STAFF

Staff

A military staff is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that are responsible for the administrative, operational and logistical needs of its unit. It provides bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units. A staff also provides an executive function where it filters information needed by the commander or shunts unnecessary information.

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staff

Noun

  1. a long, straight stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
  2. A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.
  3. The employees of a business.
    The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.
  4. A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering (see )
  5. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
    a constable's staff
  6. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
  7. The rung of a ladder.
  8. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
  9. An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
  10. The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
  11. An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.

Verb

  1. to supply (a business) with employees


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