Operation Eastern Exit

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

Operation Eastern Exit was the codename given to the military evacuation of the United States embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. On 1 January 1991, after increasing violence in Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War, James Keough Bishop, the then US ambassador to Somalia, requested military assistance to evacuate the embassy.^[1] Over the course of the subsequent nine days, the United States military including the USS Guam, the USS Trenton, the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Air Force AC-130s and Navy SEALs successfully evacuated 281 diplomats.^[1]

See also

• List of military operations
• Military operations other than war (MOOTW)
• Operational art
• Counter Revolutionary Operations (CRO)
• Effects-Based Operations (EBO)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} (Global Security.org)

References

• Bishop, James K. (9 April 1991), U.S.S. Guam Certificate of Appreciation, United States of America Department of State (published 1991-04-09), http://www.history.navy.mil/library/manuscript/guam.htm, retrieved 27 January 2008 
• GlobalSecurity.org, Operation Eastern Exit, GlobalSecurity.org, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/eastern_exit.htm, retrieved 27 January 2008 
• Perlez, Jane (6 January 1991), "U.S. and Italy Evacuating Foreigners in Somalia" (^{[dead link]}), The New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DB1539F935A35752C0A967958260 
• Perlez, Jane (3 January 1991), "Pilot Evacuates 14 U.N. Aides From Somalia", The New York Times, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7D7133AF930A35752C0A967958260&scp=6&sq=somalia+evacuation+embassy&st=nyt 

• Siegel, Adam (1991), Eastern Exit: The Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) From Mogadishu, Somalia, in January 1991, Alexandria: Center for Naval Analyses, http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA445517&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf 

External links

• United States Military at the Open Directory Project