The Command and Staff College (), abbreviated , PUM, also translated as Inter-Service Command and Staff College,

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, is intended for the training of senior

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(IDF) officers. It was established on May 31, 1954. 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

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, had led to a series of reorganizations, continued well into 2010s. In 1991, all military colleges, including PUM, were merged into the

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unit under the

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.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. In 2018, the

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had won the first-ever educational tender from the IDF for all military colleges, including PUM.

Commanders

*1954–1956: Aharon Yariv, member of the founding team and the first commander *1969–1972: Moshe Peled *2001–2004: , ''tat-

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'' ( 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: , ''tat-aluf'' *2016–2019: , ''rav-aluf'' (

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) *2019–2022: Rafi Milo, ''tat-aluf'' *2022–2023: Yaniv Alalof, ''tat-aluf'' *2023–present: Avi Bluth, ''tat-aluf''

Commanders

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