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Map of military operations since 1950. 1950–1953: Korean War: The United States responded to the North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. U.S. forces deployed in Korea exceeded 300,000 during the last year of the active conflict (1953).
The Northern France campaign officially commenced on 25 July, the day First United States Army began Operation Cobra, which saw the breakout from the Normandy lodgment, and ended on 14 September. Following Operation Cobra the advance was much faster than expected, and the rapid increase in the length of the line of communications threw up ...
Texas Military Unit(s) Commander Casualties Outcome Reference 1899 Laredo Smallpox Riot Frontier Battalion, Texas Rangers: J. H. Rogers 1 WIA Accomplished 1998–Present Operation Lone Star (medical operation unique from 2021 border op) Texas State Guard. Texas Air National Guard. Texas Army National Guard. Ongoing Ongoing 2011–Present
A photo with overdrawn phase line illustrating a World War II military operation. The term is also used in military terminology to refer to an imaginary line on a map used to coordinate phases of operations. [1] [2] They are usually distinguished with different code names, varying by the particulars of the mission such as location and nature.
Noble Eagle (2001) — US military operations to prevent terrorism in the United States. Enduring Freedom – Kyrgyzstan (2001) Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa (2002) US military operations and civic assistance based in Djibouti. Enduring Freedom – Philippines (2002) US military operations in the Philippines against Abu Sayyaf insurgents.
Operation Sky Shield, properly Exercise Sky Shield, [1] was a series of three large-scale military exercises conducted in the United States and Canada in 1960, 1961, and 1962 by NORAD (North American Air Defense) Command and CONAD (Continental Air Defense) Command to test defenses against an air attack from the Soviet Union.
World map of alliances in 1970 The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz space rendez-vous, one of the attempts at cooperation between the US and the USSR during the détenteThe Cold War (1962–1979) refers to the phase within the Cold War that spanned the period between the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962, through the détente period beginning in 1969, to the end of détente in the ...
Operation Jump Start was a military operation to aid U.S. Customs and Border Protection, announced by President George W. Bush in May 2006. The mission entailed the deployment of United States National Guard troops along the Mexico–United States border for purposes of enforcement of border security and construction of a border fence.