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  • Operation Rolling Thunder on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#1) Operation Rolling Thunder

    • Military Conflict
    The US bombing campaign against North Vietnam wasn't particularly succsseful, but it had an awesome name that proclaimed exactly what it planned to do.
  • Operation Overlord on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#2) Operation Overlord

    • Military Conflict

    H-hour, D-Day....'nuff said.

  • Operation Desert Storm on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#3) Operation Desert Storm

    The code name for the US-led assault to kick Iraq out of Kuwait, the name predicted the conflict perfectly - a storm of hell coming out of the desert.
  • Operation Red Dawn on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#4) Operation Red Dawn

    • Military Conflict
    Name the capture of Saddam Hussein after a movie where Americans kick ass and take names? You make the list.
  • Operation Neptune Spear on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#5) Operation Neptune Spear

    The plan to take out Osama Bin Laden was carried out by Navy SEALS, whose symbol is the trident carried by the god Neptune - three prongs representing their capabilities on land, sea, and air.
  • Operation Phantom Fury on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#6) Operation Phantom Fury

    The Second Battle of Fallujah—code-named Operation Al-Fajr and Operation Phantom Fury—was a joint American, Iraqi, and British offensive in November and December 2004, considered the highest point of conflict in Fallujah during the Iraq War.

  • Operation Eagle Claw on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#7) Operation Eagle Claw

    • Military Conflict
    America is an eagle. What do eagles do to their enemies? Claw them. Because that's what eagles do. Sadly, the attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran failed miserably - but at least it had a killer code name.
  • Operation Iron Justice on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#8) Operation Iron Justice

    • Military Conflict
    An operation to crack down on black market fuel sales in Baghdad, named for what America dispenses: iron justice.
  • Operation Urgent Fury on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#9) Operation Urgent Fury

    The US invasion of Grenada in 1983 boasts an awesomely American code name. You need tough action, and you need it now? Bam, urgent fury!
  • Operation Spartan Scorpion on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#10) Operation Spartan Scorpion

    Spartans: masterful warriors. Scorpions: killer clawed insects. America: both of these. This operation to finish off Ba'ath party hardliners in Iraq: successful.
  • Operation Paul Bunyan on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#11) Operation Paul Bunyan

    This was a plan to chop down a tree in the DMZ that was obscuring spying on the North Korean side. Earlier, North Korean troops had hacked two American soldiers to death who had been trying to chop it down. So out came the giant guy with the huge axe - and hundreds of armed troops and helicopters.
  • Operation Steel Curtain on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#12) Operation Steel Curtain

    • Military Conflict

    "Operation Steel Curtain", was a hardened sweep and clear mission hence "steel curtain" because one of the SNCOs was a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.

  • Operation Beastmaster on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#13) Operation Beastmaster

    Naming a plan to clear parts of Baghdad of insurgents after a crappy '80s action movie? Totally American in every way.
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    (#14) Operation Just Cause

    The United States Invasion of Panama, code named Operation Just Cause, was an invasion of Panama by the United States between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990.

  • Operation Warrior's Rage on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#15) Operation Warrior's Rage

    • Military Conflict
    2005 operation to capture insurgents, carried out with the rage of... you know... a warrior.
  • Operation Linebacker on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#16) Operation Linebacker

    • Military Conflict

    My personal all time favorite OP name, clear example of peace through superior fire power!

  • Operation Bayonet Lightning on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#17) Operation Bayonet Lightning

    • Military Conflict
    What's worse than getting hit with a bayonet? Getting hit with one made of lightning! Much about this quick operation in Iraq remains classified - but not its awesomely American name.
  • Operation Valiant Guardian on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#18) Operation Valiant Guardian

    • Military Conflict
    Among qualities to look for in a guardian, being valiant is high on the list. This operation to disrupt Al-Qaeda activities involved 4,000 Marines and took out 250 weapons caches.
  • Operation Gothic Serpent on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#19) Operation Gothic Serpent

    • Military Conflict

    Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted by United States special operations forces with the primary mission of capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

  • Operation Chattanooga Choo-Choo on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#20) Operation Chattanooga Choo-Choo

    You wouldn't think an innocuous '40s song about a train could be used as a military operation - but you'd be wrong. Operation Chattanooga Choo-Choo was the combined bombing offensive by the US and Britain against German railway lines and marshalling yards in preparation for D-Day
  • Operation Beaver Cage on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#21) Operation Beaver Cage

    • Military Conflict
    This 1967 plan to take out a Viet Cong base near Da Nang has a name that comes straight from the strip club, guns-a-blazing.
  • Operation Breakfast on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#22) Operation Breakfast

    The opening phase of the US bombing of Cambodia was named after breakfast, the most American meal of the day.
  • Operation Montana Mauler on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#23) Operation Montana Mauler

    An anti-infiltration mission against North Vietnamese forces - or a second-tier professional wrestler? You decide.
  • Operation All-American Tiger on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#24) Operation All-American Tiger

    Captured several Iraqi leaders in the "Most Wanted" deck of cards - and did it with a kick ass American name.
  • Operation Charlie-Red on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#25) Operation Charlie-Red

  • Operation Centaur Rodeo on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#26) Operation Centaur Rodeo

    The centaur is the half-man/half-horse creature of Greek mythology. A rodeo full of centaurs - can you get more American than that? The operation itself - to disrupt weapons smuggling - is not nearly as awesome as its name.
  • Operation Gimlet Silent Sniper on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#27) Operation Gimlet Silent Sniper

    Anti-insurgency operation in Kirkuk with a name that celebrates stealthy killers who move silently and drink heavily.
  • Operation Babylift on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#28) Operation Babylift

    • Aviation incident

    Operation Babylift was the name given to the mass evacuation of children from South Vietnam to the United States and other countries at the end of the Vietnam War, on April 3–26, 1975.

  • Operation Operation Rapier Thrust on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#29) Operation Operation Rapier Thrust

    https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oif-rapier-thrust.htm

  • Operation Vittles on Random Most Awesomely American Names for Military Operations

    (#30) Operation Vittles

    • Film

    It exemplified the ability of the western Allies to work together against a common enemy, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was born during the airlift. For the Air Force, Operation Vittles provided abundant lessons about airlift.

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For confidentiality reasons, the U.S. military began to use military operation codes as early as World War II. At that time, the staff of the U.S. military selected more than 1000 common nouns and adjectives to form a list of operation names. One of the most distinctive features is the naming of the Normandy landing Operation Overlord. In 1975, a computer system for automated management of military operations names was developed.

Are you interested in military operations? The random tool collected the 30 most awesomely American names for military operations, and you can see more pictures here, such as Operation Eagle Claw, Operation Urgent Fury, etc. 

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