Serbian General Staff

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 five most senior ranking officers who make strategic and tactical preparations and procedures for use during peacetime and war. ==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==