Highest staff organization in the Serbian Armed Forces
Military unit
The General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces (Serbian: Генералштаб Војске Србије, romanized: Generalštab Vojske Srbije) is the highest authority within the Serbian Armed Forces and a significant command entity with numerous organizational units under its direct command.
Missions
General Staff possess operational authority over the armed forces. Its primary roles and responsibilities include:
- developing the command structure
- establishing a plan of recruitment and schedule for recruits
- regulating training of the armed forces
- establishing plans for education and training,
- performing other tasks determined by law.
Composition
Members
Members of five most senior ranking officers who make strategic and tactical preparations and procedures for use during peacetime and war.
Structure
Comm
1st Sig
2nd Sig
3rd Sig
4th Sig
Special Forces
Guard
Signal Brigade
Central Logistics Base
Military Police Directorate
Intelligence and Reconnaissance Directorate
There are various brigades and brigade-size entities directly subordinated to the General Staff, including two brigades of the special forces (thus reducing reaction time when need arise for their operational use).[1][2]
Traditions
Patron saint
The General Staff's slava or its saint's feast day is Saint George known as Đurđevdan.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ The figure includes all brigades and organizational entities directly subordinated to the General Staff.
References
- ^ "Generalštab Vojske Srbije" (in Serbian). www.vs.rs.
- ^ "Početak formiranja 63. Padobranske i 72. Brigade za specijalne operacije | Vojska Srbije".
- ^ https://www.vs.rs/sr_lat/vesti/06533A74CD3E11EC8D050050568F5424/krsna-slava-generalstaba-vojske-srbije [bare URL]
External links
- General staff of the Serbian Military