1. Post Vietnam Era Keeping the Peace 1976-1986
Marine Corps History
Post Vietnam Era Keeping the Peace

2. Post Vietnam Statistics:
Total Strength: 192,000
Enlisted ,000
Officers ,000
High School Grads: below 50%
Drug Use: Not Tested
Criminal Records: Not Checked
Morale: Low
Desertions: High
Violent Crime: High

3. 1976 Jul: Marines Evacuate American citizens from Beirut, Lebanon
Sep: Marines begin wearing the camouflage utility uniform
Nov: First annual Marine Corps Marathon held in Washington, DC

4. 1977 May: TBS graduates first male/female class
Jun: the billett “Director of Women Marines” is eliminated from the Corps (males and females are no longer considered separate parts of the Marine Corps)
Nov: Unit Deployment Program (UDP) replaces unaccompanied tours of duty to the Far East (maintain unit cohesion, enhance combat readiness)

5. 1978
May: Margaret A. Brewer becomes the first female Brigadier General in the corps
Aug: CAX (combined arms exercise) becomes a part of Marine’s training for decades to come (Air/Ground Live Fire Training)
Oct: Commandant becomes a full member of the JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff)

6. 1979
Feb: US Embassy (Iran) attacked and Marines abducted (held captive for one week)
Jun: US Embassy (Nicaragua) Marines help evacuate 1400 as Sandinista forces overthrow Somoza dictatorship
Oct: US Embassy (El Salvador) attacked
Nov: US Embassy (Iran) overrun and 65 Americans taken hostage
Nov: US Embassy (Pakistan) attacked and burned
Dec: Marine Corps establishes the Maritime Pre-positioning Force (MPF)

7. 1980 Mar: Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) established
Apr: Operation “Desert One” fails to rescue hostages (Iran)
Total Strength: 188,000
Enlisted ,000
Officers ,000
High School Grads: 80%
Drug Use: Not Tested
Criminal Records: Checked before allowed into Corps

8. 1981
Jan: 52 American hostages freed after 444 days in captivity (Iran)
Advances:
CH53E Super Stallion (double the lift and in-flight refueling)
AV8 Harriers (aboard ship with helicopters)
M mm Howitzer
Urinalysis testing, The War On Drugs Begins

9. 1982 Jun: Marines evacuate 580 U.S. citizens (Lebanon)
Sep: Marines take up positions at Beirut International Airport (responding to a massacre of innocent Palestinian refugees)
Oct: High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) replaced the Jeep & Meal Ready to Eat (MRE) replaced C rations
Dec: RDJTF replaced with Central Command (CENTCOM) (Middle East, South West Asia, & Indian Ocean)

10. 1983 Jan: F/A-18 Hornet replaces F-4 & A-4
Feb: Kevlar replaces steel helmet
Apr: U.S. Embassy bombed killing 61 (Lebanon)
Aug: Beirut Airport Marines under attack
Sep: Cease Fire in effect but sniper fire continues
Oct: Grenada 22MAU invades to stop a Communist coup
Oct: Beirut Truck bomb destroys BLT 1/8 building (241 dead)
Dec: U.S. Embassy bombed (Kuwait)

11. 1984 Feb: Beirut U.S. civilians evacuated & May: LCAC
Marines withdraw
May: LCAC
Landing Craft Air Cushion in service
Sep: U.S. Embassy Annex Building
bombed killing 23 (Beirut, Lebanon)

12. 1985 Jan: 9mm Beretta replaces the .45 caliber pistol
Jun: Special Operations Capable (SOC)
mandatory for deploying units
Jun: Communist Guerrillas kill four off-duty
Marine Embassy Guards (El Salvador)

13. 1986 Mar: Libyan missile boats sunk during training
exercise (Gulf of Sidra)
Mar: Libyan Terrorist bomb night club frequented
by US Citizens (Germany)
Apr: U.S. bombs Libyan targets
Sep: Officers removed from SNCO
Academies

14. Acronyms: MAGTF CE SE GCE ACE MEU MEB MEF MAU MAB MAF TBS UDP CAX MPF
RDJTF
MRE
HMMWV
CENTCOM
SOC
SNCO
JCS
NEO
TRAP
SAR

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