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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[National Security Act of 1947]] instead created a ''[[Joint Staff]]'' populated by military service members who, rather than becoming career staff officers on the German general staff model, rotate into (and back out of) joint staff positions. Following the major revision of [[Title 10 of the United States Code]] by the [[Goldwater–Nichols Act]] in 1986, the Joint Staff of today works directly for the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chairman </del>of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] rather than the corporate [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], as they did from 1947 to 1986. Under this scheme, operational command and control of military forces are not the province of the Joint Staff, but that of [[combatant commanders]], who report through the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chairman </del>of the Joint Chiefs of Staff unless otherwise directed, to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Secretary </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Defense</del>]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[National Security Act of 1947]] instead created a ''[[Joint Staff]]'' populated by military service members who, rather than becoming career staff officers on the German general staff model, rotate into (and back out of) joint staff positions. Following the major revision of [[Title 10 of the United States Code]] by the [[Goldwater–Nichols Act]] in 1986, the Joint Staff of today works directly for the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chairman </ins>of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] rather than the corporate [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], as they did from 1947 to 1986. Under this scheme, operational command and control of military forces are not the province of the Joint Staff, but that of [[combatant commanders]], who report through the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chairman </ins>of the Joint Chiefs of Staff unless otherwise directed, to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">secretary </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">defense</ins>]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since the original continental staff system only covered branches 1 through 6, it is not uncommon to see 7 through 9 omitted or having various meanings.<ref>[http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/documents/vol_01/iss_1/CAJ_vol1.1_08_e.pdf The Command and Staff System in the Information Age: Is the Continental Staff System Dead?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610131830/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/documents/vol_01/iss_1/CAJ_vol1.1_08_e.pdf |date=10 June 2011 }}</ref> Common variation include merging of '''3''' and '''5''' to '''3''', Operations and Plans; omitting the training branch and utilizing '''7''' for engineering (as seen in US Military Sealift Command<ref>[http://www.msc.navy.mil/n7/ MSC N7] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514101603/http://www.msc.navy.mil/N7/ |date=14 May 2011}}</ref> and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wood.army.mil/engrmag/PDFs%20for%20May-Aug%2009/Ware.pdf|title=Joint Engineer-A Multinational Perspective |first1=Jared L. |last1=Ware |work=Engineer |date=May–August 2009 |publisher=Fort Leonard Wood |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206043426/http://www.wood.army.mil/engrmag/PDFs%20for%20May-Aug%2009/Ware.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>) and replacing '''9''' with a legal branch (making CIMIC a part of another branch, i.e. 2 or 4) as seen with the UK Permanent Joint Headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armedforces.co.uk/mod/listings/l0006.html#HEADQUARTERS+STRUCTURE|title=Permanent Joint Headquarters |website=Armed Forces Management of Defence |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702013242/http://www.armedforces.co.uk/mod/listings/l0006.html#HEADQUARTERS+STRUCTURE|archive-date=2 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since the original continental staff system only covered branches 1 through 6, it is not uncommon to see 7 through 9 omitted or having various meanings.<ref>[http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/documents/vol_01/iss_1/CAJ_vol1.1_08_e.pdf The Command and Staff System in the Information Age: Is the Continental Staff System Dead?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610131830/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/documents/vol_01/iss_1/CAJ_vol1.1_08_e.pdf |date=10 June 2011 }}</ref> Common variation include merging of '''3''' and '''5''' to '''3''', Operations and Plans; omitting the training branch and utilizing '''7''' for engineering (as seen in US Military Sealift Command<ref>[http://www.msc.navy.mil/n7/ MSC N7] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514101603/http://www.msc.navy.mil/N7/ |date=14 May 2011}}</ref> and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wood.army.mil/engrmag/PDFs%20for%20May-Aug%2009/Ware.pdf|title=Joint Engineer-A Multinational Perspective |first1=Jared L. |last1=Ware |work=Engineer |date=May–August 2009 |publisher=Fort Leonard Wood |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206043426/http://www.wood.army.mil/engrmag/PDFs%20for%20May-Aug%2009/Ware.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>) and replacing '''9''' with a legal branch (making CIMIC a part of another branch, i.e. 2 or 4) as seen with the UK Permanent Joint Headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armedforces.co.uk/mod/listings/l0006.html#HEADQUARTERS+STRUCTURE|title=Permanent Joint Headquarters |website=Armed Forces Management of Defence |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702013242/http://www.armedforces.co.uk/mod/listings/l0006.html#HEADQUARTERS+STRUCTURE|archive-date=2 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Derived from the Prussian ''Große Generalstab'' (Great General Staff), traditionally these staff functions were prefixed by the simple ''G'', which is retained in place for modern army usage. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">But </del>the increasing complexity of modern armies<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, not to speak of </del>the spread of the staff concept to naval, air and other elements, has demanded the addition of new prefixes. These element prefixes are:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Derived from the Prussian ''Große Generalstab'' (Great General Staff), traditionally these staff functions were prefixed by the simple ''G'', which is retained in place for modern army usage. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">However, </ins>the increasing complexity of modern armies <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </ins>the spread of the staff concept to naval, air<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and other elements, has demanded the addition of new prefixes. These element prefixes are:</div></td></tr>
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