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U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTIONS SINCE 1890:
FROM WOUNDED KNEE TO SYRIA, NIGER AND SAUDI ARABIA

The following is a partial list of U.S. military interventions from 1890 to 2019.

This guide does not include:
* mobilizations of the National Guard,
* offshore shows of naval strength,
* reinforcements of embassy personnel,
* the use of non-Defense Department personnel (e.g., Drug Enforcement Administration),
* military exercises,
* non-combat mobilizations (such as replacing postal strikers),
* the permanent stationing of armed forces on bases,
* covert actions where the US did not play a “command operation” role,
* the use of small hostage rescue units,
* most uses of foreign proxy troops,
* U.S. piloting of foreign warplanes,
* foreign or domestic disaster assistance,
* military training and advisory programs not involving direct combat,
* civic action programs, and many other military activities.

Forces: N: Naval, B: Bombing, NT: Nuclear Threat, CO: Command Operation, NW: Nuclear War, J: Jets, T: Troops

COUNTRY OR STATE     Dates of intervention      Forces Comments

SOUTH DAKOTA                 1890 (-?) T                             300+ Lakota civilians massacred at Wounded Knee.
ARGENTINA                         1890 T                                   U.S. “interests” protected in Buenos Aires.
CHILE                                   1891 T                                    Marines clash with nationalist rebels.
HAITI                                    1891 T                                    Black revolt on Navassa Island defeated.
IDAHO                                  1892 T                                    Army suppresses silver miners’ strike.
HAWAI’I                                1893 (-?) N, T                         Independent kingdom overthrown, seized 1898.
CHICAGO                            1894 T                                     Breaking of rail strike, 34 killed.
NICARAGUA                        1894 T                                    Month-long occupation of Bluefields.
CHINA                                  1894-95 N, T                           Marines land in Sino-Japanese War
KOREA                                 1894-96 T                               Marines kept in Seoul during war.
PANAMA                               1895 T, N                                Marines land in Colombian province.
NICARAGUA                         1896 T                                    Marines land in port of Corinto.
CHINA                                   1898-1900 T                           Boxer Rebellion fought by foreign armies.
PHILIPPINES                        1898-1910 N, T                      Seized from Spain, killed 600,000 Filipinos.
CUBA                                    1898-1902 (-?) N, T                Seized from Spain, still hold Guantánamo base.
PUERTO RICO                     1898 (-?) N, T                         Seized from Spain, occupation continues.
GUAM                                   1898 (-?) N, T                         Seized from Spain, still use as base.
MINNESOTA                         1898 (-?) T                             Army battles Ojibwe revolt at Leech Lake.
NICARAGUA                         1898 T                                    Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur.
SAMOA                                 1899 (-?) T                              Battle over succession to throne; annexed east.
NICARAGUA                         1899 T                                    Marines land at port of Bluefields.
IDAHO                                   1899-1901 T                           Army occupies Coeur d’Alene mining region.
OKLAHOMA                          1901(-?) T                               Army battles Creek Native revolt
[...]
LIBYA                                     2011(-?) B, M, T, CO              NATO coordinates air strikes and missile attacks vs. Qaddafi govt.
IRAQ                                      2014(-?) B, M, T, CO              Air strikes & Special Forces intervene vs. ISIS. etc.
SYRIA                                    2014(-?) B, M, T, CO              Air strikes & Special Forces intervene vs. ISIS. etc.NIGER                                   2017 T                                    Special Forces combat Islamist insurgents, fly drones.
SAUDI ARABIA                     2019(-?) T                               Mobilization against Iran in Saudi Arabia & UAE after drone attacks
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