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{{more footnotes|date=February 2013}} {{operational plan | name =Operation Shining Express | partof =[[Second Liberian Civil War]] | image =[[File:Op Shining Express.JPEG|300px|A US Military Special Operations Security Team Member observes a United Nations MI-8 Hip helicopter approaching the American embassy in Monrovia, Liberia in June 2003]] | caption = A U.S. military special operations security team member observes a United Nations helicopter approaching the American embassy in Monrovia in June 2003 | scope = | type = | location =[[Monrovia]], [[Liberia]] | coordinates = | planned = | planned_by = | objective = Evacuation of Americans from Liberia | target = | date = June 2003 β July 2003 | time = | time-begin = | time-end = | timezone = | executed_by = | outcome = | casualties = | fatalities = | injuries = }} '''Operation Shining Express''' was the June 2003 deployment of an American [[Joint Task Force]] task, consisting of the amphibious assault ship [[USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)|USS ''Kearsarge'' (LHD-3)]], the [[3rd Battalion 2nd Marines]] (3/2), and a detachment of [[HH-60G]] helicopters and [[United States Air Force Pararescue|Pararescuemen]] from the [[56th Rescue Squadron]]<ref>{{cite AV media| people = | title = "Flying Around in Liberia"| medium = | publisher = YouTube.com| location = | date = 31 Oct 2009| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWX4KztVdQc}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=US Forces Order of Battle - 01 October 2003 |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/liberia_orbat.htm|access-date=2022-06-01|website=www.globalsecurity.org|language=en-US}}</ref> to evacuate U.S. embassy personnel and American citizens during the [[Second Liberian Civil War]]. The deployment was announced on June 12, 2003 and lasted until July 2003. It followed the successful 1990 rescue effort in Liberia, [[Operation Sharp Edge]]. ==Notable Participants== *[[Robert J. O'Neill (U.S. Navy SEAL)]] ==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/shining_express.htm|title=Operation Shining Express|publisher=Globalsecurity.org}} {{coord missing|Liberia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shining Express, Operation}} [[Category:Non-combat military operations involving the United States]] [[Category:2003 in the United States]] [[Category:2003 in Liberia]] [[Category:United States Marine Corps in the 21st century]] [[Category:Non-combatant evacuation operations]] {{US-mil-operation-stub}}
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