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 structures:

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 NATO HQ, Brussels, BE

Strategic commands:

Supreme Allied Commander Europe Allied Command Operations, Mons, BE

Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Allied Command Transformation Norfolk, US

ACO commands:

ACT commands:

Allied Air Command Ramstein, DE

Joint Warfare Centre Stavanger, NO

Allied Maritime Command Northwood, GB

Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre Lisbon, PT

Allied Land Command İzmir, TR

Joint Force Training Centre Bydgoszcz, PL

Misc.:

Joint Support and Enabling Command Ulm, DE

Operational commands:

Communications & Information Systems Group Mons, BE

Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Oeiras, PT

Joint Force Command Norfolk Norfolk, US

Allied Joint Force Command Naples Naples, IT

Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum Brunssum, NL

Response Force:

Multinational Corps Southeast Sibiu, RO

Multinational Corps Northeast Szczecin, PL

Other Staffs and Commands Responsible to SACEUR:^[2]

• NATO Airborne Early Warning Force