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staff college

British  

noun

  1. a training centre for executive military personnel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The inquiry also recommended a review of actions by two civilian employees of the staff college to see if disciplinary action was warranted.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2012

Born in Rhodesia in 1927, General Walls had a long military career, training at the British military academy in Sandhurst and the staff college at Camberley.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2010

I applied what I had learned at staff college, the ability to think.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suharto asserts that he bartered sugar for rice to ease a local food shortage and did not benefit personally, but he was transferred to a less influential position at the army staff college.

From Time Magazine Archive

Various educational establishments were opened, a staff college was established for the instruction of officers wishing to qualify for the staff, and regimental schools were improved.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

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