Serbian General Staff

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.

General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces
Генералштаб Војске Србије
Active1876–present
(current form since 2006)
Country Serbia
TypeStaff
Size4,300[lower-alpha 1]
Part of Serbian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQDedinje (Belgrade)
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
Chief of the General StaffGeneral Milan Mojsilović
Deputy Chief of the General StaffLt. Col. General Želimir Glišović
Notable
commanders		General František Zach
Field Marshal Radomir Putnik
Field Marshal Živojin Mišić
Field Marshal Petar Bojović

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
Main article: Chief of the Serbian General Staff

Members

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
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 Željko Petrović Maj. general
Army
Commander of the Guard Nikola Dejanović Brig. general
Army

Structure
Serbian General Staff is located in Serbia
63rd Para
63rd Para
72nd Spec Op
72nd Spec Op
Comm1st Sig2nd Sig3rd Sig4th Sig
Comm
1st Sig
2nd Sig
3rd Sig
4th Sig
CommHonor25th MPLog
Comm
Honor
25th MP
Log
Serbian General Staff
1st Depot
1st Depot
2nd Depot
2nd Depot
3rd Depot2nd Ret Ct
3rd Depot
2nd Ret Ct
Comm1st EW2nd EW
Comm
1st EW
2nd EW
Comm1st Log Ct
Comm
1st Log Ct
Special Forces Guard Signal Brigade Central Logistics Base
224th Center for Electronic Action Military Police 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
  1. The figure includes all brigades and organizational entities directly subordinated to the General Staff.

References
  1. "Generalštab Vojske Srbije" (in Serbian). www.vs.rs.
  2. "Početak formiranja 63. Padobranske i 72. Brigade za specijalne operacije | Vojska Srbije".
  3. https://www.vs.rs/sr_lat/vesti/06533A74CD3E11EC8D050050568F5424/krsna-slava-generalstaba-vojske-srbije
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