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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

Age 30�Left Cairo staff college to fight in 1948 Palestine war.

From Time Magazine Archive

There will be one staff college for all three services.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had extensive staff experience, being a graduate of the staff college and having spent about one-third of his service in the Indian Army on the staff.

From Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron by Unknown

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