A new webpage has just been uploaded ‘An Overview of the (Military) Staff Officer’ which can be found here. A downloadable PDF version can be found here.

What does the article contain?

• What is a staff officer?
• Command officer versus staff officer.
• How to become a staff officer.
• Staff officer grades.
• Staff assistants.
• The role of a staff officer and standards.
• The art and science of military planning.
• Staff officer branches and ‘new’ prefixes.
• Civil-military cooperation and examples of staff officer appointments.
• The doctrine of completed staff work, as well as how to promote and coach it.
• Publications.
• Types of staff systems.
• Perspectives on staff officers
• TV series, useful document, further reading and references.