Allied Command Transformation
Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is a military command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), formed in 2003 after restructuring.
Image: Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., JFCOM
Image: Lance L Smith
Image: Gen James N. Mattis
Image: Jean Paul Paloméros cropped
The Structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is complex and multi-faceted. The decision-making body is the North Atlantic Council (NAC), and the member state representatives also sit on the Defence Policy and Planning Committee (DPPC) and the Nuclear Planning Group (NPG). Below that the Secretary General of NATO directs the civilian International Staff, that is divided into administrative divisions, offices and other organizations. Also responsible to the NAC, DPPC, and NPG are a host of committees that supervise the various NATO logistics and standardisation agencies.
NATO military command and areas of responsibilities (1954)
NATO E-3A flying with United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons in a NATO exercise.