The United States Invasion of Grenada

This war has really brought to my mind the united states invasion of grenada in 19 83. We expected a force that would perform in this very, very minor contingency operation almost flawlessly. This is something he united states should have been able to wake up and do on a tuesday and then get it over with. Instead, there were large numbers of casualties. Thete were significant problems of command and control friendly fire. There were significant probems of friendly fire. And you know, people look back to the debaclat desert one as the inspiration for the 19 86 cold water nickels reforms. But actually, much more proximate cause was the failure of the united states joint force