Military Committee

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The Military Committee is NATO’s highest military authority, providing strategic military advice and direction to the alliance’s political leadership.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO body
advisory body
military authority
military committee
advises NATO Secretary General
North Atlantic Council
Nuclear Planning Group
chairperson Chair of the NATO Military Committee
composedOf Chiefs of Defence of NATO member countries
military representatives of NATO member countries
country international organization (no single country)
decisionMakingPrinciple consensus
domain collective defence
defence policy
military strategy
establishedBy NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
hasSubordinate Military Committee self-linksurface differs
surface form: Military Committee in Permanent Session

Military Committee self-linksurface differs
surface form: Military Representatives Committee
headquartersLocation Brussels, Belgium
language English
French
locatedIn NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
surface form: NATO Headquarters, Brussels
meets at Chiefs of Defence level
at permanent military representatives level
memberOf NATO Military Committee
surface form: NATO command structure
officialName Military Committee self-linksurface differs
oversees Allied Command Operations
Allied Command Transformation
partOf NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
reportsTo NATO Secretary General
North Atlantic Council
responsibility guiding NATO’s strategic commanders
providing consensus-based military advice
translating political guidance into military direction
role NATO’s highest military authority
provides military direction to NATO
provides strategic military advice to NATO’s political leadership
shortName MC
website https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49633.htm

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NATO hasBody Military Committee
Military Committee officialName Military Committee self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: NATO Military Committee
Military Committee hasSubordinate Military Committee self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: NATO Military Committee
this entity surface form: Military Committee in Permanent Session
Military Committee hasSubordinate Military Committee self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: NATO Military Committee
this entity surface form: Military Representatives Committee
MC hasLongForm Military Committee
MC abbreviationOf Military Committee