The General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces () 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 six most senior ranking officers who make strategic and tactical preparations and procedures for use during peacetime and war. PositionPhotoNameRankServiceChief of the General StaffMilan MojsilovićGeneralArmyDeputy Chief of the General StaffCommander of the ArmyZoran NaskovićMajor generalArmyCommander of the Air Force and Air DefenceTiosav JankovićLt. Col. GeneralAir ForceTraining CommanderVladan MilosavljevićBrig. generalArmyCommander of the GuardVladimir VukajlovićBrig. generalArmy

Structure

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).

63rd Parachute Brigade 72nd Brigade for Special Operations Guard Command Battalion (Belgrade) Honor Guard Battalion (Belgrade) 25th Military Police Battalion (Belgrade) Logistics Battalion (Belgrade) Signal Brigade Command Platoon (Belgrade) 1st Signal Battalion (Belgrade) 2nd Signal Battalion (Belgrade) 3rd Signal Battalion (Belgrade) 4th Signal Battalion (Belgrade) Central Logistics Base Command Company (Belgrade) 1st Logistics Center (Belgrade) 1st Depot Battalion (Gornji Milanovac) 2nd Depot Battalion (Kragujevac) 3rd Depot Battalion (Niš) 2nd Retail Center (Niš) Technical Testing Center Peacekeeping Operations Center Military Police Directorate Criminal Investigative Group MP Special Operations Detachment "Cobras" Intelligence and Reconnaissance Directorate 224th Center for Electronic Action Military Geographic Institute "General Stevan Bošković"

Traditions Patron saint The General Staff's slava or its saint's feast day is Saint George known as Đurđevdan.

See also Joint Operations Command

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References

External links General staff of the Serbian Military