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Contingency Operations


 
"Night Attack" by Mario Acevedo
Persian Gulf, 1991
 
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Special Posting

  • Somalia Armed Forces Expeditionary Campaign Participation Credit 5 December 1992 to 31 March 1995
  • Dominican Republic Armed Forces Expeditionary Campaign 28 April 1965 to 21 September 1966
 

General References

  • American Military History, Vol 2
  • Operation URGENT FURY: The Invasion of Grenada, October 1983
  • Operation JUST CAUSE: The Incursion into Panama
  • The United States Army in Somalia 1992-1994
  • United States Forces, Somalia: After Action Report and Historical Overview: The United States Army in Somalia, 1992-1994
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina:The U.S. Army's Role in Peace Enforcement Operations 1995-2004
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  • Operation JOINT GUARD: The U.S. Army in Kosovo Download PDF [ 1.54 mb ]
  • Contingency Operations Series
  • Joint History Office Publications
  • Ruck It Up!

Archival Material:

  • Operations DRAGON and DRAGON NOIRE - Congo 1964
  • The Role of the Army Medical Service in the Dominican Republic Crisis of 1965
  • Power Pack: U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965-1966 (Leavenworth Papers, Number 15)
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