SACLANT

Before 2003 the Strategic Commanders were the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) but the current arrangement is to separate command responsibility between Allied Command Transformation (ACT), responsible for transformation and training of NATO forces, and Allied Command Operations, responsible for NATO operations world wide.

Sarkozy - Hello NATO, Goodbye France 2008

The old SACLANT command is gone, as such, and the NATO relationship is now with Joint Forces Command.

CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2003 2003

He'd done it for the next twenty years, plus a stint as a test pilot, commanded a carrier air wing, then a carrier, then a group, and finally topped out as SACLANT/CINCLANT/CINCLANTFLT, three very weighty hats that he'd worn comfortably enough for just over three years before removing the uniform forever.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

SACLANT is also sending an Aegis to New York, and I'd bet Pacific Fleet has some looking out for Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

But before we close this meeting, let me note that this will be the last time our two major NATO commanders SACEUR and SACLANT will address a meeting of this nature.

Statement By Secretary General Solana In Madrid Spain ITY National Archives 1997

SACLANT had learned that piece of information from Norwegian P-3 aircraft patrolling Checkpoint Charlie, the spot fifty miles offshore where Soviet submarines always submerged.

Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

USS Nimitz The message was automatically relayed to four separate communications stations, and within thirty seconds was at SACLANT headquarters.

Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA The drive from SACLANT headquarters took ten minutes.

Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

There is also the SACLANT study covering possible NATO operations in the South Atlantic, although various NATO members have been quick to point out that it does not involve any close relations with South Africa.

SOUTH AFRICA'S MILITARY AND NUCLEAR BUILD-UP 1978

We have another Supreme Commander who is concerned with the protection of the English Channel Area, but SACEUR and SACLANT as they are familiarly known, are the two principal Commanders.

Canada and NATO 1956