Wood took the proposal to Chief of Staff Hugh L. Scott, who passed it on to Baker a month before the actual declaration of war against Germany.

In the judgment of Chief of Staff Scott it was ironic that the draft policy of a Democratic President, aimed at Germany, had to be pushed through the House of Representatives by the ranking minority member of the Military Affairs Committee -- a Republican Jew born in Germany!!

He was Julius Kahn for whom the Chief of Staff thought no honor could be too great.

The FAA is headed by Chief of Staff Geraldo Sachipengo Nunda since 2010, who reports to the Minister of Defense, actually Cândido Pereira Van-Dúnem.

* 1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

Later from May to September 4, 1992 he served as Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

After Lt Gen Barshadli became Chief of General Staff, subsequent defense ministers from 1992 have included:

* 1955 – Jacob Lew, American politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff

In situations in which an aircraft becomes a threat while taking off – which gives very little reaction time – a decision on shooting it down may be taken by an Indian Air Force officer not below the rank of Assistant Chief of Air Staff ( Operations ).

As of 2011 the Atlanta Falcons Executive Committee consisted of ten people: Arthur Blank, Owner and Chairman ; Rich McKay, President & CEO ; Thomas Dimitroff, General Manager ; Kim Shreckengost, Executive Vice President / Chief of Staff for AMB Group, LLC ; Greg Beadles, Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer ; Jim Smith, Chief Marketing Officer ; Danny Branch, Vice President of Information Technology ; Dave Cohen, Vice President of Sales and Service ; Reggie Roberts, Vice President of Football Communications and Tim Zulawski, VP of Sponsorship Sales and Service.

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.

Currently headed by Chief of Staff general Simeon Simeonov, the General Staff is responsible for operational command of the Bulgarian Army and its 3 major branches.

After the war he became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine ( BAOR ) in Germany and then Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

After Gott was killed flying back to Cairo Churchill was persuaded by Brooke, who by this time was Chief of the Imperial General Staff to appoint Montgomery, who had only just been nominated to replace Alexander as commander of the British ground forces for Operation Torch.

The German army Chief of Staff, Hans von Seeckt, moved doctrine away from what he argued was an excessive focus on encirclement towards one based on speed.

Among them, Guderian claimed, was Chief of the General Staff Ludwig Beck ( 1935 – 38 ), who he alleged was skeptical that armored forces could be decisive.

The professional head of the British Army is the Chief of the General Staff, currently General Sir Peter Wall KCB CBE ADC Gen.

" The directive comported with the view of General Lucius D. Clay and the Joint Chief of Staff over growing communist influence in Germany, as well as of the failure of the rest of the European economy to recover without the German industrial base on which it previously had been dependent.

The battle impacted the highest levels of the army leadership, as Daoud Soumain, its Chief of Staff, was killed.

The Army is under the responsibility of the Chief of Staff, Général de division Nkoa Atenga, whose staff is in Yaoundé.

This brigade is a tactical battle unit under the authority of the Chief of Staff of the armed forces.

He kept his old friend General Antoine Gambi as Chief of Staff.

Die Proklamation des Deutschen Kaiserreiches by Anton von Werner ( 1877 ), depicting the proclamation of the foundation of the German Reich ( 18 January 1871, Palace of Versailles ). Left, on the podium ( in black ): Crown Prince Frederick ( later Frederick III, German Emperor | Frederick III ), his father Emperor William I, German Emperor | William I, and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden | Frederick I of Baden, proposing a toast to the new emperor. Centre ( in white ): Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian Chief of Staff.

The Regent also appointed Helmuth von Moltke as the new Chief of Staff for the Prussian Army, and Albrecht von Roon as Prussian Minister of War and to the job of reorganizing the army.

A political struggle within the party grew, with those closest to Hitler, including Prussian premier Hermann Göring, Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels and SS Chief Heinrich Himmler positioning themselves against Röhm.

During the battle of Lützen, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, one of the brightest and most able Prussian generals, serving as Wittgenstein's Chief of Staff, was wounded.

Caprivi entered the Prussian Army in 1849 and served in the Second Schleswig War of 1864, the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 as a major in the staff of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 / 71, the latter as Chief of Staff of the X Army Corps.

** Chief of state Józef Piłsudski signs decree officially allowing 16 MPs from Prussian Partition to participate in Sejm Ustawodawczy.

Gerhard Johann David Waitz von Scharnhorst ( 12 November 1755 – 28 June 1813 ) was a general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff, noted for both his writings, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars.

Supported by Edwin von Manteuffel and the new Prussian Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke, Roon drew up plans to adapt Scharnhorst's system to Prussia's altered circumstances.

For these reasons, Prussian and German military victories would often be credited professionally to the Chief of Staff, rather than to the nominal commander of an army.

In 1857 Moltke was given the position Chief of the Prussian General Staff, a position he held for the next 30 years.

After some years of regimental service he came to the attention of Moltke, the newly appointed Chief of the Prussian General Staff, and at the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War ( 1866 ) he was appointed major on the staff of the Second Army ( commanded by Crown Prince Frederick ).

When Prussia was an independent kingdom ( since 1701 ) the Minister President or Prime Minister functioned as the King's Chief Minister and presided over the Prussian Landtag ( the Prussian parliament established in 1848 ).

Brauchitsch was named Chief of the East Prussian Military District.

The Kaiser was supreme commander of the Prussian Army, and Moltke was Chief of the General Staff.

Orpo Chief Kurt Daluege in 1933, as a general in the Prussian Landespolizei.

To this end, Himmler took command first of the Gestapo ( itself developed from the Prussian Secret Police ) and later of all the regular and criminal investigation police, assuming the title Chef der Deutschen Polizei ( Chief of the German Police ).

* Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ( 1800 – 1891 ), Chief of the Prussian, and then German, General Staff

In response to a Japanese request, Prussian Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke sent Meckel to Japan to become a O-yatoi gaikokujin.

It will claim that that Austrian action has been just of much of a surprise to it as to the other Powers, pointing out the fact that the Emperor is on his northern journey, and that the Prussian Minister of War, as well as the Chief of the Grand General Staff are away on leave of absence .”