Operation Noble Obelisk was the U.S. evacuation of civilians from Sierra Leone in 1997 by the American naval ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and the 22nd Marine...
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USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) (section Operations)
territory in Bosnia on 8 June 1995, while taking part of Operation Deny Fly. Operation Noble Obelisk was the evacuation of civilians from Sierra Leone in...
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Central African Republic 1997 – Operation Silver Wake: Albania 1997 – Operation Noble Obelisk: Sierra Leone 1998 – Operation Safe Departure: Asmara, Eritrea...
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(1990–91), Haitian refugee (1992), Somalia (1993), and Cuba (1994), Operation Noble Obelisk-Freetown, Sierra Leone (1997). The unit has also deployed with...
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participated in Operation Just Cause, the invasion of Panama.[citation needed] The 1990s began with elements of the Division participating in Operation Sharp Edge...
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(now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in what was called Operation Noble Obelisk. His journalism and photography have been cited as some of the...
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Operation Noble Obelisk in Africa. The Squadron also sourced one 2 plane UH-1N detachment to Special Purpose MAGTF-8 in support of Operation Assured Response/Quick...
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(NEO) in Sierra Leone as part of VMM-261(Rein) which was named Operation Noble Obelisk. The NEO saved U.S., British, and other third-country nationals...
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participated in two major operations: Operation Guardian Retrieval, operating out of Brazzaville, Congo; and Operation Noble Obelisk, in Freetown, Sierra Leone...
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Operation Barras was a British Army operation that took place in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000, during the late stages of the nation's civil war....
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subsequently destroyed in an operation by the Special Air Service and Parachute Regiment in September 2000 during Operation Barras. The group was influenced...
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Operation Khukri was a multinational operation launched in the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), involving India, Ghana, Britain and Nigeria...
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military intervention in Sierra Leone on 7 May 2000 under the codename Operation Palliser. Although small numbers of British personnel had been deployed...
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Anvil 1992 coup 1992 coup attempt 1996 coup 1996 coup attempt 1997 coup Noble Obelisk Siege of Freetown Hastings Airport Palliser Lungi Lol Khukri Barras...
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Monuments to his victories include the Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoye Selo (1772), the Rumyantsev Obelisk on Vasilievsky Island (1798–1801), and a galaxy...
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autumn of that year, and is now known as the Lateran Obelisk. The obelisk that would become the Obelisk of Theodosius remained in Alexandria until 390, when...
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in the 1960s. In 1872, the Woodstock Iron Company, organized by Samuel Noble and Union Gen. Daniel Tyler, rebuilt the furnace on a much larger scale...
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Operation Silver Anvil was a non-combatant evacuation operation carried out by United States armed forces in Sierra Leone in April–May 1992. The operation...
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of blood did among his own (family). A.D. 1731 Additionally, the Boyne Obelisk (which was erected on the north bank of the River Boyne in 1736, to commemorate...
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monumental tomb construction; and propaganda in the form of steles and obelisks commemorating the player's achievements on the world map. Prestige can...
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worst Briton. A memorial obelisk was erected to the Duke's military services in Windsor Great Park. It is inscribed "THIS OBELISK RAISED BY COMMAND OF KING...
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Pacis (Altar of Peace) and monumental sundial, whose central gnomon was an obelisk taken from Egypt. The relief sculptures decorating the Ara Pacis visually...
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techniques that supported the building of monumental pyramids, temples, and obelisks; a system of mathematics, a practical and effective system of medicine...
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this, you can find the name P. Bruegel, the years 1569, with a subtle obelisk referring to the year of death, and 2019, the year of issuance. As the...
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which ended in 1999, Sam Bockarie filled in as director of RUF military operations. In 1999, after enormous pressure by the United States, the United Kingdom...
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such undertaking that had difficulty raising money: construction of the obelisk later known as the Washington Monument sometimes stalled for years; it...
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during the civil war. Sankoh personally ordered many operations, including one called "Operation Pay Yourself" that encouraged troops to loot anything...
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February 21, 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated. The 555-foot marble obelisk, which stands on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was built between...
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October 2015. Sutherland, Cara (2003). The Statue of Liberty. Barnes & Noble Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7607-3890-0. Archived from the original on 1 January...
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United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (category United Nations operations in Africa)
Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2006. It was created by the United Nations...
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