
In addition, various phases of each operation may have a unique operational name.īelow are lists and brief descriptions of current conflicts, selected past conflicts, and formally declared wars.

For example, in the Gulf War operational names included Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Desert Sabre. In the military, different names are given for operations and operational phases of a war or military engagement. Other types of military engagements have included military combat authorized by Congress (without a formal declaration of war) or authorized by the United Nations Security Council Resolutions and funded by Congress. has formally declared war against foreign nations five separate times.

has been involved in different types of military conflicts.
