Geronimo

ONCE DEVIDED

CH156378 wrote:

well i just grounded my kids for a month. they were yelling "Geronimo" as they jumped into the pool. i mean how insensitive!

yep this is the best post on this
being a bit oversensative guys
they needed a code word, generally one that is easily identified over bad comms

know1

The US' code names are stupid in general, anyway.

I just finished Operation Epic Starlight....which is what I called breakfast this morning.

he still stands

if his code name was "Jesus" I bet your "panties would be in a wad."

Let's do that next time we fight terrorists... code names Jesus, Moses, Mary, Leviticus, etc. We'll murder them all, symbolically.

BinauralJam

he still stands wrote:

if his code name was "Jesus" I bet your "panties would be in a wad."

Let's do that next time we fight terrorists... code names Jesus, Moses, Mary, Leviticus, etc. We'll murder them all, symbolically.

Byrnzie

he still stands wrote:

if his code name was "Jesus" I bet your "panties would be in a wad."

Let's do that next time we fight terrorists... code names Jesus, Moses, Mary, Leviticus, etc. We'll murder them all, symbolically.

How about 'Operation George Wshington'? Or 'Operation Abe Lincoln'? I'm pretty sure nobody on the M.T would get their 'panties in a wad' over that, would they?

gimmesometruth27

or how about operation malcolm x, or operation mlk? surely that would never offend anybody.. :roll:

BinauralJam

I had an idea, we can name them after Super Villains, Operation Dr. Doom, Operation Magneto!

JonnyPistachio

This is ridiculous. They could've yelled my Moms name and I wouldnt care. it was a 'codeword' used to identify something in a mission for fuck sake. I used to yell geronimo, kowabunga, yeehaw, bombs-away, and many others when I was a kid. It could also be seen as a sign of positive accomplishment.

butterjam

What not operation Jersey Shore? That's how they got OBL in South Park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Jersey_Thing

g under p

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

or how about operation malcolm x, or operation mlk? surely that would never offend anybody.. :roll:

Funny those were the very first two men I thought of when i started reading this thread and I felt they would not be used just based on how many folks would be up in arms.

Why are names such as this *Geronimo* being used, who does the choosing and are there any sensitivity being taken when that choice is made?? Apparently NOT, I can see how this would be disturbing to some Native Americans.

Peace

Godfather.

good grief !!!!! BFD !!!!

Godfather.

INDEX OF OPERATIONAL AND CODE NAMES

ABDA World War II acronym for the 1942 cooperative American-British-Dutch-Australian defense of the Pacific and Indian Ocean theater

ABERDEEN World War II code name for Chindit stronghold near Manhton, Burma

ABILENE Gulf War VII Corps phase line

ABLE SENTRY United States European Command operations in Macedonia (Former Republic of Yugoslavia)

ACCOLADE World War II seizure of the Dodecanese

ACHSE World War II German plan to take control of Italy

ALAMO World War II code name for the task force (built around Headquarters, Sixth Army) operating directly under General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area for operations in New Guinea

ALARICH World War II German plan for the occupation of northern Italy by Army Group B (Rommel) if Italy collapsed politically

ALPHA World War II plan to defend Kunming and Chungking

ALSOS World War II code name for the Allied special intelligence forces' mission to collect information about German nuclear fission developments

ANAKIM World War II plan to recapture Burma

ANTON World War II (10-11 November 1942) German occupation of southern France (areas previously unoccupied and under the jurisdiction of the Vichy government)

ANVIL World War II plan for the invasion of southern France--see later DRAGOON

ANVIL Gulf War code name for a VII Corps objective

APPLE Gulf War VII Corps phase line

APRICOT Gulf War phase line for 1st Armored Division movement from Tactical Assembly Area THOMPSON to Forward Assembly Area GARCIA

ARCADIA World War II code name for the Washington Conference December 1941-January 1942

ARGONAUT World War II code name for the Malta and Yalta Conference January-February 1945

ARGUMENT World War II plan for USSTAF air operations against German aircraft factories, February 1944.

ATTLEBORO Vietnam large-scale offensive operation in III Corps Tactical Zone in the fall of 1966

AUDACIOUS Korean War (12 April 1951) Eighth Army plan for an orderly withdrawal

AUSLADUNG World War II German secondary attack designed to extend the Tunis bridgehead in the north as part of Operation OCHSENKOPF

AVALANCHE World War II (9 September 1943) invasion of Italy at Salerno

AXE Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

AXIOM World War II code name for the mission sent to London in February 1944 to urge CULVERIN

BACKHANDER World War II code name for the task force to conduct operations on Cape Gloucester on the island of New Britain

BANANA Gulf War phase line for 1st Armored Division movement from Tactical Assembly Area THOMPSON to Forward Assembly Area GARCIA

BARBAROSSA World War II (1941) German offensive against the USSR

BARCLAY World War II plan to induce the Axis to give priority to maintaining and reinforcing its forces in southern France and the Balkans

BARRACUDA World War II plan (cancelled) for an airborne and amphibious assault on Naples

BAYTOWN World War II (3 September 1943) British invasion of Italy at Reggio di Calabria mounted from Sicily

BERLIN Gulf War VII Corps phase line

BETA World War II plan to open a port on the coast of China

BIG STICK Korean War plan to destroy the Communist supply complex based on Sibyon-ni, to advance the Eighth Army left flank to the Yesong River, and to regain Kaesong

BIG SWITCH Korean War

BLACK Pre-World War II plan to occupy Dakar

BLACKCOCK World War II British 12 Corps operation to clear the German salient between the Meuse and Roer-Wurm Rivers from Roermond southward

BLACKJACK Series of special operations in Vietnam

BLACKJACK 33 Vietnam special operation 27 April-24 May 1967 in III Corps Tactical Zone in conjunction with Project SIGMA (Detachment B-56)

BLACKJACK 41 Vietnam special operation in the Seven Mountains region in the spring of 1967

BLACKPOOL World War II code name for Chindit roadblock on the railroad near Namkwin, Burma

BLADE JEWEL United States Southern Command 1989 evacuation of dependents from Panama

BLOCKBUSTER World War II plan for Canadian II Corps offensive in the Calcar-Udem-Xanten area

BLUE SPOON United States Southern Command complex of operational plans 1988-1989 covering various contingencies in Panama

BLUEHEARTS Korean War draft plan for amphibious landing; abandoned 10 July 1950 and replaced by CHROMITE

BOLERO World War II (1942) plan for offensive operations against Germany on the European mainland and for the build-up of US forces and supplies in the United Kingdom for the cross-Channel attack

BONN Gulf War VII Corps objective (1st Armored Division)

BOSTON World War II Southwest Pacific Area of Operations plan to occupy and construct an airfield in the Abau-Mullins Harbor region of New Guinea

BRAGG Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

BRASS Gulf War name for 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division objective

BRASSARD World War II plan for operations against the island of Elba

BREASTPLATE World War II plan (cancelled) for a seaborne attack from Malta against Sousse

BREWER World War II plan for operations in the Admiralty Islands

BRIMSTONE World War II plan (canceled) for the capture of Sardinia

BROADWAY World War II code name for a drop site about fifty miles northwest of Indaw, Burma, used to resupply the Chindits

BROWN Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps objective

BUCCANEER World War II plan (cancelled) for the amphibious capture of the Andaman Islands

BUCKSHOT 16 Korean War operation by the Republic of Korea 11th Division, Republic of Korea I Corps, to take North Korean prisoners

BUFFALO World War II operation to break out of the Anzio beachhead

BUMP Gulf War Forward Assembly Area used by Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division

BUTTRESS World War II British operation (cancelled) against the toe of the Italian peninsula involving landings at Goija staged from North Africa

BYPRODUCT World War II code name for Trobriand Islands (not an actual operation)

CACTUS World War II operation to capture Guadalcanal (a sub-task of WATCHTOWER)

CAMEL World War II code name for the task force for the invasion of southern France built around the 36th Infantry Division

CAPITAL World War II plan for the attack across the Chindwin River to Mandalay

CAPRI World War II plan for an attack against Médenine

CARBONADO World War II plan to open a port on the coast of China (revised BETA)

CARPETBAGGER World War II operation to airdrop supplies from the United Kingdom to patriot forces in western Europe

CARTWHEEL World War II operations to capture the Solomon Islands, New Britain, and New Ireland involving convergent operations from the South Pacific and Southwest Pacific Areas of Operations targeted against Rabaul

CASANOVA World War II diversionary operation by the 95th Infantry Division during operations against Metz

CATCHPOLE World War II plan for operations against the Eniwetok and Ujelang Atolls in the Marshall Islands

CAUSEWAY World War II operation plan (August 1944) to capture Formosa which was not executed

CENT World War II code name for the beaches at Scoglitti, Sicily

CHAMPION World War II plan (late 1943) for a general offensive in Burma

CHAMPION MAIN Code name for the Headquarters of the 82d Airborne Division in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia during DESERT SHIELD

CHARGER Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO World War II AEAF operations against German train movements in France and Germany

CHERRY Gulf War code name for a VII Corps phase line

CHESTNUT World War II code name for four airborne missions sent by Montgomery in an effort to reinforce his army in Sicily with airborne troops

CHOPSTICK 6 Korean War plan for the envelopment of the high ground south of P'yong-gang by a reinforced Republic of Korea division

CHOPSTICK 16 Korean War plan for a two-division attack to drive the Communists from the area east and south of the Nam River

CHROMITE Korean War (September 1950) landing at Inch'on

CHRONICLE World War II operation to capture Woodlark Island and Kiriwina

CITADEL Ground convoy task force of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, that opened a main supply route to Forward Operating Base COBRA on 24 February 1991 during DESERT STORM

CLAM-UP Korean War operation to delude the Communists by imposing silence along the front lines 10-15 February 1952

CLEANSLATE World War II operation to occupy the Russell Islands

CLIPPER World War II British 30 Corps offensive to reduce the Geilenkirchen salient

COBALT Gulf War name for 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division objective

COBRA World War II plan for the First Army's operation designed to penetrate the German defenses west of St. Lô and secure Coutances, France

COBRA (FOB) Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq secured by deep air assault on 24 February 1991 during DESERT STORM

COLLINS Gulf War code name for a VII Corps objective

COLORADO Gulf War code name for a VII Corps phase line

COMMANDO Korean War plan for an offensive to establish the JAMESTOWN line

CONTINUE HOPE United States Central Command operations in Somalia May-December 1993 in support of UNOSOM II

COPPER Gulf War name for 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division objective consisting of COPPER SOUTH (4th Armoured Brigade) and COPPER NORTH (7th Armoured Brigade)

CORKSCREW World War II (June 1943) conquest of the island of Pantelleria

CORONET World War II operation (not executed) to invade the island of Honshu at the Tokyo plain

COTTAGE World War II (1943) recapture of Kiska

COUNTER Korean War plan for the 45th Infantry Division (I Corps) to capture strategic outpost sites

COUGAR Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

COURAGEOUS Korean War (1951) operation for the advance to the Imjin River as a follow-on to RIPPER

CRICKET World War II code name for the Malta portion of the ARGONAUT Conference

CROSSBOW World War II operations by the Royal Air Force against German V-weapon experimental bases

CROSSROADS 1946 nuclear weapon test on Bikini Atoll

CROSSWORD World War II code name for a covert operation intended to lead to the surrender of Germany (2 May 1944)

CRUSH Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

CUDGEL World War II plan (cancelled) for small-scale operations on the Arakan coast of Burma

CUDGEL Korean War plan for an advance from the WYOMING line in the I and IX Corps sectors

CULVERIN World War II plan for the assault on Sumatra

CYCLONE World War II operation to capture Noemfoor (1944)

DAGUET French name for their participation in the Gulf War

DAUNTLESS Korean War (1951) plan for a limited advance by I and IX Corps against the Iron Triangle

DELTA World War II code name for the task force for the invasion of southern France built around the 45th Infantry Division

DENVER Gulf War code name for a VII Corps objective

DENY FLIGHT North Atlantic Treaty Organization operations over Bosnia-Herzegovina to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 816 (initiated 13 April 1993)

DESERT CALM Gulf War

DESERT FAREWELL Gulf War redeployment

DESERT SABRE Gulf War

DESERT SHIELD United States Central Command deployment in defense of Saudi Arabia, 7 August 1990-16 January 1991

DESERT STORM United States Central Command offensive operations against Iraq, 17 January-28 February 1991 (the "Gulf War")

DESERT SWORD Gulf War code name used in early phases of planning for offensive operations

DEXTERITY World War II operations in western New Britain and Saidor

DIADEM World War II (11 May 1944) Allied offensive in Italy

DIBDBAH CHARGE Gulf War name for 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division exercise to cover its displacement into final tactical assembly area

DIME World War II code name for the beaches at Gela, Sicily

DIRECTOR World War II code name for the task force for the invasion of Arawe in New Britain

DIXIE World War II code name for the US observer mission to the Chines communists

DODGE United States Central Command main supply route during the Gulf War; the Trans-Arabian Pipeline (TAPLINE) Road and the connecting portion of the coastal highway in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province extending north from Dhahran-Dammam

DOVETAIL World War II rehearsal in Fiji of the operation to capture Guadalcanal and a lodgement in the southern Solomon Islands (a sub-task of PESTILENCE)

DRACULA World War II (1944) plan for an attack on Rangoon

DRAGOON World War II final plan for the invasion of southern France (15 August 1944); code name was changed from ANVIL on 27 July 1944)

DRAGOON Gulf War 1st Infantry Division attack position (where 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, assembled to conduct passage through the breach of border defenses)

DRYGOODS World War II logistical operation to mass supplies at Guadalcanal in February 1943

DULUTH Korean War line of defense to be established by Operation SUNDIAL

EAGLE Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

EASTERN EXIT United States Central Command evacuation of the United States Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, 2-11 January 1991, employing elements of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade [4th MEB]

ECLIPSE World War II name given to Operation TALISMAN after a presumed compromise of security

EILBOTE World War II (January 1943) for a German operation to capture the Kebir River dam and to drive the French off the Eastern Dorsal in Tunisia

ELDORADO CANYON United States European Command 1986 air strike on Libya

ELKTON GEN Douglas MacArthur's World War II plan (not executed) for the capture of Rabaul

ENCORE World War II (February 1945) IV Corps limited objective operation against Mounte Belvedere

END RUN World War II code name for the task force built around the survivors of Task Force GALAHAD used for the drive on Myitkyina, Burma

ENIGMA World War II--see ULTRA

EUREKA World War II code name for the Tehran Conference, November 1943

EVERREADY Korean War plan covering eventualities of Republic of Korea domestic disturbances and disengaging United Nations Command forces

FATIMA World War II code name for the Mason-MacFarlane Mission

FELIX World War II plan to capture Gibraltar and close the straits of Gibraltar

FIERY VIGIL United States Pacific Command operations 16-26 June 1991 in the Philippine Islands to evacuate personnel after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo

FIREBRAND World War II (1943) invasion of Corsica

FIVESOME World War II codeword to cover the multi-national agreement for the coordination of operations in the Southwest Pacific

FLASHPOINT World War II (March 1945) Ninth Army assault crossing of the Rhine as part of Operation PLUNDER

FLAX World War II air operations to disrupt the flow of German air transports from Italy to Sicily and Tunisia

FLINTLOCK World War II operation to capture the Marshall Islands

FORAGER World War II operation to capture the Mariana Islands

FOURTH TERM World War II (February 1945) IV Corps limited objective operation in the Serchio Valley

FOX Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

FRANTIC World War II Air Force shuttle bombing of Axis-controlled Europe from bases in the United Kingdom, Italy, and the USSR

FRICTION Canadian code name for its naval contribution to Operation SCIMITAR (Gulf War)

FRUEHLINGSWIND World War II (February 1943) German Fifth Panzer Army attack against Sidi Bou Zid

FRY World War II operation to occupy four islands in Lake Comacchio, Italy

GALAHAD World War II code name for American long-range penetration groups in Burma

GALVANIC World War II operation to capture the Gilbert Islands and Makin

GANGWAY World War II plan (cancelled) for the unopposed landing at Naples

GARCIA Gulf War Forward Assembly Area for 1st Armored Division

GARDEN World War II--see MARKET

GEORGIA 24th Infantry Division north-south main supply route in Iraq during DESERT STORM

GHOST ZONE United States Southern Command counter-drug operations in Bolivia

GIANT I World War II plan (canceled) for an air landing and airborne drop along the Volturno River

GIANT II World War II plan (canceled) for an airborne drop near Rome

GOBLET World War II plan (canceled) for the invasion of Italy at Cotrone

GOLD World War II code name for the assault beach at Normandy assigned to British 30 Corps

GOLD Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps objective (Tallil Air Base)

GOLDEN PHEASANT United States Army Forces Command deployment of forces to Honduras, 1987

GOLDFLAKE World War II code name for the movement of Canadian I Corps from Italy to the European Theater of Operations

GRANBY British name for their participation in the Gulf War

GRANITE World War II tentative plan (13 January 1944) by ADM Chester Nimitz for the capture of the Marshall Islands and other 1944 offensive operations

GRAPE Gulf War code name for a VII Corps phase line

GRAY Pre-World War II contingency plan to occupy the Azores

GREEN SWEEP United States Southern Command counter-drug operation in Bolivia

GRENADE World War II (February 1945) assault crossing of the Roer River by Ninth Army followed by a drive northeast to link with the First Canadian Army along the Rhine River; World War II large-scale offensive by 21 Army Group from the Roer to the Rhine

GREY Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps objective

GYMNAST World War II (1941) plan for the Allied invasion of French northwest Africa

HAMMER Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

HARDIHOOD World War II code name for Allied aid to Turkey in an effort to induce that nation to enter the war

HAWKEYE XVIII Airborne Corps disaster relief operations in St. Croix, 1989

HERBSTNEBEL World War II German operational plan for a withdrawal in Italy beyond the Po River

HERKULES World War II (1942) German plan (cancelled) to invade Malta

HIGHBOY Korean War I Corps artillery operation to bring direct fire on enemy positions and bunkers not accessible to other artillery and mortar fire

HOME COMING Korean War plan for limited operation offered as a substitute for BIG STICK

HUDDLE World War II operation to occupy Ndeni (a sub-task of PESTILENCE)

HURRICANE World War II operation to capture Biak (1944)

HUSKY World War II (July 1943) operation to invade Sicily

ICEBURG World War II operation to capture Okinawa (1945)

ICHIGO World War II Japanese operation to capture US air bases in east China

INDEPENDENCE World War II French offensive towards Belfort, France

INDIGO Pre-World War II contingency plan for the reinforcement of Iceland

INTERLUDE World War II code name for the rehearsal for the capture of Morotai

IOWA Gulf War code name for a VII Corps phase line

ITALY Gulf War VII Corps phase line

JAMESTOWN Korean War defensive line to be established by Operation COMMANDO

JET Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

JOSS World War II code name for the beaches in the Licata area

JUNO World War II code name for the Normandy assault beach assigned to the Canadian 3rd Division

JUST CAUSE United States Southern Command invasion of Panama, 20 December 1989-January 1990

KANSAS-WYOMING Korean War defensive lines in the vicinity of the 38th Parallel

KAPUT World War II (April 1945) Ninth Army assignment of defeating an incursion into the zone of the XIII Corps and of clearing a sector along the Elbe River

KEYSTONE Plan for withdrawal of US forces from Vietnam beginning in 1969. Phases of the withdrawal were further identified with a series of names of birds: KEYSTONE EAGLE; KEYSTONE CARDINAL; KEYSTONE BLUEJAY; KEYSTONE ROBIN.

KILLER Korean War (1951) IX Corps offensive to the Som River

KING TWO World War II operation to capture Leyte and the southern Philippines (1944)

KNIFE Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

KONSTANTIN World War II German reinforcement of the Balkans and Greece

KOPENHAGEN World War II German plan for the seizure of the Mount Cenis Pass as part of Operation Plan ACHSE

LARRY Gulf War Forward Assembly Area used by Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division

LEATHERBACK World War II cover name for Woodlark Island (not an operation name)

LEHRGANG World War II (11-17 August 1943) evacuation of German troops from Sicily to the Italian mainland

LEVER World War II operation in Italy to clear the area between Reno and the southwest shore of Lake Comacchio

LEYTE VICTORY Gulf War code name used by 24th Infantry Division during early planning for offensive options

LIBERTY Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

LILLIPUT World War II operation to defend Buna (1942)

LIME Gulf War VII Corps phase line

LITTLE SWITCH Korean War operation for the repatriation of sick and wounded prisoners of war

LONDON World War II phase line for XVIII Airborne Corps near Wesel, Germany

LUMBERJACK World War II (February-March 1945) converging offensive by First and Third Armies to create a pocket of trapped Germans in the Eifel

MAGIC World War II signals intelligence derived from interception of Japanese encoded message traffic

MAGNET World War II movement of the first US forces into Northern Ireland

MAGNETO World War II code name for the Yalta portion of the Argonaut Conference

MAILFIST World War II (1945) recapture of Singapore

MAINYARD World War II code name for the island of Guadalcanal (not an operation name)

MALLORY MAJOR World War II air offensive against the bridges over the Po River

MANNA World War II British occupation of southern Greece

MARKET World War II airborne operation in September 1944 Holland designed to facility ground force crossing of lower Rhine River (also see GARDEN)

MARS World War II code name for the US task force in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations that was the 5332d Brigade (Provisional)

MELLON Gulf War VII Corps phase line

MICHAELMAS World War II code name for the task force for the seizure of Saidor on New Guinea

MIKE ONE World War II plan for the invasion of Lingayen Gulf

MIKE TWO World War II plan for the invasion of Dingalan Bay

MIKE THREE World War II plan for the invasion of Vigan

MIKE FOUR World War II plan for the invasion of Nasugbu and Balayan Bays

MIKE SIX World War II plan for the invasion of Batangas and Tayabas Bays

MIKE SEVEN World War II plan for the invasion of the Zambales coast

MINCEMEAT World War II cover plan to divert attention from Operation HUSKY to induce the Axis to believe that Allied objectives were Sardinia and the Peloponnesus instead of Sicily

MINERVA World War II code name for the 6 November 1942 embarkation of General Henri Giraud from southern France

MINNESOTA Gulf War code name for a VII Corps phase line

MONACO Gulf War VII Corps phase line

MONTCLAIR World War II; final name given to PRINCETON

MORGENLUFT World War II (February 1943) German attack by the Afrika Korps against Gafsa after Operation FRUEHLINGSWIND

MUSKET World War II plan for a projected landing in 1943 on the heel of the Italian peninsula near Taranto

MUSKETEER World War II basic plan for operation to liberate the Philippine Islands

MUSTANG World War II plan (canceled) for an overland seizure of Naples after initial landings in Calabria

NEPTUNE World War II plan for the actual 1944 operations within OVERLORD; used for security reasons after September 1943 on all OVERLORD planning papers that referred to the target area and date

NEW GALAHAD World War II code name for American long-range penetration groups in Burma

NEW JERSEY Gulf War code name for a VII Corps phase line

NEW YORK World War II XVIII Airborne Corps phase line in the Ringenberk-Krudenberg area in Germany

NEWMARKET Code name for the 101st Airborne Division's main supply route to Forward Operating Base COBRA during DESERT STORM

NIMROD DANCER United States Southern Command build-up of rotational forces in Panama, summer of 1989

NORDWIND World War II German January 1945 offensive against the Seventh Army in Alsace (launched 31 December 1944)

NUNTON World War II (March 1944) Allied cover and deception plan

OCHSENKOPF World War II (26 February 1943) German operation to extend the Tunis bridgehead by capturing Bédja and Medjez el Bab

OCTAGON World War II code name for the Quebec Conference, September 1944

OLIVE World War II (September 1944) attack on the Gothic Line in Italy

OLIVENERNTE World War II (January 1943) German plan (cancelled) to capture Medjez el Bab

OLYMPIC World War II plan (not executed) for the March 1946 invasion of the island of Kyushu

OMAHA World War II code name for the assault beach at Normandy assigned to V Corps

OMAHA Gulf War VII Corps phase line

ORANGE Pre-World War II plan within the RAINBOW matrix for unilateral conflict between the United States and Japan; ORANGE 1 was approved in 1938, ORANGE 3 in April 1941

ORANGE Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps objective (Jalibah Air Base)

OVERLORD World War II (6 June 1944) Allied cross-Channel invasion of northwest Europe

OVERWHELMING Korean War (1951) plan for an offensive by Eighth Army to the P'yonggang-Wonsan line (cancelled)

PANTHER World War II British 10 Corps drive across the Garigliano River in Italy

PARASOL-SWITCHBACK Vietnam 1963 program supplying founds for use with the Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) program

PARIS World War II XVIII Airborne Corps phase line west of Erle, Germany

PATRIOT DEFENDER Name applied to United States European Command deployment of Patriot missiles to Israel in 1991 during Gulf War

PEAR Gulf War VII Corps phase line

PERPETUAL World War II (11 November 1942) Eastern Task Force reserve's landing at Bougie

PERSECUTION World War II operation to capture Aitape (1944)

PESTILENCE COMSOPAC OPLAN 1-42, 16 July 1942, World War II plan for "Task One" to launch the initial offensive operation in Guadalcanal and the southern Solomon Islands

PICADILLY World War II code name for a drop site for the Chindits in Burma

PIGSTICK World War II limited operation (cancelled) on the south Mayu Peninsula

PILEDRIVER Korean War (1951) counterattack operation

PINK Korean War (December 1950) emergency shipment of logistical support from the Continental United States to build up the Far East Command

PLATINUM Gulf War name for 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division objective

PLUM Gulf War phase line for 1st Armored Division movement from Tactical Assembly Area THOMPSON to Forward Assembly Area GARCIA

PLUNDER World War II (March 1945) 21 Army Group assault across the Rhine north of the Ruhr

POINTBLANK World War II combined bomber offensive against Germany from bases in the United Kingdom

POLECHARGE Korean War plan for the capture of hill objectives on the JAMESTOWN line during Operation COMMANDO

POPLAR TREE United States Southern Command 1989 plan (not executed) for possible evacuation of personnel from El Salvador

POSTERN World War II operation to capture Lae-Finschhofen-Madang

POWERPACK United States Atlantic Command operation 1965-1966 in the Dominican Republic

PRINCETON World War II plan establishing the basic outline for the reoccupation of the Visayas-Mindanao-Borneo-Netherlands East Indies area (later renamed MUSKETEER)

PRODUCTIVE EFFORT Original name for SEA ANGEL

PROMOTE LIBERTY United States Southern Command stability operation conducted in Panama in 1990 after the conclusion of JUST CAUSE

PROVEN FORCE United States European Command joint task force operation from Turkey as part of the Gulf War

PROVIDE COMFORT United States European Command operations (two) conducted in Turkey in support of Kurdish refugees from northern Iraq

PROVIDE HOPE United States European Command humanitarian relief operation in 1992 in the former Soviet Union

PROVIDE PROMISE United States European Command humanitarian relief operation 1991-1993 in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia

PROVIDE REFUGE United States Pacific Command humanitarian relief operation in 1993 at Kwajalein Atoll

PROVIDE RELIEF United States Central Command humanitarian relief operation in 1992 staged by a joint task force operating from base in Kenya

PROVIDE TRANSITION United States Air Force operation in 1992 in Angola

PROVIDENCE World War II plan (canceled) for the occupation of the Buna area of New Guinea

PUGILIST-GALLOP World War II (1943) attack to outflank the Mareth Line in Tunisia

PURPLE Gulf War code name for an VII Corps objective

PURPLE STORM United States Southern Command exercises in Panama in 1989 to both assert United States treaty rights and to conduct tactical rehearsals for JUST CAUSE

PYTHON Gulf War attack position near Al Busayyah used by Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division

QUADRANT World War II code name for the Quebec Conference (August 1943)

QUEEN World War II 12th Army Group operation on the Roer plain between the Wurm and the Roer Rivers

QUICK LIFT 1991 evacuation of personnel in Zaire

RAINBOW Term used to apply to the collection of war plans developed prior to World War II (each of which was named with a color); RAINBOW 5 was published in October 1941

RAINCOAT World War II assault on the Camino hill mass in Italy

RALEIGH Gulf War code name for a VII Corps objective

RAM Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

RASHNESS World War II revised CORONADO plan

RAVENOUS World War II plan by 4 Corps for the recapture of northern Burma

RAZOR Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

RECKLESS World War II operation to capture Hollandia (1944)

RED Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps objective

RENO GEN Douglas MacArthur's World War II plan for an advance along the northern coast of New Guinea to Mindanao

RESERVIST World War II code name for the seizure of vital points at Oran and the landing of Allied forces to prevent sabotage in the harbor

RESTORE HOPE United States Central Command humanitarian relief operation in Somalia, December 1992-May 1993

RETRIBUTION World War II (April-June 1943) plan to prevent Axis forces from reaching Italian territory if they should attempt to evacuate Tunisia

RINGBOLT World War II operation to capture Tulagi (a sub-task of WATCHTOWER)

RIPPER Korean War (1951) offensive against Ch'unch'on

RIPPER Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

RO World War II Japanese air operation to augment the air forces at Rabaul and delay Allied offensives

ROAST World War II operation to clear Comacchio Spit, Italy

ROCHAMBEAU 6th (French) Light Armored Division's intermediate objective during operation DESERT STORM while under the tactical control of XVIII Airborne Corps

ROGER World War II capture of Phuket Island of the Kra Isthmus in Burma

ROMEO World War II code name for the French commando force that landed at Cap Nègre

ROMULUS World War II Arakan part of CAPITAL

ROOSTER World War II operation to fly the Chinese 22d Division to Chihchiang

ROSE World War II operation (April 1945) in the Ruhr pocket

ROSIE World War II code name for the French naval force that landed southwest of Cannes during DRAGOON

ROUNDHAMMER World War II plan for a cross-Channel operation intermediate in size between SLEDGEHAMMER and ROUNDUP

ROUNDUP World War II (1943) plan for the cross-Channel operation

ROUNDUP Korean War (1951) X Corps advance on Hongch'on-P'yonch'ang

RUGBY World War II code name for the airborne forces dropping behind the beaches during the invasion of Southern France

RUGGED Korean War (1951) advance to the Imjin River

SABER Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

SALAMANDER French code name for air component of Operation DAGUET (Gulf War)

SAND FLEA United States Southern Command exercises in Panama in 1989 to both assert United States treaty rights and to conduct tactical rehearsals for JUST CAUSE

SATIN World War II (December 1942) plan (canceled) for II Corps to attack Sfaz, Tunisia

SATURATE Korean War plan for the interdiction bombing of North Korean railroads

SAUCY World War II limited offensive to reopen a land supply route from Burma to China

SCATTER Korean War screening plan for the repatriation of prisoners of war

SCIMITAR Canadian code name for its participation in the Gulf War

SCIPIO World War II (6 April 1942) attack by the Eighth Army at Akarit wadi

SEA ANGEL United States Pacific Command disaster relief operation in 1991 in Bangladesh

SEA ANGEL II United States Pacific Command disaster relief operation in 1992 in Bangladesh

SEELOEWE World War II (1940-1941) German plan (canceled) for the invasion of the United Kingdom [SEA LION]

SEXTANT World War II code name for the Cairo Conferences (22-26 November and 3-7 December 1943)

SHARP EDGE United States Marine Corps-let noncombatant evacuation operation 5-21 August 1990 in Liberia

SHINGLE World War II (22 January 1944) amphibious operation at Anzio

SHO World War II Japanese plan for a counterattack against US forces in the western Pacific

SHOWDOWN Korean War plan designed to improve IX Corps defensive line positions north of Kumhwa

SIEGFRIED World War II German plan for the occupation of the southern coast of France as part of Operation ACHSE

SITKA World War II code name for the task force that captured the islands of Levant and Port Cros in the Mediterranean

SLAPSTICK World War II (9 September 1943) British airborne landing at Taranto, Italy, mounted from Bizerte, Tunisia

SLEDGEHAMMER World War II (1942) plan for a limited cross-Channel attack

SMACK Korean War plan for a combined air-tank-infantry-artillery test strike

SMASH Gulf War code name for a phase line applying to both XVIII Airborne Corps and VII Corps

SOUTHERN STORM Gulf War code name used by 24th Infantry Division in preliminary planning for an offensive operation into Kuwait

SOUTHERN WATCH United States Central Command operations initiated after Gulf War to enforce United Nations "no-fly" restrictions in southern Iraq

SPAIN Gulf War VII Corps phase line

STALEMATE World War II invasion of the Palaus

STEEL BOX Removal of chemical weapons from Germany 26 June-22 September 1990

STEWART Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

STRANGLE World War II (March-May 1944) air operations to interdict the movement of Axis supplies in Italy

STRANGLE Korean War (1951) air operations to disrupt North Korean logistics by interdiction bombing

STURMFLUT World War II (19-22 February 1943) German operation by Field Marshal Rommel against the Kasserine Pass and Sbiba gap

SUNDIAL Korean War plan to establish the DULUTH defensive line

SUPERCHARGE World War II (November 1942) breakout by British 30 Corps in Egypt as part of Eighth Army's offensive in the Western Desert

SUPERCHARGE World War II (March 1943) revised plan for the assault on the Mereth Line

SUPER-GYMNAST World War II plan for Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa, combining US and British plans [often used interchangeably with GYMNAST]

SWITCHBACK Vietnam program November 1962-July 1963 in which the Army began assuming responsibility for the U.S. participation in the CIDG program

SWORD World War II code name for the assault beach at Normandy assigned to British 3d Division

SYMBOL World War II cover name for the Casablanca Conference (14-23 January 1943)

TALISMAN World War II name for early plan for post-hostilities activities in Germany

TALON World War II Akyab part of CAPITAL

TALONS Korean War outline plan for a ground offensive to bolster the Eighth Army's eastern front

TANGERINE Gulf War code name for a VII Corps phase line

TARZAN World War II India-based portion of the general offensive in Burma

TED World War II code name for a task force operating in the Aitape area of New Guinea

TERMINAL World War II (8 November 1942) operation in the harbor of Algiers

TERMINAL World War II code name for the Potsdam Conference (16 July-2 August 1945)

TEXAS XVIII Airborne Corps north-south main supply route in Iraq during DESERT STORM; extended from the vicinity of Rafha, Saudi Arabia, to As Salman, Iraq

TEXAS Gulf War VII Corps phase line

THESEUS World War II (1942) German plan for operations in Libya

THOMPSON Gulf War Tactical Assembly Area for 1st Armored Division

THUNDERBOLT World War II offensive in the Metz area

THUNDERBOLT Korean War (1951) reconnaissance in force operations up to the Han River

TIDALWAVE World War II code name for the 1943 low level attack on Ploesti, Rumania, by heavy bombers

TIGER World War II code name for one of the rehearsal exercises for OVERLORD

TOENAILS World War II operation to capture New Georgia

TOGO World War II second phase of the Japanese ICHIGO operation

TOMAHAWK Korean War (1951) airborne operation by the 187th Regimental Combat Team at Munsan-ni as part of Operation COURAGEOUS

TORCH World War II (November 1942) Allied invasion of northwest Africa

TOREADOR World War II airborne assault on Mandalay

TORNADO World War II operation to capture Wakde-Sarmi (1944)

TOUCHDOWN Korean War operation to gain control of Heartbreak Ridge

TRADEWIND World War II operation to capture Morotai (1944)

TRANSFIGURE World War II plan (cancelled) for airborne operations on the west side of the Seine River to block German escape routes

TREBOR Gulf War British name for Special Boat Service operation 28 February 1991 to reoccupy their embassy in Kuwait City

TRIDENT World War II cover name for the Washington Conference (12-25 May 1943)

TULSA World War II first outline plan by General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area, for operations directed at the capture of Rabaul

TUNGSTEN Gulf War name for 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division objective

TWILIGHT World War II plan to base B-29 bombers in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations

TYPHOON World War II operation to capture Sansapor-Mar (1944) in New Guinea

ULTRA World War II signals intelligence derived from interception and decoding of German ENIGMA machine ciphers

UNDERTONE World War II (March-April 1945) offensive by Third and Seventh Armies to break through the West Wall and clear the Saar-Palatinate triangle (area within the Rhine, Moselle, and Lauter-Saar Rivers), and to secure a bridgehead east of the Rhine River in the vicinity of Worms

UPHOLD DEMOCRACY United States Atlantic Command permissive entry stability operation in Haiti, 1994-1995

URGENT FURY United States Atlantic Command invasion of Grenada, 1983

UTAH World War II code name for the assault beach at Normandy assigned to VII Corps

VANGUARD Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

VARSITY World War II First Allied Airborne Army operation for crossing of Rhine River in vicinity of Wesel, Germany, in 1945 in support of Operation PLUNDER

VERITABLE World War II Canadian First Army operation to clear the area between the Maas and Rhine Rivers

VERMONT Gulf War VII Corps phase line (Saudi Arabia-Iraq border)

VICTOR I World War II operation in Panay and Negros Occidental

VICTOR II World War II operation in Cebu, Bohol, and Negros Oriental

VICTOR III World War II Eighth Army operation against Palawan

VICTOR IV World War II Eighth Army operation against the Sulu Archipelago and the Zamboanga area of Mindanao

VICTOR V World War II Eighth Army operations against western Mindanao

VICTOR SQUARED September 1991 plan for possible evacuation of personnel from Haiti

VICTORY Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

VIKING Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps phase line

VIPER (FOB) Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq secured by deep air assault on 27 February 1991 during the preparations for the decisive engagement with the Republican Guard Forces Command near Basrah during DESERT STORM

VIRGINIA XVIII Airborne Corps east-west main supply route in Iraq during DESERT STORM

VULCAN World War II (6 May 1943) final Allied offensive to clear Axis forces from Tunisia, particularly the Cape Bon area

WATCHTOWER World War II operation to capture Guadalcanal and Tulagi (a sub-task of PERSECUTION)

WEBFOOT World War II rehearsal for SHINGLE

WHITE 6th (French) Light Armored Division's final objective (the town and airfield at As Salman, Iraq) during operation DESERT STORM while under the tactical control of XVIII Airborne Corps

WINTERGEWITTER World War II (26 December 1944) German limited objective counterattack against the IV Corps

WOLF Gulf War code name for an XVIII Airborne Corps area of operations

WOLFHOUND Korean War (1951) attack by the 25th Infantry Division in the Suwon-Osan area

WOP World War II (17 March 1943) opening attack by II Corps against Gafsa

WRANGLER Korean War plan to follow up CUDGEL with an amphibious operation on the east coast of Korea

YOKE World War II code word for all US organizations working with Y-Force in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations

ZEBRA World War II code word for US-sponsored Chinese division in east China

ZINC Gulf War name for 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division objective

ZIPPER World War II (1945) plan for assault on Malaya

JonnyPistachio

Godfather. wrote:

good grief !!!!! BFD !!!!

Godfather.

INDEX OF OPERATIONAL AND CODE NAMES

DRACULA World War II (1944) plan for an attack on Rangoon

With all the lame political correctness going around, we wouldn’t want to piss off Dracula, now would we?

Godfather. wrote:

MELLON Gulf War VII Corps phase line

Piss off girls with big boobs….

Godfather. wrote:

RIPPER Korean War (1951) offensive against Ch'unch'on

Piss off Jack the ripper…

Godfather. wrote:

ROSIE World War II code name for the French naval force that landed southwest of Cannes during DRAGOON

Piss off Rosie O’Donnel…

Godfather. wrote:

SLEDGEHAMMER World War II (1942) plan for a limited cross-Channel attack

Piss off Peter Gabriel…

Godfather. wrote:

BLACKCOCK World War II British 12 Corps operation to clear the German salient between the Meuse and Roer-Wurm Rivers from Roermond southward

^^^I’m just not gonna go there….

Godfather.

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

good grief !!!!! BFD !!!!

Godfather.

INDEX OF OPERATIONAL AND CODE NAMES

DRACULA World War II (1944) plan for an attack on Rangoon

With all the lame political correctness going around, we wouldn’t want to piss off Dracula, now would we?

Godfather. wrote:

MELLON Gulf War VII Corps phase line

Piss off girls with big boobs….

Godfather. wrote:

RIPPER Korean War (1951) offensive against Ch'unch'on

Piss off Jack the ripper…

Godfather. wrote:

ROSIE World War II code name for the French naval force that landed southwest of Cannes during DRAGOON

Piss off Rosie O’Donnel…

Godfather. wrote:

SLEDGEHAMMER World War II (1942) plan for a limited cross-Channel attack

Piss off Peter Gabriel…

Godfather. wrote:

BLACKCOCK World War II British 12 Corps operation to clear the German salient between the Meuse and Roer-Wurm Rivers from Roermond southward

^^^I’m just not gonna go there….

thanks for the laugh JP that was funny !!!!!

Godfather.

cincybearcat

Of All the threads ever on AMT, I think tos might be the most ridiculous and the biggest stretch. Just proves that people are always looking for the next thing to be outraged about...and if there isnt something, they will make one up

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JonnyPistachio wrote:

This is ridiculous. They could've yelled my Moms name and I wouldnt care. it was a 'codeword' used to identify something in a mission for fuck sake. I used to yell geronimo, kowabunga, yeehaw, bombs-away, and many others when I was a kid. It could also be seen as a sign of positive accomplishment.

I think some of you are confusing yelling Geronimo with naming someone Geronimo.

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I didn't read your entire list, Godfather, but I didn't see any other names of cultural heros & representatives of oppressed peoples on there.

mikepegg44

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I didn't read your entire list, Godfather, but I didn't see any other names of cultural heros & representatives of oppressed peoples on there.

i am suprised his nickname wasn't "gravy train" considering he has been a catalyst for the military-industrial complex receiving untold billions

JonnyPistachio

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JonnyPistachio wrote:

This is ridiculous. They could've yelled my Moms name and I wouldnt care. it was a 'codeword' used to identify something in a mission for fuck sake. I used to yell geronimo, kowabunga, yeehaw, bombs-away, and many others when I was a kid. It could also be seen as a sign of positive accomplishment.

I think some of you are confusing yelling Geronimo with naming someone Geronimo.

Nope, yelling it or referencing the name is the same to me in this case. It was the mission name as well as a confirmation that the mission was completed. "Geronimo-E-KIA". Like I said, they could've called the mission my Moms name and I wouldn't care -- its just a word to identify something. I doubt they even thought about its meaning, that is why I can't agree that there was a problem....Geronimo, however, is often refereed to as a something positive like I said.

I didn't think it was a name given to anybody in this situation.

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JonnyPistachio wrote:

_ wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

This is ridiculous. They could've yelled my Moms name and I wouldnt care. it was a 'codeword' used to identify something in a mission for fuck sake. I used to yell geronimo, kowabunga, yeehaw, bombs-away, and many others when I was a kid. It could also be seen as a sign of positive accomplishment.

I think some of you are confusing yelling Geronimo with naming someone Geronimo.

Nope, yelling it or referencing the name is the same to me in this case. It was the mission name as well as a confirmation that the mission was completed. "Geronimo-E-KIA". Like I said, they could've called the mission my Moms name and I wouldn't care -- its just a word to identify something. I doubt they even thought about its meaning, that is why I can't agree that there was a problem....Geronimo, however, is often refereed to as a something positive like I said.

I didn't think it was a name given to anybody in this situation.

I think the understanding of some people is that it was the name given to bin Laden himself. And just because these things are the same to you, doesn't mean they are the same to others. I think it would be less offensive to call him your mom's name because your mom doesn't have a history of 500 years of continuing oppression by the U.S. government, and that's why it's easy for it to be "just a word" to you. I agree that they probably didn't think about it - and that IS the problem.

JonnyPistachio

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JonnyPistachio wrote:

_ wrote:

I think some of you are confusing yelling Geronimo with naming someone Geronimo.

Nope, yelling it or referencing the name is the same to me in this case. It was the mission name as well as a confirmation that the mission was completed. "Geronimo-E-KIA". Like I said, they could've called the mission my Moms name and I wouldn't care -- its just a word to identify something. I doubt they even thought about its meaning, that is why I can't agree that there was a problem....Geronimo, however, is often refereed to as a something positive like I said.

I didn't think it was a name given to anybody in this situation.

I think the understanding of some people is that it was the name given to bin Laden himself. And just because these things are the same to you, doesn't mean they are the same to others. I think it would be less offensive to call him your mom's name because your mom doesn't have a history of 500 years of continuing oppression by the U.S. government, and that's why it's easy for it to be "just a word" to you. I agree that they probably didn't think about it - and that IS the problem.

I see exactly what you're saying, and I just think the context is taken way over the top. And the people that are offended by this are just perpetuating it by claiming it to be derogatory. It was not intended as a substitute for bin ladens name.

You just reinforced something in one of your previous posts though that you didnt see any other cultural heros or oppressed people on Godfathers list, so maybe Geronimo is being put in a pool of positive labels.. I see things like Courageous, eureka, gold, Herkules, etc... I'd be honored if they used my name (or my Moms )

Yeah, that might be the problem that they didnt hink about it (the name of the mission), but If the people naming this mission didnt have intentions/thoughts about it, then it is exactly what other people make of it...it can be positive, negative, or nothing.