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  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The initial composition of the committee was the professional heads of the three services, the First Sea Lord, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff.
During World War II the committee was a sub-committee of the War Cabinet, and in addition to the three service chiefs, it had an additional member, in the person of General Sir Hastings Ismay, who acted as its secretary.
The Chiefs of Staff committee was responsible for the overall conduct of the British military part of the war effort.
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  Chiefs of Staff Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was initially established as a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence in 1923.
The initial composition of the committee was the professional heads of the three services, the First Sea Lord, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff.
The Chiefs of Staff committee was responsible for the overall conduct of the British military part of the war effort.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee   (334 words)

  
 Chiefs of Staff Committee -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Chiefs of Staff Committee is composed of the most senior (The military forces of a nation) military personnel in the (additional info and facts about British forces) British forces.
The Combined Chiefs of Staff were based in Washington, so for most of the time the Chiefs of Staff were represented at meetings by the (additional info and facts about British Joint Staff Mission) British Joint Staff Mission.
Following WWII, the Chiefs of Staff Committee was transferred to the (additional info and facts about Ministry of Defence) Ministry of Defence.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chiefs_of_staff_committee.htm   (296 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Pervez Musharraf
After army chief Jehangir Karamat proposed the creation of a National Security Council to serve as a forum for interaction between top civilian leaders and the chiefs of the armed services, he too was dismissed by Nawaz Sharif, and Musharraf was appointed in his place.
Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Sajjad Ali Shah Sajjad Ali Shah was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Musharraf was Chief of Army Staff at the time of Pakistani incursions into the Indian-held disputed territory of Kashmir (Kargil sector), in the summer of 1999.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pervez-Musharraf   (7470 words)

  
 N-capable Hatf 4 test-fired -DAWN - Top Stories; November 30, 2006
Wednesday’s launch exercise was witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Ehsan Ul Haq and a large number of senior military officers, scientists and engineers of the strategic organisations.
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee congratulated the officers and other ranks of the ASFC on the high standards achieved during training which was reflected in the successful launch and the accuracy of the missile in reaching the target.
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee appreciated the efforts of all personnel, civilian and military, whose dedication and professionalism had made it possible for Pakistan to fully consolidate and operate its nuclear capability in the last seven years.
www.dawn.com /2006/11/30/top4.htm   (291 words)

  
 The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
The Joint Chiefs of Staff is composed of the highest-ranking member of each branch of the military.
It consists of the chairman, the vice chairman, the chief of staff of the army, the chief of naval operations, the chief of staff of the air force, and the commandant of the Marine Corps.
It was established as the American component of the Combined Chiefs of Staff of Great Britain and the United States, which prepared and implemented Allied strategy.
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 Pakistan Armed Forces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Both the Chief of Staff and Commander in Chief flags, as per BR20 Volume II, have a very narrow white vertical stripe, whereas the flag observed had the normal width of the the white stripe.
The army is headed by the chief of army staff (not "chief of staff of the army")--General Pervez Musharraf at the moment--and below him the several corps commanders.
The flag of the Chief of Army Staff is similar to that of the army, but the emblem is surrounded by a wreath.
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 AllRefer.com - India - National Security Structure - Civil-Military Relations | Indian Information Resource
At the apex of this structure is the Political Affairs Committee of the Cabinet.
The second level is the Defence Minister's Committee of the Cabinet, and the third level is the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
In the Chiefs of Staff Committee, formal equality prevails among the three service chiefs despite the fact that the army remains the largest of the three branches of the armed services.
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 Briefing on the Military Staff Committee for Global Action to Prevent War - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
The serious work undertaken by the Military Staff Committee in its first thirty months was about trying to make the SC and the UN an effective instrument for the maintenance of peace with Article 42 trying to give teeth to the Article 41 preference for peaceful settlement of disputes.
There shall be established a Military Staff Committee to advise and assist the Security Council on all questions relating to the Security Council's military requirements for the maintenance of international peace and security, the employment and command of forces placed at its disposal, the regulation of armaments, and possible disarmament.
The Military Staff Committee shall consist of the Chiefs of Staff of the permanent members of the Security Council or their representatives.
www.globalpolicy.org /security/peacekpg/reform/2001/msc.htm   (2739 words)

  
 LHCMA Nuclear History Database: Section CAB79   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Chiefs of Staff Committee originated in 1923 as a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the recommendation of the Salisbury Committee on National and Imperial Defence which was approved by the Cabinet in November 1923.
The official business of the Chiefs of Staff in their corporate capacity was to hear reports and consider the situa-tion, to decide day to day problems concerning operations and to consider any matters specially remitted to them by the War Cabinet.
Thus for the first time the Chiefs of Staff Committee assumed its due and proper place in direct and daily contact with the executive head of the Government and in accord with him had full control over the full conduct of the War and the armed forces.
www.kcl.ac.uk /lhcma/pro/p-cab079.htm   (466 words)

  
 II Web: Press Release Malik Lecture
General V. Malik was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1997 to 2000.
As Chief of the Army Staff, General Malik had the dual responsibility of being an advisor to the government as well as commander of the over one million strong Army.
A graduate from the Defence Services Staff College and MS in Defence and Strategic Studies from the Madras University, General Malik is an alumnus of the National Defence College, New Delhi, beside many other military institutions.
www.umich.edu /~iinet/iisite/press/pr_malik.html   (412 words)

  
 HyperWar: US Army in WWII: The Supreme Command (ETO) [Chapter 5]
Their proposal that chief emphasis be placed on forcing the German Air Force to fight in the west was accepted by the British Chiefs of Staff.
While agreeing with the U.S. Chiefs of Staff that the Allies should be prepared to act offensively in 1942, they proposed that alternative operations be made ready in case no sound and successful plan for the cross-Channel attack could be contrived.
The late summer and early fall of 1943 saw increasing interest of the COSSAC staff in one of its initial tasks--planning for a return to the Continent in case of German collapse or withdrawal from the occupied countries.
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 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Padmanabhan said the creation of a chief of defence staff would effectively prove little more than a change in nomenclature for the structure headed by the chairman, chief of staff committee.
He said that till the government took a decision on creating the chief of defence staff, the institution of the chiefs of staff committee had to be made more effective.
On the setting up of the chief of integrated defence staff, which is directly under the chairman, chiefs of staff committee, Padmanabhan said operational and staff requirement of the system had been developed, “though a lot has to be done”.
www.telegraphindia.com /1021231/asp/nation/story_1529866.asp   (495 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
While Musharraf, who is also the chief of army staff, has not revealed the names of the officers who will receive promotions and new postings, rumours have started in civilian and military circles about the possible shake-up.
At least one principal staff officer, out of almost a dozen in the general headquarters, will be promoted to the rank of a four-star general.
Observers feel Musharraf may stay as army chief for another three years and may announce his decision in the next couple of months after the appointment of the new vice-chief of army staff.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040925/asp/foreign/story_3801470.asp   (404 words)

  
 Definition of Chief of Staff
The White House Chief of Staff, the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
The chief aide to the commander of larger military formations and units.
The General staff (המטה הכללי), the highest command of the Israeli Defence Forces, has at its head the Chief of staff called Ramatkal (רמטכ"ל) from the abbreviation for "Head of the General Staff".
www.wordiq.com /definition/Chief_of_Staff   (287 words)

  
 ipedia.com: United States Army Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The professional head of the United States Army is the Army Chief of Staff.
As with the other members of that committee, the Army Chief of Staff is not in the direct chain of command.
The current Army Chief of Staff is General Peter Schoomaker.
www.ipedia.com /united_states_army.html   (1503 words)

  
 Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) -- Pakistan Special Weapons Delivery Systems
Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC), an important tier of higher defence organization, came into being in 1976.
It consists of a permanent Chairman and the three Chiefs of Staff.
In peacetime the main function of Chairman JCSC is to plan for the defence of the country.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/pakistan/jcsc.htm   (178 words)

  
 Pakistan Times | Top Story: CJCSC, VCOAS assume Charge; Meet President Musharraf
Earlier, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of the Staff Committee, General Ehsan ul Haq and Vice Chief of the Army Staff, General Ahsan Saleem Hyat assumed charge of their new offices on Friday.
A simple but impressive ceremony was held at the Joint Staff Headquarters to formally welcome the newly appointed Chairman Joint Chiefs of the Staff Committee, General Ehsan ul Haq on assuming charge of the new appointment.
A similar ceremony was held at the General Headquarters to formally welcome the newly appointed Vice Chief of the Army Staff, General Ahsan Saleem Hyat on assuming charge of the new appointment.
pakistantimes.net /2004/10/09/top7.htm   (365 words)

  
 PAKISTAN’S HIGHER DEFENCE ORGANIZATION
The power ‘Troika’ consisted of the Army Chief with the President and Prime Minister and not the Chairman Joint Staff Chiefs of staff Committee.
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff appointment came into being with Army, Navy and USAF Chiefs being part of the Joint Chiefs.
The word committee be removed and the Chairman must exude his supremacy over the services chiefs at least on policy pronouncements and their implementations.
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 Pervez Musharraf - Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
After the partition of British India, his family resettled in Karachi, Pakistan; he spent (1949-56) some of his childhood in Turkey, where his father was posted as a diplomat.
He entered the Pakistan Military Academy in 1961 and became (1964) an artillery officer, rising through the ranks to major general (1991), lieutenant general (1995), and general and chief of army staff (1998).
In 1999 he became chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Musharraf.html   (391 words)

  
 Kansas City Chiefs - 2007 Chiefs Training Camp
Kansas City Chiefs RB Priest Holmes informed President Carl Peterson on Wednesday that he intends to report to training camp at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls on Saturday.
The coaching staff is very vibrant, great communicators with a charismatic head coach who has worked with us since he’s been a player.
“On top of all that and the reason we picked the Chiefs is this is a first-class operation from top to bottom that is fully endorsed by the commissioner and an organization that we know will show not only the NFL but the game of football at its best.
www.kcchiefs.com /2006_tc_hq   (1321 words)

  
 Press Release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs on the Visit of General Henry Shelton, Chairman of the U.S. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shelton’s visit, the first ever visit by a Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff to India, followed the discussions between the Minister of External Affairs and Defence Shri Jaswant Singh and the U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during his visit to Washington D.C. in April this year.
Shelton extended an invitation to Admiral Sushil Kumar to visit the United States in his capacity as the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Padmanabhan on behalf of the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.
www.indianembassy.org /press_release/2001/july/july_20.htm   (388 words)

  
 GN Online: New law will curb Chandrika military grip
Although the draft bill says the appointment of a chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, replacing the current post of Chief of Defence Staff shall be made by the president, it stipulates that it would be on the advice of the Cabinet of Ministers from the ruling United National Front government.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, the draft law says, will be charged with the objectives of providing effective strategic direction to the armed forces, providing for the operation of such forces under a unified control and their integration into an efficient team of land, sea and air forces.
The draft Joint Chiefs of Staff Act seeks to establish a Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=66941   (573 words)

  
 webindi123.com-Government of india- Defence-List of chiefs of Army staff, Naval staff and Air Staff
The three services function under their respective Chiefs of Staff.
Recently a committee was formed for the smooth functioning of the three services together called 'Chiefs of Staff Committee'.
The senior most Chiefs of Staff among the three services will be the Chairman of the Committee.
www.webindia123.com /government/defence.htm   (170 words)

  
 Documents on Canadian External Relations (DCER)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
APPOINTMENT OF R.C.A.F. The attached JPC paper of October 22nd on this matter is to be discussed by the Chiefs of Staff Committee.
The Chief of the Air Staff recommends that the proposed Deputy C-in-C be a senior Air Force Officer because the majority of problems with which he will have to deal will be concerned with air matters.
It is recommended that the Chiefs of Staff approve the above proposal and direct the RCAF to submit it for consideration of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence.
dfait-maeci.gc.ca /department/history/dcer/details-en.asp?intRefid=6129   (480 words)

  
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The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman, General Richard B. Myers, who arrived here this evening on a two-day visit is expected to brief Indian military commanders and political leadership about the situation in Iraq.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Naval staff, Admiral Madhvendra Singh, receives the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman, Gen Richard B. Myers, in the Capital on Monday.
Taking up cudgels against Union Culture and Tourism Minister Jagmohan on the Taj Heritage Corridor issue, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today demanded the dismissal of the minister as “he was trying to drive a wedge between the state and the union governments”.
www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030729   (466 words)

  
 Former Chairman of the Pakistani Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Jehangir Karamat, arrives at Brookings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
General Karamat rose to the position of Chairman of the Pakistani Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee before retiring from the armed forces.
In 1997, he was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
He is also a graduate of the Pakistan Army Command and Staff College, the National Defense College, and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
www.brook.edu /comm/news/20000505karamat.htm   (491 words)

  
 Articles - Australian Defence Force   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The ADF is constituted under the Executive Government sections of the Australian Constitution, Section 68, that says, "The command in chief of the naval and military forces of the Commonwealth is vested in the Governor-General as the Queen's representative." (The Queen referred to in this Act of 9th July 1900 was Victoria.
The position of Chief of the Defence Force was created after amending Defence legislation and came into effect on 25 October 1984.
The position of Chief of Defence Force Staff was created after amending Defence legislation and came into effect on 9 February 1976.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Australian_Defence_Force   (619 words)

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