Unit Name: | General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces |
Native Name: | Serbian: Генералштаб Војске Србије |
Dates: | 1876–present (current form since 2006) |
Type: | Staff |
Size: | 4,300 |
Command Structure: | Serbian Armed Forces |
Garrison: | Dedinje (Belgrade) |
Commander1: | General Milan Mojsilović |
Commander1 Label: | Chief of the General Staff |
Commander2: | Lt. Col. General Želimir Glišović |
Commander2 Label: | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
Notable Commanders: | General František Zach Field Marshal Radomir Putnik Field Marshal Živojin Mišić Field Marshal Petar Bojović |
The General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces (sr|Генералштаб Војске Србије|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.
General Staff possess operational authority over the armed forces. Its primary roles and responsibilities include:
See main article: Chief of the Serbian General Staff.
Members of five most senior ranking officers who make strategic and tactical preparations and procedures for use during peacetime and war.
Position | Photo | Name | Rank | Service | |
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Chief of the General Staff | Milan Mojsilović | General | Army | ||
Deputy Chief of the General Staff | Želimir Glišović | Lt. Col. General | Army | ||
Commander of the Army | Milosav Simović | Lt. Col. General | Army | ||
Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence | Duško Žarković | Lt. Col. General | Air Force | ||
Training Commander | |||||
Commander of the Guard |
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]
The General Staff's slava or its saint's feast day is Saint George known as Đurđevdan.[3]