Talk:Operation Provide Comfort

Well, I don;t have notes in front of me, but the operation was planned in 1990; that is the standard I use in my entries.

Yes, the plan was to keep the Kurds in their homes, to keep them from fleeing into (and so destabliizing) Turkey. Perhaps it could be better worded.

Hey!

 * Regarding this addition: "Operation Provide Comfort sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, American Legion Post 295..." - that should be in a different article. --Cheese Sandwich 19:14, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Moved it to its own article at Operation Provide Comfort (Charity Drive). --Cheese Sandwich 18:34, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Dutch marines.
Why is there no mention of the Dutch marines who were also a part of this operation?

References can be found here in this book: Van Korea tot Kabul - ISBN : 90-12-10915-9
 * There is. Chwyatt (talk) 11:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

op provide comfort
Op provide comfort was was not planned in 1990 to stop kurds going into neighbouring Turkey! After the 1991 conflict in the Gulf saddam ordered is army to cause devastation to the kurds. The kurds had no alternative but to flee into the Turkish mountains where there was little or no food or water. This caused famine amongst them. Op provide comfort was a famine relief operation whereby allied coalition forces where sent to northern Iraq and Southern Turkey to protect and feed the Kurdish people. The were fed on supplies of Meals Ready To Eat (MRE'S)American military food supplies left over from the gulf war. This was flown by British and American Chinook, jolly green giants and Puma helicopters to the mountains. The whole operation took around 6 weeks to complete. I dont think Dutch forces took part but i may be wrong! But what would i know "I was only there" serving with the british joint helicopter support unit.(wasnt happy at the time has i had just returned home from op granby to be deployed back out there again) but hey i wouldnt change it for the world... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.105.97.252 (talk) 17:09, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

This is a much better description of the operation from my point of view. I was with the 24th MEU in the ground combat element BLT 2/8, on one of the seven Light Armored Vehicles assigned. My impressions are much more from the security side of the operation, my platoon doing zero humanitarian aid. When we first entered Zahko, the town was still occupied by the Iraqi Army. We coocupied the town for I believe 4 days, spending these days surrounding the Iraqi army posts on the ridges around the city. The Iraqi officers were determined to stay there under Saddams threatof death against them. Im amazed the 24th MEU is so little recognized in this operation. The US Army units appeared mostly after we left our frontline/roadblock position south of Zakho two months into the operation. My recollection is that the 24th MEU(around 1900 men ) and the UK Royal Marines(overall UK around 4100 by missions end), along with (yes) Dutch forces(over 1000)(I distincly remember delivering something to them at their area of operations to the east of Zahko) were the major ground security forces doing the initial security work through the end of June of 1991. Overall contribution were made by many countries to include: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. Some 8 years ago i was working on an order of battle for this(i have much more detail), but have misplaced my reference material, therefore im not compfortable editing this in. The Global Security site has mostly a cut and paste format, from which they gather information from available websites, but is a great starting place. I do recall then US Army Major General Jay Garner coming aboard the USS Austin, at the end of our deployment (after July 24), to address the embarked Marines, in which Garner mentioned our actions had helped to save 1000 Kurds a week there. Scarlettsj (talk) 00:37, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

I to served with the Royal Air Force Tactical Supply Wing deployed first to Diyabakir and then forward to Silopi.I can confirm Dutch Allouettes were in residence.One of which flown by a very attractive lady.Also Dutch Marines did deploy to Turkey.JP Maher R.A.F retired. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.16.18.109 (talk) 21:26, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Someone left this in bold on top of the article. I'm posting it here
Use dmy dates'''You are missing the 527th Military Police Company, which was part of the 709th Mp Batallion, and 18th Mp Brigade. One of the MP units you have listed must be an error. I was there and in the 527th mp comapny!!!...This was in 1991 after Desert shield and Desert Storm ended.'''

I do not have the time to correct this myself, but I'm sure one of the page authors can handle it. Hope this helps out.

you are missing references to the Italian participation to Operation Provide Comfort
Called Missione Airone, in italian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bravonc (talk • contribs) 19:20, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

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