Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic

Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic
COMSUBLANT Emblem
Active	1941–present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Type Commander
Role	Administrative control over specific assets
Garrison/HQ	Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Virginia
Commanders
Current commander	Vice Admiral Robert Gaucher

The Commander, Naval Submarine Forces (a.k.a. COMNAVSUBFOR; and dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Submarine Force, Atlantic or COMSUBLANT) is the Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet type commander under the United States Fleet Forces Command.

The principal responsibility of the Admiral commanding is to operate, maintain, train, and equip submarines. COMSUBLANT also has additional duties as commander of NATO's Allied Submarine Command and also Commander, Naval Submarine Forces. As Commander, Naval Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR), an additional type commander role, he also supervises Commander, Submarine Force Pacific (often known as COMSUBPAC). From the 1960s to the 1990s the commander also held the NATO post of Commander, Submarines, Western Atlantic (COMSUBWESTLANT).