A COMMON GOAL

THE UNITED STATES NAVY
IN "DESERT SHIELD" I "DESERT STORM"

III. "A COMMON GOAL"
JOINT AND MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONS

"Joint service cooperation between the Navy-Marine Corps team, the U.S. Army and
the U.S. Air Force has been superb - on the ground, in the air, and at sea. We are all here
working toward a common goal."

-- Lieutenant General W. E. Boomer, USMC, CO IMEF
Commander U.S. Marine Forces Central Command
10 January 1991

"The portrait of an American soldier in the desert has become the hallmark of Operation
DESERT SHIELD in the minds of many American people. But it is the maritime forces of the
Navy, Marines and Coast Guard who have been enforcing the U.N. sanctions against Iraq on a
daily basis, and I will tell you they have been doing the job flawlessly."

-- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA
Commander-in-Chief U.S. Central Command,
COMUSNAVCENT Change of Command, 1 December 1990

`6One cannot think about this activity without mentioning the Navy - the very quiet,
very professional way they put the embargo on, which continues to this day -- out of sight -
but very, very effective - maybe one of the most important things we did."

General Merrill McPeak, USAF
Chief of Staff of the Air Force
15 April 1991

INTRODUCTION. The decade of the 1980s context of joint operations, particularly major
witnessed a tremendous increase in emphasis joint power projection operations like DESERT
on joint operations. Since the Goldwater- SHIELD/STORM.
Nichols Act codified that emphasis in 1986, the
Navy has focused on better defining and un- Earlier joint operations, including the
derstanding its roles and missions within the Iran hostage rescue attempt and the contin-

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