Who can give me a quick summary of our official military

[shadowknows69]

involvement in places like Honduras about 1984. Did we have any troops operating there legally?

[shadowknows69]

1. One kick

I met a career soldier last night who said he was deployed in Honduras in 84 was just wondering if I may have met one of Regan's secret warriors.

[Nickster]

2. In a nutshell, yes. We used Honduras as a jump off point to Nicaragua.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/14485

During the early 1980s, the social peace to which Hondurans were accustomed was shattered. Leftist revolutionaries had taken power in Nicaragua and were gaining strength in El Salvador and Guatemala. The Reagan administration was determined to turn back this tide by force, and chose Honduras as its platform from which to do so. American military engineers built bases, airstrips, and supply depots at key spots around the country. American troops poured in for saber-rattling maneuvers whose main purpose was to intimidate the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. American intelligence agents trained Hondurans in techniques of surveillance and interrogation. Between 1980 and 1984, United States military aid to Honduras increased from $4 million to $77 million. Economic aid surpassed $200 million by 1985, making Honduras, with its four million people, the eighth-largest recipient of American foreign aid.

After Congress cut off aid to the contras in late 1984, the Honduran government also began to distance itself from the contra project, even intercepting a shipment of arms intended for contra fighters. This alarmed the White House. President Reagan telephoned his Honduran counterpart, Roberto Suazo Córdova, and sent then Vice President George Bush to meet with him. Honduras soon resumed its old policy of helping the contras. At the same time, according to a US government document, the United States released aid to Honduras that had been blocked, "expedited delivery of US military items to Honduras," and expanded "several security programs underway for the Honduran security forces."<1> Ambassador Negroponte, who was present at the Bush–Suazo meeting, was asked about it at a 1989 Senate hearing. He said he could not recall any direct mention of an arrangement under which the United States increased its aid to Honduras in exchange for Honduras's commitment to support the contras.


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[shadowknows69]

3. Cool thanks nickster

sorry for being too lazy to do my own research. Wasn't sure what to search for. this guy made it sound like he'd seen some combat there so I wonder.