Operation Secure Tomorrow is an operation that took place from February 2004 to July 2004 in

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

. 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

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, and

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was deployed in accordance with UN Resolution 1529.

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

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. The initial contingent of US Marines arrived in

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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

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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

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mission was passed to

MINUSTAH The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (), also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of its French name, was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti from 2004 to 2017. It was composed of 2,366 military personnel and 2,533 police, supported by int ...

and comprised a 7,000-man force led by Brazil and backed up by

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, Chile,

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, Morocco,

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, Peru,

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, Spain,

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and

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References

External links

Operation Secure Tomorrow by globalsecurity.org

United Nations operations in the Caribbean 2004 in Haiti conflicts in 2004 Haiti and the United Nations Military operations involving the United States Invasions of Haiti {{haiti-stub

History

See also

References

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