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Operation Valiant Dragon
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For information on the joint operation, see Operation Uphold Democracy.

Operation Valiant Dragon was a military intervention designed to remove the military regime installed by the 1991 Haitian coup d'état that overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations Security Council Resolution 940. Originally, the operation was intended to remove the regime installed by the 1991 Haitian coup d'état, but following the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (caused by diplomatic intervention from the United States), the operation was combined with Operation Uphold Democracy, and Operation Valiant Dragon ceased to exist. The division which was to be enacting the operation was the 82nd Airborne Division, from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The operation began with the alert of United States and its allies for a forced entry into the island nation of Haiti. U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and Air Force elements staged to Puerto Rico and southern Florida to prepare to support the airborne invasion, spearheaded by elements of the Joint Special Operations Command[specify] (HQ, 75th Ranger Regiment), followed by 3rd Special Forces Group, the U.S. Army 7th Transportation Group (Army watercraft and terminal elements) and the 10th Mountain Division, in addition to the 82nd Airborne Division, from Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Some of these elements were staged out of Hunter Army Airfield and Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. The 1st Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division deployed to Haiti aboard USS America and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. The operation was directed by Lieutenant General Hugh Shelton, Joint Task Force 120 (JTF-120), provided by Commander, Carrier Group Two. Many elements of the operation were combined with Operation Uphold Democracy, the exact plans for the specific operation before its conjunction are unknown.