US Military Operations Links

Current Operations

• Worldwide Manpower Distribution by Geographical Area
• Status of the Navy 1999 Archive
• Status of the Navy 2000 Archive
• Where are the Carriers?
• Status of the United States Navy [Daily]
• Units operating in the Sixth Fleet Area of Responsibility
• United States Naval Forces in 5th Fleet - The Arabian Gulf
• United States Naval Forces in 6th Fleet - The Mediterranean Sea [Daily]
• Military Sealift Command Forces in the Gulf
• Ships Present In Hampton Roads
• MILITARY EXERCISES AND DEPLOYMENTS @ DefenseLink
• Air Force Link Photos - Operations
• EUCOM Operations

Historical Operations and Wars

• AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY - UNITED STATES ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY 1989
• U.S. Special Operations Deployments, Operations and Missions
• U.S. - Military Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• U.S. Military Deployments/Engagements 1975-1997 @ CDI.org
• INDEX OF OPERATIONAL AND CODE NAMES
• NAMED OPERATIONS 1989- 1993 @ TRADOC
• Navy Wars and Conflicts
• FLYING HOSTILE SKIES: Air Force Combat Chronology
• The Army Flag and Its Streamers [good brief war and campaign descriptions]
• United States Navy Battle Streamers [good brief war and campaign descriptions]
• AMERICAN DEFENDERS OF LAND, SEA & SKY
• PRINCIPAL WARS IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED - U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVING AND CASUALTIES
• U.S. ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY DEATHS SELECTED MILITARY OPERATIONS
• U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel killed and wounded in wars, conflicts and incidents with hostile forces 1775-present
• WAR CHART compiled by Daniel H. Burrows [colonial era]

• United States Army Service Medals
• Department of Defense Approved Humanitarian Service Medal Operations From AR 600-8-22, Appendix C, 25 FEB 95
• Military Operations Since 1937 For Which a Campaign or Expeditionary Medal Has Been Awarded Or Operations Occuring During a Declared War

Military History

• US Army Center of Military History
• Naval Historical Center
• The Coast Guard & National Security
• Air Force Historical Research Agency
• Air Force History Support Office

• USACOM Joint Warfighting Center
• Air Combat Command Center For Lessons Learned
• Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL)
• military operations, by designation @ Center for Army Lessons Learned
• USAREUR Lessons Learned Office
• Center for Engineer Lessons Learned

• Electronic Text Collections
• Web Sites of Interest to Historians

Operational Doctrine

• FM 100-5 OPERATIONS
• FM 7-98 OPERATIONS IN A LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICT
• FM 90-29 NONCOMBATANT EVACUATION OPERATIONS
• FM 100-8 THE ARMY IN MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONS
• FM 100-19 DOMESTIC SUPPORT OPERATIONS
• FM 100-20 MILITARY OPERATIONS IN LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT
• FM 100-23 PEACE OPERATIONS

Peacekeeping

• United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
• US Army Peacekeeping Institute
• Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Center
• Program on Peacekeeping Policy (POPP) George Mason University
• Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
• Institute for War and Peace Reporting
• Peacekeeping Citation Lists @ CDI.org

Other Resources

• Serving Away From Home: How Deployments Influence Reenlistment James Hosek, Mark Totten, RAND MR-1594-OSD, © 2002
• The Effect of Long or Hostile Perstempo on Reenlistment James R. Hosek, Mark Totten RAND MR-990-OSD, © 1998
• The Effects of Perstempo on Officer Retention in the U.S. Military Ronald D. Fricker, Jr. RAND MR-1556-OSD, © 2002
• Military Operations Page EmergencyNet News
• AMERICAN MILITARY INTERVENTION: A USER'S GUIDE By John Hillen Policy Analyst The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1079 May 2, 1996

General History Resources

• An Abridged History of the United States by William M. Brinton
• A Hypertext on American History