This Order provides policy and procedural guidance for Service involvement in the preparation, review and implementation of STANAGs issued by allied military standardization organizations such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), American, British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Armies’ Program (ABCANZ), Air and Space Interoperability Council (ASIC) and related organizations. While ABCANZ and ASIC do not refer to their military standardization agreements as STANAGs, that term will be used throughout this document to refer to all type of military standardization agreements made with allied nations.