Manzella, Darren, 190–1
“Mariel boatlift,” 27
marijuana, 67, 82, 103, 205
Marine Corps. See US Marine Corps
Mariscal, Jorge, 179
marketing, 151–3
Marquette, Glenn, 144, 145
Martin, Trayvon, 41
Martinez, Eric, 144
massacres: of civilians, 72–4, 77, 108, 155, 167, 211; of fellow soldiers, 46–7
maximum age, 156–63 passim
McAfee, Lynn, 130
McAteer, Sheilagh, 37–8
McCain, John, 113, 201
McCann Erickson, 152
McCaskill, Claire, 94
McChord Air Force Base. See Joint Base Lewis-McChord
McChrystal, Stanley, 96
McCormick, Richard A., 91, 103
Macdonald, Andrew: The Turner Diaries, 16, 27
McHugh, John, 81
McNamara, Robert, 8, 139–40
McNinch, Douglas, 115
McVeigh, Timothy, 16, 27, 33
Meadows, Michael, 134
medical waivers, 12, 136, 205
Meehan, Martin, 80, 187, 210
mental health and mental illness, 10, 38, 78, 104–16 passim; drugs for, 100–2. See also depression; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
mephedrone, 208
mercenaries, 180, 199, 200
Mérida Initiative, 66
Metzger, Tom, 24–8 passim
Mexico, 65–6, 67, 176, 177, 204. See also US-Mexico border
middle-aged recruits and enlistees, 156–63
Midland, Texas, 66
military attrition, 10, 76–7, 140–3 passim, 184–5; of non-citizens, 175–6; of older recruits, 159. See also denial of reenlistment; discharge for drug use; discharge for homosexuality; discharge for misconduct; discharge for obesity; dishonorable/“other than honorable” discharge
military cover-ups, 52, 54–5, 91
military draft, 6–8
Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS), 204–5
military police, 29–30, 92
Millard, Geoffrey, 48–9
Miner, Brett, 79
minors, recruiting of. See children
misconduct discharges. See discharge for misconduct
Mohamed, Ali A., 180–1
Montez, Marc, 165
“moral waivers,” 54, 74–82 passim, 86, 94, 107, 136, 203, 205
mortgage loans, 118–20
Morrisette, Bobby, 51
murder, 37, 46–7, 60, 106–7, 173; Afghanistan, 108–9; drug-related, 65, 66, 67; gang-related, 49–53, 60–1, 68; of gay soldiers, 188; Iraq, 73, 78, 83, 211–12; Japan, 97; by neo-Nazis, 17–18; not grounds for preventing enlistment, 75
Murphy, David, 186
Murray, Patty, 109, 113–14
music, neo-Nazi/racist, 15, 16, 30, 32, 43
Muslim soldiers, 221–2
My Lai massacre, 211
Napolitano, Janet, 39
National Alliance, 16, 25, 27, 38, 39, 43–4, 205
National Assessment of Education Progress, 136–7
National Defense Authorization Bill, 62
National Gang Intelligence Center, 40
National Guard, 9, 27, 28, 65, 70, 185; GED Plus Program, 139; mental health issues, 104, 123; Youth ChalleNGe program, 138. See also Air National Guard; Army National Guard; Patriot Academy
National Intelligence Council, 215
National Socialist Movement (NSM), 25–7, 33, 36–41 passim
National Vanguard Books, 43–4
NATO, 9
natural gas, 216
naturalization, 171–2
Naval Postgraduate School, 152
Navy, US. See US Navy
neo-Nazis, 10, 11, 13–49 passim, 203, 205
Nepalese soldiers, 209–10
Nestor, Rivas, 159
Neutzling, Andrea, 84–6, 89
Newman, Tony, 103
New Saxon (website), 34–5
New York City, 75–6, 154–5, 210, 219–22
Nicholson, Alexander, 194
No Child Left Behind, 148–9, 155
non-citizen soldiers. See foreign citizens in UK military; foreign citizens in US military
Norteños (gang affiliation), 64
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. See NATO
North-Williams, Aletha, 161
NSM. See National Socialist Movement (NSM)
Nutrition Research Council, 127–8
Obama, Barack, 2, 102, 113, 159, 201–2, 214, 215; gay/lesbian policy, 190–5, 201
obesity, 125–32, 136, 209
Offutt, William, 117
oil, 216
Okinawa, 40
Oklahoma City bombing, 1995, 16, 27
older soldiers, 156–63, 211
opium, 97
orphans, 167–8
Ortega, Steve, 70
Ortiz Cabrera, Ildefonso, 177
overweight. See obesity
Pace, Peter, 184
pacification, 218
Pahland, Lynn, 98–9
Pantoliano, Joe, 116
parental counter-recruitment, 154–6
parent-and-child enlistees, 161–3
Pasquale, Nick, 52–3
Pate, Russell, 130, 131–2
Paterson, David A., 76
Patriot Academy, 133–6
Patterson, Chris, 159–60
Paye, Dardar, 172–3
Peck, Steve, 122
Penrod, Christopher M., 220
Perez, Norma, 115
permanent resident soldiers. See foreign citizens in US military
Persian Gulf War. See Gulf War
Petraeus, David, 71
petroleum. See oil
Philadelphia, 151–2, 162
Phillips, Virginia A., 191–2
physical fitness, 125–32 passim, 136, 160
Pickens, Keith, 178
Pierce, William, 16
Pike, John, 12
police, 64–5, 69, 70–1, 75–6
posthumous citizenship, 172
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 31–2, 60, 83, 109, 114–23 passim, 172, 202; drug/alcohol abuse and, 94, 99; medications for, 100, 101; in older soldiers, 160; UK, 209; VA move to not diagnose, 115
Powell, Colin, 2–3, 4, 186, 217
preexisting mental illness, 108, 114
prescription drugs, 100–2
The Prince (Machiavelli), 200
prior criminal behavior, 107, 136
prison, 81, 138–9, 144. See also Abu Ghraib prison
privatization, 1–2, 5, 9, 113, 180, 202, 203, 216
Project for the New American Century, 218
“Project 100,000,” 8, 139–40
propaganda, 116, 169, 212
propranolol, 101
prostitution, 92, 97
protests, 155. See also antiwar protests and protesters
Prozac, 105–6
Prysner, Michael, 47–8
Psychological Kevlar Act, 101
PTSD. See post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
public opinion: of draft, 8; of gay/lesbian service, 186; of Iraq war, 156, 212, 220, 222; of Obama, 202
race war (“Rahowa”), 16–17, 29
racial supremacists. See neo-Nazis; white supremacists
racist language, 47–9
Radtke, John, 123–4
Rand Corporation, 116, 143, 179
Rangel, Charles, 7
rape, 72–4, 75, 80, 84–9 passim, 107
Raya, Andres, 63–4
Ready, Willing, and Unable to Serve, 136
Reagan, Ronald, 206
Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources for a New Century, 218
recruiter misconduct, 56–7, 144–6
reenlistment denial. See denial of reenlistment
religion, 184, 189. See also Islamic fundamentalists
Retiree Recall program, 158–9
Rightwing Extremism (Dept. of Homeland Secur
ity), 38–9
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon), 198, 199
Ritchie, Elspeth, 109
Roane, Jonathan, 132
Robb, Thomas, 33
robbery, 46, 63, 70, 76
Robinson, Miguel, 49
Rodriguez, Rigoberto, 136
Roettinger, Philip C., 167
Rolan, Chris, 96
Rome, Ancient, 197–200
Roper, Billy, 26, 33–4
Ross, James Douglas, 38
Rumsfeld, Donald, 1–6 passim, 86, 91, 197, 203, 206, 215
Rush, Mark, 155
Sanford, Florida, 41
Saranga, David, 186
Sarver, Perry, Jr., 133
Sarvis, Aubrey, 193
Seahill, Jeremy, 2, 203
Schoep, Jeff, 36–7, 41
School Recruiting Program Handbook, 146
schools and students. See college students; community college; high school students
Schoomaker, Eric, 107
Segal, David R., 82, 140, 160
Senate Armed Services Committee, 40
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 1–3 passim, 76, 156, 158, 181, 200, 212, 213, 220
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 118
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), 183, 187, 188, 193
Servicemembers United, 194
sexual abuse, 151
sexual assault, 79–80, 84–9 passim. See also rape
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO), 87
sexuality in marketing and recruiting, 151
Shalikashvili, John M., 186–7
Sharpe, Joe, 120
Shields, Kevin, 37
Shinseki, Eric, 4
Shultz, George, 206
Shwedo, Kevin, 156, 158, 160
Simon, Jennifer, 55, 56–7
60 Minutes, 190–1
Skillman, Becky, 133
Skrewdriver, 15
sleep deprivation, 99–100
Smith, Carter F., 47
Smith, Douglas, 23, 80, 177–8
Smith, Jason, 132
smuggling of drugs. See drug smuggling
Snyder, Vic, 161
social networking websites, 34–6
Soldiers of Misfortune, 150
soldiers, older. See older soldiers
Solis, John, 139
Solomon Amendment, 148
Southerland, Darnell, 60
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), 33, 36, 41, 42, 44
South Korea, 55, 85
spies, 180–81
statistics, 9, 65; drinking, 95; drug dependency, 98; education, 141; enlisted felons, 75, 79; far-right groups, 33; gang membership, 63; gay/lesbian soldiers, 184, 185–6; imprisonment, 81, 144; Iraq war deaths, 214; Latinos, 179; mental health, 117; misconduct discharges and denial of reenlistment, 44; non-citizen US soldiers, 172, 175–6; obesity, 125, 129–30; older soldiers, 159, 160, 161; population demographics, 162, 171; sexual assault, 87, 88; suicide, 106, 123; UK soldiers, 208; UK soldiers (foreign-born), 210; waivers, 82
Stelton, Ike, 6
Stiglitz, Joseph, 213
sting operations, 67–8
Stock, Margaret, 173
Stoleson, Jeffrey, 57–60, 66–7
Stop the Stigma tour, 116
street theater, 155
students. See college students; high school students
substance abuse. See alcoholism; drug abuse and addiction
suicide, 48, 94, 102, 104–6, 110, 114, 120; statistics, 106, 123
Sully, Leslie Ann, 162
Sun Tzu: The Art of War, 200, 215
swastikas, 19, 23, 25, 28, 40
Swenson, William, 103
Syria, 3, 66–7
Tancredo, Tom, 71
tattoos: gang members’, 52, 55–6, 57, 59, 69; neo-Nazi/racist, 14–25 passim, 28, 31, 34, 37, 38, 47, 49
terrorism, 79, 180–1, 205, 212–13. See also Oklahoma City bombing, 1995; September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
Terrorist Watch List, 42
testing, intelligence. See intelligence testing
theft of military property, 39, 58, 67–8, 69–70, 98, 101
Thomson, Mike, 62
threats, 59, 79
360 Architecture, 123–4
Thurman, James, D., 80
Tijuana, Mexico, 176
Title III federal funding, 155
Tokyo, 97
torture, 31, 91–2, 203
Totten, Michael, 48
tour length. See length of tour
Trafton, Jodie, 98
Trainor, Bernard, 4
Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States, 212–13
Troop Recruit Improvement program (TRIM), 127–8
The Turner Diaries (Macdonald), 16, 27
Two-Tier Attrition Scheme (TTAS), 140–1
Turner, Jennifer, 151
Ugbogu, Olatunbosun, 97
Umm Kasr, Iraq, 165–6
undocumented immigrants, 173–6 passim
unemployment, 117–18, 162, 216
uninsured veterans, 113
United Kingdom, 186, 206–10, 213, 218
United Nations, 9, 150
US Air Force: Fit to Fight program, 128–9
US Army: Command Policy, 20; marketing, 151–3; maximum age/Retiree Recall, 156–63 passim; obesity in, 127, 128, 130–1; school recruiting, 146–7; Two-Tier Attrition Scheme, 140–1. See also Army Game Project; Army Preparatory School; Army Reserve; Army Substance Abuse Program (ASAP); Assessment of Recruit Motivation and Strength (ARMS); Virtual Army Experience
US Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID), 44–5, 47, 54–5, 58–9
US Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), 23, 146
US Citizenship and Immigration Services, 171–2
US Department of Defense. See Department of Defense (DOD)
US Department of Homeland Security. See Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
US Department of Housing and Urban Development. See Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
US embassy bombing, Kenya, 1998, 181
US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee. See House Armed Services Committee
US Marine Corps, 6, 26, 28, 38, 40, 192; Body Composition program, 129; in Guatemala, 167; immigrant soldiers 165–70; medical waivers, 127; mental health issues, 104; waivers for felons, 79
US-Mexico border, 168, 175
US Navy, 152, 155–6. See also Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
US Senate Armed Services Committee. See Senate Armed Services Committee
US VETS, 122
VAMOS Unidos, 174
Vaughan, Clyde A., 133
Vegetius, 197–8, 200–1
Vela, Evan, 83
veterans, 98–9, 211; as drug guinea pigs, 102–3, 201; health care spending on, 112–13; opinion of Iraq/Afghanistan wars, 202; opinion of gay/lesbian service, 185, 186; unemployment/underemployment, 117–18. See also Vietnam veterans
Veterans Administration (VA), 98, 101, 102, 112–15 passim, 123; housing scheme, 122; mortgage scheme, 120; obesity initiative, 131
Veterans For America, 99
Veterans Health Administration, 202
Vice Lords, 57
video games, 151–3 passim
Vietnam Syndrome, 216
Vietnam veterans, 117–18, 158–61 passim
Vietnam War, 6, 8, 110–11, 139–40, 179–85 passim, 218
violent crime, 153–4. See also assault; murder; rape
Virgadamo, Travis, 104–6, 108
Virtual Army Experience, 153
waivers. See educational waivers; medical waivers; “moral waivers”; weight-exclusion waivers
Walters, Edward, 151
Watt, Justin, 73, 210
Waxman, Henry A., 79–80, 210
weapons, high-powered, 69–71
Webb, Jim, 201
Webb, Tyrone, 118
weight, body. See body weight
&n
bsp; weight-exclusion waivers, 130
Weinberger, Caspar, 17
Wells Fargo, 119, 120
whistleblowers, 52–3, 57–60, 188, 210
White, Thomas, 201
White Aryan Resistance (WAR), 24, 25
White Revolution, 26, 38
white supremacists, 13–49 passim, 59
Whitley, Kay, 88
Wikileaks, 36, 111, 153, 211, 212
Williams, John L., 60–1
Williams, Rico, 50, 51
Wilson, Charles, 33
Wilson, Joe, 141
Wilson, Saskia, 220–1
Withington, Jonathan, 80
Wolf, Gregory, 38
Wolfowitz, Paul, 3
women soldiers, 80, 84–9. See also lesbian soldiers
Wood, Todd, 21
Wormuth, Christine, 77
Wrobel, Kyle R., 36
Young, Andrew, 127–8
Young Gorilla Family, 68
Youth ChalleNGe, 138
Youth Protection Act (Arcata and Eureka, California), 154
zero-tolerance polices, 137, 138
Zetas (drug cartel), 67
Zoloft, 100
Forrest Fogarty, neo-Nazi who served in Iraq as a part of the military police from 2004 to 2005. [Matt Kennard, March 2008]
Fogarty in Iraq on the album cover of his neo-Nazi band Attack. [Given to Matt Kennard by Fogarty, March 2008]
The Viking with axe tattoo riding up Fogarty’s forearm. [Matt Kennard, March 2008]
Specialist James Douglas Ross, who served in Iraq as a military intelligence offi cer (Eighty-Second Airborne Division) in his barracks room. [Photo provided by Hunter Glass]
James Douglas Ross’s boots, complete with swastika treads. [Photo provided by Hunter Glass]
Ross in his room in Iraq, holding fully automatic rifle. He was eventually caught mailing a submachine gun back to his father in the US. The three-triangle tattoo on the top of his left arm is a Norse sign used by white supremacists. [Photo provided by Jeffrey Stoleson]
Neo-Nazi soldier in Iraq does Hitler salute on extremist social network NewSaxon. [Obtained by Matt Kennard, 2008]
Kenneth Eastridge, former soldier in Iraq now serving time for his part in murder of fellow soldier in the US, does Hitler salute and shows off SS bolts on right forearm. [Downloaded from Eastridge’s Myspace page]
Neo-Nazi graffi ti put up outside Camp Taji in Iraq. [Picture by Jeffrey Stoleson]
Skinhead marine with neo-Nazi tattoos who left military with honorable discharge and later went to federal prison after committing a hate crime in Montana. [Photo provided by T. J. Leyden]
Private in an engineer battalion at Fort Bragg with a tattoo of the logo of Hammerskins, a group described as the “most violent and best-organized” skinhead outfi t in the US. The soldier told investigators he “didn’t know” the tattoo was racist and was allowed to stay in the military. [Photo provided by Hunter Glass]