The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership while military command remains in the hands of the General Staff, headed by the Chief of Staff.

In March 2008, ambassador Gustavo Machin Gomez met General Tariq Majid, the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee ( CJCSC ) at Joint Staff Headquarters and discussed issues related to military cooperation.

Together with the Chinese defense minister Liang Guanglie, and Chief of Staff of the Comoros armed forces Salimou Mohamed Amiri, pledged to increase cooperation between the military of the two nations.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff believed that the missiles would seriously alter the military balance, but Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara disagreed.

In a separate capacity as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff () the CNO is a military adviser to the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, the Secretary of Defense, and the President.

Amongst those arrested were Générals Daniel KATSUVA wa Katsuvira, Land Forces Chief of Staff, UTSHUDI Wembolenga, Commandant of the 2nd Military Region at Kalemie ; FALLU Sumbu, Military Attaché of Zaïre in Washington, Colonel MUDIAYI wa Mudiayi, the military attaché of Zaïre in Paris, the military attache in Brussels, a paracommando battalion commander, and several others.

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He then was posted as chief military aide to General MacArthur, Army Chief of Staff.

Chief of Staff Matthew Ridgway dissuaded the President from intervening by presenting a comprehensive estimate of the massive military deployment that would be necessary.

A congressional bill to repeal DADT was enacted in December 2010, specifying that the policy would remain in place until the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certified that repeal would not harm military readiness, followed by a 60-day waiting period.

Retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Shalikashvili and former Senator and Secretary of Defense William Cohen opposed the policy in January 2007: " I now believe that if gay men and lesbians served openly in the United States military, they would not undermine the efficacy of the armed forces " Shalikashvili wrote.

Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan, Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Navy, had previously served as political and military adviser of East Pakistan to former President Ayub Khan.

Within the framework of NATO and an integrated European Union Military Staff, the Federal Republic has resumed the deployment of military units to mediate in conflict regions worldwide.

The others included the military hierarchy consisting of Lt. Gen. Fred Akuffo, the Chief of Defence Staff, and the army, navy, air force and Border Guards commanders respectively.

When Resnicoff later served as Special Assistant for Values and Vision for the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the U. S. Air Force, he would meet with Falwell to discuss issues linked to religious rights in the military, including the role and responsibilities of U. S. military chaplains.

Notable graduates include former U. S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, U. S. Senator John McCain, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Wesley Clark, former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace and Hugh Shelton, former National Security Advisor and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James L. Jones, former U. S Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki, former U. S. Chief of Naval Operations Elmo Zumwalt, retired Air Force General Arnold W. Braswell, U. S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle, World War II submarine officer and best-selling novelist Edward L. Beach, Jr., former military aide to President John F. Kennedy Godfrey McHugh, murdered U. S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, and U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff Norton A. Schwartz.

According to Dr. Vitalii Nikolaevich Tsygichko, a Senior Analyst at the Academy of Sciences, the author of the study, Mathematical Model of Soviet Strategic Operations on the Continental Theater, and a former member of the General Staff, military analysts discussed the idea of a " nuclear winter " ( although they did not use that exact term ) years before U. S. scientists wrote about it in the 1980s .< REF > http :// www. gwu. edu /~ nsarchiv // nukevault / ebb285 /</ REF >

The Office of Strategic Services was established by a Presidential military order issued by President Roosevelt on June 13, 1942, to collect and analyze strategic information required by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to conduct special operations not assigned to other agencies.

In 2003, he was promoted to Chief of the Defence Staff ( CDS )— the professional head of all the British Armed Forces.

Having served just over three years as Commander-in-Chief, Walker was appointed Chief of the General Staff ( CGS )— the professional head of the British Army — on 17 April 2000, taking over from General Sir Roger Wheeler.

He remained CGS for three years, after which he was promoted to Chief of the Defence Staff ( CDS )— the professional head of all the British Armed Forces — on 2 May 2003, succeeding Royal Navy Admiral Sir Michael Boyce ( later Lord Boyce ).

* Pastoral Staff topped by a crucifix, a custom established before the 13th century ( see papal cross ).

Haig differed with Kitchener over the importance of Mediterranean efforts and wanted to see a strong General Staff in London, but nonetheless valued Kitchener as a military voice against the folly of civilians such as Churchill.

Callwell ’ s 2 volume “ Life and Diaries ” in 1927 damaged Wilson ’ s reputation – the “ New Statesman ” thought they showed him to be “ the typically stupid militarist … fundamentally a fool ” Sir Charles Deedes, who had studied under him at Staff College and later served on his staff, commented that Wilson came across in the diaries as “ an ambitious, volatile and even fatuous character, an intriguer concerned mainly with his own career ” and that this was “ far from the truth ” – Deedes commented that Wilson ’ s ability to see both sides of a question and inability to make a decision and stick to it made him a poor corps commander but a “ patient, lucid and fair ” adviser.

Russell was attempting to arrange passage to Berlin ( see Operation Dove ), having left Stephen Hayes as Acting Chief of Staff back in Ireland.

The noted military commander Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, sometime Chief of the Imperial General Staff, was the sixth son of the third Baronet ( see the Viscount Alanbrooke for further history of this branch of the family ).

Staff and students of the Polish university, many of them resettled by Germans to Warsaw, opened an underground Polish " University of the Western Territories " ( Uniwersytet Ziem Zachodnich ), whose classes met in private apartments ( see underground education in Poland ).

" After the ships had engaged each other, Hull looked to see if the enemy ship, which proved to be HM frigate Guerriere, had surrendered by striking its colors: " not knowing whither the Enemy had struck, or not, we stood off for about half an hour, to repair our Braces, and such other rigging, as had been shot away, and wore around to return to the Enemy, it being now dark we could not see whether she had any colours, flying or not, but could discover that she had raised a small flag Staff or Jury mast forward.

There is also a touching moment at the end of the " Chief of Staff " episode in which Potter is surprised to see that his hospital office has been redecorated with his desk, paintings, saddle, and other items from the 4077th as " Suicide is Painless " is played ; Potter's portrait of Radar and his group portrait of Hawkeye, BJ, Houlihan, Winchester, Klinger, and Mulcahy ( from the 10th season episode " Picture This ") continued to be seen in his office through the remainder of the sequel series.

Also, when Lyman went to see Cregg just before the Santos inauguration during the final episode, Lyman asks if she ever stopped thinking the office of the White House Chief of Staff as McGarry's office.

Staff of the Pulkovo Observatory ( 1883 – 1886 ; see image file for details.

For more information see the article Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army

Among them are Günther Blumentritt ( a former German general ), James M. Gavin ( an American general ), Frederick Morgan ( Deputy Chief of Staff at SHAEF ), John Howard ( who led the airborne assault on the Pegasus Bridge ), Lord Lovat ( who commanded the 1st Special Service Brigade ), Philippe Kieffer ( who led his men in the assault on Ouistreham ), Pierre Koenig ( who commanded the Free French Forces in the invasion ), Max Pemsel ( a German general ), Werner Pluskat ( the major who was the first German officer to see the invasion fleet ), Josef " Pips " Priller ( the hot-headed pilot ) and Lucie Rommel ( widow of Erwin Rommel ).

Hardy and Osborne then go to see Kendall, son of a Joint Chiefs of Staff general, recovering from gunshot wounds.

: This article is about the U. S. Army Chief of Staff, for the Pennsylvanian senator see Hugh Scott

Staff librarians were encouraged to see themselves as co-instructors with the regular faculty and to put less emphasis on shushing library patrons.

The Runaways see the Minorus in action when they get ambushed at the Stein's laboratory ; Tina conducts her powers using a mystical Staff known as the " Staff of One ", and Robert conducts his powers through a spellbook.

Jim's sanctuary had successfully recruited a number of Primate Care Staff who see that the day-to-day requirements of the primates are met.

Staff at Oriental City were told to close their businesses for good by 7: 00 pm on Sunday 1 June 2008. Business activity was above usual during the day as thousands of people flocked to see Oriental City for the last time.

Staff members and prisoners alike advise him to see her.

" The Prusso-German School: M6 / 23 / 2004oltke and the Rise of the General Staff ," in Peter Paret, ed., Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age.