Team Spirit (1976–1993) — Annual joint exercise with South Korean forces.
Dwarka (1965) —
Pakistan Navy's attack on the Indian coastal town of
Dwarka on 7 September 1965. This was the first use of a Navy in the Indo-Pakistan Wars.
Reforger — Annual American exercise to "return forces to Germany".
Retail (1946) — British clearance of naval mines laid in Albanian waters.
Silver (1949) — covert British communications tap in Austria
Danube (1968) — Warsaw Pact invasion to halt Czechoslovakia's "Prague Spring" reforms
Banner (1969–2007) Deployment of British troops to
Northern Ireland to prevent sectarian killings and support
the police during the 1969–1997
armed campaign of the Provisional IRA. Operation Banner resulted in over 700 British Armed Forces deaths and 303 police deaths at the hands of native Irish Republicans. 307 people were killed by the British troops, about 51% of whom were civilians and 42% of whom were members of republican paramilitaries.
South America
Brother Sam (1964) — A US government contingency plan to support
the military coup that overthrew the Brazilian constitutional president
João Goulart, if the coup had faced armed resistance
The track down operation (1967) — that captured and executed
Che Guevara
Condor (1970s) — — A campaign run by then South American Military Dictatorships' intelligence services with United States' support, which goal was extrajudicial and secretly, find, capture and eliminate political dissidents who, had succeeded to escape political repression in their homelands but could be found in any of these other countries.
Central America and the Caribbean
Fortune (1950s) — 1951
CIA plan for a coup in Guatemala. Executed as Success.
Operation Pluto (1961) — plan to invade Cuba and overthrow its government using a CIA-trained force of
Cuban exiles.
Mongoose (1962) — plan for information gathering, sabotage, civil insurrection and overthrow of the Cuban government.
Phibriglex (1962) — US plan and mock invasion by its armed forces of a Caribbean island. The exercise took place on
Vieques and the purpose of the mock invasion was to overthrow a fictitious leader called "Ortsac", whose name was, in fact, Castro spelled backwards. It occurred in August, shortly before the
Cuban Missile Crisis. It is also known by the names Operation Ortsac, Operation Swift Strike II and Exercise Phibriglex-62.
Épervier (1986–2014) — French military presence in Chad originally designed to counter Libyan expansion in Northern Chad, then continued to support Chad during the Sudanese backed
Chadian Civil War and later focused on counterterrorism against jihadi threats in the Sahel region.
Congo/Zaire
Dragon Blanc (1964) — Operation White Dragon – Cancelled Belgian airborne intervention in
Bunia –
Congo
Dragon Noir (1964) — Operation Black Dragon – Belgian airborne intervention in
Paulis –
Congo
Adolphe (1953) — French operation against
Viet Minh in Indochina.
Atlante (1954) — French operation to pacify the local populace between
Da Nang and
Nha Trang and re-establish the sovereignty of the Bảo Đại government.
Bretagne (1952–1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
Brochet (1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
Camargue (1953) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
Castor (1953) — French airborne operation to establish a fortified airhead in
Điện Biên Province.
Ceinture (1947) — French operation against Viet Minh in Indochina.
Jaffna University Helidrop (1987) — First of the operations launched by the Indian Forces (IPKF) aimed at disarming the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by force and securing the town of Jaffna.
Eastern Exit (1991) — US evacuation of its embassy in Somalia.
Espresso (2002) — South African contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).
Operation Gothic Serpent (1993) — United States special operation with the primary mission of capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid in
Somalia.
Iskoutir (1992–1999) — French Army intervention for enforcement of ceasefire during and after the
Djiboutian Civil War.
Boali (2002–2013) — French intervention in the Central African Republic during the
Central African Republic Bush War. It is replaced by Operation Sangharis.
Murambatsvina (2005) — Zimbabwe government's attack on residential district loyal to opposition groups.
Other Africa
Albatros (1993–94) — Italian contribution to UN peace keeping mission in Mozambique (
UNOMOZ).
Azalée (1995) — French reaction to the mercenary led coup in
Comoros.
Boleas (1998) — South African and Botswanan military intervention in
Lesotho.
Corymbe (1990–present) — French Navy prepositioning off
Gulf of Guinea acting against piracy and serving as backup for a potential evacuation of EU citizens from Western Africa in case of conflict.
Astute (2006) — Deployment of Australian military forces to
East Timor following the May 2006 civil unrest.
Citadel — Australia's contribution to the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (
UNMISET). Later ongoing peacekeeping actions were known as Operation Tanager.
Scorched earth — Or Operasi Sapu Bersih in
Indonesian, also known as Operation Clean Sweep; campaign of violence and arson allegedly committed by the
TNI-supervised pro-integration militias following the 1999
United Nations supervised plebiscite.
Spitfire — Evacuation of foreign nationals from
East Timor by Australian defence assets, as a result of post-referendum violence.
Balbuzard (January 1993 – December 1995) — French military action aiming to liberate hostages in
Sarajevo and ensure the safety of already deployed French elements of
UNPROFOR in case of a potential evacuation.
Deny Flight (April 1993 – December 1995) — NATO operation preventing the violation of the Bosnia-Herzegovina airspace, declared
No-Fly Zone.
Joint Guardian (1999 – ) — NATO operation which established KFOR
Macedonia
Able Sentry (1993–1994) —
Berlin Brigade deployed as part of Multi-National United Nations Protection Forces (UNPROFOR) to the
Republic of Macedonia to establish Camp Able Sentry and monitor sanctions imposed by NATO against Serbia/Kosovo. *This mission was later taken over by the (then) Germany-based, 3rd Infantry Div (Mech).
Echo (1998–2000) — Canada sending air forces to
Aviano, Italy to enforce a
no-fly zone over
Balkan region (UNSFOR and UNKFOR).
Forage (2001–2002) — Canadian contribution to NATO's Essential Harvest.
Kinetic (1999–2000) — Canada's contribution to NATO's mission
KFOR to secure
Kosovo and Macedonia and to provide
humanitarian needs to displaced persons.
Mountain Storm (2007) — Macedonian special police operation against Albanian extremists.
Uphold Democracy (1994–1995) — U.S. led multinational intervention aimed at removing the military regime after the 1991 coup in
Haiti. This operation was later replaced by
UNMIH.
New Horizon (1995–1996) — U.S. mission in support (and under the command) of United Nations Mission in Haiti
Secure Tomorrow (2004) — US led multinational force, authorized by the UN as the Multinational Interim Force (MIF) which was replaced by the
MINUSTAH.
Carbet (2004) — French codename for peace-keeping intervention in Haiti.
MINUSTAH (2004–present) — United Nations peace-keeping presence in Haiti.
Resinate North (2001–2003) — UK Contribution to Northern Watch including Response Options.
Desert Fox (1998) — Bombing campaign on military Iraqi targets.
Desert Falcon (1991–2003) United States
PATRIOT missile defense of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Israel from the Iraqi
Scud missile threat.[citation needed]
Relex (2001) — Australian defence force operations to secure Australia's northern maritime approaches against
illegal immigration. Reactivated in 2004 as Operation Relex II.
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Operation Khyber 1,2,3,4 (Khyber 1,2,3,4)" (2014–2017 continue) — Pakistani military operation in Khyber agency and surrounding areas against Taliban terrorists and their affiliates.
Law Enforcement
Other anti-narcotic operations
Century (1996) — ill-fated
Essex police /
Royal Ulster Constabulary operation to pressure persons of interest for information about a drug-related triple murder.
Wide Receiver (2006–2008) — A failed
sting operation in which ATF attempted allowed guns to travel to Mexico in an attempt to track them to
drug lords. The plan failed, and most guns were lost as they moved into Mexico.
Fast and Furious (2009–2011) — A similar operation that caused a scandal when guns allowed to "walk" were used in several violent crimes.
Harpie (2008–2016) — French Army operation against illegal gold mining. Successor of Opération Anaconda.
Temperer (2017) — British Prime Minister
Theresa May deployed armed forces on city streets in response to the
Manchester Arena Bombing and the subsequent raising of the terror threat level from 'Severe' to 'Critical'.
Varsity Blues (2019) — FBI investigation into college admissions fraud
Pyramid (1996) —
Victoria, British Columbia Canadian Army Reserve assistance by soldiers after heavy snowstorm (1 metre deep) in
Victoria, British Columbia.