TITLE

Joint Special Operations in Support of Earnest Will

AUTHOR(S)

Crist, David B.

PUB. DATE

October 2001

SOURCE

JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly;Autumn2001, Issue 29, p15

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Chronicles the United States' joint special operations in support of the Operation Ernest Will in the Iranian island of Farsi in the northern Persian Gulf. Background on the Iran-Iraq conflict; Explosion of SS Bridgetown when the ship struck a contact mine laid by the Iranian vessel, Sirjan; Outline of the U.S. Central Command's mobile sea base concept.

ACCESSION #

10449896

Tags: SPECIAL operations (Military science)

 

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