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Operation Enduring Freedom referred to the U.S.-led combat mission in Afghanistan. [16] [17] The codename was also used for counter-terrorism operations in other countries targeting Al Qaeda and remnants of the Taliban, such as OEF-Philippines, OEF-Trans Sahara, and possibly in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, [18] primarily through government funding vehicles.
Enduring Voices: Oral Histories of the U.S. Army Experience in Afghanistan, 2003-2005 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. ISBN 9781505855296. Wright, Donald P.; et al. (2009). A Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, October 2001-September 2005. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ...
Continued operations by United States forces within Afghanistan will continue under the name Operation Freedom's Sentinel; [295] this was joined by a new NATO mission under the name of Operation Resolute Support. [296] Operation Resolute Support will involve 28 NATO nations, 14 partner nations, 11,000 American troops, and 850 German troops. [297]
Operation Juniper Shield, formerly known as Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (OEF-TS), is the military operation conducted by the United States and partner nations in the Saharan and Sahel regions of Africa, consisting of counterterrorism efforts and policing of arms and drug trafficking across central Africa.
Operation Enduring Freedom. Controversy briefly erupted shortly after ending operations in Afghanistan (August 2011) when the 863rd Engineer Battalion was accused of abandoning one of its attached subordinate units to adverse weather conditions during the demobilization process in order to allow its organic personnel not to be inconvenienced by Hurricane Irene.
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The 274th Forward Surgical Team was part of both the initial entry forces of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 [4] and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. [5] Currently the unit falls under the command of the 28th Combat Support Hospital [ 6 ] and is based at Fort Bragg , North Carolina .
On a yellow disc 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (6.4 cm) in diameter, a blue horizontal base, overall a green giant cactus, all with a 1 ⁄ 8 inch (0.32 cm) Army green border. The cactus represents the home area of the unit in the Southwest when it was first organized and is symbolic of the unit's nickname.