Ia faaauau pea lenei palakalafa - Na saunia e le USAF osofaʻiga, felauaiga i le ea, ma le lagolagosua i taua mo gaoioiga i Grenada i le 1983 (Operation Urgent Fury
), Libya i le 1986 (Operation El Dorado Canyon), ma Panama i le 1989 (Operation Just Cause). O lesona na aʻoaʻoina mai nei gaioiga na faʻaaogaina i lona malosiʻaga faʻavae ma aʻoaʻoga, ma avea ma faʻavae mo le manuia o vaʻalele faʻagaioiga i le 1990s ma ina ua maeʻa Setema 11, 2001.