Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

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Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the central military command headquarters of NATO’s Allied Command Operations, responsible for planning and executing the alliance’s collective defense missions in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO body
military headquarters
strategic command headquarters
abbreviation SHAPE
coordinatesWith NATO military commands
surface form: NATO Joint Force Commands

NATO military commands
surface form: NATO strategic commands
country Belgium
establishedBy NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
hasAcronym SHAPE
hasBuildingType military installation
hasCommanderTitle Supreme Allied Commander Europe
hasFunction command and control of NATO operations in Europe
hasGarrison Casteau
Mons
hasMotto Vigilia Pretium Libertatis
hasWebsite https://shape.nato.int
headquartersFor Allied Command Operations
NATO military commands
surface form: NATO military operations in Europe
inception 1951
jurisdiction NATO member states
locatedIn Casteau
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Hainaut
surface form: Hainaut Province

Wallonia
locatedNear Mons
mission collective defense of NATO member states
cooperative security operations
crisis management operations
movedToCurrentLocation 1967
officialLanguage English
French
operatesIn European theatre
originalCountry France
originalLocation Rocquencourt
parentOrganization NATO Military Committee
NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
partOf Allied Command Operations
NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
reasonForRelocation withdrawal of France from NATO integrated military command
regionServed Europe
reportsTo North Atlantic Council
role central military command headquarters of NATO’s Allied Command Operations
executing NATO collective defense missions in Europe
planning NATO collective defense missions in Europe
securityAlliance NATO
shortName SHAPE
subordinateTo Supreme Allied Commander Europe
translationOfMotto The price of freedom is vigilance
typeOfCommand operational strategic command

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EUNAVFOR Atalanta commandStructure Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
this entity surface form: Operational Headquarters (OHQ) in Europe
Casteau, near Mons, Belgium contains Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
subject surface form: Casteau
Casteau contains Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Commander, United States European Command dualHattedWith Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
this entity surface form: NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
NATO military commands hasPart Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Allied Command Operations headquarters Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
ACO headquartersLocation Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
subject surface form: Allied Command Operations
NATO missions isHeadquarteredAt Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
NATO Special Operations Headquarters locatedAt Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Deputy Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe locatedIn Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
NATO Land Command parentOrganization Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Deputy SACEUR seat Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Supreme Allied Commander Europe seat Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum subordinateTo Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Allied Joint Force Command Naples subordinateTo Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
NATO Maritime Command subordinateTo Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Deputy SACEUR worksAt Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe