Adjutant Corps

Adjutant Corps

The Israeli Adjutant Corps is a support corps in the IDF Human Resources Directorate. Its current commander is Brigadier General Moshe Alush.

The corps's designation is to assist IDF commanders in dealing with manpower, as well as soldiers' individual problems. It employs an adjutant officer (as well as assistants) in almost every unit, as well as a liaison officer in reserve units, who is responsible for the manpower aspect of the unit, as well as attending to the reservists' individual needs.

History

The corps was created in May 22, 1977 as one of three corps established as a conclusion to drawing lesson from the IDF's shortcomings in the Yom Kippur War. During the war, the hasty manner in which reserve troops were called to service posed special problems for the Human Resources Directorate, ones which the corps is designed to address.

The idea to create an adjutant corps was raised before the Yom Kippur War, but was not implemented. After the war, the necessity of the corps was understood and the Chief of Staff of the time, Mordechai Gur, in a meeting with senior officers from the Manpower Directorate (now Human Resources Directorate), decided on its creation. [Cite encyclopedia|title=Adjutant Corps - Initial Proposal|encyclopedia=IDF in Its Corps: Army and Security Encyclopedia|last=Doron|first=Alex|publisher=Revivim Publishing|year=1982|pages=90|volume=Volume 15]

The Adjutant Corps transferred from the Human Resources Directorate to the GOC Army Headquarters during the course of 2006, and the official responsibility for the corps passed to the command on January 1 of that year. However, after a while it was decided to transfer it back to the Human Resources Directorate, and it was moved on June 2008.cite web|url=http://dover.idf.il/IDF/News_Channels/bamahana/08/024/03.htm|title=Stern: We Made a Mistake by Transferring the Adjutant Corps to the GOC Army Headquarters|date=2008-06-18|accessdate=2008-06-27|author=Kosti, Nir|publisher=Bamahane he icon]

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