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117-704: BGS may stand for: Art and entertainment [ edit ] Bee Gees , a rock and disco group Beautiful Game Studios , a computer game developer Bethesda Game Studios , a video game developer Brasil Game Show , yearly Brazilian video game convention Bunny Girl Senpai , Japanese light novel series Bubble Gum Simulator, an Incremental Simulator type of game on Roblox , developed by Rumble Studios. Science and technology [ edit ] Below ground surface , in scientific reports; see Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites Baller–Gerold syndrome Berkeley gas-filled separator , an instrument that uses
234-553: A commanding officer , subordinate military units and other stakeholders. A centralised general staff results in tighter top-down control but requires larger staff at headquarters (HQ) and reduces accuracy of orientation of field operations, whereas a decentralised general staff results in enhanced situational focus, personal initiative , speed of localised action, OODA loop , and improved accuracy of orientation. A commander "commands" through their personal authority, decision-making and leadership, and uses general staff to exercise
351-449: A Beatles-type reception, and special security arrangements were being put in place. In February, Horizontal repeated the success of their first album, featuring the group's first UK No. 1 single " Massachusetts " (a No. 11 US hit) and the No. 7 UK single " World ". The sound of the album Horizontal had a more "rock" sound than their previous release, although ballads like " And
468-456: A Colonel Adjutant Staff Officer (Grade 2), informally known as A2: Ranked Major Adjutant Staff Officer (Grade 3), informally known as A3: Ranked Captain Q Branch, called စစ်ထောက် or ထောက် for short in Burmese, is responsible for logistical aspects such as supply and transport as well as ordnance service. Quartermaster Staff Officer (Grade 1), informally known as Q1: Ranked Lieutenant Colonel or
585-574: A Colonel Quartermaster Staff Officer (Grade 2), informally known as Q2: Ranked Major Quartermaster Staff Officer (Grade 3), informally known as Q3: Ranked Captain Prussia adopted Austria's approach in the following years, especially when Gerhard von Scharnhorst , who as a Hanoverian staff officer had worked with the Austrian army in the Austrian Netherlands in the early 1790s, took charge. Initially,
702-488: A Headquarters and also supervise and support subordinate units. The finance branch, not to be confused with Administration from which it has split, sets the finance policy for the operation. Operationally, the Administration and Finance may be interlinked, but have separate reporting chains. Civil-Military Co-operation or civil affairs are the activities that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relations between
819-509: A brace of shows at the Stadthalle, Braunschweig . After that, the group was off to Switzerland . As Maurice described it: There were over 5,000 kids at the airport in Zurich. The entire ride to Bern, the kids were waving Union Jacks. When we got to the hotel, the police weren't there to meet us and the kids crushed the car. We were inside and the windows were all getting smashed in, and we were on
936-544: A business honor society Bouquet, Garcin & Schivre , a French electric car manufactured between 1899 and 1906 Brigadier General Staff, the chief staff officer in a British army Corps Bundesgrenzschutz , the German Federal Border Guard, now called the German Federal Police Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
1053-410: A concept album called Masterpeace , evolved into the double-album Odessa . Most rock critics felt this was the best Bee Gees album of the 1960s with its progressive rock feel on the title track , the country-flavoured " Marley Purt Drive " and " Give Your Best ", and ballads such as " Melody Fair " and " First of May " (the last of which became the only single from the album and a UK # 6 hit). Feeling
1170-473: A large batch of original material—including the song that became their first major hit, " Spicks and Specks " (on which Byrne played the trumpet coda)—as well as cover versions of current hits by overseas acts such as the Beatles. They regularly collaborated with other local musicians, including members of beat band Steve & The Board, led by Steve Kipner , Nat's teenage son. Frustrated by their lack of success,
1287-499: A live broadcast from Liverpool Anglican Cathedral for a Christmas television special called How On Earth?, they performed their own song, "Thank You For Christmas" which was written especially for the programme, as well as a medley of the traditional Christmas carols " Silent Night ", " The First Noel " and " Mary's Boy Child " (the latter incorrectly noted as " Hark! The Herald Angels Sing " on tape boxes and subsequent release). The songs were all pre-recorded on 1 December 1967 and
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#17328527017431404-688: A magnetic deflection system filled with gas at low pressure; see Isotopes of flerovium Braunstein-Ghosh-Severini Entropy , of a network British Geological Survey , an organisation in the United Kingdom British Geriatrics Society , the professional body of specialists involved with health care of the elderly in the United Kingdom Schools [ edit ] Bandon Grammar School , an independent, fee-paying school in Bandon, County Cork Bangor Grammar School ,
1521-466: A more appropriate tasker within the unit to be handled and resolved, which would otherwise be an unnecessary distraction for the Commanding Officer who already makes numerous decisions every day. In addition, a staff aims to carefully craft any useful situations and utilize that information. In a generic command staff, more seasoned and senior officers oversee staff sections of groups organized by
1638-690: A more important role for the Generalquartiermeister (Chief of Staff). The failures in the army, especially at the Battle of Leuthen made it clear that Austria had no "great brain" and the command needed to spread the workload to allow the Commander-in-chief the time to consider the strategic picture. The 1757 regulations had created the Grosse Feldgeneralstab and Kleine Generalstab (large and small general staff) and after changes in 1769,
1755-457: A musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry , Robin , and Maurice Gibb . The trio were especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in the disco music era in the mid-to-late 1970s. The group sang recognisable three-part tight harmonies : Robin's clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during
1872-484: A particular soldier) or from the top down (such as orders being received from the army level directing that a particular soldier be reassigned to a new unit outside the command). In army units, this person is often called the Adjutant . The S-1 also works with the postal mailing office, and deals with awards and ranks as well. The intelligence section is responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence information about
1989-609: A permanent staff of 30 officers was established under the direction of Franz Moritz von Lacy , which would be expanded in wartime with junior officers. The Grosse staff was divided into three: First, the Intrinsecum , which handled internal administration and directing operations; secondly, external activities, including the Pioneers ; thirdly, the Inspection Service, which handled the issuing of orders and prisoners of war. Alongside
2106-513: A promotional campaign to coincide with its release. Stigwood proclaimed that the Bee Gees were "The most significant new musical talent of 1967", thus initiating the comparison of the Bee Gees to the Beatles. Before recording the first album, the group expanded to include Colin Petersen and Vince Melouney . " New York Mining Disaster 1941 ", their second British single (their first-issued UK 45 rpm
2223-554: A replacement for Robin. To accompany the album, they also filmed a TV special with Frankie Howerd and cameos from several other contemporary pop and rock stars, which aired on the BBC in December 1970. Petersen played drums on the tracks recorded for the album but was fired from the group after filming began (he went on to form the Humpy Bong with Jonathan Kelly ). His parts were edited out of
2340-488: A role. The staff numbers are assigned according to custom, not hierarchy, traceable back to French practice; i.e., 1 is not "higher ranking" than 2 . This list reflects the SHAPE structure: Since the original continental staff system only covered branches 1 through 6, it is not uncommon to see 7 through 9 omitted or having various meanings. Common variation include merging of 3 and 5 to 3 , Operations and Plans; omitting
2457-566: A rut. The album Life in a Tin Can , released on Robert Stigwood's newly formed RSO Records , and its lead-off single, " Saw a New Morning ", sold poorly with the single peaking at No. 94. This was followed by an unreleased album (known as A Kick in the Head Is Worth Eight in the Pants ). A second compilation album, Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 , was released in 1973, although it did not repeat
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#17328527017432574-551: A seven-week tour of the US on 2 August 1968, but on 27 July, Robin collapsed and fell unconscious. He was admitted to a London nursing home for nervous exhaustion, and the American tour was postponed. The band began recording their sixth album, which resulted in their spending a week recording at Atlantic Studios in New York. Robin, still feeling poorly, missed the New York sessions, but
2691-418: A small independent element, that is a part of a non-staff organization; i.e., an E3 is an operational element on a logistics site or an E4 is a logistics element on a forward medical support site. Thus, the personnel officer of a naval headquarters would be referred to as N1 . In reality, in large organizations each of these staff functions will require the support of its own large staff, so N1 refers both to
2808-629: A solo album which never saw official release either, although " I'll Kiss Your Memory " was released as a single backed by "This Time" without much interest. Meanwhile, Robin saw chart success in Europe and Australia with his UK No. 2 hit " Saved by the Bell " from the album Robin's Reign . In mid 1970, according to Barry, "Robin rang me in Spain where I was on holiday [saying] 'let's do it again'". By 21 August 1970, after they had reunited, Barry announced that
2925-451: A soulful ballad sung by Barry, has since become a pop standard recorded by many singers. Another single, " Holiday ", released in the US, peaked at No. 16. The parent album, Bee Gees 1st (their first internationally), peaked at No. 7 in the US and No. 8 in the UK. Bill Shepherd was credited as the arranger. After recording that album, the group recorded their first BBC session at
3042-513: A staff, whose chief was responsible for directing operations and executing the overall headquarters plan. The staff on the outbreak of war in 1809 numbered over 170. Finally in 1811, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz produced his Über die bessere Einrichtung des Generalstabs , which prioritised the Chief of Staff's managerial and supervisory role with the departments (Political Correspondence, Operations and Service) under their own directors, effectively merging
3159-546: A trademark of the band. This was also the first Bee Gees album to have two US top-10 singles since 1968's Idea . Main Course also became their first charting R&B album. On the Bee Gees' appearance on The Midnight Special in 1975, to promote Main Course , they sang "To Love Somebody" with Helen Reddy . Around the same time, the Bee Gees recorded three Beatles covers—" Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight ", " She Came in Through
3276-942: A voluntary school in Bangor, County Down Bankstown Grammar School , in Australia Bedford Girls' School , an independent grammar school in Bedford, England Beverley Grammar School , a state grammar school in Beverley, England Bexley Grammar School , a co-educational grammar school in Bexley, England Boston Grammar School , in Boston, England Bourne Grammar School , in Bourne, England Bradford Grammar School , an independent grammar school in Bradford, England Brisbane Grammar School , one of
3393-464: A worldwide audience. The Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (1977) was the turning point of their career, with both the film and soundtrack having a cultural impact throughout the world, enhancing the disco scene's mainstream appeal. They won five Grammy Awards for Saturday Night Fever , including Album of the Year . The Bee Gees have sold over 120 million records worldwide, placing them among
3510-564: Is responsible for Responsible for intelligence, training and every aspect of operations. General Staff Officer (Grade 1), informally known as G1: Ranked Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel General Staff Officer (Grade 2), informally known as G2: Ranked Major General Staff Officer (Grade 3), informally known as G3: Ranked Captain A Branch, called စစ်ရေး or ရေး for short in Burmese, is responsible for every aspect of personnel management such as medical and military. Adjutant Staff Officer (Grade 1), informally known as A1: Ranked Lieutenant Colonel or
3627-548: Is responsible for managing the wide scope of materiel , transport, facilities, services and medical/health support: By NATO doctrine, the logistic staff is tasked with overseeing logistic aspects and principles, where the focus is that "logistic support must be focused towards ensuring the success of the operation" and prescriptions of elements such as responsibility and authority. A logistic staff may be divided into sections based on branch or geographic area. Each section may in turn also be divided into tasks and roles. The size of
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3744-514: Is the point of contact for the issue of communications instructions and protocol during operations as well as for communications troubleshooting, issue, and preventative maintenance. Communications at this level is paired with digital as well as voice (radio, computer, etc.). At the unit level, S-6 is also usually responsible for all electronic systems within a unit to include computers, faxes, copy machines, and phone systems. The training branch will organize and coordinate training activity conducted by
3861-867: The Australian Commonwealth Military Forces (now the Australian Army ) adopted many of the practices of the British Army, including its staff system. While this approach was modified and adapted over the course of the 20th Century, the British three branch system and nomenclature remained a feature of Australian practice until 1997 when it adopted the Common Joint Staff System , based on the NATO or Continental/General Staff System, across all three services. The primary reasons given for this were
3978-516: The French Army of Italy in 1795, his was the old administrative role, accurately described by Jomini and Vachee as "the chief clerk" and "of limited competence". His manual is merely a reporting system as a kind of office manual. Staff officers were rotated out of the line on the Austrian model, but received no training and merely became efficient in the administrative tasks, especially the rapid issuance of orders. It suited Napoleon Bonaparte from
4095-621: The Playhouse Theatre , Northumberland Avenue , in London, with Bill Bebb as the producer, and they performed three songs. That session is included on BBC Sessions: 1967–1973 (2008). After the release of Bee Gees' 1st , the group was first introduced in New York as "the English surprise". At that time, the band made their first British TV appearance on Top of the Pops . Maurice recalled: Jimmy Savile
4212-455: The Prussian Army assigned a limited number of technical expert officers to support field commanders. Before 1746, however, reforms had added management of intelligence and contingency planning to the staff's duties. Later, the practice was initiated of rotating officers from command to staff assignments and back to familiarize them with both aspects of military operations, a practice that, with
4329-548: The Secretary of Defense . The "Continental Staff System", also known as the "General Staff System" (GSS), is used by most NATO countries in structuring their militaries' staff functions. In this system, which is based on one originally employed by the French Army in the 19th century, each staff position in a headquarters or unit is assigned a letter-prefix corresponding to the formation's element and one or more numbers specifying
4446-555: The best-selling music artists of all time , as well as the most successful trio in the history of contemporary music. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997; the Hall's citation says, "Only Elvis Presley , the Beatles , Michael Jackson , Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees." With nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 , the Bee Gees are
4563-638: The "control" on their behalf in a large unit. Most NATO nations, including the United States and most European nations, use the Continental Staff System which has origin in Napoleon 's military. The Commonwealth Staff System, used by most of the Commonwealth , has its origin in the British military. One of the key purposes of a military staff is to provide accurate, timely information (which includes
4680-590: The Adjutants and General Staff officers. In this system lay the beginnings of a formal staff corps, whose members could specialise in operations, intelligence and logistics. Despite a short lived permanent staff under St-Cyr (1783–90), the French reverted to the old system in 1790, when the Revolutionary Government abolished the staff corps. When General Louis Alexandre Berthier was appointed Chief of Staff to
4797-635: The Bathroom Window " with Barry providing lead vocals, and " Sun King " with Maurice providing lead vocals, for the unsuccessful musical/documentary All This and World War II . The next album, Children of the World , released in September 1976, was filled with Barry's new-found falsetto and Weaver's synthesizer disco licks. The first single from the album was " You Should Be Dancing ", which features percussion work by musician Stephen Stills . The song pushed
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4914-469: The Beatles and directed NEMS, a British music store. Epstein passed the demo tapes to Robert Stigwood , who had recently joined NEMS. After an audition with Stigwood in February 1967, the Bee Gees signed a five-year contract whereby Polydor Records would release their records in the UK, and Atco Records would do so in the US. Work quickly began on the group's first international album, and Stigwood launched
5031-452: The Bee Gees "are there and they will never, ever part again". Maurice said, "We just discussed it and re-formed. We want to apologise publicly to Robin for the things that have been said." Earlier, in June 1970, Robin and Maurice recorded a dozen songs before Barry joined and included two songs that were on their reunion album. Around the same time, Barry and Robin were about to publish the book On
5148-567: The Bee Gees agreed with Stigwood to participate in the creation of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack . It was a turning point in their career. The cultural impact of both the film and the soundtrack was significant throughout the world, and epitomized the disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic . The band's involvement in the film did not begin until post-production. As John Travolta asserted, "The Bee Gees weren't even involved in
5265-440: The Bee Gees band that lasted through the late 1970s. Maurice, who had previously performed on piano, guitar, harpsichord, electric piano, organ, mellotron and bass guitar, as well as mandolin and Moog synthesiser , by then confined himself to bass onstage. At Eric Clapton 's suggestion, the brothers moved to Miami, Florida , early in 1975 to record at Criteria Studios . After starting off with ballads, they eventually heeded
5382-451: The Bee Gees to a level of stardom they had not previously achieved in the US, though their new R&B/disco sound was not as popular with some diehard fans. The pop ballad " Love So Right " reached No. 3 in the US, and " Boogie Child " reached US No. 12 in January 1977. The album peaked at No. 8 in the US. Following a successful live album, Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live ,
5499-529: The British Army was thought too small to support separate staff and command career streams. Officers would typically alternate between staff and command. Beevor, Inside the British Army, says instead that the terrible cleavages between staff and line units caused by the enormous losses during the trench warfare of the World War I meant that senior British officers consequently decided that all officers would rotate between staff and line responsibilities, preventing
5616-406: The Commander-in-chief. In 1796, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen augmented these with his own Observationspunkte , writing of the Chief of Staff: "he is duty bound to consider all possibilities related to operations and not view himself as merely carrying out those instructions". On 20 March 1801, Feldmarschalleutnant Duka became the world's first peacetime Generalquartiermeister at the head of
5733-556: The General Staff was the General Adjutant, who led a group of Adjutant staff selected by the army commanders to handle the details of internal administration and collating intelligence, and answered to the Commander-in-chief. The Chief of Staff became the chief adviser to the Commander-in-chief and, in a fundamental move away from the previous administrative role, the Chief of Staff now undertook operational planning, while delegating
5850-720: The Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester , England, until the late 1950s. There, in 1955, they formed the skiffle / rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes . The family then moved to Redcliffe , in the Moreton Bay Region , Queensland, Australia, and later to Cribb Island . After achieving their first chart successes in Australia as the Bee Gees, they returned to the UK in January 1967, when producer Robert Stigwood began promoting them to
5967-451: The Gibbs began their return journey to England on 4 January 1967, with Ossie Byrne travelling with them. While at sea in January 1967, the Gibbs learned that Go-Set , Australia's most popular and influential music newspaper, had declared "Spicks and Specks" the "Best Single of the Year". Before their departure from Australia to England, Hugh Gibb sent demos to Brian Epstein , who managed
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#17328527017436084-617: The Joint Staff of today works directly for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff rather than the corporate Joint Chiefs of Staff , as they did from 1947 to 1986. Under this scheme, operational command and control of military forces are not the province of the Joint Staff, but that of combatant commanders , who report through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff unless otherwise directed, to
6201-777: The Other Hand . They also recruited Geoff Bridgford as the group's official drummer. Bridgford had previously worked with the Groove and Tin Tin and played drums on Maurice's unreleased first solo album. In 1970, 2 Years On was released in October in the US and November in the UK. The lead single " Lonely Days " reached No. 3 in the United States, promoted by appearances on The Johnny Cash Show , J ohnny Carson 's Tonight Show , The Andy Williams Show , The Dick Cavett Show and The Ed Sullivan Show . Their ninth album, Trafalgar ,
6318-479: The Rattlesnakes disbanded when Frost and Horrocks left, so the Gibb brothers then formed Wee Johnny Hayes and the Blue Cats, with Barry as "Johnny Hayes". In August 1958, the Gibb family, including older sister Lesley and infant brother Andy (born in March 1958), emigrated to Australia and settled in Redcliffe, Queensland , just north-east of Brisbane . The young brothers began performing to raise pocket money. Speedway promoter and driver Bill Goode, who had hired
6435-435: The Sun Will Shine " and " Really and Sincerely " were included. The Horizontal album reached No. 12 in the US and No. 16 in the UK. With the release of Horizontal , they also embarked on a Scandinavian tour with concerts in Copenhagen . Around the same time, the Bee Gees turned down an offer to write and perform the soundtrack for the film Wonderwall , according to director Joe Massot . On 27 February 1968,
6552-442: The UK and No. 57 in the US. The Bee Gees felt "The Singer Sang His Song" was the stronger of the two sides, an opinion shared by listeners in the Netherlands who made it a No. 3 hit. Further Bee Gees chart singles followed: " I've Gotta Get a Message to You ", their second UK No. 1 (No. 8 US), and " I Started a Joke " (No. 6 US), both culled from the band's third album Idea . Idea reached No. 4 in
6669-410: The UK and was another top 20 album in the US (No. 17). After the tour and TV special to promote the album, Vince Melouney left the group, desiring to play more of a blues style music than the Gibbs were writing. Melouney did achieve one feat while with the Bee Gees: his " Such a Shame " (from Idea ) is the only song on any Bee Gees album not written by a Gibb brother. The band were due to begin
6786-416: The US. The next two singles, " I.O.I.O. " and " If I Only Had My Mind on Something Else ", barely scraped the charts. On 1 December 1969, Barry and Maurice parted ways professionally. Maurice started to record his first solo album, The Loner , which was not released. Meanwhile, he released the single " Railroad " and starred in the West End musical Sing a Rude Song . In February 1970, Barry recorded
6903-439: The ability to standardise staff organisations across the breadth and depth of the services, and; improve interoperability between America, Britain, Canada and Australia, as well as NATO partners that employed this system. At this time the Australian Defence Force also developed its own Joint Military Appreciation Proces s (JMAP), itself derived from the US Tactical Decision-Making Process and UK Individual Estimate. The head of
7020-408: The addition of enlisted personnel, continues to be used. After 1806, Prussia's military academies trained mid-level officers in specialist staff skills. In 1814, Prussia formally established by law a central military command— Prussian General Staff —and a separate staff for each division and corps . Despite some professional and political issues with the Prussian system, especially when viewed through
7137-481: The band, backed by the 17-piece Massachusetts String Orchestra, began their first tour of Germany with two concerts at Hamburg Musikhalle . In March 1968, the band was supported by Procol Harum (who had a hit " A Whiter Shade of Pale ") on their German tour. As Robin's partner Molly Hullis recalls: "Germans were wilder than the fans in England at the heights of Beatlemania ." The tour schedule took them to 11 venues in as many days with 18 concerts played, finishing with
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#17328527017437254-404: The boys began to sing in harmony. The story is told that they were going to lip-sync to a record in the local Gaumont cinema (as other children had done on previous weeks), but, as they were running to the theatre, the fragile shellac 78-RPM record broke. The brothers had to sing live but received such a positive response from the audience that they decided to pursue a singing career. In May 1958,
7371-489: The brothers met the American-born songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur Nat Kipner , who had just been appointed A&R manager of a new independent label , Spin Records . Kipner briefly took over as the group's manager and successfully negotiated their transfer to Spin in exchange for granting Festival the Australian distribution rights to the group's recordings. Through Kipner the Bee Gees met engineer-producer, Ossie Byrne , who produced (or co-produced with Kipner) many of
7488-429: The brothers to entertain the crowd at the Redcliffe Speedway in 1960, introduced them to Brisbane radio-presenter jockey Bill Gates. The crowd at the speedway would throw money onto the track for the boys, who generally performed during the interval of meetings (usually on the back of a truck that drove around the track) and, in a deal with Goode, any money they collected from the crowd they were allowed to keep. Gates named
7605-438: The brothers' experience of living in that city. It was released on his posthumous album 50 St. Catherine's Drive . The house was demolished in 2016. A minor hit in 1965, " Wine and Women ", led to the group's first LP, The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs . By 1966 Festival Records was, however, on the verge of dropping them from the Leedon roster because of their perceived lack of commercial success. At this time
7722-427: The budget officer in the operations section of the intelligence department; A1.1-1-1 might simply be a receptionist). The manpower or personnel officer 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 to be given to
7839-440: The chief of the column staff and his principal task would be to help the commander to understand what was intended. When Karl Mack von Leiberich became chief of staff of the army under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in the Netherlands, he issued the Instruktionspunkte für gesammte Herren Generals , the last of 19 points setting out the roles of staff officers, dealing with offensive and defensive operations, while helping
7956-472: The command overall, clarifying matters overall. This frees up the most senior members of the command at each level for decision making and issuing direction for further research or information gathering (perhaps requiring men to put their lives at risk to gather additional intelligence). Operations staff officers also are tasked with battle planning both for offensive and defensive conditions, and issuing contingency plans for handling situations anticipated during
8073-407: The continental system, 1 is higher ranking than 2 followed by 3. Despite being called GSO, ASO and QSO in English, all of them are translated as either စစ်ဦးစီးမှူး for G (or) ဦးစီးအရာရှိ for A and Q in Burmese . You can check the 2010/2011 military command structure of Myanmar in the photo shown below which still uses the same staff system G Branch, called စစ်ဦးစီး or ဦး for short in Burmese,
8190-405: The development of a separate general staff corps. The National Security Act of 1947 instead created a Joint Staff populated by military service members who, rather than becoming career staff officers on the German general staff model, rotate into (and back out of) joint staff positions. Following the major revision of Title 10 of the United States Code by the Goldwater–Nichols Act in 1986,
8307-410: The earlier Spin recordings, most of which were cut at his own small, self-built St Clair Studio in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville . Byrne gave the Gibb brothers virtually unlimited access to St Clair Studio over a period of several months in mid-1966. The group later acknowledged that this enabled them to significantly improve their skills as recording artists. During this productive time, they recorded
8424-620: The enemy to determine what the enemy is doing or might do, to prevent the accomplishment of the enemy's mission. This office may also control maps and geographical information systems and data. At the unit level, the S-2 is the unit's security officer, and the S-2 section manages all security clearance issues for the unit's personnel. Other duties of the S-2 often include intelligence oversight and physical security . The operations office may include plans and training. The operations office plans and coordinates operations, and all things necessary to enable
8541-553: The film Melody . In 1972, they hit No. 16 in the US with the non-album single " My World ", backed by Maurice's composition " On Time ". Another 1972 single, " Run to Me " from the LP To Whom It May Concern , returned them to the UK top 10 for the first time in three years. Bridgford left the group partway through recording, and the band chose not to hire a new member to replace him. The resulting three-piece lineup of Barry, Robin and Maurice would remain unbroken for
8658-444: The final cut of the film and Pentangle drummer Terry Cox was recruited to complete the recording of songs for the album. A proposed feature film starring the group, Lord Kitchener's Little Drummer Boys , was not made. After the album was released in early 1970, it seemed that the Bee Gees were finished. The leadoff single, " Don't Forget to Remember ", was a big hit in the UK, reaching No. 2, but only reached No. 73 in
8775-506: The flipside, " Lamplight ", should have been the A-side, Robin quit the group in mid-1969 and launched a solo career. The first of many Bee Gees compilations, Best of Bee Gees , was released featuring the non-LP single " Words " plus the Australian hit " Spicks and Specks ". The single " Tomorrow Tomorrow " was also released and was a moderate hit in the UK, where it reached No. 23, but it
8892-550: The floor. On 17 March, the band performed "Words" on The Ed Sullivan Show . The other artists who performed on that night's show were Lucille Ball , George Hamilton and Fran Jeffries . On 27 March 1968, the band performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Two more singles followed in early 1968: the ballad " Words " (No. 8 UK, No. 15 US) and the double A-sided single " Jumbo " backed with " The Singer Sang His Song ". "Jumbo" only reached No. 25 in
9009-457: The foreseeable future. Prior to the late 18th century, there was generally no organizational support for staff functions such as military intelligence , logistics , planning or personnel. Unit commanders handled such functions for their units, with informal help from subordinates who were usually not trained for or assigned to a specific task. Count Leopold Joseph von Daun , in a letter to Empress Maria Theresa in January 1758, pressed for
9126-401: The formation to operate and accomplish its mission. In most units, the operations office is the largest of the staff sections and considered the most important. All aspects of sustaining the unit's operations, planning future operations, and additionally planning and executing all unit training, fall under the responsibility of operations. The operations office is also tasked with keeping track of
9243-470: The group ended up playing small clubs. As Barry joked, "We ended up in, have you ever heard of Batley's the variety club in ( West Yorkshire ) England?". On the advice of Ahmet Ertegun , head of their US label Atlantic Records , Stigwood arranged for the group to record with soul music producer Arif Mardin . The resulting LP, Mr. Natural , included fewer ballads and foreshadowed the R&;B direction of
9360-529: The group lip-synched their performance. The recordings were eventually released on the "Horizontal" reissue bonus disc in 2008. The folk group the Settlers and Radio 1 disc-jockey, Kenny Everett , also performed on the programme, which was presented by the Reverend Edward H. Patey, dean of the cathedral. January 1968 began with a promotional trip to the US. Los Angeles Police were on alert in anticipation of
9477-525: The group the "BGs" (later changed to "Bee Gees") after his, Goode's and Barry Gibb's initials. The name was not specifically a reference to "Brothers Gibb", despite popular belief. During the next few years, they began working regularly at resorts on the Queensland coast. Through his songwriting, Barry sparked the interest of Australian star Col Joye , who helped the brothers get a recording deal in 1963 with Festival Records subsidiary Leedon Records under
9594-613: The individual services) is a group of officers , enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military unit in their command and control role through planning, analysis, and information gathering, as well as by relaying, coordinating, and supervising the execution of their plans and orders, especially in case of multiple simultaneous and rapidly changing complex operations. They are organised into functional groups such as administration , logistics , operations , intelligence , training , etc. They provide multi-directional flow of information between
9711-432: The information is not pertinent to the unit, it is redirected to the command level which can best utilize the condition or information. Staffs are generally the first to know of issues that affect its group. Issues that require major decisions affecting the unit's operational capability are communicated to the commanding officer. However, not all issues will be handled by the commander. Smaller matters that arise are given to
9828-438: The logistic staff can vary greatly, depending on the environment and complexity of operations. NATO in example work with a "Multinational Joint Logistic Centre", which exists outside of the force commander's staff, but runs as a separate entity/unit, with only a few logistic personnel in the commander's staff who act as liaisons. The plans and strategy office is responsible for civil military operations (CMO) strategy planning. At
9945-466: The mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s. The group wrote all their own original material, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists, and are regarded as one of the most important and influential acts in pop-music history. They have been referred to in the media as The Disco Kings, Britain's First Family of Harmony, and The Kings of Dance Music . Born on the Isle of Man to English parents,
10062-474: The military forces, the government or non-government civilian organizations and authorities, and the civilian populace in a friendly, neutral, or hostile area of operations in order to facilitate military operations and consolidate and achieve mission objectives. The "Commonwealth staff system", used by most Commonwealth nations, is largely based on the British military's staff system with nation-specific variations. Following Australia's Federation in 1901,
10179-435: The moment he took over the army the following year and he would use Berthier's system throughout his wars. Crucially, Napoleon remained his own intelligence chief and operational planner, a workload which, ultimately, not even he could cope with. Overall staff system structure is generally similar to the pre 1984 British Army system with G Branch, A Branch and Q Branch with slightly different staff officer position names. Unlike
10296-521: The movie in the beginning ... I was dancing to Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs ." Producer Robert Stigwood commissioned the Bee Gees to create the songs for the film. The brothers wrote the songs "virtually in a single weekend" at Château d'Hérouville studio in France. Barry Gibb remembered the reaction when Stigwood and music supervisor Bill Oakes arrived and listened to the demos: They flipped out and said these will be great. We still had no concept of
10413-438: The movie, except some kind of rough script that they'd brought with them. ... You've got to remember, we were fairly dead in the water at that point, 1975, somewhere in that zone—the Bee Gees' sound was basically tired. We needed something new. We hadn't had a hit record in about three years. So we felt, Oh Jeez, that's it. That's our life span, like most groups in the late '60s. So, we had to find something. We didn't know what
10530-508: The name "Bee Gees". The three released two or three singles a year, while Barry supplied additional songs to other Australian artists. In 1962 the Bee Gees were chosen as the supporting act for Chubby Checker 's concert at the Sydney Stadium. From 1963 to 1966, the Gibb family lived at 171 Bunnerong Road, Maroubra , in Sydney. Just before his death, Robin Gibb recorded the song "Sydney" about
10647-460: The needs of the unit. Senior Enlisted Personnel task personnel in the maintenance of tactical equipment and vehicles. Senior Analysts are tasked with the finalizing of reports, and their enlisted personnel participate in the acquisition of information from subordinate staffs and units. This hierarchy places decision making and reporting under the auspices of the most experienced personnel and maximizes information flow of pertinent information sent out of
10764-477: The office and the officer in charge of it. The continental staff system can be carried down to the next level: J1.3 (or J13 , sometimes the dot-separator is omitted) is thus the operations officer of the personnel office of a joint headquarters, but the exact definition of the roles at this level may vary. Below this, numbers can be attached following a hyphen, but these are usually only positional numbers assigned arbitrarily to identify individuals ( G2.3-2 could be
10881-945: The oldest high schools in Queensland, Australia Brighton Grammar School , in Melbourne, Australia Bristol Grammar School , an independent grammar school in Bristol, England Burnham Grammar School , a co-educational grammar school in Burnham, Buckinghamshire Bury Grammar School , an independent grammar school in Greater Manchester, England Transport [ edit ] Begusarai railway station , Bihar, India, Indian Railways station code Bugis MRT station , Singapore, MRT station abbreviation Other uses [ edit ] Bachelor of General Studies , an interdisciplinary undergraduate-level academic degree BackGround Sound , such as in video games and anime Beta Gamma Sigma ,
10998-518: The position of a modern Chief of Staff: "The Chief of Staff stands at the side of the Commander-in-Chief and is completely at his disposal. His sphere of work connects him with no specific unit". "The Commander-in-Chief decides what should happen and how; his chief assistant works out these decisions, so that each subordinate understands his allotted task". With the creation of the Korps in 1809, each had
11115-629: The prism of the 20th century World Wars, their General Staff concept has been adopted by many large armies in existence today. Before the Crimean War staff work was looked at "with great disdain" in the British Army ; the hardships of that war caused by disorganization led to a change in attitude. The General Staff in Britain was formed in 1905, and reorganized again in 1908. Unlike the Prussian staff system,
11232-667: The remainder of the band's active years. On 24 November 1972, the band headlined the "Woodstock of the West" Festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum (which was a West Coast answer to Woodstock in New York), which also featured Sly and the Family Stone , Stevie Wonder and the Eagles . Also in 1972, the group sang " Hey Jude " with Wilson Pickett . By 1973, however, the Bee Gees were in
11349-446: The rest of the band put away instrumental tracks and demos. By 1969, Robin began to feel that Stigwood had been favouring Barry as the frontman. The Bee Gees' performances in early 1969 on the Top of the Pops and The Tom Jones Show , singing "I Started a Joke" and "First of May" as a medley, were the final appearances of the group with Robin. Their next album, which was to have been
11466-454: The rest of their career. When it, too, failed to attract much interest, Mardin encouraged them to work within the soul music style. The brothers attempted to assemble a live stage band that could replicate their studio sound. Lead guitarist Alan Kendall had come on board in 1971 but did not have much to do until Mr. Natural . For that album, they added drummer Dennis Bryon, and they later added ex- Strawbs keyboard player Blue Weaver, completing
11583-524: The results of contingency planning) on which command decisions are based. A goal is being able to suggest approaches or help produce well-informed decisions that will effectively manage and conserve unit resources. In addition to generating information, the staff also manages the flow of communication within the unit and around it. While controlled information flow toward the commander is a priority, those useful or contingent in nature are communicated to lower-level units and/or through their respective staffs. If
11700-414: The routine work to his senior staff officers. Staff officers were drawn from line units and would later return to them, the intention being that they would prove themselves as leaders during their time with the staff. In a battle or when the army had detached corps, a small number of staff would be allocated to the column commander as a smaller version of headquarters. The senior man, usually a Major, would be
11817-423: The simple G , which is retained in place for modern army usage. But the increasing complexity of modern armies, not to speak of the spread of the staff concept to naval, air and other elements, has demanded the addition of new prefixes. These element prefixes are: On some occasions the letter E can also be observed, though it is not an official term. In that case it is for element and it will be used to identify
11934-642: The staff and the wartime role of the Chief of Staff was now focused on planning and operations to assist the Commander. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen himself produced a new Dienstvorschrift on 1 September 1805, which divided the staff into three: 1) Political Correspondence; 2) the Operations Directorate, dealing with planning and intelligence; 3) the Service Directorate, dealing with administration, supply and military justice. The Archduke set out
12051-408: The success of Volume 1 . On 6 April 1973 episode of The Midnight Special they performed " Money (That's What I Want) " with Jerry Lee Lewis . Also in 1973, they were invited by Chuck Berry to perform two songs with him onstage at The Midnight Special : " Johnny B. Goode " and " Reelin' and Rockin' ". After a tour of the United States in early 1974 and a Canadian tour later in the year,
12168-434: The surviving members of the group. Born on the Isle of Man during the late 1940s, the Gibb brothers moved to their father Hugh Gibb 's home town Chorlton-cum-Hardy , Manchester, England, in 1955. They formed a skiffle /rock-and-roll group, the Rattlesnakes , which consisted of Barry on guitar and vocals, Robin and Maurice on vocals, and friends Paul Frost on drums and Kenny Horrocks on tea-chest bass . In December 1957,
12285-565: The third-most successful band in Billboard charts history behind only the Beatles and the Supremes . Following Maurice's sudden death in 2003 aged 53, Barry and Robin retired from the group after 45 years of activity. However, in 2009 Robin announced that he and Barry had agreed the Bee Gees would re-form and perform again. Robin died in 2012, aged 62, and Colin Petersen died in 2024, aged 78, leaving Barry, Vince Melouney , and Geoff Bridgford as
12402-457: The title BGS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BGS&oldid=1251721363 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bee Gees The Bee Gees were
12519-613: The training branch and utilizing 7 for engineering (as seen in US Military Sealift Command and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) ) and replacing 9 with a legal branch (making CIMIC a part of another branch, i.e. 2 or 4) as seen with the UK Permanent Joint Headquarters. Derived from the Prussian Große Generalstab (Great General Staff), traditionally these staff functions were prefixed by
12636-483: The unit level, the S-5 is the primary adviser to the commander on the civilian-to-military and military-to-civilian impact of the mission/operation within the host nation's (HN) area of interest (AOI), area of operations (AO), or the target area of interest (TAOI). The G5 serves as the mission support office (MSO) at the division level and HHC for civil military plans and strategy. The signal office directs all communications and
12753-507: The urging of Mardin and Stigwood, and crafted more dance-oriented disco songs, including their second US No. 1, " Jive Talkin' ", along with US No. 7 " Nights on Broadway ". The band liked the resulting new sound. This time the public agreed by sending the LP Main Course up the charts. This album included the first Bee Gees songs wherein Barry used falsetto , something that became
12870-509: The weekly training schedules. In most military units (i.e., battalion , regiment , and brigade ), the operations officer carries the same rank as the executive officer (XO), but ranks third in the unit's chain of command while the other staff officers are one rank lower. For example, in a battalion, the S-3 would hold the rank of major (like the battalion XO), while the remaining staff officers are captains or lieutenants . The logistics office
12987-507: The world, launching the most popular period of the disco era. They also penned the song " If I Can't Have You ", which became a US No. 1 hit for Yvonne Elliman , while the Bee Gees' own version was the B-side of "Stayin' Alive". Such was the popularity of Saturday Night Fever that two different versions of the song " More Than a Woman " received airplay, one by the Bee Gees, which was relegated to an album track, and another by Tavares , which
13104-508: Was "Spicks and Specks"), was issued to radio stations with a blank white label listing only the song title. Some DJs immediately assumed this was a new single by the Beatles and started playing the song in heavy rotation . This helped the song climb into the top 20 in both the UK and US. No such chicanery was needed to boost the Bee Gees' next single, " To Love Somebody ", into the US Top 20. Originally written for Otis Redding , "To Love Somebody",
13221-566: Was going to happen. Bill Oakes, who supervised the soundtrack, asserts that Saturday Night Fever did not begin the disco craze but rather prolonged it: "Disco had run its course. These days, Fever is credited with kicking off the whole disco thing—it really didn't. Truth is, it breathed new life into a genre that was actually dying." Three Bee Gees singles—" How Deep Is Your Love " (US No. 1, UK No. 3), " Stayin' Alive " (US No. 1, UK No. 4) and " Night Fever " (US No. 1, UK No. 1)—charted high in many countries around
13338-570: Was on it and that was amazing because we'd seen pictures of him in the Beatles fan club book, so we thought we were really there! That show had Lulu , us, the Move , and the Stones doing ' Let's Spend the Night Together '. You have to remember this was really before the superstar was invented so you were all in it together. In late 1967, they began recording their second album. On 21 December 1967, in
13455-451: Was only No. 54 in the US. The compilation reached the top 10 in both the UK and the US. While Robin pursued his solo career, Barry, Maurice and Petersen continued as the Bee Gees on their next album, Cucumber Castle . The band made their debut performance without Robin at Talk of the Town . They had recruited their sister, Lesley, to participate in at least one performance at this time as
13572-463: Was released in late 1971. The single " How Can You Mend a Broken Heart " was their first to hit No. 1 on the US charts, while " Israel " reached No. 22 in the Netherlands. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" also brought the Bee Gees their first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals . Later that year, the group's songs were included in the soundtrack for
13689-592: Was the hit. During a nine-month period beginning in the Christmas season of 1977, seven songs written by the brothers held the No. 1 position on the US charts for 27 of 37 consecutive weeks: three of their own releases, two for brother Andy Gibb , the Yvonne Elliman single, and " Grease ", performed by Frankie Valli . Staff (military)#Corps level A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff , navy staff , or air staff within
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