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    Operation Sharp Guard was a multi-year joint naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea by NATO and the Western European Union on shipments to the former Yugoslavia...
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    Operation Maritime Guard was a NATO blockade, in the international waters of the Adriatic Sea, of the former Yugoslavia. The operation began on November...
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  • Service Medal may be awarded concurrently for Operations Joint Guard and Joint Endeavor. While Operation Sharp Guard was conducted during the Bosnia War, the...
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    insertions (search and rescue, non-combatant evacuation operations, disaster relief operations, etc.) and commanding naval, aerial and land-based units...
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    commencement of Operation Maritime Monitor off the coast of Montenegro, which was coordinated with the Western European Union Operation Sharp Guard in the Strait...
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    involved in Operation Maritime Monitor (July 1992 to November 1992), Operation Maritime Guard (November 1992 to June 1993) and Operation Sharp Guard (June 1993...
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    that became part of Operation Sharp Guard, which enforced sanctions against the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. During these operations, she safely conducted...
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    enforcing the ban on 12 April 1993 with Operation Deny Flight. From June 1993 until October 1996, Operation Sharp Guard added maritime enforcement of the arms...
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    been translated back into Latin as Surge et vince. Chatham joined Operation Sharp Guard to enforce the embargo against the former Yugoslavia in 1993. Her...
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    UNPROFOR in the protection of specially designated safe zones. Operation Sharp Guard, a naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea by NATO and the Western European...
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    in operations against international terrorism such as Operation Enduring Freedom and NATO Operation Active Endeavour. Presently the largest operation the...
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  • against Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and participating in Operation Sharp Guard and Operation Joint Endeavor up through and during the Bosnian crisis....
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    upon to fly countless sorties in the Adriatic Sea in support of Operation Sharp Guard. Of specific note, Patrol Squadron 10 was the first VP squadron...
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  • gradually its role became larger with some operations escalating, for instance Operation Sky Monitor turned into Operation Deny Flight which gave NATO "all measures...
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    on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2019. "NATO/WEU Operation Sharp Guard". Operation Joint Endeavour (IFOR). 2 October 1996. Retrieved 14 June...
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  • involved in Operation Maritime Monitor (July 1992 to November 1992), Operation Maritime Guard (November 1992 to June 1993) and Operation Sharp Guard (June 1993...
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    began in July 1992. This operation was fused with a similar Western European Union effort and thus became Operation Sharp Guard from July 1993. AFSOUTH...
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    Partnership for Peace and the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program. It was also active in operations in the Balkans, including Bosnia, Macedonia...
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    1991 and later in 1994-1995, when NATO naval forces, as part of Operation Sharp Guard, deployed a number of units to the Adriatic in order to enforce...
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    original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2017. "NATO/WEU Operation Sharp Guard". Operation Joint Endeavour (IFOR). 2 October 1996. Retrieved 14 June...
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    TEAMWORK '92, NATO's Arctic Ocean anti-submarine exercise, and Operation Sharp Guard, in support of multi-national enforcement of United Nations sanctions...
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    was once more in service with Operation Sharp Guard. From October 2001 to February 2002 Karlsruhe took part in Operation Active Endeavour, an anti-terrorism...
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    deployments as the unit participated in operations Operation Provide Promise, Operation Deny Flight and Operation Sharp Guard. In 1993, the MEU also served during...
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    the Regime of the Straits – 1936 agreement on the Turkish Straits Operation Sharp Guard – Naval blockade of Adriatic, 1993–96 Seabed Arms Control Treaty –...
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    Royal Navy task group led by the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal for Operation Sharp Guard. In early 1996, Brazen rescued 30 Albanians from a sinking vessel...
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    1987–1988: Operation Cleansweep: A minesweeping operation in the Strait of Hormuz June 1993–October 1996: Operation Sharp Guard: A joint naval operation with...
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    in NATO operations Operation Sharp Guard off Bosnia-Herzegovina, became the first American submarine in history to perform peacetime operations with a...
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    VMFA-312 participated in Operations Southern Watch from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, then Operation Sharp Guard and Operation Deny Flight from the Adriatic...
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    26th MEU participating in Operation Provide Promise, Operation Deny Flight and Operation Sharp Guard off the coast of Yugoslavia. In 1994 the 26th MEU participated...
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    deployment on 5 February. She conducted operations in the Southern Adriatic in support of Operation Sharp Guard and returned home on 24 June. From 6 September...
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