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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).

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

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