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A '''Staff Department''' or military staff is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that provides a bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units.

The purpose of a military staff is mainly that of providing accurate, timely information which by category represents information on which command decisions are based. The key application is that of decisions that effectively manage unit resources. While information flow toward the commander is a priority, information that is useful or contingent in nature is communicated to lower staffs and units.

===[[S1]] - Personnel Administration===
The personnel and administration department supervises personnel and administration systems. This department functions as the essential administrative liaison between the subordinate units and the headquarters, handling personnel actions coming from the bottom up (such as a request for an award be given to a particular soldier) or from the top down (such as orders being received from the army level directing a particular soldier be reassigned to a new unit outside the command).

===[[S2]] – Intelligence and Security===
The intelligence section is responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence information about the enemy to determine what the enemy is doing, or might do, to prevent the accomplishment of the unit's mission. This office may also control maps and geographical information. The department manages all security clearance issues for the unit's personnel. Information Operations (IO) encompass attacking adversary command and control (C2) systems (offensive IO) while protecting friendly C2 systems from adversary disruption (defensive IO). Effective IO combines the effects of offensive and defensive IO to produce information superiority at decisive points.

===[[S3]] – Operations and Training===
The S3 department, includes planning and training, is the operations office tasked with coordination of the various training operations, and all things necessary to enable the formation to operate and accomplish its mission. All aspects of sustaining the unit's operations, and additionally planning and executing all the unit training, fall under the responsibility of operations. The operations office is also tasked with keeping track of the weekly training schedules.

===[[S5]] – Public Affairs===
The public affairs office is the public face of the [[Right to Rebel]] Regiment. The public affairs office is tasked with coordinating and disseminating the [[Right to Rebel]] message as instructed by the Command Staff. The public affairs office coordinates with the Division Recruiting office to help with public recruiting effort.

===[[S6]] – Division Information Services===
“The Geek Squad”, this department deals with the various servers, both game and communications servers, as well as, the Division website. This departments mission is to keep the Division working and online.

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