Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

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The Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) was one of two supreme commanders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The incumbent was always an American admiral or general, with a British admiral as deputy.

In 2003 the position was reconstituted the Allied Command Transformation (ACT). This is located in Norfolk, Virginia, where the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic was based. It is headed by the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), an American four-star admiral who is dual-hatted as commander, United States Joint Forces Command (COMUSJFCOM).

[edit] List of Supreme Allied Commanders Atlantic

	Date	Incumbent	Service
1	30 Jan 1952 - 12 Apr 1954	ADM Lynde D. McCormick	USN
2	12 Apr 1954 - 29 Feb 1960	ADM Jerauld Wright	USN
3	29 Feb 1960 - 30 Apr 1963	ADM Robert L. Dennison	USN
4	30 Apr 1963 - 30 Apr 1965	ADM Harold Page Smith	USN
5	30 Apr 1965 - 17 Jun 1967	ADM Thomas H. Moorer	USN
6	17 Jun 1967 - 30 Sep 1970	ADM Ephraim P. Holmes	USN
7	30 Sep 1970 - 31 Oct 1972	ADM Charles K. Duncan	USN
8	31 Oct 1972 - 30 May 1975	ADM Ralph W. Cousins	USN
9	30 May 1975 - 30 Sep 1978	ADM Isaac C. Kidd Jr.	USN
10	30 Sep 1978 - 30 Sep 1982	ADM Harry D. Train II	USN
11	30 Sep 1982 - 27 Nov 1985	ADM Wesley L. McDonald	USN
12	27 Nov 1985 - 22 Nov 1988	ADM Lee Baggett Jr.	USN
13	22 Nov 1988 - 18 May 1990	ADM Frank B. Kelso II	USN
14	18 May 1990 - 13 Jul 1992	ADM Leon A. Edney	USN
15	13 Jul 1992 - 31 Oct 1994	ADM Paul D. Miller	USN
16	31 Oct 1994 - 24 Sep 1997	GEN John J. Sheehan	USMC
17	24 Sep 1997 - 05 Sep 2000	ADM Harold W. Gehman, Jr.	USN
18	05 Sep 2000 - 02 Oct 2002	GEN William F. Kernan	USA
19	02 Oct 2002 - 19 Jun 2003	ADM Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr.	USN