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The Navy's extended presence in the region generated political support for the United States among the economically vital but militarily vulnerable states on the Arabian Peninsula. The continuous, albeit limited, American military presence in the Persian Gulf demonstrated to potential aggressors that in any confrontation they faced the prospect of war with a superpower. naval forces protected America's interests in the region and helped develop international support for U.S.

Navy has been one of the primary instruments of that policy, in both peace and war.īetween the establishment of the Middle East Force in 1949 and the outbreak of war in 1990, U.S.

foreign policy in the Persian Gulf for almost half a century. Maintaining political stability and the free flow of oil to the global economy have been the overarching objectives of U.S.