Lebanon
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) conduct an After-Action Review at Manjača Training Area, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 21, 2021.
In 1982, the United States deployed a Multinational Force in Lebanon, consisting of 800 Marines, to assist in the withdrawal of members of the Palestine Liberation Force from Beirut. President Reagan reported this deployment on August 21, 1982, and the Marines left on September 20, 1982. Later, on September 29, 1982, President Reagan reported the deployment of 1200 Marines to serve in a temporary multinational force to facilitate the restoration of Lebanese government sovereignty. Congress passed the Multinational Force in Lebanon (P.L. 98-119) authorizing the continued participation for eighteen months on the same day. However, on October 23, 1983, two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon. This military peacekeeping operation was conducted during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack resulted in the deaths of 307 people, including 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel, six civilians, and two attackers. Initially, President Ronald Reagan remained defiant, but political pressure at home eventually forced the withdrawal of the Marines in February 1984.
