During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces bombed Podgorica due to Nazi occupation in Montenegro.

Some credited Đukanović for the fact that Montenegro was spared from the brunt of the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia that devastated the infrastructure of Serbia, suffering no greater destruction.

These programs include initiatives to prepare the country for World Trade Organization accession and to promote local economic growth and business development.

[10][11][12] In August 2006, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid an official visit to Montenegro, seeking support for the War on Terror and overall American geopolitical goals in Europe.

[15][16] The United States has on many occasions sent destroyers to the port of Bar for naval training, exercises, and regular patrol of traffic in the Mediterranean Sea.