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Operation Desert Sabre (early name Operation Desert Sword) was the US name for the air and land offensive against the Iraqi Army in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations (the "100-hour war") from 24 to 28 February 1991, in itself, part of Operation Desert Storm [citation needed] Operation Desert Farewell was the name given to the return of US units ...
12 January 1991 The United States Congress passed a joint resolution to authorizing the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.; 17 January 1991 A day after a deadline was passed set in Resolution 678, Coalition forces launch Operation Desert Storm with a massive air campaign against targets in Iraq and Kuwait.
On 28 July 2000, 68th Chemical Company, the division's smoke, reconnaissance, and decontamination forces, became part of the battalion. The 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery completed the Army's first deployment of a divisional command and attack battalion, Operation Desert Strike 01–07, an external evaluation at Fort Bliss, New Mexico, in April 2001.
In 2002, the battalion deployed with 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division to Kuwait for Operation Desert Spring. As one of the most acclimated units to a desert environment, 4–64 led the Third Infantry Division into Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003.
Operation Desert Shield, a defensive mission to prevent Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia; Operation Desert Snowplough, a codename for Danish operations under British command in Iraq; Operation Desert Spider, an interrogation of Saddam Hussein; Operation Desert Spring, an ongoing operation in Kuwait; Operation Desert Storm, a codename of the Gulf War
Operation Desert Snowplough: 12 June 2003: 3 August 2007: Al-Qurna district North of Basra: Contingency: Codename for Danish operations under British command. Operation Desert Scorpion: 15 June 2003: 29 June 2003: Fallujah, from Kirkuk in the north to Taji in the south: Contingency: American raid to capture Ba'athists.
Operation Desert Thunder Camp Doha was the main U.S. Army base in Kuwait , and played a pivotal role in the U.S. military presence in the Middle East since the 1991 Gulf War and in the 2003 invasion of Iraq .
2,000–3,000 Iraqi civilians killed Operation ... which began the general offensive codenamed Operation Desert Storm with more than 1,000 sorties launching per day.