An HH-46E Sea Knight helicopter sits on the flightline as the sun rises on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 14, 2014. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Timothy T. Parish
The 17 Most Ridiculous Names For Military Operations, Ranked -- Zack Beauchamp, VOX
The US military operation against ISIS in Iraq and Syria officially has a name: "Operation Inherent Resolve." If you think this is a stupid name, you're not alone: the Pentagon allegedly rejected it in early October as "kind of bleh" (that's a direct quote from an officer). The name was initially supposed to be just a placeholder, but it seems like the military ran out of other ideas and it stuck.
But this is far from the first bizarrely named military operation. Here are the 17 most ridiculous, ranked:
17) Operation Ortsac (USA, 1962 plan to invade Cuba — spell the name backwards)
16) Operation Red Bean (Belgium, 1978 Zaire airport intervention)
15) Exercise Steadfast Jazz (NATO, 2013 training exercise)
14) Operation Inherent Resolve (USA, 2014 ISIS war)
10, tie) Operation Dragon Blanc (Belgium, 1964 Congo intervention)
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My Comment: Here is another list of operation (but impressive) names .... Top 10 Military Operation Names (List Verse)
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