# Staff

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**Staff** may refer to:

## Pole

- [Walking staff](/source/Walking_staff), an instrument used for balance when walking
- Staff, a weapon used in [stick-fighting](/source/Stick-fighting) - [Quarterstaff](/source/Quarterstaff), a European pole weapon
- [Staff of office](/source/Staff_of_office), a pole that indicates a position
- [Staff (railway signalling)](/source/Staff_(railway_signalling)), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particular stretch of single track
- [Level staff](/source/Level_staff), also called levelling rod, a graduated rod for comparing heights
- [Fire staff](/source/Fire_staff), a staff of wood or metal and Kevlar, used for fire dancing and performance
- [Flagstaff](/source/Flag#Flagpoles), on which a flag is flown
- [Scout staff](/source/Scout_staff), a shoulder-high pole traditionally carried by Boy Scouts, for various uses in emergencies
- [Pilgrim's staff](/source/Pilgrim's_staff), a walking stick used by pilgrims during their pilgrimages

## Military

- [Staff (military)](/source/Staff_(military)), the organ of military command and planning
- [USS *Staff* (AM-114)](/source/USS_Staff_(AM-114)), a United States Navy minesweeper
- Smart Target-Activated Fire and Forget (XM943 STAFF), an American-made experimental [120×570mm NATO](/source/120%C3%97570mm_NATO) tank gun shell

## People

- [Staff (name)](/source/Staff_(name)), a list of people with either the surname or nickname

## Other uses

- People in [employment](/source/Employment) within any organization, for instance: - civil staff or civilian staff, referring to an organisation's civilian support staff, often in an otherwise uniformed organisation such as a police service. One notable example is the [civil staff](/source/Metropolitan_Police#Staff_and_PCSOs) of the [Metropolitan Police Service](/source/Metropolitan_Police_Service) in London.
- [Staff (music)](/source/Staff_(music)), a set of five horizontal lines upon which notes are placed in written music notation
- [Staff (building material)](/source/Staff_(building_material)) (short for *staffieren*), an artificial stone product used as ornament
- [Jack Staff](/source/Jack_Staff), British superhero
- [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire), a county in England
- Staff, a nickname for the [Staffordshire Bull Terrier](/source/Staffordshire_Bull_Terrier)

## See also

- *[Celastrus](/source/Celastrus)*, a shrub genus commonly known as the staff vine or staff tree
- *[Staphylococcus](/source/Staphylococcus)*, often shortened to "staph", bacteria which can cause infection

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