Yeah, I knew the name Yom Kippur but, like Master Gunner, wasn't really aware of its English translation.
So, operations. The history of the Balkan states since the breakup of Yugoslavia (or, specifically, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) is really interesting. Looking it up, Operation Silver Wake happened during
a rebellion in Albania in 1997. According to Wikipedia, it "was an uprising sparked by Ponzi scheme failures. Albania descended into civil disorder and violence in which the government was toppled and 2,000 people were killed." Silver Wake, meanwhile, was only one of three operations to evacuate foreign nationals from Albania. There were also Kosmas and Libelle (the later of which was apparently the first time since WWII that German soldiers "fired shots in combat").
Other NATO operations that took place in the Balkans:
Unrelated to NATO operations in the Balkans, there was an actual
Operation Drop Kick. The name was used by General Turgidson in Dr Strangelove, but it was also a real thing. I did not know that.
There were also two different operations by the US military to test entomological warfare called
Big Buzz and
Big Itch.
Interestingly enough, in X-COM (Enemy Unknown and Enemy Within), the
random mission name generator can create the name "Unceasing Justice".
I'll stop now. But these operation names were too wild not to share.