command authority. Command The Inspector General of the Bundeswehr (), a four-star rank (general or admiral), commanded the Armed Forces Staff. The Chief of Staff coordinated the staff work. According to the so-called Bundeswehr planning he was authorised to issue directives to the Inspectors General of the services Army, Air Force, and Navy, as well as to Inspector of the Joint Support Service Staff and Medical Service Staff. June 1, 2003, the Armed Forces Staff and Joint Support Service Staff''' were combined into a common staff authority in the MOD. Organisation The Armed Forces Staff consisted of seven staff divisions (7 Stabsabteilungen) with a total number of 42 branches (42 Referate). Staff division Fü S I – The chief of that particular division was Deputy Chief of Staff – Civic education and leadership, personnel, training, with the branches: Fü S I/1 – Principles of manning requirements Fü S I/2 – Basics of personnel planning, personnel situation, and recruitment situation of civil and military personnel of the armed forces, reserve component issues Fü S I/3 – Internal and social situation of the armed forces Fü S I/4 – Civic education and leadership Fü S I/5 – Basic training affairs of the armed forces Staff division Fü S II – Military intelligence of the Bundeswehr, with the branches: Fü S II/1 – Basic affairs and concept of military intelligence Fü S II/2 – Strategic reconnaissance; security officer of signal, electronic, and special reconnaissance; control authority of the Chief of Air Force Staff to military intelligence Fü S II/3 – National risk evaluation; situation of other states; control authority of the Chief of Army Staff to military intelligence Fü S II/4 – Military security of the Bundeswehr; control authority of the Chief of Navy Staff to military intelligence Fü S II/5 – Foreign military attachés; situation of other states Fü S II/6 – Geographic information system of the Bundeswehr; navigation in the Bundewehr Staff division Fü S III – Military policy and armament control, with the branches Fü S III/1 – Basics of military policy; bilateral relations Fü S III/2 – Basics of military strategy; German-French working group on military cooperation; studiesFA 01 Fü S III/2 – NATO; Euro Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC); basic questions of military representation of the interest in organizations; Partnership for Peace (PfP) Fü S III/3 – European Union; Western European Union; basic questions of military representation of the