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Maybe not all of them.Staff Weenie said:
It turns out that the Golgafrinchan telephone sanitizers were actually useful, just unappreciated.
Who knows, maybe staff officers are similar ;D
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It turns out that the Golgafrinchan telephone sanitizers were actually useful, just unappreciated.
Who knows, maybe staff officers are similar ;D
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You are correct on the general line officer's training. I do not know how the Germans do it but in the French army, all Lt's that wish to enter the "general staff" stream must attend national exam sessions held from time to time. If selected, and I gather only about 10% of applicants are, they are then taken out of the regular/general stream and sent to do a master in military studies at one of the universities. If they pass their masters degree, they become captains and are then given a shortened command tour of a Company then sent to the national headquarters (État-major des armées) where they "apprentice" staff work and are required to do their research papers and publication. Then promotion to commandant (major), back to a unit for a tour as 2I/C of a battalion followed by a return to headquarter as Junior staff officer or attendance at one of the French government excellent public service schools for a doctorate. And so forth.
I gather this is not a "written" stream, but a known one in the service. I hold this from a friend of mine who was Staff Officer Mine Warfare for the French Atlantic commander at Brest when he retired 7/8 yrs ago (that long already? I have to get my butt back over there to visit).
You are correct on the general line officer's training. I do not know how the Germans do it but in the French army, all Lt's that wish to enter the "general staff" stream must attend national exam sessions held from time to time. If selected, and I gather only about 10% of applicants are, they are then taken out of the regular/general stream and sent to do a master in military studies at one of the universities. If they pass their masters degree, they become captains and are then given a shortened command tour of a Company then sent to the national headquarters (État-major des armées) where they "apprentice" staff work and are required to do their research papers and publication. Then promotion to commandant (major), back to a unit for a tour as 2I/C of a battalion followed by a return to headquarter as Junior staff officer or attendance at one of the French government excellent public service schools for a doctorate. And so forth.
I gather this is not a "written" stream, but a known one in the service. I hold this from a friend of mine who was Staff Officer Mine Warfare for the French Atlantic commander at Brest when he retired 7/8 yrs ago (that long already? I have to get my butt back over there to visit).
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I am not sure. First of all, their system requires the officer to elect to be tested to join the group that become members of the "General Staff", which is a group within the officer corps, where a masters degree is a minimum. Second of all, they still identify and push through command people with superior leadership skills regardless of their being GS or not. In fact I gather they prefer to have a strong leader in command, even all the way up to commanding an army in the field, seconded by a GS officer as his chief of staff: Strong leadership and tactical knowledge in command supported by highly intelligent and educated staffer.
I do not know how that compares with our Training List system, it is just so different.
I do not know how that compares with our Training List system, it is just so different.
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