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"If the deployed location or named operation is classified, enter the term 'classified' in the appropriate field."
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OIF is Operation Iraqi Freedom. It's for those who deployed to Iraq and the result for this kind of Operation was the fall of Saddam Hussein. OEF is Operation Enduring Freedom and it's for those who deployed to Afghanistan. The ending result was the fall of Osama Bin Laden.
Home is Norfolk, currently deployed, location probably classified.
The British Army currently has troops deployed in Afghanistan under the name Operation Herrick. Troops are also deployed in Africa, Canada and Cyprus.
Units and elements of the US Armed Forces currently deployed within the borders of Syria are classified.
It wouldn't come own to one single name. When National Guard units are activated and deployed, whole units are deployed, and these will often be activated as attachments to Regular Army units. The National Guard has been involved in OIF since it kicked off, and several National Guard units were called up simultaneously.
Nearly 700,000 US Personnel were deployed to Southwest Asia during Operation Desert Storm in Jan & Feb 1991.
On the actual day, around 2,000 Tanks were deployed to Normandy. However, by the end of Operation Overlord, the major operation in normandy, there was atleast 6,000 tanks involved. 4,000 were allied and 2,000 were German Tanks.
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The most recent time the U.S. Coast Guard was called into service and deployed in wartime was during the Iraq War in 2003. Coast Guard personnel were deployed to support various missions, including port security, maritime intercept operations, and protection of offshore oil infrastructure in the Persian Gulf.
It appears that elements of the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment were deployed in Operation Eagle Claw to rescue the 53 American Hostages held by Islamic students in Iran for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981.