Aclant

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ACLANT or SACLNT is short for Allied Command Atlantic. Their Area of Responsibility (AOR) extends from the North Pole to the Tropic of Cancer and from the East Coast of North America to the West Coast of Africa and Europe (including Portugal, but not the English Channel, the British Isles or the Canary Islands). NATO is an Atlantic Alliance, dependent on vital sea lines for economic well-being in peacetime and survival in war. In November 2002 the Pentagon started to think about completely re-conceptualizing the operational command "which will have the entire AOR, from Europe all the way to off the shores of the United States and Canada, and the addition, or the replacement" Source: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2002/t11222002_t1120bkgr1.html