The Atlantic Command has always been under the command of a four-star admiral.
At home, the Atlantic Command and Pacific Command were created to direct home defence efforts.
Long-range radars and ships assigned to the Atlantic Command in Norfolk, Va., scan the Caribbean.
The 6th and 8th Divisions were disposed in Pacific Command; the 7th later was sent as a general reserve for the Atlantic Command.
The unit served in Labrador in a home defence role as part of Atlantic Command from June 1942 to July 1943.
In deciding to withdraw 6,000 troops, Mr. Clinton was approving a recommendation by the Atlantic Command, which oversaw the Haiti operation.
This unit served in Canada in a home defence role as part of Atlantic Command until it was disbanded on 15 August 1943.
The 7th Infantry Division of the Canadian Army was mobilized in the spring of 1942 and assigned for home defence within Atlantic Command.
It is nestled in the enormous Joint Forces Command, formerly known as the Atlantic Command, which supervises more than half of the nation's armed forces.
Atlantic Command may refer to: