The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) or Chief of Staff of the Army is the appointment held by the most senior officer in several nations' armies. This appointment may refer to:
- Chief of Army (Australia)
- Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army (COAS)
- Chief of the Army Staff of the Canadian Army
- Chief of Staff of the French Army (French: Chef d'État-Major de l'Armée de Terre, CEMAT)
- Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (COAS)
- Chief of Army (New Zealand Army), see New Zealand Defence Force current senior officers
- Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan) (COAS)
- Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) (CGS)
- Chief of Staff of the United States Army (CSA)
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“There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Then he took his staff in his hand, and chose five smooth stones from the wadi, and put them in his shepherd s bag, in the pouch; his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine.”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Samuel 17:40.