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United States Atlantic Command
Active 1947–1999
Country United States of America
Type Unified Combatant Command
Nickname(s) USLANTCOM

United States Atlantic Command (acronym from 1947-1993 USLANTCOM, after 1993 USACOM) was a Unified Combatant Command of the United States Department of Defense. In 1999, U.S. Atlantic Command was renamed and given a new mission as United States Joint Forces Command.

USLANTCOM was active from the 1947 to 1993 as a primarily U.S. Navy command, focused upon the wartime defense of the Atlantic sea lanes against Soviet attack, with the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and other subunified commands such as the Iceland Defense Force under its authority. The Navy's leading place within the command had been marked by having Commander-in-Chief U.S. Atlantic Fleet, CINCLANTFLT acting also as the Commander-in-Chief United States Atlantic Command between 1947 and 1985. CINCLANTFLT, in addition to the LANTCOM post, also held the position of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT). There were also Army and Air Force components, CINCARLANT and CINCAFLANT.

After the end of the Cold War, a 1993 reorganization gave the Command a new acronym, USACOM, and brought United States Army Forces Command and Air Combat Command under its authority.[1] In 1999, USACOM was renamed and given a new mission as United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM). USJFCOM was closed in 2011.[Clarification needed]

List of Combatant Commanders[]

No. Image Name Start of Term End of Term Notes
1. William H P Blandy Adm. William H. P. Blandy, USN 3 February 1947 1 February 1950 [2]
2. William Fechteler Adm. William M. Fechteler, USN 1 February 1950 15 August 1951
3. ADM McCormick, Lynde D Adm. Lynde D. McCormick, USN 15 August 1951 12 April 1954
4. ADM Wright, Jerauld - Official Navy Photo Adm. Jerauld Wright, USN 12 April 1954 28 February 1960
5. Robert L Dennison Adm. Robert L. Dennison, USN 28 February 1960 30 April 1963
6. Harold Page Smith Adm. Harold P. Smith, USN 30 April 1963 30 April 1965
7. ADM Thomas Moorer Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, USN 30 April 1965 17 June 1967
8. ADM Holmes, Ephraim Adm. Ephraim P. Holmes, USN 17 June 1967 30 September 1970
9. Vice Admiral Charles Duncan Adm. Charles K. Duncan, USN 30 September 1970 31 October 1972
10. Ralph Cousins Adm. Ralph W. Cousins, USN 31 October 1972 30 May 1975
11. Isaac C. Kidd, Jr. portrait Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN 30 May 1975 30 September 1978
12. Adm. Harry D. Train II, USN 30 September 1978 30 September 1982
13. Vice Admiral Wesley L McDonald 1980s Adm. Wesley L. McDonald, USN 30 September 1982 27 November 1985
14. Adm. Lee Baggett Jr., USN 27 November 1985 22 November 1988
15. Admiral Frank Kelso, official military photo Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, USN 22 November 1988 18 May 1990
16. Leon Edney Adm. Leon A. Edney, USN 18 May 1990 13 July 1992
17. Adm. Paul D. Miller, USN 13 July 1992 31 October 1994
18. Sheehan JohnJ USMC Gen. John J. Sheehan, USMC 31 October 1994 24 September 1997
19. Admiral Harold W. Gehman, Jr. Adm. Harold W. Gehman Jr., USN 24 September 1997 7 October 1999 continued to serve as Commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command until 5 September 2000

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