Command and Staff College (Israel)

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Command and Staff College
המכללה הבין-זרועית לפיקוד ולמטה
Command and Staff College logo
Active	1954–present
Country	Israel
Allegiance	Israel Defense Forces
Commanders
Current commander	Tat Aluf Avi Bluth
Insignia
Shoulder tag

The Command and Staff College (Hebrew: המכללה הבין-זרועית לפיקוד ולמטה), abbreviated Hebrew: פּוּ"ם, פום, PUM, also translated as Inter-Service Command and Staff College, Israel, is intended for the training of senior Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers. It was established on May 31, 1954.^[1]

In the 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, all military colleges, including PUM, were merged into the IDF Military Colleges unit under the General Staff.^[4]

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.^[5]

In 2018, the University of Haifa had won the first-ever educational tender from the IDF for all military colleges, including PUM.^[6]

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1. ^ Jacob Zigdon [he], 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: PUM) was founded on May 31, 1954 and is designed to train senior IDF officers."
2. ^ Libel, Tamir (2010). "Teaching citizens to be professional soldiers: IDF responses and their implications". In A. Cohen, Stuart (ed.). The New Citizen Armies. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203861714. ISBN 9780203861714.
3. ^ Finkel, Meir (2020). "AI Singularity and the Growing Risk of Surprise: Lessons from the IDF's Strategic and Operational Learning Processes, 2014-2019" (PDF). PRISM. 8 (4): 30–39. JSTOR 26918232.
4. ^ על אודות המכללות הצבאיות
5. ^ Military Colleges, IDF website
6. ^ "University of Haifa wins tender for military colleges". Israel National News. June 25, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
7. ^ "אהרן יריב (רבינוביץ`)", official Knesset website
8. ^ Ofer, Yohai (September 22, 2014). "הרמטכ"ל הורה על שורת מינויים בכירים בצבא" [The Chief of Staff ordered a series of senior appointments in the army]. Makor Rishon. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
9. ^ Yehoshua, Yossi (May 8, 2020). "הקצין שנכנס עם חייליו למנהרת חיזבאללה ביקש לפרוש" [The officer who entered the Hezbollah tunnel with his soldiers asks to retire]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Ynet.