CHIEF OF STAFF

The senior or principal member or head of a staff, or the principal assistant in a staff capacity to a person in a command capacity; the head or controlling member of a staff, for purposes of the coordination of its work; a position that in itself is without inherent power of command by reason of assignment, except that which is invested in such a position by delegation to exercise command in another

[͵tʃi:fəvʹstɑ:f] амер.

[͵tʃi:fəvʹstɑ:f] амер.

Chief of Staff
[͵tʃi:fəvʹstɑ:f] амер.
начальник штаба (высшая должность в каком-л. роде войск)
~, U.S. Air Force [Army] - начальник штаба ВВС [сухопутных войск] США

начальник штаба (воен.) Chief of Staff, United States Air Force - начальник штаба военно-воздушных сил (воен.) Chief of Staff, United States Army - начальник штаба сухопутных войск (воен.)

chief of staff
[͵tʃi:fəvʹstɑ:f] 1. начальник штаба
2. воен. жарг. офицерская жена