- called upon help from the US and Cuba tried to take them over because of their major Airport to use it
for arms and military equipment
- SP units among first to arrive
- participated in drug interdiction and humanitarian relief
- helped with securing air landing strips and control of enemy prisoners of war
Operation JUST CAUSE - correct answer ✔✔US invasion of Panama in December 1989
- brought a quick and decisive end to the dictatorial regime of General Manuel Antonio Noriega
(commander of the Panamanian Defense Forces)
- 27,000 American troops hit twenty seven targets in Panama
- Security Police units tasked with securing landing strips
- participated in drug interdiction and humanitarian relief
Operation Desert Shield - correct answer ✔✔August 1990 objective was the defense of Saudi Arabia in
the wake of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
- was the first time we went to war on foreign soil since the Vietnam conflict
Operation Desert Storm - correct answer ✔✔Objective was to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.
Security personnel were tasked with securing Air Force bases, providing dignitary support, securing
classified information and resources and counter-terrorism. Also to secure air strips.
Bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia - correct answer ✔✔June 1996
- staff sergeant Alfredo Guerrero, Senior Airman Corey Grice, and A1C Christopher Wager were on sentry
duty on top of the roof of a dormitory
- noticed a suspicious vehicle pull up outside the compound, and then the occupants ran away.
- sounded the alarm and warned everyone
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