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11 JUNE 1999 – KOSOVO DEFENSE CAMPAIGN BEGINS
After an extended NATO air campaign that began 24 MAR 1999, a NATO-led international peacekeeping force called the Kosovo Force (KFOR) deployed to Kosovo on 11 JUN 1999 to maintain the tenuous peace between warring ethnic factions.
After an extended NATO air campaign that began 24 MAR 1999, a NATO-led international peacekeeping force called the Kosovo Force (KFOR) deployed to Kosovo on 11 JUN 1999 to maintain the tenuous peace between warring ethnic factions.
In 1998 Kosovo, an autonomous region of Serbia which was home an ethnic Albanian majority and a sizable ethnic Serbian minority, became the site of a civil war between Albanian separatists and the Serbian government of the war criminal Slobodan Milošević.
#Armyhistory #USArmy
#Armyhistory #USArmy
In early JUN, after the NATO bombing campaign, Serbia agreed to allow an international peacekeeping force into Kosovo oversee the return of refugees and maintain peace during the reconstruction process.
#BigRedOne #OldIronsides #AllAmericans #KosovoWar #MilitaryHistory #TRADOC
#BigRedOne #OldIronsides #AllAmericans #KosovoWar #MilitaryHistory #TRADOC
8 - 26 JANUARY 1967 – OPERATION CEDAR FALLS – VIETNAM WAR
Six brigade-size U.S. Army maneuver units conducted a large-scale "search and destroy" operation in the "Iron Triangle," a Viet Cong (VC) stronghold northwest of Saigon.
#Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC @USArmy @TRADOC
Six brigade-size U.S. Army maneuver units conducted a large-scale "search and destroy" operation in the "Iron Triangle," a Viet Cong (VC) stronghold northwest of Saigon.
#Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC @USArmy @TRADOC
The target area including training, supply and staging areas for a VC main force division and several local force battalions, plus regional military and political command and control, communications and support units and facilities.
#VietnamWar #Saigon #BigRedOne
#VietnamWar #Saigon #BigRedOne
After surrounding the area and establishing blocking positions, U.S. forces swept through while South Vietnamese military and police forces evacuated the civilian population from the war zone.
#TropicLightning #SkySoldiers #MilitaryHistory
#TropicLightning #SkySoldiers #MilitaryHistory
