title="Chemical warfare">Chemical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Class_conflict" title="Class conflict">Class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">Combined arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conventional_warfare" title="Conventional warfare">Conventional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberweapon" title="Cyberweapon">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Area_denial_weapon" title="Area denial weapon">Denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation" title="Disinformation">Disinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">Electronic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawfare" title="Lawfare">Lawfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loitering_munition" title="Loitering munition">Loitering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martial_music" title="Martial music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare">Psychological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiological_warfare" title="Radiological warfare">Radiological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unconventional_warfare" title="Unconventional warfare">Unconventional</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Battlespace" title="Battlespace">Battlespace</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Aerospace <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_warfare" title="Space warfare">Space</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_warfare" title="Land warfare">Land</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cold-weather_warfare" title="Cold-weather warfare">Cold-region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_warfare" title="Desert warfare">Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungle_warfare" title="Jungle warfare">Jungle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_warfare" title="Mountain warfare">Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_warfare" title="Urban warfare">Urban</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">Amphibious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue-water_navy" title="Blue-water navy">Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown-water_navy" title="Brown-water navy">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green-water_navy" title="Green-water navy">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_warfare" title="Surface warfare">Surface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_warfare" title="Underwater warfare">Underwater</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subterranean_warfare" title="Subterranean warfare">Subterranean</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tunnel_warfare" title="Tunnel warfare">Tunnel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare" title="Cyberwarfare">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Information_warfare" title="Information warfare">Information</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">Tactics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_tactics" title="List of military tactics">List of military tactics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_combat_manoeuvring" title="Air combat manoeuvring">Aerial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">Airlift</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airbridge_(logistics)" title="Airbridge (logistics)">Airbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airdrop" title="Airdrop">Airdrop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle" title="Battle">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_tactics" title="Cavalry tactics">Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charge_(warfare)" title="Charge (warfare)">Charge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterattack" title="Counterattack">Counterattack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">Counterinsurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defeat_in_detail" title="Defeat in detail">Defeat in detail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defensive_fighting_position" title="Defensive fighting position">Foxhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Envelopment" title="Envelopment">Envelopment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">Guerrilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morale" title="Morale">Morale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shock_and_awe" title="Shock and awe">Rapid dominance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege" title="Siege">Siege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarming_(military)" title="Swarming (military)">Swarming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_objective" title="Tactical objective">Tactical objective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturation_attack" title="Saturation attack">Target saturation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_(military)" title="Withdrawal (military)">Withdrawal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Operational_level_of_war" title="Operational level of war">Operational</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_operation" title="Military operation">Military operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_research" title="Operations research">Operations research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_warfare" title="Expeditionary warfare">Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_operation" title="Deep operation">Deep operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">Maneuver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operational_manoeuvre_group" title="Operational manoeuvre group">Operational manoeuvre group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Military_strategy" title="Military strategy">Strategy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_strategies_and_concepts" title="List of military strategies and concepts">List of military strategies and concepts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_campaign" title="Military campaign">Military campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attrition_warfare" title="Attrition warfare">Attrition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-offensive">Counter-offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culminating_point" title="Culminating point">Culminating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_in_depth" title="Defence in depth">Defence in depth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabian_strategy" title="Fabian strategy">Fabian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosaic_Warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosaic Warfare">Mosaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_deception" title="Military deception">Deception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_defence" title="Strategic defence">Defensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_depth" title="Strategic depth">Depth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_goal_(military)" title="Strategic goal (military)">Goal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_strategy" title="Naval strategy">Naval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offensive_(military)" title="Offensive (military)">Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scorched_earth" title="Scorched earth">Scorched earth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Policy" title="Policy">Policy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">Diplomacy</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance" title="Alliance">Alliances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_treaty" title="Peace treaty">Peace treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooperation" title="Cooperation">Cooperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediation" title="Mediation">Mediation</a></li> <li><i>Public policy:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget" title="Military budget">Defense budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_policy" title="Military policy">Defense policy</a></li> <li><i>Related:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nation" title="Nation">Nation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_lists" title="Category:Military lists">Lists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Military lists</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_war#Wars" title="Outline of war">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_weapons" title="Lists of weapons">Weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_tactics" title="List of military tactics">Military tactics</a></li> <li><i>History lists:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_wars" title="Lists of wars">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_battles" title="Lists of battles">Battles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_occupations" title="List of military occupations">Military occupations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations" title="List of military operations">Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sieges" title="List of sieges">Sieges</a></li> <li><i>Related lists:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_war_crimes" title="List of war crimes">War crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_writers" title="List of military writers">Writers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other namespace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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