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.

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.

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

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.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps ( CMC ) is normally the highest-ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He is a graduate of the Amphibious Warfare School ( 1968 ); the Army Command and General Staff College ( 1976 ); and the National War College ( 1982 ).

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.

The Chief of Naval Operations is typically the highest-ranking officer on active-duty in the U. S. Navy unless the Chairman and / or the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are naval officers.

The CNO is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and is thus the principal adviser to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense and to the National Security Council on the conduct of naval warfare.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the senior uniformed officer, is General Abdul Fatah Khalil a-Sisi and the Chief of Staff is Lieutenant General Sedki Sobhi.

He is assisted by the Deputy Commander and the Chief of Staff, who are responsible for Strategic Command and Land Force Command.

The day-to-day running of the armed forces is managed by the Ministry of Defence and the Chief of Defence Staff.

Guinea's armed forces are divided into five branches — army, navy, air force, the paramilitary National Gendarmerie and the Republican Guard — whose chiefs report to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is subordinate to the Minister of Defense.

Under the constitution of Kuwait, the Emir of Kuwait is the supreme commander of the armed forces with a Minister of Defence who directs the Military of Kuwait through the Chief of the General Staff.

The Staff and Command College, Military Academy, and Mountain Skiing Fighting School are training centers for Lebanese soldiers designed to upgrade the quality of their skills while the High Center for Military Sport is designed to keep them in peak physical shape ( it also organizes sports groups and teams for international competition as well ).

The ARM is commanded by the Minister of Defense through the Chief of the General Staff ( CGS ) of the ARM.

Lenin and the Bolshevik Central Committee agreed on 4 March to create the Supreme Military Council, headed by former chief of the imperial General Staff Mikhail Bonch-Bruevich.

The Staff Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is headed by a Chief who is accountable to the High Commissioner.

The National Guard Bureau is headed by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau ( CNGB ), who is a four-star general in the Army or Air Force and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The EOP is headed by the White House Chief of Staff, currently Jacob Lew.

The corps is headed by the, consisting of the Comandante Generale ( a General ), the ( a Lieutenant General ) and the Chief of Staff, all located in Rome.

The Census Bureau is headed by a Director, assisted by a Deputy Director and an Executive Staff composed of the associate directors.

The operational commands of the components ( COMOPSLAND, COMOPSAIR, COMOPSNAV and COMOPSMED ) are subordinate to the Staff Department for Operations and Training of the Ministry of Defence, which is headed by the Assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Training ( ACOS Ops & Trg ), and to the Chief of Defence ( CHOD ).

The JOC is headed by the Chief of the Defence Staff who is the most senior officer in the Armed Forces and is an appointment that can be held by an Air Chief Marshal, Admiral, or General.

The Office is headed by a Chief of Staff (), who is appointed by the president.

The staff in each Command HQ is headed by Chief Of Staff ( COS ) who is also an officer of Lieutenant General rank.

Each branch is headed by officers who are considered as Principal Staff Officer ( PSO ) and known as Assistant Chief of Air Staff, e. g. ACAS ( Ops & Trng ).

The army is headed by the chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff ( HAGS ), which in turn is under the command of Hellenic National Defence General Staff ( HNDGS ).

* Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, headed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee

* Joint Chiefs of Staff, headed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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!!

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 ).

In January 1926 having been promoted to major in 1925, he was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at the Staff College, Camberley in the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel, a position he held until January 1929 by which time he had been made a ( brevet lieutenant-colonel ).

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.

Its first modern incidence in biological warfare were when Scandinavian " freedom fighters " supplied by the German General Staff used anthrax with unknown results against the Imperial Russian Army in Finland in 1916.

Although the German General Staff was also abolished by the treaty, it nevertheless continued to exist as the Truppenamt or " Troop Office ", supposedly only an administrative body.

Guderian's leadership was supported, fostered and institutionalized by his supporters in the Reichswehr General Staff system, which worked the Army to greater and greater levels of capability through massive and systematic Movement Warfare war games in the 1930s.

The song was written by Robin Moore and Staff Sgt.

CPRR logo on a gilded " Staff " uniform button ( 1867 ) Construction of the road was financed primarily by 30-year, 6 % U. S. Government Bonds authorized by Sec.

General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff of the United States Army by Nicodemus David Hufford III.

Eisenhower followed the orders laid down by the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( JCS ) in directive JCS 1067, but softened them by bringing in 400, 000 tons of food for civilians and allowing more fraternization.

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

* 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of Staff Erich Von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337, 000 casualties.

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.

Normally, such responsibilities deserving of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal are held by the most senior officers such as the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chiefs and Vice Chiefs of the Services, and Commanders and Deputy Commanders of the Combatant Commands, the Director of the Joint Staff etc., whose duties bring them frequently into direct contact with the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and other senior government officials.