…If the crisis revolves around external threats to a regional partner, CCDRs employ joint forces to deter aggression and signal US commitment (such as deploying joint forces to train in Kuwait). If the crisis is caused…

Joint Operations Across the Range of Military Operations V-33 THE GULF WAR, 1990-1991 On 2 August 1990, Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait. Much of the rest of the world, including most other Arab nations…