Staffs Flashcards
(30 cards)
What are the Staff Roles?
Support the Commander in understanding situations, making and implementing decisions, and controlling operations
The staff operates the commander’s mission command networks and systems based on what three primary functions?
Support the Commander
Assist subordinate units
Keep units and orginizations outside the headquarters informed
What are 8 Characteristics of a Staff Officer?
Competent Exercises Initiative Applies critical and creative thinking Adaptive Flexible Self-confident Cooperative Communicate Effectively
What is a Staff Section?
a grouping of staff members by area of expertise under a coordinating, special, or personal staff officer
Who is the commander’s principle assistant for directing, coordinating, supervising, and training the staff?
The XO (Executive Officer) or COS (Chief of Staff)
ho is the commander’s principal assistants for an area of expertise or war fighting function?
Coordinating Staff Officers
Coordinating Staff Officer are accountable for what?
their responsibilities
Which Staff Officers help the commander and other staff members perform their functional responsibilities?
The Special Staff
Which staff works under the commander’s immediate control?
Personal Staff
How many assistant commander’s are normally at division level?
Two - One for Manuever (ADC-M) or Operations (ADC-O) and one for Support (ADC-S)
What are the examples of the Personal Staff Group?
CSM Aides SJA IG CH PAO
Who commonly makes up the Personal Staff Group?
Personal assistants, such aides-de-camp;
Personnel the CO desires to supervise;
Personnel who by law/regulation have a special relationship with CO
What is the Secretary to the General Staff (SGS)?
The SGS acts as the XO for the COS
What is the G-5/S-5?
Civil Military Operations
What is the G-6/S-6?
Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Operations
What is the G-7/S-7?
Information Operations
What is a support operations or materiel officer?
Authorized in support commands/battalions. The principle staff officer for coordinating logistics and combat health support.
The coordinating staff consist of?
G/S1 thru G/S9
Chief of Fires
Chief of Protection
Chief of Substainment
Chief of Fires, Chief of Protection, Chief of Substainment are authorized at what level?
Division through theater
What are the S-1 Responsibilities?
Manning, personnel services, personnel support, and headquarters mangement.
Who exercises coordinating staff responsibility over special staff officers?
The COS (XO)
Who does the Chief of Sustainment have coordinating responsibility for?
G-1, G-4, and G-8
What are the S-9 responsibilities?
all matters concerning civil affairs and responsible for enhancing the relationship between Army forces and the civil authorities and people in the AO.
What are the S-8 Responsibilities?
all financial management (resource management and finace operations) within theater
