KarlMarx1989
8th September 2009, 19:17
1953: US overthrew Prime Minister Mossadeq of Iran and installs Shah as dictator
1954: US overthrew democratically-elected president Artenz of Guatemala and killed 200,000 Guatemalian civilians
1963: US backs the assassination of South Viet Namese president Diem
1963 - 1975: US military killed more than 4,000,000 people in southeast Asia
September 11, 1973: US staged a coup in Chile and democratically-elected president Salvador Allende was assassinated which then dictator Augusto Pinochet was installed and about 5,000 Chileans were killed
1977: US backed military rulers of El Salvador where about 70,000 Salvadorans were killed along with four christian-American nuns
1980-1988: Entered Afghanistan to fight the USSR and the Democratic Republic of Aghanistan and wore the USSR down until the Soviets withdrew all troops by 1988.
During the 1980's, US trained Osama Bin Laden and company to kill Soviet soldiers which then the CIA gave them $3,000,000
1981: Reagan administration trainded and funded "contras." About 30,000 Nicaraguans died after this
1982: US provided billions of dollars in aid to Saddam Husein for weapons to kill Iranians
1983: US gave Iran weapons to kill Iraqi soldiers
1989: CIA agent Manuel Noreiga, who served as president of Panama, constantly disobeyed orders from Washington DC in christian-America then US invaded Panama, removed Noreiga, and killed more than 3,000 Panamanian civilians.
1990: Iraq invaded Kuwait using the weapons given to them by christian-America
1991: US invaded Iraq and president of US, George Bush, reinstated dictator of Kuwait
1998: President William Clinton of christian-America ordered the bombing of a factory in Sudan which they believed was making weapons; which turned out to be an asprin factory
1991 - 2001: US planes bombed Iraq on a weekly basis where more than 500,000 Iraqi children died from the bombings and sanctions
2000 - 2001: Us provided the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan with about $245,000,000 in aid.
September 11, 2001: Osama Bin Laden used his expert CIA training to orchestrated an attack on christian-America which resulted in the death of 2,993 christian-American people
2001 - present: US soldiers have killed more than 20,000 civilians in Afghanistan and more than 7,500 in Iraq
mykittyhasaboner
8th September 2009, 22:44
Do you have anything to add?
Sure but if one is going to make a list like this it's going to be a very long one and I currently don't have the patience to do so.
I actually would like things that I missed to be added.
From Wiki, and I don't even think this list necessarily covers it all:
1945-1949
1945-49 Occupation of part of Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_occupation_of_Germany).
1945-55 Occupation of part of Austria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_occupation_of_Austria).
1945-46 Occupation of part of Italy.[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]
1945-52 Occupation of Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan).
1944-46 Temporary reoccupation of the Philippines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines) during WWII and in preparation for previously scheduled independence.[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]
1945-49 Occupation of South Korea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea) and defeat of a leftist insurgency.[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]
1946 Trieste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste) (Italy). President Truman ordered the increase of US troops along the zonal occupation line and the reinforcement of air forces in northern Italy after Yugoslav forces shot down an unarmed US Army transport plane flying over Venezia Giulia..[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)] Earlier US naval units had been sent to the scene.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172) Later the Free Territory of Trieste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Territory_of_Trieste), Zone A.
1945-47 US Marines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps) garrisoned in mainland China to oversee the removal of Soviet and Japanese forces after World War II.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-VicOcc-2)
1948 Palestine. A marine consular guard was sent to Jerusalem to protect the US Consul General.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1948 Berlin. Berlin Airlift (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Airlift) After the Soviet Union established a land blockade of the US, British, and French sectors of Berlin on June 24, 1948, the United States and its allies airlifted supplies to Berlin until after the blockade was lifted in May 1949.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1948-49 China. Marines were dispatched to Nanking to protect the American Embassy when the city fell to Communist troops, and to Shanghai to aid in the protection and evacuation of Americans.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_United_States_military _operations&action=edit§ion=19)] 1950-1959
1950-53 Korean War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War). The United States responded to North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. US forces deployed in Korea exceeded 300,000 during the last year of the conflict. Over 36,600 US military were killed in action.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1950-55 Formosa (Taiwan). In June 1950 at the beginning of the Korean War, President Truman ordered the US Seventh Fleet to prevent Chinese Communist attacks upon Formosa and Chinese Nationalist operations against mainland China.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1954-55 China. Naval units evacuated US civilians and military personnel from the Tachen Islands.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1955-64 Vietnam. First military advisors sent to Vietnam on 12 Feb 1955. By 1964, US troop levels had grown to 21,000. On 7 August 1964, US Congress approved Gulf of Tonkin resolution affirming "All necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States. . .to prevent further aggression. . . (and) assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asian Collective Defense Treaty (SEATO) requesting assistance. . ."[Vietnam timeline] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_Vietnam_timelineVietnam_timeline)
1956 Egypt. A marine battalion evacuated US nationals and other persons from Alexandria during the Suez crisis.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1958 Lebanon. Lebanon crisis of 1958 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_crisis_of_1958) Marines were landed in Lebanon at the invitation of President Camille Chamoun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Chamoun) to help protect against threatened insurrection supported from the outside. The President's action was supported by a Congressional resolution passed in 1957 that authorized such actions in that area of the world.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_United_States_military _operations&action=edit§ion=20)] 1960-1969
1959-60 The Caribbean. Second Marine Ground Task Force was deployed to protect US nationals following the Cuban revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_revolution).[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1962 Thailand. The Third Marine Expeditionary Unit landed on May 17, 1962 to support that country during the threat of Communist pressure from outside; by July 30, the 5,000 marines had been withdrawn.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1962 Cuba. Cuban Missile Crisis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis) On October 22, President Kennedy instituted a "quarantine" on the shipment of offensive missiles to Cuba from the Soviet Union. He also warned Soviet Union that the launching of any missile from Cuba against nations in the Western Hemisphere would bring about US nuclear retaliation on the Soviet Union. A negotiated settlement was achieved in a few days.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1962-75 Laos. From October 1962 until 1975, the United States played an important role in military support of anti-Communist forces in Laos.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1964 Congo (Zaire). The United States sent four transport planes to provide airlift for Congolese troops during a rebellion and to transport Belgian paratroopers to rescue foreigners.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1959-75 Vietnam War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War). US military advisers had been in South Vietnam for a decade, and their numbers had been increased as the military position of the Saigon government became weaker. After citing what he termed were attacks on US destroyers in the Tonkin Gulf, President Johnson asked in August 1964 for a resolution expressing US determination to support freedom and protect peace in Southeast Asia. Congress responded with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, expressing support for "all necessary measures" the President might take to repel armed attacks against US forces and prevent further aggression. Following this resolution, and following a Communist attack on a US installation in central Vietnam, the United States escalated its participation in the war to a peak of 543,000 military personnel by April 1969.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1965 Dominican Republic. Invasion of Dominican Republic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Power_Pack) The United States intervened to protect lives and property during a Dominican revolt and sent 20,000 US troops as fears grew that the revolutionary forces were coming increasingly under Communist control.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1967 Israel. The USS Liberty incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident), whereupon a United States Navy Technical Research Ship was attacked June 8, 1967 by Israeli armed forces, killing 34 and wounding more than 170 U.S. crew members.
1967 Congo (Zaire). The United States sent three military transport aircraft with crews to provide the Congo central government with logistical support during a revolt.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1968 Laos & Cambodia. U.S. starts secret bombing campaign against targets along the Ho Chi Minh trail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_trail) in the sovereign nations of Cambodia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia) and Laos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos). The bombings last at least two years. (See Operation Commando Hunt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Commando_Hunt))
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_United_States_military _operations&action=edit§ion=21)] 1970-1979
1970 Cambodia Campaign (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cambodia_Campaign&action=edit&redlink=1). US troops were ordered into Cambodia to clean out Communist sanctuaries from which Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacked US and South Vietnamese forces in Vietnam. The object of this attack, which lasted from April 30 to June 30, was to ensure the continuing safe withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam and to assist the program of Vietnamization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamization).[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1973 Operation Nickel Grass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nickel_Grass), a strategic airlift (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_airlift) operation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_operation) conducted by the United States to deliver weapons and supplies to Israel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel) during the Yom Kippur War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War).
1974 Evacuation from Cyprus. United States naval forces evacuated US civilians during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus).[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1975 Evacuation from Vietnam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frequent_Wind). On April 3, 1975, President Ford reported US naval vessels, helicopters, and Marines had been sent to assist in evacuation of refugees and US nationals from Vietnam.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1975 Evacuation from Cambodia. On April 12, 1975, President Ford reported that he had ordered US military forces to proceed with the planned evacuation of US citizens from Cambodia.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1975 South Vietnam. On April 30, 1975, President Ford reported that a force of 70 evacuation helicopters and 865 Marines had evacuated about 1,400 US citizens and 5,500 third country nationals and South Vietnamese from landing zones near the US Embassy in Saigon and the Tan Son Nhut Airfield.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1975 Cambodia. Mayagόez Incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayag%C3%BCez_incident). On May 15, 1975, President Ford reported he had ordered military forces to retake the SS Mayagόez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Mayag%C3%BCez), a merchant vessel which was seized from Cambodian naval patrol boats in international waters and forced to proceed to a nearby island.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1976 Lebanon. On July 22 and 23, 1974, helicopters from five US naval vessels evacuated approximately 250 Americans and Europeans from Lebanon during fighting between Lebanese factions after an overland convoy evacuation had been blocked by hostilities.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1976 Korea. Additional forces were sent to Korea after two American soldiers were killed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_Murder_Incident) by North Korean soldiers in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea while cutting down a tree.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1978 Zaire (Congo). From May 19 through June 1978, the United States utilized military transport aircraft to provide logistical support to Belgian and French rescue operations in Zaire.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_United_States_military _operations&action=edit§ion=22)] 1980-1990
1980 Iran. Operation Eagle Claw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw) On April 26, 1980, President Carter reported the use of six US transport planes and eight helicopters in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue American hostages being held in Iran.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1981 El Salvador. After a guerrilla offensive against the government of El Salvador, additional US military advisers were sent to El Salvador, bringing the total to approximately 55, to assist in training government forces in counterinsurgency.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1981 Libya. First Gulf of Sidra Incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_%281981%29) On August 19, 1981, US planes based on the carrier USS Nimitz shot down two Libyan jets over the Gulf of Sidra after one of the Libyan jets had fired a heat-seeking missile. The United States periodically held freedom of navigation exercises in the Gulf of Sidra, claimed by Libya as territorial waters but considered international waters by the United States.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1982 Sinai. On March 19, 1982, President Reagan reported the deployment of military personnel and equipment to participate in the Multinational Force and Observers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_Force_and_Observers) in the Sinai. Participation had been authorized by the Multinational Force and Observers Resolution, Public Law 97-132.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1982 Lebanon. Multinational Force in Lebanon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_Force_in_Lebanon). On August 21, 1982, President Reagan reported the dispatch of 80 Marines to serve in the multinational force to assist in the withdrawal of members of the Palestine Liberation force from Beirut. The Marines left September 20, 1982.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1982-1983 Lebanon. On September 29, 1982, President Reagan reported the deployment of 1200 marines to serve in a temporary multinational force to facilitate the restoration of Lebanese government sovereignty. On September 29, 1983, Congress passed the Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution (P.L. 98-119) authorizing the continued participation for eighteen months.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1983 Egypt. After a Libyan plane bombed a city in Sudan on March 18, 1983, and Sudan and Egypt appealed for assistance, the United States dispatched an AWACS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_Early_Warning_and_Control) electronic surveillance plane to Egypt.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1983 Grenada. Citing the increased threat of Soviet and Cuban influence and noting the development of an international airport following a bloodless Grenada coup d'ιtat and alignment with the Soviets and Cuba, the U.S. launches Operation Urgent Fury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Urgent_Fury) to invade the sovereign island nation of Grenada.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1983-89 Honduras. In July 1983 the United States undertook a series of exercises in Honduras that some believed might lead to conflict with Nicaragua. On March 25, 1986, unarmed US military helicopters and crewmen ferried Honduran troops to the Nicaraguan border to repel Nicaraguan troops.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1983 Chad. On August 8, 1983, President Reagan reported the deployment of two AWACS electronic surveillance planes and eight F-15 fighter planes and ground logistical support forces to assist Chad against Libyan and rebel forces.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1984 Persian Gulf. On June 5, 1984, Saudi Arabian jet fighter planes, aided by intelligence from a US AWACS electronic surveillance aircraft and fueled by a U.S. KC-10 tanker, shot down two Iranian fighter planes over an area of the Persian Gulf proclaimed as a protected zone for shipping.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1985 Italy. On October 10, 1985, US Navy pilots intercepted an Egyptian airliner and forced it to land in Sicily. The airliner was carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille_Lauro) who had killed an American citizen during the hijacking.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1986 Libya. Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_in_the_Gulf_of_Sidra_%281986%29) On March 26, 1986, President Reagan reported on March 24 and 25, US forces, while engaged in freedom of navigation exercises around the Gulf of Sidra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra), had been attacked by Libyan missiles and the United States had responded with missiles.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1986 Libya. Operation El Dorado Canyon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_El_Dorado_Canyon) On April 16, 1986, President Reagan reported that U.S. air and naval forces had conducted bombing strikes on terrorist facilities and military installations in the Libyan capitol of Tripoli, claiming that Libyan leader Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_al-Gaddafi) was responsible for a bomb attack at a German disco that killed two U.S. soldiers.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1986 Bolivia. U.S. Army personnel and aircraft assisted Bolivia in anti-drug operations.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1987-88 Persian Gulf. After the Iran-Iraq War resulted in several military incidents in the Persian Gulf, the United States increased US joint military forces operations in the Persian Gulf and adopted a policy of reflagging and escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf, called Operation Earnest Will (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Will). President Reagan reported that US ships had been fired upon or struck mines or taken other military action on September 21 (Iran Ajr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Ajr)), October 8, and October 19, 1987 and April 18 (Operation Praying Mantis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis)), July 3, and July 14, 1988. The United States gradually reduced its forces after a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq on August 20, 1988.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172) It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-3)
1987-88 Operation Earnest Will (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Earnest_Will) was the U.S. military protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers from Iraqi and Iranian attacks in 1987 and 1988 during the Tanker War phase of the Iran-Iraq War. It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II.
1987-88 Operation Prime Chance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Prime_Chance) was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S. -flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran-Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will.
1988 Operation Praying Mantis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis) was the April 18, 1988 action waged by U.S. naval forces in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf and the subsequent damage to an American warship.
1988 Operation Golden Pheasant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Golden_Pheasant) was an emergency deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras in 1988, as a result of threatening actions by the forces of the (then socialist) Nicaraguans.
1988 USS Vincennes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vincennes_%28CG-49%29) shoot down of Iran Air Flight 655 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655)
1988 Panama. In mid-March and April 1988, during a period of instability in Panama and as the United States increased pressure on Panamanian head of state General Manuel Noriega (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Noriega) to resign, the United States sent 1,000 troops to Panama, to "further safeguard the canal, US lives, property and interests in the area." The forces supplemented 10,000 US military personnel already in the Panama Canal Zone.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1989 Libya. Second Gulf of Sidra Incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_%281989%29) On January 4, 1989, two US Navy F-14 aircraft based on the USS John F. Kennedy shot down two Libyan jet fighters over the Mediterranean Sea about 70 miles north of Libya. The US pilots said the Libyan planes had demonstrated hostile intentions.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1989 Panama. On May 11, 1989, in response to General Noriega's disregard of the results of the Panamanian election, President Bush ordered a brigade-sized force of approximately 1,900 troops to augment the estimated 11,000 U.S. forces already in the area.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1989 Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru. Andean Initiative in War on Drugs. On September 15, 1989, President Bush announced that military and law enforcement assistance would be sent to help the Andean nations of Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru combat illicit drug producers and traffickers. By mid-September there were 50-100 US military advisers in Colombia in connection with transport and training in the use of military equipment, plus seven Special Forces teams of 2-12 persons to train troops in the three countries.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1989 Philippines. 1989 Philippine coup attempt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Philippine_coup_attempt). On December 2, 1989, President Bush reported that on December 1 US fighter planes from Clark Air Base in the Philippines had assisted the Aquino government to repel a coup attempt. In addition, 100 marines were sent from the US Navy base at Subic Bay to protect the US Embassy in Manila.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1989-90 Panama. Operation Just Cause (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Just_Cause) On December 21, 1989, President Bush reported that he had ordered US military forces to Panama to protect the lives of American citizens and bring General Noriega to justice. By February 13, 1990, all the invasion forces had been withdrawn.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172) Around 200 Panamanian civilians were reported killed. The Panamanian head of state, General Manuel Noriega, was captured and brought to the U.S.
1990 Liberia. On August 6, 1990, President Bush reported that a reinforced rifle company had been sent to provide additional security to the US Embassy in Monrovia, and that helicopter teams had evacuated US citizens from Liberia.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1990 Saudi Arabia. On August 9, 1990, President Bush reported that he had ordered the forward deployment of substantial elements of the US armed forces into the Persian Gulf region to help defend Saudi Arabia after the August 2 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. On November 16, 1990, he reported the continued buildup of the forces to ensure an adequate offensive military option.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_United_States_military _operations&action=edit§ion=23)] 1991-1999
1991 Iraq. Persian Gulf War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War) On January 16 America attacked Iraqi forces and military targets in Iraq and Kuwait, in conjunction with a coalition of allies and UN Security Council resolutions. Combat operations ended on February 28, 1991.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172) (See Operation Desert Shield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#Operation_Desert_Shield) and Operation Desert Storm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm))
1991 Iraq. On May 17, 1991, President Bush stated that the Iraqi repression of the Kurdish people had necessitated a limited introduction of US forces into northern Iraq for emergency relief purposes.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1991 Zaire. On September 25-27, 1991, after widespread looting and rioting broke out in Kinshasa, US Air Force C-141s transported 100 Belgian troops and equipment into Kinshasa. US planes also carried 300 French troops into the Central African Republic and hauled evacuated American citizens.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1991-96 Operation Provide Comfort (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Provide_Comfort). Delivery of humanitarian relief and military protection for Kurds fleeing their homes in northern Iraq, by a small Allied ground force based in Turkey.
1992 Sierra Leone. On May 3, 1992, US military planes evacuated Americans from Sierra Leone, where military leaders had overthrown the government.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1992-1996 Operation Provide Promise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Provide_Promise) was a humanitarian relief operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina) during the Yugoslav Wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars), from July 2, 1992, to January 9, 1996, which made it the longest running humanitarian airlift in history.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-4)
1992 Kuwait. On August 3, 1992, the United States began a series of military exercises in Kuwait, following Iraqi refusal to recognize a new border drawn up by the United Nations and refusal to cooperate with UN inspection teams.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1992-2003 Iraq. Iraqi No-Fly Zones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_no-fly_zones) The U.S. together with the United Kingdom declares and enforces "no fly zones" over the majority of sovereign Iraqi airspace, prohibiting Iraqi flights in zones in southern Iraq and northern Iraq, and conducting aerial reconnaissance and bombings. (See also Operation Southern Watch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Southern_Watch)) [RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1992-95 Somalia. "Operation Restore Hope" Somali Civil War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Somalia#Somali_Civil_War) On December 10, 1992, President Bush reported that he had deployed US armed forces to Somalia in response to a humanitarian crisis and a UN Security Council Resolution. The operation came to an end on May 4, 1993. US forces continued to participate in the successor United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II). (See also Battle of Mogadishu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_%281993%29))[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1993-Present Bosnia-Herzegovina.
1993 Macedonia. On July 9, 1993, President Clinton reported the deployment of 350 US soldiers to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to participate in the UN Protection Force to help maintain stability in the area of former Yugoslavia.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1994-95 Haiti. Operation Uphold Democracy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Uphold_Democracy) US ships had begun embargo against Haiti. Up to 20,000 US military troops were later deployed to Haiti.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1994 Macedonia. On April 19, 1994, President Clinton reported that the US contingent in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia had been increased by a reinforced company of 200 personnel.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1995 Bosnia. NATO bombing of Bosnian Serbs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_Serbs).[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172) (See Operation Deliberate Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Deliberate_Force))
1996 Liberia. On April 11, 1996, President Clinton reported that on April 9, 1996 due to the "deterioration of the security situation and the resulting threat to American citizens" in Liberia he had ordered US military forces to evacuate from that country "private US citizens and certain third-country nationals who had taken refuge in the US Embassy compound...."[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1996 Central African Republic. On May 23, 1996, President Clinton reported the deployment of US military personnel to Bangui, Central African Republic, to conduct the evacuation from that country of "private US citizens and certain U.S. Government employees", and to provide "enhanced security for the American Embassy in Bangui."[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1997 Albania. On March 13, 1997, US military forces were used to evacuate certain U.S. Government employees and private US citizens from Tirana, Albania. (See also Operation Silver Wake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Silver_Wake))[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1997 Congo and Gabon. On March 27, 1997, President Clinton reported on March 25, 1997, a standby evacuation force of US military personnel had been deployed to Congo and Gabon to provide enhanced security and to be available for any necessary evacuation operation.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1997 Sierra Leone. On May 29 and May 30, 1997, US military personnel were deployed to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to prepare for and undertake the evacuation of certain US government employees and private US citizens.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1997 Cambodia. On July 11, 1997, In an effort to ensure the security of American citizens in Cambodia during a period of domestic conflict there, a Task Force of about 550 US military personnel were deployed at Utapao Air Base (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utapao#USAF_use_during_the_Vietnam_War) in Thailand for possible evacuations. [RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1998 Iraq. US-led bombing campaign against Iraq (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq).[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172) (See Operation Desert Fox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Desert_Fox))
1998 Guinea-Bissau. On June 10, 1998, in response to an army mutiny in Guinea-Bissau endangering the US Embassy, President Clinton deployed a standby evacuation force of US military personnel to Dakar, Senegal, to evacuate from the city of Bissau.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1998 - 1999 Kenya and Tanzania. US military personnel were deployed to Nairobi, Kenya, to coordinate the medical and disaster assistance related to the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. [RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1998 Afghanistan and Sudan. Operation Infinite Reach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Infinite_Reach) On August 20, air strikes were used against two suspected terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Sudan.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1998 Liberia. On September 27, 1998 America deployed a stand-by response and evacuation force of 30 US military personnel to increase the security force at the US Embassy in Monrovia.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1999 - 2001 East Timor. East Timor Independence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERFET) Limited number of US military forces deployed with UN to restore peace to East Timor.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
1999 NATO's bombing of Serbia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia) in the Kosovo Conflict (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Conflict).[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172) (See Operation Allied Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Allied_Force))
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_United_States_military _operations&action=edit§ion=24)] 2000-2009
2000 Sierra Leone. On May 12, 2000 a US Navy patrol craft deployed to Sierra Leone to support evacuation operations from that country if needed.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2000 Yemen. On October 12, 2000, after the USS Cole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_%28DDG-67%29) attack in the port of Aden, Yemen, military personnel were deployed to Aden.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2000 East Timor. On February 25, 2000, a small number of U.S. military personnel were deployed to support of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). [RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2001 Afghanistan. War in Afghanistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%93present%29). The War on Terrorism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Terrorism) begins with Operation Enduring Freedom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom). On October 7, 2001, US Armed Forces invade Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_attacks) and "begin combat action in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda terrorists and their Taliban supporters."[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2002 Yemen. On November 3, 2002, an American MQ-1 Predator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQ-1_Predator) fired a Hellfire missile at a car in Yemen killing Qaed Senyan al-Harthi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaed_Senyan_al-Harthi), an al-Qaeda leader thought to be responsible for the USS Cole bombing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing).[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2002 Philippines. OEF-Philippines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_-_Philippines). January 2002 U.S. "combat-equipped and combat support forces" have been deployed to the Philippines to train with, assist and advise the Philippines' Armed Forces in enhancing their "counterterrorist capabilities."[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2002 Cτte d'Ivoire. On September 25, 2002, in response to a rebellion in Cτte d'Ivoire, US military personnel went into Cτte d'Ivoire to assist in the evacuation of American citizens from Bouake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouake).[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-5) [RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2003 2003 invasion of Iraq (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq) leading to the War in Iraq (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War). March 20, 2003. The United States leads a coalition that includes Britain, Australia and Spain to invade Iraq with the stated goal of eliminating Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and undermining Saddam Hussein.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2003 Liberia. Second Liberian Civil War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Liberian_Civil_War) On June 9, 2003, President Bush reported that on June 8 he had sent about 35 combat-equipped US military personnel into Monrovia, Liberia, to help secure the US Embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and to aid in any necessary evacuation from either Liberia or Mauritania.[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2003 Georgia and Djibouti "US combat equipped and support forces" had been deployed to Georgia and Djibouti to help in enhancing their "counterterrorist capabilities."[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-6)
2004 2004 Haοti rebellion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Ha%C3%AFti_rebellion) occurs. The US sent first sent 55 combat equipped military personnel to augment the US Embassy security forces there and to protect American citizens and property in light. Later 200 additional US combat-equipped, military personnel were sent to prepare the way for a UN Multinational Interim Force, MINUSTAH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINUSTAH).[RL30172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#endn ote_RL30172)
2004 War on Terrorism: US anti-terror related activities were underway in Georgia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Eritrea.[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-7)
2006 Pakistan. 17 people including known Al Qaeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Qaeda) bomb maker and chemical weapons expert Midhat Mursi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midhat_Mursi), were killed in an American MQ-1 Predator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQ-1_Predator) airstrike on Damadola (Pakistan), near the Afghan border.[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-8)[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-9)
[/URL]2006 Lebanon. US Marine Detachment, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-9)[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)], begins evacuation of US citizens willing to the leave the country in the face of a likely ground invasion by Israel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel) and continued fighting between Hezbollah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah) and the Israeli military.[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-10)[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-11)
2007 Somalia. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ras_Kamboni"]Battle of Ras Kamboni (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-11). On January 8, 2007, while the conflict between the Islamic Courts Union and the Transitional Federal Government continues, an AC-130 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC-130) gunship conducts an aerial strike on a suspected Al-Qaeda operative, along with other Islamist fighters, on Badmadow Island near Ras Kamboni in southern Somalia.[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]
2008 South Ossetia, Georgia. Helped Georgia humanitarian aid[13] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events#cite _note-american_instructors-12), helped to transport Georgian forces from Iraq during the conflict (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war). In the past, the US has provided training and weapons to Georgia.
2009 Pakistan, In relation to efforts in Afghanistan, U.S. Forces struck an insurgent encampment in the Northern mountains, killing 24, with missiles fired from an unmanned aerial assault vehicle.
Sure, I got all that from the movie; but that is all I can remember for now for I have been very busy lately. I apologize for the vagueness of my outline.
There is no need for you to apologize.
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