Maritime Forces Atlantic

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Royal Canadian Navy formation military formation

Maritime Forces Atlantic is the Royal Canadian Navy’s principal Atlantic-based formation responsible for commanding and supporting naval operations in the North Atlantic and surrounding waters.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Canadian Fleet Atlantic	1
Joint Task Force Atlantic	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Canadian Navy formation ⓘ military formation ⓘ
abbreviation	MARLANT ⓘ
alliance	NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
areaOfResponsibility	North Atlantic area ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic and surrounding waters
commandedBy	Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
garrison	CFB Halifax ⓘ
hasCapability	maritime security operations ⓘ search and rescue support ⓘ sovereignty patrols ⓘ subsurface warfare ⓘ surface warfare ⓘ
hasCommandStructure	Canadian Joint Operations Command ⓘ
hasComponent	Maritime Forces Atlantic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canadian Fleet Atlantic Maritime Operations Group ⓘ various support and training units at CFB Halifax ⓘ
hasMission	contribute to international peace and security through maritime operations ⓘ defend Canada and North America in the maritime domain on the Atlantic coast ⓘ
hasPrimaryBase	CFB Halifax ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Halifax ⓘ surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
location	Halifax ⓘ surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia
militaryBranch	Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
operatesIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Canadian Atlantic waters ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
partOf	Canadian forces ⓘ surface form: Canadian Armed Forces Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
responsibleFor	Atlantic-based naval operations of the Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ command of Royal Canadian Navy ships in the North Atlantic ⓘ support of Royal Canadian Navy ships in the North Atlantic ⓘ
role	maritime defence of Canada’s Atlantic approaches ⓘ readiness and training of Atlantic fleet units ⓘ support to NATO maritime operations in the North Atlantic ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
task	conduct naval operations in the North Atlantic ⓘ provide ships and crews at high readiness ⓘ support joint and combined operations ⓘ
theatre	Atlantic Theater ⓘ surface form: Atlantic theatre of operations
typeOfCommand	operational-level naval command ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian Joint Operations Command → hasComponent → Maritime Forces Atlantic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joint Task Force Atlantic

Maritime Forces Atlantic → hasComponent → Maritime Forces Atlantic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian Fleet Atlantic

Royal Canadian Navy → operationalCommand → Maritime Forces Atlantic ⓘ