Special Operations
Abu Kamal Raid (2008)
The Abu Kamal Raid was an attack carried out by helicopter-borne CIA paramilitary officers from Special Activities Division and United States Special Operations Command, Joint
Operation Redwing (2005)
On June 28, 2005, deep behind enemy lines east of Asadabad in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan, a very committed four-man Navy SEAL team was
Seizure of Haditha Dam (2003)
FOIA request submitted to USASOC in May 2009. This section will be updated when the information is received. ...Rescue of Jessica Lynch (2003)
On March 23, 2003, a convoy of the United States Army's 507th Maintenance Company and the 3rd Combat Support BN elements, led by a Humvee ...
Maersk Alabama Hijacking (2009)
The Maersk Alabama hijacking was a series of events involving piracy that began with four Somali pirates seizing the cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama 240 nautical ...Al Qadisiyah Raid (2003)
On 23 March 2003, during the early stages of Operation Iraqi freedom, a task force of JSOC Special Mission Units (Delta Force and/or DEVGRU) Operators ...Objective Serpent (2003)
On 28 March 2003, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment employed the first airborne assault in Iraq to seize Objective Serpent in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Battle of Takur Ghar (2002)
In the early morning hours of March 4, 2002, on a mountaintop called Takur Ghar in southeastern Afghanistan, al Qaeda soldiers fired on an MH-47E ...Objective Rhino (2001)
While the campaign was under way in Northern Afghanistan, US Special Operations Forces also struck in the southern part of the country in the heart ...Task Force Dagger (2001)
During initial combat operations in northern Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom (2001), Army Special Forces (SF) was tested to a degree not seen ...
Operation Uphold Democracy (1994)
Operation Uphold Democracy (September 19, 1994 – March 31, 1995) was a response to the overthrow and expulsion of the duly elected government of Haiti ...Operation Gothic Serpent (1993)
Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted by special operations forces of the United States with the primary mission of capturing warlord Mohamed Farrah ...Bravo Two Zero Patrol (1991)
Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an eight-man British Special Air Service (SAS) patrol deployed into Iraq during the First Gulf War in ...
The Seizure of Rio Hato Airfield (1989)
During Operation Just Cause, The United States Army 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 75th Ranger Regiment departed Lawson Army Airfield, Fort Benning, GA at 18:00 on ...Operation Acid Gambit (1989)
Operation Acid Gambit was a plan to retrieve Kurt Muse, an American civilian living in Panama and widely reported to be a CIA operative incarcarated ...
Operation Mount Hope III (1988)
In June 1988, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Group (SOAG) and other US Special Operations Forces received a last minute directive to recover a Russian-made ...
Operation Prime Chance (1987)
Operation Prime Chance (August 1987-June 1989) was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the ...
Operation Nimrod (1980)
The Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 was a siege of the Iranian embassy in London after it had been taken over by Arab separatists. The ...
Operation Eagle Claw (1980)
Operation Eagle Claw (a.k.a. Operation Evening Light) was a United States military operation to rescue the 52 hostages from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran ...
Son Tay Prison Raid (1970)
Operation Ivory Coast was a military operation conducted in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War by United States Special Operations Forces. On November 21, 1970, a ...
Operation Jedburgh (1944)
Jedburgh was an operation in World War II in which men from the British Special Operations Executive, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services joined with ...
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