Report 19831025A
Date
October 25, 1983
Administration
Ronald Reagan (First Term)Location
GrenadaWas 4(a)(1) Triggered? (Hostilities/Imminent Hostilities)
Insufficient information to infer from report
Was 4(a)(2) Triggered? (Combat- Equipped Introduction)
Yes, described in/inferred from report
Was 4(a)(3) Triggered? (Substantial Enlargement)
No, as described in/inferred from report
Joint/Coalition Mission
Yes
Details: "Member States of the OECS [Organization of Eastern Caribbean States] along with Jamaica and Barbados"
Article 51 Report to UN
Not applicable because no self-defense claim
Purpose/Mission
StabilizationDetails: "[O]ur objectives... are to join the OECS collective security forces in assisting the restoration of conditions of law and order and of governmental institutions to the island of Grenada, and to facilitate the protection and evacuation of United States citizens."
Domestic Legal Authority
Constitution (Art. II)Details: "This deployment of United States Armed Forces is being undertaken pursuant to my constitutional authority with respect to the conduct of foreign relations and as Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces."
Claimed International Legal Basis
UnknownEstimated Scope/Duration
Mission-bound but indeterminate
Details: "it is not possible at this time to predict the duration of the temporary presence of United States Armed Forces in Grenada...Our forces will remain only so long as their presence is required."
Type of Enemy or Mission
OtherDetails: Assistance to stabilize Grenada
Military Activity
Air operations Use of naval forces/vessels Use of ground forcesDetails: Deployment of "approximately 1,900 United States Army and United States Marine Corps personnel ... supported by elements of the United States Navy and the United States Air Force"
US Casualties Reported
Unknown
Non-US Casualties Reported
Unknown
