Operation Eastern Exit

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Operation Eastern Exit

Operational scope Operation
Planned January 1, 1991
Objective Evacuate US embassy in Mogadishu Somalia
Outcome Successfully evacuated 281 diplomates and other evacuees

Operation Eastern Exit was the codename given to the military evacuation of the United States embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. On January 1, 1991 after increasing violence in Mogadishu government during the Somali Civil War, James Keough Bishop the US ambassador to Somalia at the time requested military assistance to evacuate the embassy.(Global Security.org n.d.) Over the course of the subsequent nine days, the United States military including: the USS Guam, the USS Trenton, the 4th Marine Expeditionary Force, Air Force AC-130s, and Navy SEALs successfully evacuated 281 diplomates.(Global Security.org n.d.)

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