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Development of the General Staff service and characteristics of a General Staff officer

2001; Volume: 53; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

2683-5703

Boško Antić,

Defense, Military, and Policy Studies

The General Staff service has in our Army, starting from the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia and through to the present Yugoslav Army, a long history and tradition. The aim of officers is to become General Staff officers and commanders of units at the operational and strategic levels. The attainment of such aim requires long studies, service experience and continual theoretical development and improvement. In our Army the education and training of General Staff officers is paid a particular attention, for the well educated and trained General Staff officers and commanders make the necessary precondition for the successful functioning of the entire Army. The author makes a short review of development of the General Staff service and of education and training of General Staff officers, aimed at pointing out their basic characteristics in the past and present, and their desirable characteristics in the future.