2°2′9″N45°17′41″E / 2.03583°N 45.29472°E / 2.03583; 45.29472 (Former US Embassy to Somalia (Chancery Building, 1990–close))[1]
Objective
Evacuate US embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia
Date
2–11 January 1991 (UTC+3[a])
Executed by
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
Outcome
Successful evacuation of 281 diplomats and civilians from 30 countries
Casualties
0
US Embassy; Mogadishu, Somalia
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Somali Civil War
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Somali Rebellion
Somaliland War of Independence
Isaaq genocide
Mogadishu riots of July 1989
Eastern Exit
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United Nations Intervention in Somalia (1992–1995)
UNOSOM I
Provide Relief
UNITAF / Restore Hope
Deliverance
Somalia affair
UNOSOM II
Pakistani Peacekeepers
UN killings of protestors
Abdi House raid
Checkpoint Pasta
Gothic Serpent
Black Hawk Down
United Shield
Consolidation Period (1995-2006)
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Rise of the Islamic Courts Union
Mogadishu
Baidoa
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War in Somalia (2006–2009)
Timeline
2006
2007
2008
2009
Battles
1st Baidoa
Bandiradley
1st Beledweyne
Jowhar
Mogadishu (fall)
Jilib
1st Kismayo
Ras Kamboni
1st Mogadishu
Bargal
2nd Mogadishu
3rd Mogadishu
Al-Hidayah Mosque
2nd Beledweyne
2nd Baidoa
2nd Kismayo
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Somali Civil War (2009–present)
Timeline
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Operations and battles
2009
S Mogadishu
Mogadishu
C Somalia
Wabho
Kismayo
2010
Beledweyne
Ayn
Kenyan border
Mogadishu
2011
Lower Juba
Gedo
Elwaq
Linda Nchi
Deynile
Beledweyne
2012
Yurkud
Kismayo
2013
Bulo Marer
2014
Operation Indian Ocean
Galgala
2015
Baure
Leego
Janale
2016
El Adde
Qandala
2017
Kulbiyow
Barii
Af Urur
Golweyn
November 2017
2018
Bulo Marer
Gandarshe
2020
Camp Simba
Shabeelow
2021
Mogadishu
Golweyn
Galmudug
2022
Ethiopia
Bal'ad
Runirgod
2023
Hilowle Gaab
Hawadley
Bulo Marer
Major attacks
2009
AU base
Beledweyne
Hotel Shamo
2010
Mogadishu
Kampala
Muna Hotel
2011
Mogadishu
2013
Mogadishu UN
Mogadishu embassy
Westgate
Beledweyne
2014
Villa Somalia
Hotel Amalo
2015
Central Hotel
Makka al-Mukarama
Garissa
Ministry of Education
Garowe
Jazeera Palace Hotel
Sahafi Hotel
2016
Mogadishu (Jan)
Daallo Airlines Flight 159
Mogadishu (Feb)
Baidoa
Mogadishu (Jun)
Awdiinle
Galkayo
Mogadishu (Aug)
Mogadishu (Nov)
Mogadishu (Dec)
2017
Mogadishu (2 Jan)
Dayah Hotel
Mogadishu (Feb)
Mogadishu (14 Oct)
Mogadishu (28 Oct)
2018
Mogadishu (Feb)
Mogadishu (Mar)
Mogadishu (Jul)
Baidoa
Mogadishu (2 Sep)
Sahafi Hotel
Mogadishu (Dec)
2019
Nairobi DusitD2
Nairobi Latema Rd
Mogadishu (4 Feb)
Mogadishu (28 Feb)
Mogadishu (Mar)
Kismayo
Mogadishu (22 Jul)
Mogadishu (24 Jul)
Kenya bus
Mogadishu (Dec)
2020
Afgooye
Baidoa Eid
Mogadishu (8 Aug)
Mogadishu (16 Aug)
Galkayo
2021
Mogadishu (Mar)
Mogadishu (Jun)
Mogadishu (Nov)
2022
Mandera
Beledweyne (Feb)
Beledweyne and Mogadishu (Mar)
Mogadishu (Apr)
Mogadishu (Aug)
Beledweyne (Sep)
Beledweyne (Oct)
Kismayo
Mogadishu (Oct)
Mogadishu (Nov)
2023
Mahas
Buloburde and Jalalaqsi
Mogadishu (Jun)
Mogadishu (Jul)
Beledweyne
Mogadishu (Sep)
2024
Mogadishu market (Mar)
Mogadishu hotel (Mar)
Dhanaane Busley base (Mar)
Operation Eastern Exit was the codename given to the military evacuation of the United States embassy in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in January 1991. In late December 1990, violence quickly enveloped the city as armed militants began clashing with government soldiers. On 1 January 1991, the US Ambassador to Somalia, James Keough Bishop, contacted the Department of State requesting an evacuation of the embassy, which was approved the following day. United States Central Command began planning and mobilizing forces that evening. The initial plan was to evacuate with a military transport plane through the Mogadishu International Airport, but this was later abandoned. A helicopter evacuation via the USS Guam and USS Trenton was the remaining option.
On the morning of 5 January, a 60-person Marine and Navy SEAL security detail was dispatched from Guam aboard two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters to secure the embassy and prepare for the main evacuation. The two helicopters returned to Guam with the first 61 evacuees. Throughout the day, foreign diplomats and civilians sought refuge at the embassy. Four waves of five CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters each evacuated the embassy compound shortly after midnight on 6 January. The evacuees were transported to Muscat, Oman, where they disembarked on 11 January. In total, Operation Eastern Exit evacuated 281 (with a 282nd born aboard ship) diplomats and civilians from 30 countries, including 12 heads of missions (eight ambassadors and four chargés d'affaires).
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