staff+of+authority
131general staff — Mil. a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war. * * * Group of military officers that assists the commander of a division or larger unit by helping …
132joint staff — 1. The staff of a commander of a unified or specified command, subordinate unified command, joint task force, or subordinate functional component (when a functional component command will employ forces from more than one Military Department),… …
