Council Staff

The Council Staff (CS), composed of personnel from all the four services, assists the First Minister and the Second Minister in discharging their responsibilities. They work closely with the Office of the Minister of War (OMW), the Military Ministry staffs, and the Combatant Command Staffs.

Director of the Council Staff
The First Minister of the Military Council is assisted by the Director of the Council Staff, an officer who assists the First Minister with the management of the Council Staff, an organization composed of approximately equal numbers of officers contributed by each of the service branches, who have been assigned to assist the First Minister in providing to the Minister of War unified strategic direction, operation, and integration of the combatant land, naval, and aerospace forces.

Directorates of the Council Staff
The Council Staff includes the following Ministries where all the planning, policies, intelligence, manpower, communications and logistics functions are translated into action.
 * DOM - Directorate of Management
 * DI1 - Personnel and Manpower
 * DI2 - Intelligence
 * DI3 - Operations
 * DI4 - Logistics
 * DI5 - Strategic Plans and Policy
 * DI6 - Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems
 * DI7 - Operational Plans and Joint Force Development
 * DI8 - Force Structure, Resources, and Assessment
 * DI9 - Civil-Military Planning