United States waging war/military action, either directly or in conjunction with a proxy army:
- China 1945-61
- Greece 1947-49
- Philippines 1945-53
- Korea 1950-53
- Guatemala 1953-90
- Indonesia 1957-59
- Haiti 1959
- Vietnam 1961-73
- Cambodia 1955-73
- Laos 1957-73
- Thailand 1956-73
- Peru 1965
- Dominican Republic 1965
- Cuba 1961
- Angola 1975-80s
- Nicaragua 1979-90
- Philippines 1980s-90s
- South Yemen 1979-84
- Grenada 1983
- Libya 1980s
- Panama 1989
- Afghanistan 1979-92
- El Salvador 1981-92
- Somalia 1993
- Iraq 1991-present
- Colombia 1990s-present, intermittently
- Serbia 1999
- Afghanistan 2001-present
- Pakistan 2007-present
Additional information can be found at: Congressional Research Service, "Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2008".
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