Admiralty War Staff

The Admiralty War Staff was a department of the 's Admiralty Board (which itself answered to the ) during the, responsible for overall strategic and operational naval planning. It was also responsible for coordinating the Navy's operations with the.

In the last weeks of the Clone Wars, the War Staff was dissolved and replaced by the Admiralty Naval Staff, which lasted into the.

History
With the rising tensions of the in 23 BBY, the provisional body that would become the  of the  began to organize a potential mobilization of the Republic Navy in the event of war, on orders from. The Admiralty Board came into existence as a result to manage the reorganization of the fleet into the Republic Navy. The need for a senior staff to perform strategic planning for a potential conflict was voiced early on, and it came into being shortly after the Admiralty Board did, initially led by Rear Admiral Felipe Yalkorion. The first body consisted of the Mobilization Division, in charge of creating tactical units with the new and former Judicial warships, as well as recruit additional personnel, and the Trade Division, to oversee the protection of vital merchant shipping from potential raiders.

With the outbreak of the war in 22 BBY, the two aforementioned divisions were downsized, while the newly formed Operations, Intelligence, and Munitions Divisions took a greater role.

Departments
As of 21 BBY, it consisted of the following:
 * Operations Division
 * Intelligence Division
 * Munitions Division
 * Mobilization Division
 * Trade Division