NATO Commitment
The post also came with various NATO appointments including:
- Commander in Chief Channel (CINCHAN) (until 1994)
The NATO Handbook, accessible in 1993, described the Channel Command in the following words:
CINCHAN's subordinate commanders included Commander Allied Maritime Air Force, Channel; Commander Nore Sub-Area Channel; Commander Plymouth Sub-Area, Channel; and Commander Benelux Sub-Area, Channel. CINCHAN also has under his command the NATO Standing Naval Force Channel (STANAVFOR- CHAN), a permanent force mainly comprising mine countermeasure vessels.
A Channel Committee consisting of the naval Chiefs-of-Staff of Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom served as an advisory and consultative body to the Commander-in-Chief, Channel.
- Commander in Chief East Atlantic as part of Allied Command Atlantic (until 2004)
- Commander Allied Maritime Component Command, Northwood (current)
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