- published: 30 Dec 2012
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A military staff, often referred to as General Staff, Army Staff, Navy Staff or Air Staff within the individual services, is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that provides a bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units. A staff also provides an executive function which filters information needed by the commander, or shunts unnecessary information to a more appropriate tasker, handling the matter which would be an unnecessary distraction for the Commanding Officer at a more appropriate level.
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 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 personal and maximizes information flow into and pertinent information sent out of the command overall clarifying matters overall, and freeing up the most senior members of the command at each level for decision making and direction of further research or information gathering, perhaps requiring men to put their lives at risk to gather additional intelligence.
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