Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị agha mmiri si n'ọnọdụ a dị ala pụta ma malite usoro nke ihe ịga nke ọma. Ihe
Mwakpo nke Grenada, nke a maara dị ka "Operation Urgent Fury", bidoro na 25 Ọktọba 1983 na nzaghachi nke ọgbaghara nke Bernard Coard na enwere ike "ndị agha Soviet-Cuban" na agwaetiti ahụ. 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit weghaara mpaghara ugwu ngwa ngwa, wee wepụ ya na 15 Disemba. Esemokwu na mmekorita nke gosipụtara n'oge mwakpo ahụ rụpụtara na iwu Goldwater <unk> Nichols nke 1986 na-agbanwe usoro iwu na ndị agha United States. Mgbe Operation Classic Resolve bidoro na 2 Disemba 1989 na Philippines (na mmegwara maka nnwale ọchịchị), a zipụrụ otu ụlọ ọrụ ndị Marines site na Naval Base Subic Bay iji chebe Embassy nke United States na Manila. Mgbaghara nke Panama, nke a maara dị ka "Operation Just Cause" malitere na Disemba 20 nke otu afọ ahụ, ma wepụ onye ọchịchị aka ike Manuel Noriega.