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Allied Command Operations. “ VIGILIA PRETIUM LIBERTATIS ”. Thursday, 13 Maggio 2014. CDR Alessandro STOCCO Italian Navy. Notice. ALL MATERIAL MAY BE USED IN ARTICLES. HOWEVER, NO NAMES AND NO QUOTES MAY BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION.
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Allied Command Operations “VIGILIA PRETIUM LIBERTATIS” Thursday, 13 Maggio 2014 CDR Alessandro STOCCO ItalianNavy NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Notice ALL MATERIAL MAY BE USED IN ARTICLES. HOWEVER, NO NAMES AND NO QUOTES MAY BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION. IF ATTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT THE INFORMATION IS REQUIRED, “A NATO OFFICIAL” SHOULD BE USED.
Agenda 1300 - NATO, SHAPE and ACO (and Operations) 1400 - Coffee / Tea Break 1430 – Second Briefing 1515 - Questions & Answers session 1600 - Departure NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Defensive Alliance Washington Treaty 4 April, 1949 NATO IS NOT A CHARITY Safeguard the freedom and security of itsmembersthroughpolitical and militarymeans. NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Open doorpolicy Multidirectionalthreats End of WarsawPact Post-WW2 Cold War - communistthreat • 2004 • (26) BULGARIA • ESTONIA • LATVIA LITHUANIA ROMANIA • SLOVAKIA • SLOVENIA Integration of Eastern Europe • 2009 • (28) ALBANIA CROATIA 1949 (12) BELGIUM CANADA • DENMARK FRANCE ICELAND ITALY • LUXEMBOURG • NORWAY • PORTUGAL • THE NETHERLANDS • UNITED KINGDOM • UNITED STATES • 1999 • CZECH REPUBLIC HUNGARIA POLAND • 1955 (15) • FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 1982 SPAIN • 1952 GREECE • TURKEY An adaptable Alliance
Operations & missions 6 0 1993 2014 From static to dynamic NATO UNCLASSIFIED
NATO Relationships N-RC RUS N-UC UKR N-GC PFP GEO MD PARTNERS ACROSS THE GLOBE ICI NZL JPN AFG MGL AUS KOR IRQ PAK NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Politicians and militaries NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL - NAC MILITARY COMMITTEE - MC Other Committees Other Committees Other Committees Chairman Military Committee General KnudBartels Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen International Staff International Military Staff NATO HEADQUARTERS Allied Command Operations Allied Command Transformation STRATEGIC COMMANDS SACEURGeneral Philip M. Breedlove SACTGeneral Jean-Paul Paloméros NATO UNCLASSIFIED
SHAPE Command Group SupremeAllied Commander Europe (SACEUR) DeputySupremeAllied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) SHAPE Chief of Staff (COS) GENERAL Philip M. BREEDLOVEUS Air Force “dual-hatted” as COMMANDER US European Command GENERAL Sir Adrian BRADSHAWBritish Army “dual-hatted” as OPERATIONAL COMMANDEREU Operation ALTHEA GENERAL Werner FREERSGerman Army
SACEUR General Philip M. BREEDLOVE • Plans and conducts NATO military operations; • Gives military advice to NATO’s political and military authorities; • Senior military spokesman; • Develops relationships with partners and contact countries.