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"Conflicts other than War" |
This section covers those nasty
little un-declared events that the US participated in that
were not full blown wars. Often an ARG was the first on the scene.
An ARG was and still is to present,
an Amphibious Readiness Group. This is a group of Amphibious Ships
with Marines on board doing a six month deployment. For Naval
Special Warfare an ARG deployment consists of a UDT/SEAL Platoon and
CRD/Special Boat Detachment with its boats (still called a ARG DET.)
will load up on the Ship and sail with them and provide SpecWar
support to the Amphibious Commander should he need to conduct
Operations.
You will find ARG operation off the coast of a hot spot in the
world, ready to conduct operations when the "orders come in". The
SBD ARG det. were active in support of a SEAL platoon in Somalia
when we first got involved there.
You will find ARG dets working in Korea Thailand all over the world.
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Operation Urgent Fury |
| Grenada
1983 |
Grenada, one of the smallest independent nations
in the Western Hemisphere and one of the southernmost Caribbean
islands in the Windward chain, has an area of only 133 square miles.
The population is 110,000. But size is not necessarily the
determining factor when governments consider strategic military
locations. The Cuban government knew the value of . . . . . . .
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Lebanon 1983-4 |
| Lebannon 1983 |
On orders from President Reagan the US military
committed troops ashore in Lebanon to support the
Multinational Peacekeeping Force in Beirut. Its mission to was
to be a buffer between rival armed factions in and around
Beirut.
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Operation Earnest Will |
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Persian Gulf 1987-1989 |
Iraq attacked Iran in September 1980,
launching a war that would last eight years. By 1982, more than
100,000 people had died. The war was costing each side $1 billion a
month and devastated both countries. . . . . . . .
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Operation Just Cause |
| Panama
1989-1990 |
Upon Orders from the President George H. Bush, the Removal of Manuel
Noriega and his Regime was authorized. Panama had been a long time
Base for U.S. forces and HQ for U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND with many
units stationed in Panama. The Scope of the Panama Invasion is to
large so. . . .
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Operation Classic Resolve |
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Philippines 1989 |
In February 1989 an almost bloodless revolution brought Corazon
Aquino into office as the seventh president of the Republic of the
Philippines. Aquino had been swept into office on a wave of high
expectations that she would be able to right all of the wrongs done
to the Philippines under Marcos. |
| ARG |
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Amphibious Readiness Group a fleet deployment of
amphibian ships with Seal platoons and Spec Boat on Board. See
above. |
| MTT |
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Mobile Training Teams, where boat guys and Seals have
deployed to Foreign Nations all over the world, to train the host
nation on Boat and NSW Operations from Korea in the 1950s to up to
the Present. |
Warboats from this Era
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