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).
List of Combatant Commanders [edit]
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End of Term |
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Adm. William H. P. Blandy, USN |
February 3, 1947 |
February 1, 1950 |
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Adm. William M. Fechteler, USN |
February 1, 1950 |
August 15, 1951 |
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Adm. Lynde D. McCormick, USN |
August 15, 1951 |
April 12, 1954 |
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Adm. Jerauld Wright, USN |
April 12, 1954 |
February 28, 1960 |
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Adm. Robert L. Dennison, USN |
February 28, 1960 |
April 30, 1963 |
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Adm. Harold P. Smith, USN |
April 30, 1963 |
April 30, 1965 |
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Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, USN |
April 30, 1965 |
June 17, 1967 |
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Adm. Ephraim P. Holmes, USN |
June 17, 1967 |
September 30, 1970 |
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Adm. Charles K. Duncan, USN |
September 30, 1970 |
October 31, 1972 |
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Adm. Ralph W. Cousins, USN |
October 31, 1972 |
May 30, 1975 |
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Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN |
May 30, 1975 |
September 30, 1978 |
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Adm. Harry D. Train II, USN |
September 30, 1978 |
September 30, 1982 |
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Adm. Wesley L. McDonald, USN |
September 30, 1982 |
November 27, 1985 |
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Adm. Lee Baggett Jr., USN |
November 27, 1985 |
November 22, 1988 |
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Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, USN |
November 22, 1988 |
May 18, 1990 |
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Adm. Leon A. Edney, USN |
May 18, 1990 |
July 13, 1992 |
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Adm. Paul D. Miller, USN |
July 13, 1992 |
October 31, 1994 |
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Gen. John J. Sheehan, USMC |
October 31, 1994 |
September 24, 1997 |
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Adm. Harold W. Gehman Jr., USN |
September 24, 1997 |
October 7, 1999 |
continued to serve as Commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command until September 5, 2000 |
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