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@wesleymorgan.bsky.social

“Adam Isacson…said he could not recall any deployment of US troops to the region ‘that ever came close to 600, except for contingencies like invasions.’” Besides Haiti and Just Cause, and thousands of forces based in Panama until 1999, I think the answer is probably Op Golden Pheasant in 1988…

Benjamin Alvarez@benjalvarez1.bsky.social

The U.S. is sending a 600-soldier battalion from the 10th Mountain Division to Latin America. Troops are deploying first to a jungle training site in Panama, then to train with forces in Colombia and Honduras, the New York Times reports. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...

nytimes.comU.S. Is Sending Hundreds of Troops to Latin AmericaThe Pentagon is expanding its fight against drug traffickers, even as the plans recall a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region.

15/10/26, 3:39 am24 reposts67 likes

boykobostonian.bsky.social

@boykobostonian.bsky.social

Probably restocking the White House for Coke Jr

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@klewpka.bsky.social

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@haskell.bsky.social

I can't recall any deployment of US forces to France in the first half of the 20th century. Except for contingencies like invasions.

Wesley Morgan

@wesleymorgan.bsky.social

…when the Reagan admin deployed about a division’s worth of troops to Honduras (a brigade each from the 82nd and 7th Light Division, plus a couple Marine battalions) in reaction to Nicaraguan attacks on Contra bases. If that doesn’t count because it was a contingency operation, then I think the…

en.wikipedia.orgOperation Golden Pheasant - Wikipedia

Wesley Morgan

@wesleymorgan.bsky.social

…next best answer is probably Exercises Big Pine II and Granadero I in 1983-84, during each of which the Reagan admin put 3,000 to 5,000 US troops in Honduras to build airfields and rehearse air assault operations.

washingtonpost.comU.S. Holds Exercises In Honduras Despite Key General's Ouster

CaptainJJ

@rlights25.bsky.social

We will be slaughtered