Operation Secure Tomorrow

US Marines, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, patrol through the Bel Air area of Port-au-Prince after distributing donated school supplies to students in a Port-au-Prince school, 14 April 2004

Operation Secure Tomorrow is an operation that took place from February 2004 to July 2004 in Haiti. After a government collapse in Haiti and the resignation of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, the United States invaded Haiti to police the country and stabilize Haiti. A multinational force composed of the United States, Chile, Canada, and France was deployed in accordance with UN Resolution 1529.^[1]

History

The force was led by Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF)-8 Commander Colonel Mark Gurganus as well as Brigadier General Ronald S. Coleman and Colonel David H. Berger from the 3rd Battalion 8th Marines. General Berger later became Commandant of the Marine Corps.

The initial contingent of US Marines arrived in Port-au-Prince in the evening of 29 February 2004. By 5 March 2004 a total of 500 French troops, 160 Chileans, 100 Canadians and assorted other nationals deployed to Haiti. On March 22, 2004, the US Department of Defense named the multinational operation in Haiti "Operation Secure Tomorrow". By March 22, the U.S.-led multinational interim force had about 3,300 personnel from the United States, France, Chile and Canada.

On 1 June 2004, the peacekeeping mission was passed to MINUSTAH and comprised a 7,000-man force led by Brazil and backed up by Argentina, Chile, Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Sri Lanka and Uruguay.^[2]

See also

• 2004 Haitian coup d'état
• United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

References

1. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1529. S/RES/1529(2004) page 2. 29 February 2004.
2. "Militaires" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.

External links

• Operation Secure Tomorrow by globalsecurity.org
• U.S. Intervention in Haiti (March 2004)