Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Enduring Freedom
Part of the war on terror and War in Afghanistan

U.S. soldiers of the Army's 10th Mountain Division deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom 2009
Date7 October 2001 – 28 December 2014 (in Afghanistan)
(13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks)
Location
Afghanistan, Philippines, Somalia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Sahara Desert
Belligerents

In Afghanistan: (completed)

In the Philippines: (completed)

In Somalia/Horn of Africa: Ongoing

In Georgia: (completed)

In Kyrgyzstan: (completed)

Other nations

In Afghanistan:

In the Philippines:

In Somalia:

In Sahara:

Commanders and leaders

CIC George W Bush (2001–2009)

CIC Barack Obama (2009–2014)
GEN Tommy Franks (2001–2003)
GEN John Abizaid (2003–2007)
ADM William J. Fallon (2007–2008)
GEN Martin Dempsey (2008–2015)
MRAF Sir Graham Stirrup (2003–2011)
GEN David Petraeus (2008–2010)		 Mohammad Omar #
Osama bin Laden †
Ayman al-Zawahiri †
Khadaffy Janjalani †
Riduan Isamuddin (POW)
Casualties and losses

66,000+ killed
12,000+ killed
2,380 killed by January 2016
456 killed
301 killed
158 killed

54 killed
53 killed
43 killed
41 killed
40 killed
34 killed
32 killed
Others 200+ killed

In Afghanistan:

  • 72,000+ killed

In the Philippines:

  • 328+

In Somalia:

  • 260 to 365 killed

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the war in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and related military operations during broader-scale global war on terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes against al-Qaeda and the Taliban had begun in Afghanistan. Beyond the military actions in Afghanistan, U.S military command structures operating under the Operation Enduring Freedom banner were also affiliated with several counterterrorism missions in other countries, such as OEF-Philippines and OEF-Trans Sahara.

After 13 years, on 28 December 2014, President Barack Obama announced the end of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Subsequent operations in Afghanistan by the United States' military forces, both non-combat and combat, occurred under the name Operation Freedom's Sentinel.


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