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Baker (military code-name)

military code-name

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ4849107 ↗
Source-derived summary

Baker is the code-name for a series of training exercises conducted by the United States Army and several Asian countries which hosted the exercises. The purpose of the exercises is to practice and develop counter-narcotics operations.

Some of the operations in this series include:

Baker Blade: Classified exercise.

Baker Mint: Conducted by the US Army and Malaysia in 1997.

Baker Mint 99-1: Conducted by the US Army and Malaysia in 1999. Trained on military intelligence and photo-surveillance.

Baker Mint Lens 99: Conducted by the US Army and Malaysia in 1999.

Baker Mondial V: Conducted by the US Army and Mongolia in 1997. Trained on medical procedures.

Baker Mongoose II: Conducted by the US Army and Mongolia in 1995.

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The public source identifies “Baker (military code-name)” as military code-name. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Baker, military and code-name.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997, 1999, 1995—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Baker, military and code-name providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Baker (military code-name)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.