section_path: Military career/Lebanese Civil War
section_name: Lebanese Civil War
paragraph_text: Lebanese Civil War
  
  In 1990, Aoun served as a lieutenant in the Lebanese Army's Commando Regiment (Arabic: فوج المغاوير) under leader Bassam Gergi at the Adma barracks. In the 1990 Elimination War, two hundred commandos loyal to General Michel Aoun were trapped in their base in Adma wa Dafneh by Samir Geagea ’s Lebanese Forces militia (LF) until a truce was arranged to allow their evacuation. Gergi was killed and Aoun took over leadership within the unit.