Service members of the United States have been involved in military operations around the world from 1953 to 2019, including the Laotian Civil War, Lebanon Crisis, Simba Rebellion and Operation Dragon Rouge, Communist Insurgency in Thailand, Korean DMZ Conflict, Dominican Civil War, Insurgency in Bolivia, Cambodian Civil War, War in South Zaire, Gulf of Sidra encounters and actions, Lebanese Civil War, Invasion of Grenada, bombing of Libya, Tanker War in the Persian Gulf, Tobruk Encounter in the Mediterranean Sea, Invasion of Panama, Gulf War, no-fly zone enforcement operations in Iraq, First Intervention in the Somali Civil War, Bosnian War, intervention in Haiti, Kosovo War, Operation Infinite Reach in Sudan, the War in Afghanistan, Iraq War as part of the War on Terror, war in NW Pakistan, War in Somalia, Operation Ocean Shield in the Indian Ocean, American-led interventions in Libya, Operation Observant Compass in Uganda, American-led interventions in Iraq and Syria, and the Yemeni Civil War. These operations are honored in remembrance of the fallen and as a reminder to past, current, and future generations of the enormous cost of freedom.