United States Marine Corps

===Interim: Vietnam War to the War on Terror===
[[File:Beirut Memorial 1.jpg|thumb|Beirut Memorial at [[Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune]]]]

After the Vietnam War, the U.S. Marines resumed their expeditionary role, participating in the failed 1980 [[Iran hostage crisis|Iran hostage]] rescue attempt [[Operation Eagle Claw]], the [[United States invasion of Grenada|Operation Urgent Fury]] and the [[United States invasion of Panama|Operation Just Cause]]. On 23 October 1983, the Marine barracks [[1983 Beirut barracks bombings|in Beirut was bombed]], causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history (220 marines and 21 other service members were killed) and leading to the American withdrawal from Lebanon. In 1990, Marines of the [[Operation Sharp Edge|Joint Task Force Sharp Edge]] saved thousands of lives by evacuating British, French and American nationals from the violence of the [[First Liberian Civil War|Liberian Civil War]].

During the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]] of 1990 to 1991, Marine task forces formed for Operation Desert Shield and later liberated Kuwait, along with Coalition forces, in Operation Desert Storm.<ref name="Simmons"/> Marines participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995) during Operations [[Unified Task Force|Restore Hope, Restore Hope II]], and [[Operation United Shield|United Shield]] to provide humanitarian relief.<ref>{{cite web|title=The preannounced landing of U.S. Marines was witnessed by millions of U.S. primetime television viewers |work=United States Naval Aviation, 1910–1995 |publisher=U.S. Navy |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/avh-1910/PART12.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011005191719/http://www.history.navy.mil/avh-1910/PART12.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2001}} (PDF file, see "1992, 9 December" on p. 16)</ref> In 1997, Marines took part in [[Operation Silver Wake]], the evacuation of American citizens from the U.S. Embassy in [[Tirana]], Albania.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}