Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ma1980 akanga ari zvikurukuru makore gumi okurongazve. Mauto akashandurwa kuva simba rose rokuzvipira rine simbiso huru mukurovedza uye ruzivo rwokugadzira zvinhu. Mutemo weGoldwater-Nichols wa1986 wakagadzira Unified Combatant Commands, uchiunza Mauto pamwe nemamwe matavi matatu emauto pasi pesangano rakabatana, rakarongeka nenzvimbo. Mauto akaitawo basa mukupinda kweGrenada muna 1983 (Operation Urgent Fury
) uye Panama muna 1989 (Operation Just Cause).