STANAG 2514
STANAG 2514 and non-combatant evacuation doctrine
National authorities implementing NATO evacuation doctrine, and defence or security suppliers whose contract names AJP-3.25
STANAG 2514 is NATO's agreement committing member nations to implement AJP-3.25, the Allied joint doctrine for non-combatant evacuation operations; it binds nations rather than suppliers.
- Edition
- 3
- Published
- 2025-11-26
What it is
The agreement behind AJP-3.25
STANAG 2514 commits NATO nations to implement AJP-3.25, Edition A, the Allied joint doctrine for non-combatant evacuation operations: the military task of moving civilians out of a country in crisis. The agreement states its purpose without hedging, as an interoperability requirement "To establish Alliance doctrine and supporting tactics, techniques, and procedures for conducting non-combatant evacuation operations."
The agreement is not the doctrine. A STANAG is how NATO nations commit to a publication: a nation ratifies it, implements it through its own orders, and a company meets it only where a contract or a tender says so. Ratification and implementation are separate steps, and a nation may ratify with reservations.
What implementation means here
The test is the same two-limbed one used across the Allied joint doctrine agreements. The STANAG "is implemented when the necessary orders/instructions have been issued directing the forces concerned to put the content of the covered standard into effect", and when that content has been included in national education, training and exercise programmes. Reporting is explicit: "Allies and NATO bodies shall provide implementation details through the electronic reporting tool (e-Reporting)."
Twelve years between editions
Edition 3 was promulgated on 26 November 2025 and supersedes "STANAG 2514, Edition 2, dated 14 May 2013". That gap is worth noticing. Anyone whose understanding of NATO evacuation doctrine was formed against the previous edition is working from a document that stood unchanged for over a decade, through a period in which several evacuations reshaped practice.
Where it sits, and what it does not do
The agreement names STANAG 2490 and AJP-3, the doctrine for the conduct of operations that this one sits beneath, and MC 0327/2, the NATO military policy for non-Article 5 crisis response operations, which is not in our catalogue. It is reviewed under AAP-03 and sets no NATO effective date.
It describes no certification, no notified body, no government quality assurance and no audit of an organisation. There is nothing here anyone is assessed against.
How we help
An evacuation is planned and conducted by armed forces and diplomats, not by a compliance platform, and this agreement asks nothing of a company. Where a defence or security supplier meets it, the demand is the ordinary one: trained people, documented procedures, and the evidence that both existed when a customer asks.
ComplyTrain holds that evidence: the controlled procedure, who was trained on it and when, and the record trail that follows. It does not plan operations, move anyone, or stand in for a national authority's decision.
What a given contract requires is set by the contract and the customer's quality clause, never by us. The standards explorer shows what else sits alongside this agreement, and we are glad to talk through what a specific tender asks for.
Standards it references
- STANAG 2490Background
- AJP-3Background
Questions
Does STANAG 2514 place any obligation on a company?
No. It binds the nations that ratify it. A company meets the doctrine only where a contract, tender or tasking names it.
What does non-combatant evacuation mean here?
The document uses it for the operations its doctrine covers: conducting the evacuation of non-combatants, with the tactics, techniques and procedures that support it. The detail is in AJP-3.25.
How does a nation implement it?
By issuing the necessary orders or instructions to the forces concerned, and by including the content in national education, training and exercise programmes.
Is there an audit or certificate attached?
No. The agreement names no assessment of any organisation; its only stated check is its own review under AAP-03.
Which edition is current?
Edition 3, promulgated 26 November 2025, superseding Edition 2 of 14 May 2013.