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]

An overview of NATO's military command structure (NCS):

Liaison:       Provides advice and support to the NAC

Political strategic level:

North Atlantic Council

Secretary General of NATO Brussels, BE

International Staff Brussels, BE

Military strategic level:

Chair of the NATO Military Committee International Military Staff Brussels, BE

Strategic commands:

SACEUR (ACO, SHAPE) Mons, BE

SACT (ACT, HQ SACT) Norfolk, US

Tactical commands:

Transformational commands:

AIRCOM Ramstein, DE

JWC Stavanger, NO

MARCOM Northwood, GB

JALLC Lisbon, PT

LANDCOM İzmir, TR

JFTC Bydgoszcz, PL

Misc.:

JSEC Ulm, DE

Operational commands:

CIS GP Mons, BE

STRIKFORNATO Oeiras, PT

JFC-NF Norfolk, Virginia, US

JFC-NP Naples, IT

JFC-BS Brunssum, NL

Response Force:

MNC-NE Szczecin, PL

MNC-SE Sibiu, RO