Presidential Military Crises Activity By dylanwest Period: Jan 1, 1953 to Jan 1, 2017 Presidential Military Crises Activity Sep 23, 1957 Eisenhower Little Rock May 1, 1961 Kennedy South Vietnam Jan 1, 1965 Johnson South Vietnam Jan 1, 1970 Nixon/Ford South Vietnam Mar 16, 1988 Reagan Honduras Aug 7, 1990 George H.W. Bush Iraq Dec 16, 1998 Clinton Iraq Oct 7, 2001 George W. Bush Afghanistan Feb 17, 2009 Obama Afghanistan