Task Force Viking conducted artillery observer, direct action, special reconnaissance, and unconventional warfare missions in order to disrupt and fix Iraqi forces arrayed along the "Green Line", the nominal 1991 demarcation line between the Kurdish northern provinces of Iraq and the remainder controlled by Saddam Hussein.
Task Force Viking undertook artillery surveillance, covert operations, clandestine reconnaissance, and guerrilla warfare missions to hinder and stabilize Iraqi forces positioned along the "Green Line", the supposed 1991 boundary separating the Kurdish northern provinces of Iraq from the rest controlled by Saddam Hussein.