International Staff
The International Staff (IS) is a body situated at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) headquarters (HQ) that provides advice, guidance and administrative support to the national delegations and the North Atlantic Council (NAC).[1]
The NATO Military Command Structure consists of two strategic commands and is directed by the International Military Staff:[2]
The commands under SACEUR - Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, Allied Joint Force Command Naples and Joint Force Command Norfolk are Operational Level Commands, while Headquarters Allied Air Command, Headquarters Allied Maritime Command and Headquarters Allied Land Command are Tactical Level Commands.[3] SACEUR also has operational command of the Joint Support and Enabling Command.[4]
- Liaison: Provides advice and support to the NAC
| Political strategic level: | |||||||||||||||||||
| NA Council | |||||||||||||||||||
| NATO SG Brussels, BE | IS Brussels, BE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Military strategic level: | |||||||||||||||||||
  CMC (NATO MC)
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 SACEUR (ACO, SHAPE) Mons, BE |  SACT (ACT, HQ SACT) Norfolk, US | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operational level: | |||||||||||||||||||
 JFCBS Brunssum, NL |  JWC Stavanger, NO | ||||||||||||||||||
 AIRCOM Ramstein, DE |  JALLC Lisbon, PT | ||||||||||||||||||
 MARCOM Northwood, GB |  JFTC Bydgoszcz, PL | ||||||||||||||||||
 LANDCOM İzmir, TR | |||||||||||||||||||
 CIS GP Mons, BE | |||||||||||||||||||
 JFCNP Naples, IT | |||||||||||||||||||
| JFC-NF Norfolk, Virginia, US | |||||||||||||||||||
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "NATO - Topic: International Staff".
- ^ "Command Structure" (PDF). NATO. Retrieved 19 October 2019. and "Military Command Structure". shape.nato.int. Supreme Head Allied Powers Europe. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "MILITARY COMMAND STRUCTURE". shape.nato.int. NATO. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Boeke, Sergei (13 January 2020). "Creating a secure and functional rear area : NATO's new JSEC Headquarters". nato.int. NATO. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
JSEC is part of the NATO Force Structure and under the operational command of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR).
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