Every War Needs A Codename

I am lying when I say this operation does not have a name. It has a name Operation Hey That's My Humvee

— Fake Admiral Kirby (@zorching) September 25, 2014

What's A War Without a Code Name? -- Washington Examiner

When the U.S. military strikes, its leaders often choose colorful code names for the operation that sometimes stick in history, like Operation Overlord or Rolling Thunder or Desert Storm.



Not this time. The U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria doesn't have a name.



"I know of no plans at this point to name it," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said Thursday.



Since World War II, almost every U.S. military operation, large and small, has had a code name. And that name usually sticks when veterans talk about the conflicts in which they participated, such as Operation Enduring Freedom, which most civilians know as the war in Afghanistan.



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My Comment: No codename for present military operations against the Islamic State .... hmmmm ....