Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Afọ ndị 1980 bụ n'ụzọ bụ́ isi afọ iri nke ịhazigharị. Ndị agha gbanwere ka ha bụrụ ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo niile na-etinyekwu uche na ọzụzụ na teknụzụ. Iwu Goldwater <unk> Nichols nke 1986 kere Unified Combatant Commands, na-eweta ndị agha na ngalaba ndị agha atọ ndị ọzọ n'okpuru otu, usoro nhazi nhazi. Ndị agha na-arụkwa ọrụ na mwakpo nke Grenada na 1983 (
Operation Urgent Fury) na Panama na 1989 (Operation Just Cause).