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

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]

• 1954–1956: Aharon Yariv, member of the founding team and the first commander^[7]
• 1969–1972: Moshe Peled
• 2001–2004: Jacob Zigdon [he], tat-aluf (Brigadier general)
• 2004–2006: Amos Ben-Abraham
• 2006–2009: Avi Ashkenazi
• 2009–2011: Noam Tivon
• 2011–2014: Harel Knafo
• 2014: Herzi Halevi
• 2014–2015: Roni Numa
• 2015–2016: Ofek Buharis [he], tat-aluf ^[8]
• 2016–2019: Udi Ben-Mocha [he], rav-aluf (Lieutenant general)
• 2019–2022: Rafi Milo, tat-aluf^[9]
• 2022–2023: Yaniv Alalof, tat-aluf
• 2023–present: Avi Bluth, tat-aluf

• National Security College (Israel)

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• Libel, Tamir (2010). "David's Shield? The Decline and Partial Rise of the IDF Command and General Staff College". Baltic Security and Defence Review. 12 (2): 50–80.