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Humvee Facts: 35 Things To Know About The HMMWV

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Marines and sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit drive Humvees toward the border of the Kingdom of Jordan after offloading from the Maritime Prepositioning Fleet ship USNS Sgt. William R. Button here, during an MPF offload exercise in support of Exercise Eager Lion 12, May 7, 2012. Marines and sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group assisted the Combined Forces Maritime Component Command, or CFMCC, during the exercise as part of their current deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations as a theater reserve and crisis response force. Eager Lion is a recurring, multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships among partnered nations through scenario-based, realistic modern-day security challenges.
Marines and sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit drive Humvees toward the border of the Kingdom of Jordan after offloading from the Maritime Prepositioning Fleet ship USNS Sgt. William R. Button here, during an MPF offload exercise in support of Exercise Eager Lion 12, May 7, 2012. Marines and sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group assisted the Combined Forces Maritime Component Command, or CFMCC, during the exercise as part of their current deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations as a theater reserve and crisis response force. Eager Lion is a recurring, multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships among partnered nations through scenario-based, realistic modern-day security challenges.
U.S. Marine Corps

In 1989, the HMMWV entered combat as part of Operation Just Cause, the US invasion of Panama. Per the U.S. Army, “In the early morning hours of December 20, 1989, the United States Army spearheaded a carefully planned and well-executed attack that overwhelmed the Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) of dictator Manuel Noriega. The goal was to restore the democratically elected government of Guillermo Endara and arrest Noriega on drug trafficking charges.” The HMMWV was a key part of that offensive.