Allied Maritime Command
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Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) |
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| Lineup | December 1, 2012 |
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 NATO
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| Armed forces | NATO |
| Insinuation | Allied Command Operations (ACO) |
| Location | Northwood Headquarters , London Borough of Hillingdon |
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| commander | Vice Admiral Clive Johnstone ( Royal Navy ) |
| Deputy Commander | Vice Admiral Bruno Paulmier ( French Navy ) |
| Chief of Staff | Rear Admiral Giorgio Lazio ( Marina Militare ) |
The Allied Maritime Command , briefly MARCOM is a NATO - command authority for conducting naval forces . Its headquarters are in Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon , Great Britain and within the NATO command structure it is subordinate to the Allied Command Operations (ACO) in the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium.
history
The command of the Allied naval forces was reorganized in 2012 and goes back to the previous command structure in Northwood, the Eastern Atlantic Area (EASTLANT) under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic (CINCEASTLANT) from 1952 to 2004. It was subordinate to the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT).
This was followed by a transformation to Command Component Maritime Northwood (CC-MAR Northwood) and existed from 2004 to March 2010 and then from 2010 to 2012 as Allied Maritime Command Northwood (MC Northwood) and was subordinate to the Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFC Brunssum).
In June 2011, the NATO defense ministers again adjusted the NATO command structure as part of a new Alliance Maritime Strategy (AMS) and, from December 1, 2012, transformed the previous Allied Maritime Command Northwood (MC Northwood) into Allied Maritime Command , or MARCOM for short , detached from JFC Brunssum and reports directly to Allied Command Operations (ACO) on an operational level .
MARCOM is also involved in the NATO operations Ocean Shield to combat piracy off the Somali coast and Active Endeavor to detect and deter terrorist activities in the Mediterranean region.
Subordinate commands
The four command groups are under the command of MARCOM:
- NATO Surface Command (COMSURFNATO), since April 4, 2019
- NATO Submarine Command (COMSUBNATO), since February 2012 and emerged from the two command areas COMSUBNORTH and COMSUBSOUTH
- NATO Maritime Air Command (COMMARAIR)
- NATO Shipping Center (NSC) with Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS) and Allied Worldwide Navigation Information System (AWNIS) .
as well as the four permanent maritime task forces belonging to the NATO Response Force (NRF);
Standing NATO Maritime Groups:
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Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 - SNMG1 -
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Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 - SNMG2 -
Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Groups:
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Standing NATO Maritime Mine Countermeasure Group 1 -SNMCMG1 -
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Standing NATO Maritime Mine Countermeasure Group 2 -SNMCMG2 -
List of commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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| 04 | Keith Blount ( Royal Navy ) | June 27, 2019 | constantly |
| 03 | Clive Johnstone ( Royal Navy ) | October 13, 2015 | June 27, 2019 |
| 02 | Peter Hudson ( Royal Navy ) | February 14, 2013 | October 13, 2015 |
| 01 | George Zambellas ( Royal Navy ) | December 1, 2012 | February 14, 2013 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ MARCOM activates Surface Command. April 4, 2019, accessed May 16, 2019 .