Operations Involving UKMAMS

Operations Involving MAMS Teams

Tasks in Green were FEAF MAMS tasks
Op Hillclimb	Penang	Dec 64	Support to Royal Engineers building a radar post in Penang
Op Tigerbalm	Labuan	Oct 66
Op Sentinel Rose	Saigon	Dec 66	Uplift of US radar system ex-loan to British forces.
Op Fino / Crown	Leong Nok Tha, Thailand	Jan - Mar 67	Support to Royal Engineers building an airfield in far NE Thailand, close to the Mekong River.
Op Carnivorous	Batu Pahat	Mar 67	Troop lift to a LZ in Malaya
Aden Evacuation	Bahrain	6-24 Nov 67	Evacuation of British forces from Aden
	Mauritius	Jan 68	Ghurkha peace-intervention force deployment. Post-independence internal troubles.
Op Ephod	Bermuda	28-30 May 68	Deployment of 1^st Royal Innsikilling Btn to maintain civil order after riots
Op Sheepskin	Antigua	Mar 69-Feb70	1 Team deployed to set up a movements organisation during fighting in Anguilla
Op Spearhead	Northern Ireland	15-26 Aug 69	Troop reinforcement to NI
Op Knockabout	Norway	Sep 69
Op Marginal	NI	28 Jun 70	Troop reinforcement to NI
Op Shoveller	Jordan	21 Sep - 8 Oct 70	Troop deployment during Jordanian Civil War
Op Four Square	NI	3-8 Aug 71	Troop reinforcement to NI
Op Banner	NI	Nov 71 - Jul 07	Troop reinforcement to NI
Op Fondant	Northern Ireland		Troop reinforcement to NI under Op Banner
Op Chiffon	Malta	5 Jan 72	British withdrawl from Malta
Guatemalan threat	British Honduras	Jan 72	Troop reinforcements to Belize
Op Sedburgh	Majunga (Madagascar)	Apr 72	Withdrawal of RAF Detachment
Op Glasscutter	NI	28 Jul 72	Troop reinforcement to NI
Op Motorman	NI	28-31 Jul 1972	Troop reinforcement to NI
UN Peacekeepers (Yom Kippur)	Egypt	26-31 Oct 73	Movement of UN Peacekeepers after the Yom Kippur war
Op Ablaut	Cyprus	Jul-Aug 74	Evacuation of British Nationals from Cyprus during Turkish invasion
Op Nuchal	Belize	4 Nov-19 Dec 74	Troop reinforcements to Belize - Second Guatemalan emergency
Op Banner	NI	May 77	Troop reinforcement to NI
2nd Belize Emergency	Belize	Jul 77	Troop and RAF Harrier reinforcements to Belize
Lebanon Crisis	Fiji / Tel Aviv	31 May-13 Jun 78	Movement of Fijian troops to Israel for peacekeeping duties in Lebanon
Iranian Civil War	Iran	Feb 79	Evacuation of British nationals from Iran
Op Agila	Rhodesia / Nairobi	Dec 79 – Mar 80	Ceasefire observation and disarming guerillas after Rhodesian civil war
Op Titan	New Hebrides	12 Jun – 28 Aug 80	Movement of Royal Marines during civil unrest
Op Corporate	Ascension Island	Apr – Jun 82	Falklands War
Lebanon Peacekeeping Force	Lebanon	9 Sep 83	Deployment of air support for Peacekeeping force in Lebanon
Op Filibuster	Leuchars	Oct 81 and Oct 86	Support to the annual meeting of the NATO nuclear defence committee
Op Clover	Gibraltar	Apr 86	Reforce of air defence to Gib after US bombing of Libya
Op Juvenile	Akrotiri	Apr 86	Reforce of air defence to Akrotiri after US bombing of Libya
Op Cimnel / Calendar	Dubai	Dec 87 - Nov 88	Support for RN Mine sweeping Op in Gulf
Op Granby	Kuwait / Saudi Arabia / Dubai / Cyprus / Oman / Bahrain	Aug 90 – Jun 91	Gulf War
Op Haven	Turkey	Apr 91 – Jun 91	Deployment of Marines to establish Kurdish safe areas
Op Warden	Adana / Incirlik	May 91 - May 03	Deployment of Jaguars for No fly zone over Northern Iraq
Op Jural	Dhahran / Bahrain /Al Kharj	Aug 92 - Jan 98	No fly zone over Southern Iraq
Op Hampden / Sharpguard		Jul 92	Support to Nimrods enforcing embargoes on Yugoslavia
Op Grapple	Bosnia - Herzegovina	Jul 92 – Dec 95	Peacekeeping in former Republic of Yugoslavia
Op Deny Flight	Gioia Del Colle	Apr 93 – Jan 96	Air support for Peacekeeping in former Republic of Yugoslavia
Evacuation of Embassies Staff	Saana / Djibouti	9 - 14 May 1994	Evacuation of various countries Embassy Staff from Yemen during civil war
Op Driver	Kuwait	Nov – Dec 94	Troop reinforcements to Kuwait
Op Chantress	Angola	Apr – Aug 95	Peacekeeping troops after Angolan civil war
Op Resolute	Bosnia	Dec 95 – Dec 96	Peacekeeping in former Republic of Yugoslavia
Op Decisive Edge	Gioia Del Colle	Jan 96 – Dec 96	Air support for Peacekeeping in former Republic of Yugoslavia
Op Purposeful	Entebbe	20 – 27 Nov 96 17 – 21 Dec 96	Support to Canberras locating mass graves in Rwanda
Op Deliberate Guard	Gioia Del Colle	Jan – Apr 97	Air support for Peacekeeping in former Republic of Yugoslavia
Op Lodestar	Split	Jan 97	Peacekeeping in former Republic of Yugoslavia
Op Determinant	Brazzaville	Apr – May 97	Evacuation of British nationals from the Congo civil war
Op Helvin	Albania	Mar 97
Op Bolton / Resinate	Kuwait / Saudia Arabia	Nov 97 - Jan 03	No fly zone over Southern Iraq
Op Defiant Falcon	Gioia Del Colle	Jun 98	Air support for Peacekeeping in former Republic of Yugoslavia
Op Ladbrook	Brazzaville	Aug – Sep 98	Evacuation of British nationals from the Congo civil war
Op Bolton	Kuwait	Feb – Jun 98	Bombing of Iraq
Op Agricola	Kosovo / Macedonia /Greece / France	Feb – Dec 99	Kosovo War
Op Langer	Darwin / Dilli	Sep - Dec 99	Deployment of troops for peacekeeping duties in East Timor
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Nov 99 - Jan 00	Provide Movs assistance to UN Peacekeeping force
Op Turner	Brindisi	Apr 00	UN vehicles from Italy to Sierra Leone
Op Palliser	Sierra Leone	May 00 - Jul 02	British troops to stop Sierra Leone civil war
Op Veritas	Afghanistan / Gulf	Oct - Jul 01	UK contribution to US Op Enduring Freedom
Op Fingal	Afghanistan	Jul 01 - Jun 02	Support to the International Stabilisation Force in Afghanistan
Op Herrick	Afghanistan	Jun 02 -	Support to the International Stabilisation Force in Afghanistan
Op Telic	Iraq	Jan 03 -	Support to UK military operations against Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq
Op Coral	Congo	Jun 03 - Oct 03	Support to Royal Engineers on stabilisation duties in the Congo
Were you on a team that deployed on of the operations listed or is there one you on but is not listed? If so, please contact me with the details and I will put the details here for you.
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