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NATO Military Committee

Body of NATO composed of member states' Chiefs of Defence

Field	Value
unit_name	NATO Military Committee
image_size	150px
garrison	Brussels, Belgium
garrison_label	Location
website	NATO.int
commander1	Mark Rutte
commander1_label	Secretary General
commander2	Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone
commander2_label	Chair
commander3	Lieutenant General Winston P. Brooks Jr.
commander3_label	Deputy Chair
commander4	Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrėnas
commander4_label	Director General of the International Military Staff
commander9_label
identification_symbol	[[File:Coat of arms of the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.svg	100x100px]]
identification_symbol_label	Chair's arms
identification_symbol_2	[[File:Coat of arms of the Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.svg	100x100px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	Deputy Chair's arms
identification_symbol_3	[[File:Coat of arms of the International Military Staff.svg	100x100px]]
identification_symbol_3_label	International Military Staff's arms
identification_symbol_4	[[File:Flag of the International Military Staff.svg	100x100px]]
identification_symbol_4_label	International Military Staff's flag

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s Military Committee ( MC) is the body that is composed of member states' chiefs of defence (CHOD). These national CHODs are regularly represented in the MC by their permanent Military Representatives (MilRep), who often are officers of the rank of general and admiral. Like the Council, from time to time the Military Committee also meets at a higher level, namely at the level of Chiefs of Defence, the most senior military officer in each nation's armed forces.

Role

The MC assists and advises the North Atlantic Council (NAC), Defence Planning Committee (DPC), and Nuclear Planning Group (NPG) on military matters including policy and strategy. Its principal role is to provide direction and advice on military policy and strategy. It provides guidance on military matters to the Supreme Allied Commanders of Allied Command Operations and Allied Command Transformation, whose representatives attend its meetings, and is responsible for the overall conduct of the military affairs of the Alliance under the authority of the Council. The executive body of the MC is the International Military Staff (IMS).

Current NATO Chiefs of Defence

United Kingdom
Chief of the Defence Staff of the
United Kingdom
Member since
[[File:Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton 2024.jpg	137x137px]]
Air Chief Marshal
Sir Richard Knighton
of the
United States
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the
United States
Member since
[[File:General John D. Caine.jpg	137x137px]]
General
Dan Caine
of the

History

Until 2008 the Military Committee excluded France, due to that country's 1966 decision to remove itself from NATO's integrated military structure, which it rejoined in 1995. Until France rejoined NATO, it was not represented on the Defence Planning Committee, and this led to conflicts between it and NATO members. Such was the case in the lead up to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Established in 1949 during the first Council session in Washington, the Military Committee is NATO's highest military authority and advises the NAC and NATO's strategic commanders, the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe. File:Coat of arms of Allied Command Atlantic.svg|Allied Command Atlantic File:Coat of arms of Allied Commad Channel.svg|Allied Command Channel File:Greater coat of arms of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (1982–1999).svg|Allied Command Europe (Supreme Headquarters)

References

NATO Handbook, 50th Anniversary Edition, 1998-99, 234.
[https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_64557.htm?selectedLocale=en International Military Staff], Jun 15, 2017, retrieved Feb 20, 2018.
Fuller, Thomas. (18 February 2003). "Reaching accord, EU warns Saddam of his 'last chance'". International Herald Tribune.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49633.htm, ''NATO Military Committee'', Dec 7, 2017, retrieved Feb 15, 2018.

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