Staff

Staff is a term referring to certain members of a pirate crew or organization. They provide a bridge in communication between those in charge, such as the Captain or First Mate, and everyone else. A member of the staff is known as a Staff Officer.

Role and Duties
A Staff Officer provides bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units, and serves the executive function to filter information needed by the commander or shunts unnecessary information. In terms of piracy, the staff officer is the next in line to take over as captain after the first mate.

A Chief of Staff is a coordinator of supporting staff or personal assistant to the leader of an organization. In essence, they serve as the second-in-command, acting as a buffer between the leader and the members of the organization.

Pirates Staff
Cabaji is the Chief of Staff (参謀長) of the Buggy Pirates. Oddly enough, he seems to pull more favor with the captain and pull more weight with the crew, having as Mohji the first mate.

Nami served as the Chief of Staff of the Arlong Pirates, due to her immense skills in cartography, which earned her the respect of the prejudiced crew despite being the only human within an otherwise all-Fishman organization. She eventually defected and became the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates.

There are various crews that have a Staff Officer (参謀): Ideaman serves as the Staff Officer of Planning of the Krieg Pirates, Gambia is the Staff Officer of the Barto Club, and Trebol serves as the Staff Officer of the Donquixote Pirates in addition to his position as one of the four Top Executives.

Other Staff
Chess was the Head of Staff (参謀) of Drum Kingdom, serving under king Wapol; this ended when Chess was sent flying off the island by Tony Tony Chopper, and Wapol once again dethroned.

Tsuru is the Great Staff Officer (大参謀) of the Marines, and serves as the second-in-command to Fleet Admiral Sengoku at the time, despite her status as a Vice Admiral due to her veteran status.

Sabo is the Chief of Staff (参謀総長) of the Revolutionary Army. In his capacity, he is the second-in-command of the entire army, under Monkey D. Dragon himself, since the group is not pirate crew and therefore, does not have the rank of "first mate".

Translation and Dub Issues

 * In the VIZ Media translation of the series, when Cabaji was introduced, he was mislabeled as the second mate instead.

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