Rapid Deployment Logistics: Lebanon 1958

President Camille Chamoun of Lebanon made an urgent plea on 14 July 1958 to the governments of France Great Britain and the United States to deploy military forces to Lebanon. Received in Washington at 0600 on 14 July this message became the first test of the Eisenhower Doctrine which had been announced in January 1957. The JCS activated a Specified Command Middle East (SPECOMME) and designated Adm. James L. Holloway Commander in Chief North Atlantic and Mediterranean as the Commander in Chief SPECOMME (CINCSPECOMME). According to a JCS memorandum These actions marked the beginning of operation Blue Bat the first United States airborne-amphibious operation to occur in peacetime. Contents: Doctrine Planning Background Problems Deployment Organization Resupply Procurement Civil affairs Medical support Security Plans Task force 201 On-hand supplies 31 August 1958. First published 1985