What would be your choice of mission name for the curent ISIS "war" we are engaged in?

2014-10-16T09:43:00-04:00

We now have an official mission name in the fight against ISIS, Operation Inherent Resolve. Don't you ever just wonder about a bunch of senior staff sitting around in a room at the Pentagon discussing what to call an operation? What would you have come up with for the current operation if you were in the decision making process?

http://www.armytimes.com/article/20141015/NEWS05/310150068/Joint-Staff-names-campaign-against-Islamic-State-Operation-Inherent-Resolve-

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 9:45 AM

2014-10-16T09:45:15-04:00

Operation, let's really take care of business this time?!?!?

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Oct 16 at 2014 10:02 AM

2014-10-16T10:02:48-04:00

Operation Glass Castle!

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 11:13 AM

2014-10-16T11:13:47-04:00

Operation Sustained Presence

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 11:22 AM

2014-10-16T11:22:17-04:00

Operation Iraqi Freedom-The Sequel

Response by SFC Melker Johansson made Oct 16 at 2014 11:27 AM

2014-10-16T11:27:04-04:00

Operation Rinse & Repeat

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 12:01 PM

2014-10-16T12:01:55-04:00

Operation Norelco.
Or
ISIS loved a little lamb
To tell you the truth, this fight has been labeled by LTC Oliver north in the 80s when he warned about the growing terroristic threats in Middle East. But hey, no worries. Blame him for illegal arms sales and shut him up. Here we are 30 years later. Hopefully, we just finish this time and quit worrying about public opinion.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Oct 16 at 2014 1:08 PM

2014-10-16T13:08:43-04:00

Operation Osmosis - as in the problem will go away as by...

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Oct 16 at 2014 1:12 PM

2014-10-16T13:12:08-04:00

Operation "Hell, Not Again II"

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Oct 16 at 2014 1:19 PM

2014-10-16T13:19:53-04:00

Operation, "19th Hole" - where POTUS will be when this all goes down

Response by SSG Robin Rushlo made Oct 16 at 2014 1:26 PM

2014-10-16T13:26:09-04:00

under current POTUS the real name is "NOT MY WAR"

Response by SPC David S. made Oct 16 at 2014 1:31 PM

2014-10-16T13:31:04-04:00

Operation Hindsight

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Oct 16 at 2014 1:32 PM

2014-10-16T13:32:35-04:00

Operation Desert Shamal. Why? Because it is a made up of a lot of hot air that only lasts a short time and can easily be weathered by the folks on the ground who it passes over.....

Response by 1LT Nick Kidwell made Oct 16 at 2014 3:00 PM

2014-10-16T15:00:05-04:00

"Operation Why-Are-We-Still-Trying-To-Fix-A-Region-Of-The-World-That-Has-Been-At-War-For-Millennia."

Or "Operation Sisyphus" for short.

Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 3:10 PM

2014-10-16T15:10:05-04:00

Operation Boots on the Ground.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 4:08 PM

2014-10-16T16:08:56-04:00

Operation Choke 'Em Out

Response by MSG Brad Sand made Oct 16 at 2014 4:25 PM

2014-10-16T16:25:56-04:00

'Rolling Minutiae' probably would fit? Maybe 'Operation Just Blame' What I would like it to be is 'Opeatin Just Vengeance' but are current leadership is more interested in words than actions.

Response by SSG John Erny made Oct 16 at 2014 4:28 PM

2014-10-16T16:28:17-04:00

Nukem till they glow and shoot them in the dark.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Oct 16 at 2014 4:31 PM

2014-10-16T16:31:02-04:00

Operation, "ISIS In Crisis"
Operation, "Ebola Breeze"
Operation, "Kentucky Fried Terrorists"

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 5:36 PM

2014-10-16T17:36:23-04:00

I'm partial to "Operation Throat Stomp." I think it captures the essence of not only the tactics that should be employed, but also what should be the international endstate.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 6:50 PM

2014-10-16T18:50:45-04:00

I have a few.

1. Operation Travail Freedom
2. Operation Rainbow Unicorn
3. Operation Fizzle Pop
4. Operation Flummox Falcon
5. Operation Thrice, The Final Showdown.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 7:26 PM

2014-10-16T19:26:55-04:00

Operation "What difference does it make".

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 7:41 PM

2014-10-16T19:41:27-04:00

operation "ok ok this time for real guys i swear"

Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 16 at 2014 7:43 PM

2014-10-16T19:43:11-04:00

For Iraq

"Operation Resurrection", bring Saddam back from the dead and let regain control of Iraq.

For Syria

"Operation Syrian Tyrannical Stability"

Response by SSG Robin Rushlo made Oct 16 at 2014 7:45 PM

2014-10-16T19:45:38-04:00

ok not playing around and after hearing POTUS talk I got the right name

Operation Blame it on BUSH

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Oct 16 at 2014 11:10 PM

2014-10-16T23:10:44-04:00

Operation "BOHICA"

Response by SGT Richard H. made Oct 16 at 2014 11:10 PM

2014-10-16T23:10:27-04:00

"Operation Ant Stomp"

Response by SGT Suraj Dave made Oct 17 at 2014 12:42 AM

2014-10-17T00:42:34-04:00

Operation Iraqi Freedom III: The Empire Strikes Back

(Courtesy of Ian Sher)

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2014 2:07 AM

2014-10-17T02:07:53-04:00

Sure, send me. ISIS needs to die.
If only I could get a clear mission statement...
Resource the mission properly...
Degrade and destroy with air power alone?...
Who exactly is on our side...
Iran?
Syria?
Turkey?
Kurds!
Iraqis?
Qatar!
Yazidis are surrounded on a desolate mountain with no food or water... quick! Airdrop a bunch of stuff that will roll downhill! Those ISIS guys look thirsty.
Hey Turkey! there are a whole bunch of nasty bad guys that are kinda sorta at war with a fellow NATO member and have sworn to destroy two of your enemies. Why won't all of those tanks you have 300 meters away roll into Kobani to help?

I've got an idea. Since all of the "moderate" rebels in Syria are just a bunch of lawyers and teachers, let's just leave them to rot and try to build a completely new "boots on the ground" force out of COMPLETELY DIFFERENT lawyers and teachers. In order to ensure its effectiveness, we should use a cadre of US-trained Iraqi officers to build around. I understand they are currently unemployed.

Wow. Just. Wow.

Response by LTC Herman Cohen made Oct 17 at 2014 12:57 PM

2014-10-17T12:57:51-04:00

How about "Operation Sand Storm" - we haven't used that one yet. You know, when the wind picks up and you have to stay inside until it's over.

Response by SGT Jim Barrows made Oct 17 at 2014 2:02 PM

2014-10-17T14:02:17-04:00

Operation Final Cleaning
this is it (ops this has been taken)
Operation Get-er done
ok I'll stop

Response by LT John Newchurch III made Oct 17 at 2014 2:22 PM

2014-10-17T14:22:27-04:00

Operation Just Dessert!
Operation don't commit
Operation Ignorance is Bliss
Operation glass bottom how hot does it need to be to make glass out of the desert?
Operation bathe in blood , Pigs blood that is.

Response by PO2 Rocky Kleeger made Oct 17 at 2014 2:25 PM

2014-10-17T14:25:09-04:00

It wouldn't be Inherent Resolve. They asked me, but it was too long. I wanted to call it Operation Kick the Shit Out of Them For Beheading Americans...I think Operation Here We Go Again was tossed around too

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2014 2:31 PM

2014-10-17T14:31:24-04:00

Operation BOHICA (and again, and again, and again...)

Response by SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS made Oct 17 at 2014 2:45 PM

2014-10-17T14:45:48-04:00

Operation Sword of Evil Takes you to Hell or SETH the mortal enemy of ISIS.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2014 5:21 PM

2014-10-17T17:21:08-04:00

HWGA: Here we go again...part deux

Response by Cpl Peter Martuneac made Oct 17 at 2014 5:24 PM

2014-10-17T17:24:13-04:00

Operation Shred the ROE's and Fix Bayonets.

Response by SGT Aaron Barbee made Oct 17 at 2014 6:04 PM

2014-10-17T18:04:22-04:00

Operation Cockroach Exterminator - as in, they'll never really go away, just relocate until the coast is clear.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2014 7:18 PM

2014-10-17T19:18:03-04:00

"Operation Lifted ROE"

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2014 8:03 PM

2014-10-17T20:03:48-04:00

Operation We do it right because we do it twice

Response by LTC Hillary Luton made Oct 17 at 2014 8:40 PM

2014-10-17T20:40:05-04:00

Operation Oblivious Public

Response by SSG Trevor S. made Oct 18 at 2014 2:51 AM

2014-10-18T02:51:19-04:00

Operation Midterm Stall

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 18 at 2014 3:13 AM

2014-10-18T03:13:15-04:00

"Operation Kick Ass"

Response by PO2 Steven Erickson made Oct 18 at 2014 4:14 AM

2014-10-18T04:14:51-04:00

What should it be?

Operation "Dropping ISIS-Cleansing Kiloton Warheads on Assholes in the Desert" (YOU figure out the acronym...)

What will it be?

Operation "Diet Caffeine Free Mt Dew" AKA "What's the point?"

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 18 at 2014 8:25 AM

2014-10-18T08:25:58-04:00

Maybe Later

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 18 at 2014 1:06 PM

2014-10-18T13:06:56-04:00

Operation Aloha Snackbar

Response by PO2 Patrick Dwyer made Oct 18 at 2014 2:53 PM

2014-10-18T14:53:48-04:00

NTALASTO Nuke them all. Let Allah sort them out.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 18 at 2014 3:07 PM

2014-10-18T15:07:06-04:00

Operation Open Season. No Bag Limit.....

Response by MSgt Robert Whitehead made Oct 18 at 2014 4:32 PM

2014-10-18T16:32:50-04:00

Operation DESERT INFERNO - because we just need to empty the missile silos and burn the bastards to dust.

Response by PO1 Steven Kuhn made Oct 18 at 2014 8:40 PM

2014-10-18T20:40:06-04:00

How about Operation Pig Barbecue, or Your Bacon is sure to fry?

Response by SSG Ellis Reyes made Oct 19 at 2014 1:21 AM

2014-10-19T01:21:53-04:00

I would call it Operation Vanishing Crescent.

Response by 1SG Chris Brown made Oct 20 at 2014 9:55 AM

2014-10-20T09:55:57-04:00

Operation Energizer Bunny...for the mission that keeps on going and going and...

Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made Oct 20 at 2014 5:37 PM

2014-10-20T17:37:07-04:00

Operation Here We Go Again!

Response by 1SG Chris Brown made Oct 22 at 2014 1:34 PM

2014-10-22T13:34:23-04:00

The "Don't Look Here, Watch that Shiny Object in the EBOLA Operation" Operation

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 23 at 2014 10:36 PM

2014-10-23T22:36:09-04:00

Obamacare II :P

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 24 at 2014 1:22 AM

2014-10-24T01:22:39-04:00

Operation glass parking lot.

Response by SSG Matt Murphy made Oct 25 at 2014 3:16 AM

2014-10-25T03:16:41-04:00

Operation Lost Cause

Response by SSgt Michael Hacker made Oct 25 at 2014 11:51 AM

2014-10-25T11:51:27-04:00

Operation Blowback.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2014 10:39 AM

2014-11-04T10:39:00-05:00

Operation: "there's oil in them there dunes!"
Operation: Dumbo Drop

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 6 at 2014 9:22 AM

2014-11-06T09:22:27-05:00

Operation Whitesnake.

Because, "Here I go again..."

Response by SPC Travis Grizzard made Nov 17 at 2014 3:22 PM

2014-11-17T15:22:33-05:00

Operation what is is.

Response by SPC Travis Grizzard made Nov 17 at 2014 5:40 PM

2014-11-17T17:40:34-05:00

Operation Female Fury - Put women in charge, that way ISIS fighters will be deprived of their virgins. In the type of Islam ISIS is following, if a fighter is killed by a woman, he not only doesn't get his virgins when he gets to heaven, he doesn't even get to go to heaven. With women in charge, even if men shoot the ISIS fighters, they do it under the orders of women, and the ISIS fighters are killed by women. Let that be known as we go in and watch them surrender or run.

Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made Nov 20 at 2014 5:13 AM

2014-11-20T05:13:59-05:00

Operation I have a more important golf game to attend to.

Response by MAJ George W. Smith made Dec 17 at 2014 6:43 PM

2014-12-17T18:43:57-05:00

dazed and confused

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 1 at 2015 12:05 AM

2015-02-01T00:05:31-05:00

Operation Daesh

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 1 at 2015 12:13 AM

2015-02-01T00:13:29-05:00

Operation No More Mr nISIS Guy

Response by Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth made Nov 16 at 2015 9:46 AM

2015-11-16T09:46:07-05:00

OPERATION SCREW DUPP

Response by 1SG William Svoboda made Nov 16 at 2015 6:36 PM

2015-11-16T18:36:49-05:00

Today I heard Obama state he agreed with Bush ll about we're not at war with Islam so in that honor, Operation Bush B'ight

Response by SFC Eric Williams made Nov 16 at 2015 6:38 PM

2015-11-16T18:38:02-05:00

Natt splat...

Response by SSgt Justyn Stevens made Jul 15 at 2016 3:10 PM

2016-07-15T15:10:17-04:00

Operation - Cowardly Liberal