Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1989, Jamus ta kusa sake haɗuwa kuma Yaƙin Cacar Baki ya kusa ƙarewa. Shugabancin sojojin ya amsa ta hanyar fara shirin rage karfi. A watan Nuwambar 1989, masu ba da rahoto na Pentagon suna tsara tsare-tsaren 'Operation Quicksilver', wani shiri na rage yawan sojojin da kashi 23%, daga 750,000 zuwa 580,000. An yi amfani da wasu abubuwan ƙarfafawa don cimma wannan raguwa, ciki har da ritaya da wuri. A shekarar 1990, Iraki
ya mamaye ƙaramin maƙwabcinsa, Kuwait, da kuma sojojin ƙasar Amurka, jagorancin Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 82, da sauri aka tura don tabbatar da kariyar Saudi Arabiya. A watan Janairun 1991, Operation Desert Storm ya fara, kuma hadin gwiwar da Amurka ke jagoranta ta tura sojoji sama da 500,000, mafi yawansu daga rundunonin Sojojin Amurka, don korar sojojin Iraqi. Yaƙin ya ƙare da nasara ga sojojin haɗin gwiwar, da sauri ya kori sojojin Iraqi da aka shirya tare da Soviet a cikin sa'o'i ɗari kawai.