Editing Allgemeine SS (section)

===Full time SS personnel===

Approximately one third of the ''Allgemeine SS'' were considered "full time" meaning that they received a [[salary]] as government employees, were employed full-time in an SS office, and performed SS duties as their primary occupation.  The vast majority of such full-time SS personnel were assigned to the main SS offices that were considered part of the Allgemeine SS. By 1942, these main offices managed all activities of the SS and were divided as follows:{{sfn|Yerger|1997|pp=13–21}}{{sfn|Stackelberg|2007|p=302}}

*''Hauptamt Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer-SS'' (Main Office [[Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS]]; HaPerStab)
*''SS-Hauptamt'' ([[SS Main Office]]; SS-HA)
*''[[SS-Führungshauptamt]]'' (SS Leadership Main Office; SS-FHA)
*''Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' ([[Reich Security Main Office]]; RSHA)
*''SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt'' ([[SS Main Economic and Administrative Office]]; SS-WVHA)
*''[[Ordnungspolizei|Ordnungspolizei Hauptamt]]'' (Order Police Main Office)
*''Hauptamt SS-Gericht'' ([[SS Court Main Office]]; HA SS-Gericht)
*''SS-Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt'' ([[SS Race and Settlement Main Office]]; RuSHA)
*''SS Personalhauptamt|SS-Personalhauptamt'' ([[SS Personnel Main Office]]; SS PHA)
*''[[Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle]]'' (Coordination Center for Ethnic Germans; VoMi)
*''SS-Schulungsamt'' ([[SS Education Office]])
*''Reichskommissar für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums; RKFDV'' ([[Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood]]; RKF or RKFDV)

Main office commanders and staff were exempt from military conscription, although many, such as Heydrich, served as reservists in the regular German military.  Main office members did join the Waffen-SS, where they could accept a lower rank and serve in active combat or be listed as inactive reservists.  By 1944, with Germany's looming defeat, the draft exemption for the ''Allgemeine SS'' main offices was lifted and many junior members were ordered into combat with senior members assuming duties as Waffen-SS generals.