French Defence Staff

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military staff strategic military command

The French Defence Staff is the senior military command body responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating France’s armed forces at the strategic level.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military staff ⓘ
strategic military command ⓘ
coordinatesWith Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force ⓘ
surface form: French Air and Space Force Staff

French General Staff ⓘ
surface form: French Army Staff

French Navy ⓘ
surface form: French Navy Staff

Special Operations Command (France) ⓘ
surface form: French Special Operations Command
country France ⓘ
employs French civilian defence personnel ⓘ
French military personnel ⓘ
fieldOfWork defence ⓘ
joint operations ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
national security ⓘ
hasAbbreviation EMA ⓘ
hasComponent Joint Operations Planning Centre ⓘ
directorate of military intelligence staff elements ⓘ
logistics and support planning elements ⓘ
nuclear forces staff elements ⓘ
operations centre of the French Armed Forces ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.defense.gouv.fr/ema ⓘ
headedBy Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff of France
headquartersLocation Hexagone Balard ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
jurisdiction French external operations ⓘ
French overseas territories ⓘ
Metropolitan France ⓘ
surface form: metropolitan France
legalStatus organ of the French state ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
nativeName État-major des armées ⓘ
partOf French Armed Forces ⓘ
reportsTo Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ
surface form: Minister of the Armed Forces of France

President of the French Republic ⓘ
surface form: President of France
responsibleFor coordination of joint operations of French Army, Navy, and Air and Space Force ⓘ
crisis management support to French authorities ⓘ
military situation assessment ⓘ
nuclear deterrence planning support ⓘ
operational command of French armed forces at strategic level ⓘ
planning of overseas operations of France ⓘ
strategic planning of French military operations ⓘ
scope strategic level ⓘ
shortName EMA ⓘ
subordinateTo Government of France ⓘ
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ
usesLanguage French ⓘ

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