Command and Staff College (Israel)
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The IDF Command and Staff College (Template:Lang-he), abbreviated Template:Lang-he, PUM, also translated as Inter-Service Command and Staff College, is intended for the training of senior Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers. It was established on May 31, 1954.[1]
In mid-1980s the collected statistics showed that a significant number of senior officers paid little attention to this kind of study. This, together with the drawbacks in military training revealed during the 1982 Lebanon War, had led to a series of reorganizations,[2] continued well into 2010s.[3]
In 1991 it came under the command of the Headquarters of the IDF Military Colleges.
In 2004 it was decided to add a course for Air Force.
Eventually the two courses were merged into a single "Afek course" (named after Sharon Afek) intended for commanders and staff officers ranked Lieutenant Colonel and above from all military arms. [4]
In 2018 the University of Haifa had won the first-ever educational tender from the IDF for all military colleges, including PUM.[5]
Commanders
- 2001-2004: Jacob Zigdon, tat-aluf (Brigadier general)
- 2015-2016: Ofek Buharis, tat-aluf [6]
- 2016-2019: Udi Ben-Mocha, rav-aluf (Lieutenant general)
- 2019-present: Rafi Milo, tat-aluf[7]
See also
References
- ^ Jacob Zigdon, עיונים בתורת בניין הכוח הצבאי (Studies in the Theory of Military Force Building), 2004, Quote (translated): "The Inter-Armed Forces' College of Command and Staff (abbreviated: POM) was founded on May 31, 1954 and is designed to train senior IDF officers."
- ^ Tamir Libel, "Teaching Citizens to be Professional Soldiers: IDF Responses and Their Implications", 2010, conference paper at The Decline of Citizen Armies in Democratic States, June 18–19, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies,
- ^ Meir Finkel, "AI Singularity and the Growing Risk of Surprise Lessons from the IDF’s Strategic and Operational Learning Processes, 2014-2019", Prism 8, no. 4
- ^ Military Colleges, IDF website
- ^ "University of Haifa wins tender for military colleges", Israel National News, June 25, 2018
- ^ הרמטכ"ל הורה על שורת מינויים בכירים בצבא, Makor Rishon
- ^ הקצין שנכנס עם חייליו למנהרת חיזבאללה ביקש לפרוש, Yedioth Ahronoth
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