URGENT FURY Published July 22, 2018 at 2850 × 1890 in Operation Urgent Fury, Cold War Crisis in Grenada, October – November 1983 ← Previous Next → Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John W. Vessey Jr., exits a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter upon his arrival to review conditions on the island during Operation URGENT FURY. An audiovisual technician, left, videotapes the event.