Staff colleges (also command and staff colleges or war colleges) train military officers in the administrative, staff and policy apects of their profession. It is usual for such training to occur at several levels in a career. For example, as a captain to a single service command and staff school to prepare for company command and eqivalent staff posts, as a major to a single or joint service college to prepare for battalion command and equivalent staff posts, and as a colonel or brigadier to a higher staff college to prepare for brigade and division command and equivalent postings. In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ...

Well known examples of staff colleges include the United Kingdom's Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, and Royal College of Defence Studies, London; the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, the Air University, Maxwell AFB, and the National Defense University, Washington in the United States; and the NATO Defence College. Shrivenham is a small village between Swindon and Oxford, in England. ... The Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) is an internationally-renowned institution and component of the United Kingdoms National Defence Academy. ... Jump to: navigation, search The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Logo of the Naval War College The Naval War College (NWC) of the United States Navy is an education and research institution that specializes in developing ideas for naval strategy and passing them along to officers of the Navy. ... First established in 1881 as a school for infantry and cavalry, the U.S. Armys Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas functions as a graduate school for U.S. and Allied military leaders. ...

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