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August
- Anti-Terrorism Awareness Month
- August 2 –
- The Gulf War (Aug 2, 1990 – Feb 28, 1991)
- Operation Desert Shield (Aug 2, 1990 – Jan 17, 1991)
- Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990 )
- On Aug. 7, 1990, George Herbert Walker Bush ordered the organization of Operation Desert Shield in response
- August 4 – Coast Guard Birthday (1915)
- August 7 – Purple Heart Day
- August 14 – Navajo Code Talkers Day (Est. 1982)
- August 14 – Congressional Medal of Honor Society Birthday (1863)
- August 16 – National Airborne Day (1940)
- August 29 – Marine Forces Reserve Birthday (1916)
- August 30, 2021 – End of the Afghanistan War
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