I
Ibrahim al-Jaafari 192
II MEF 202, 205, 209, 241
I MEF 66, 81, 91, 98, 109, 126, 149, 173, 177, 182–83, 185, 301–02
Inad al Namrawee, Lt. Col. Jabbar 215
Ingleston, SSG Nicholas 263
International Security Assistance Force 285
Iskandariyah 262
Islamabad 32, 47
J
Jabar, Lieutenant Colonel Abdul 291
Jackson, Chris 6, 153–55, 166, 280, 282–84, 287–88, 293–94
Jackson, LTC Larry "Pepper" 153
Jacobsen, Ashley-Louise 246
Jalibah 98–100
Jamal 22
James, Malcolm "Mal" 6, 68, 70, 132–33, 180, 187–88, 192, 194–95, 199, 207–08, 211, 213, 220, 222, 226, 261
Jefferson, Thomas 24
Jenkins, Griff 6, 65–66, 69, 73, 83, 86, 88, 91–93, 95–98, 101, 104–06, 109, 112, 115, 122, 125, 132, 136, 139, 141, 144, 150–53, 158, 166
Jerusalem 28, 150–51, 248
Jesus 150, 248, 268
Johnson, CPT Ronny 144
Johnson, Gregory "Greg" 6–7, 180, 192, 194, 199, 201, 207, 280
Johnson, HM3 Michael 116
Johnson, Lyndon 163, 251
Jones, Lance Cpl. Garrett 290
Jospin, Lionel 59
Jurney, Lt. Col. Bill 211, 213–15, 254–56
K
Kabul 34–35, 37, 44, 47, 189, 224, 279–80, 292–95
Kandahar 37, 42, 44–46, 51–52, 280
Karabilah 201–02, 218
Karachi 47
Karbala Gap 127, 134
Karzai, Hamid 44, 51–52, 189, 279, 286, 294
Kasal, 1stSgt Bradley A. 184–85
Kavanek, LCpl Diana 242
Kay, David 64
Kelly, Brig. Gen. John 120–21
Kelly, Greg 65, 109, 127, 132–34, 152
Kendall, Cpl Nathan 89, 136
Kennedy, Cpl Brian Matthew 92, 94
Kennedy, Lt. Col. Paul 172–73, 177–78, 182
Khalil, Fazlur Rehman 25–26
Khe Sanh 150, 287
Khomeini, Ayatollah 25–27
Kim Jung Il 56
Kinard, Second Lt. Andrew 238–40
Klinghoffer, Leon 63
Knight, George 7
Knospler, Lance Corporal Jake 13
Kolb, Maj. Tim 116
Konar 277–78
Konduz 188
Kuwait City 89
L
Laemmle, Capt. Frank 93
Landstuhl 104, 150, 234, 238, 242
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center 234
Langley 31
Las Alamedos 253
Lawrence, Diana 7
Leventhal, Rick 65, 85, 152
Lincoln, Abraham 19, 158, 252
Lindh, John Walker 40
Little Rock 116
Lock Haven 49
London 27, 56–58
Lopez-Castaneda, Lance Cpl. Juan 290
Los Angeles 215
Lynch, MG Rick 267
Lynch, PFC Jessica 106, 128
M
Ma'amir 87
MacFarland, COL Sean 211–12, 215
Maderiya 263
Madrid 27
MAG-39 85, 89, 91–95, 98
MAG-39 Forward Operations Center 85
Manhattan 92
Mankin, LCpl Aaron 201, 204, 241–43
Marine Air Group (MAG) 39 Air Operations Center 73
Marine Corps Base 194, 240, 285
Marine Expeditionary Unit 24 280
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 71
Marine Regimental Combat Team 5 30
Marine Special Operations Team 292
Massoud, Ahmed Shah 35
Mattis, Maj. Gen. James "Jim" 81, 85, 106, 130, 177, 271
Maulana Inyadullah 15
Maynard, SFC Scott 6
Maynard, SSG Scott 100
Mazar-i-Sharif 37, 39–40
McClung, Maj. Megan 212, 250, 257
McClung, Michael 257
McDonagh, Colm 59
McKiernan, General David D. 279
McKinley, William 24
McLaughlin, LTC Mike 210–11
Medium Helicopter Squadron—HMM-268, the Red Dragons 69
Mejia 148
Mesopotamia 162, 191, 264, 267, 272, 279, 296
Mihalo, Cpl. Anthony 290
Mogadishu 105, 143
Mohammad, Brig. Gen. Khair 296
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh 28
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf 82, 99, 101, 138
Moore, Vice Admiral Charles W. "Willie" 41
Moqtada al Sadr 170, 211
Morales, Cpl 97
Mosul 118, 151, 164, 200, 224, 228, 238
Moussaoui, Zacharias 58
Muhammed 21–22
Mullen, CNO Adm. Mike 239
Mundy, Lt. Col. Sam 130–32, 139, 152, 201, 203, 206
Murphy, Michael 277–78
Musharraf, General Pervez 32, 47, 60
N
Najaf 117–18, 122, 133
Nasiriyah 99, 102–07, 109, 117–19, 127–28
Nasrallah, Sheikh 25
National Naval Medical Center 13, 233, 237–38, 244
Nazzir, CPT Fawaz 263
Nebuchadnezzar 55
Nelson, MAJ Scott 189
Newark 16
New River Marine Corps Air Station 280
Newsome, Docs 131
New York 11, 16, 18, 43, 62, 92–93, 98, 101, 106, 118, 123, 125, 132, 150–52, 215, 247
Norfolk 49
Normandy 57, 260
North, Betsy 7
North, Ollie 6–7, 14, 56, 59, 109, 122, 126, 147, 161, 230, 237, 240, 252, 254, 280, 284, 301
Norwood, Janet and Bill 191
Norwood, Sgt Byron 191
Now Zad 287–89
O
Obama, Barak 280
O'Bannon, Presley 24
Odierno, MG Ray 154, 157, 166, 271
Oehle, Lt. Col. Mike 129
Omaha 57, 259
Omar, Mullah Mohammed 34–35
Orozco, 1LT Osbaldo 156
Osama bin Laden 15, 20, 25, 27, 31, 34, 45, 46–47, 58, 82, 167, 169, 261, 267, 274–75, 279, 285
Osirak 60
P
Padilla, Lt. Col. Fred 146
Paris 57–58
Parnell, Lisa 7
Patriquin, CPT Travis 212
Patterson, SSgt Darin 269
Patton, George 161, 245
Pearce, SSG Christopher 168
Pearl, Daniel 47
Pena, Jose 283
Pennington, Gunny 73, 93, 112, 114, 136
Pennington, GySgt Dennis 73, 87–90, 92–93
Perkins, COL Dave 138, 142, 144
Petraeus, David 165, 261, 267, 271, 273–74, 296
Petronzio, Col. Pete 280
Pittsburgh 194, 215
Pol Pot 11
Pomante, SPC Vincent 212
Powell, Colin 63
Presto, Maj. Don 146
Pullen, Ashley 249
Pyongyang 56, 167
Q
Qais 264–65
Qal' at Sukkar 120
Quantico 227
Quarles, Francis 19
Quetta 52
Quick Reaction Force (QRF) 283
R
Ramadi 170–73, 175, 177–82, 194–98, 206–07, 210–12, 214–16, 220, 222, 226, 228–29, 235–38, 244, 250, 254, 256, 265–67, 283
Ramallah 60
Ramana Bridge 202
Randall, Sgt Jeremiah 176
Rashid, Governor Maamoun 211, 276
Rauch, Sergeant Courtney 282–83
Rawah 238
RCT-1 98, 103, 106–07, 117, 120, 183, 185
RCT-2, 2nd Marine Division 202, 205
RCT-5 85–86, 98, 102, 104–06, 110–12, 118, 122, 126, 129, 131, 136–37, 141, 147, 149, 221
RCT-7 85–86, 98, 117, 124, 126–127, 183, 218, 229
"Ready First" Brigade Combat Team 214
Reagan, President Ronald 26, 57, 151
Red Beach 43–44
Red Dragons 69, 71, 75, 112, 131, 136
Regimental Team 99
Reid, Richard 58
Rhino 42–45, 279
Riling, CSM Ron 171
Riyadh 60
Riyahd Village 168
Roberts, Cpl Nicolas 244
Roberts, PO1 Neal 48–50
Rogers 243
Roosevelt, President Franklin D. 19
Royal Navy's HMS Splendid 80
Royal Navy's HMS Turbulent 80
Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary Donald 32, 174
S
Saddam City 144
Safwan Hill 84–86, 89, 98
Salman Pak 249
Samarra 211
San Diego 70, 116, 230
San Francisco 16, 66
Sapio, Cpl Phillip 70
Sattar Baziya, Abdul 212
Sattler, Lt. Gen. John 183
Schellhaas, Capt. Ross 287
Schroeder, Gerhard 60, 76
Schwartz, LTC Eric 133
SEAL Team 8 49
Seymour, Operations Mechanic 2nd Class Ian 94
SFC Terrigino 153
Shatt al Arab 117
Sheikh Mohammad al Heiss 266
Sheikh Sattar 212, 214–16, 266
Shepherd, David 6–7
Sheppard, PVT Robert 37
Shindand Airbase 291–92
Shine, Bill 7
Sirkankel 46, 48
Smith, SSgt Mark Randolph 288
Smith, SFC Paul R. Ray 134–35
Somerset County 16
Spann, Johnny "Mike" 31, 39–40, 44
Spann, Shannon 40
Spartanburg 239–40
Special Activities Division (SAD) 39
Spencer, Col. Rich 89, 93
Stagner, Cpl Jeremy L. 208–09
Stalin 11
Stall-Ryan, LT Jamie 216, 228
Stanford, Kim 7
Stann, Lt. Brian M. 201–02
Stenner, Andrew "Andy" 6–7, 211, 219, 261, 280
Stratford, WO Mark 94
Stroehman, Lt. Col. 115–16
Strongpoint Bravo 281–82, 284–85
T
TAA Ripper 67
Tagliabue, Bob 220
Takur Ghar 48
Tal Afar 27
Taleb al-Suhail, Sofia 191
Tallil FARP 116
Tapia, LCpl Samuel 197
Taqaddum Air Base 212
Tarmiyah 232
TF 2/7 286, 289
Task Force 1-64 133, 138–39, 142
Task Force 1-64, 2nd Bn Combat Team 133
Task Force 20 (TF-20) 127–28
Task Force Tarawa 98, 103, 105–07, 117, 120, 127, 136, 138
Task Force Tripoli 154
Teddy Roosevelt 42
Tehran 27, 56, 59–60, 167, 200, 206, 274–75
Tel Aviv 27
Tenant, George 63
Terashita, Gary 6–7
Thompson, John 7
Tierney, Steve 6–7, 187–88
Tigris River 106, 117, 120, 126–27, 129, 131–32, 142, 146, 154, 162, 211
Tikrit 54, 152–54, 157, 166, 238
Timmerman, Kenneth 59
Toboz, Glenda and Steve 49
Toboz, Petty Officer Stephen 49–50
Toboz, Shawn 49, 139
Tokyo 260
Toves, Lance Cpl. Jacob 290
Turner, Lt. Col. Roger 194, 207
Turner, Ted 56
Tuwayhah 132
Twain, Mark 263
Twentynine Palms 285
Twitty, LTC Steven 142
U
Udari 73
Umm Qasr 87
Ur 99
U.S. Army's 4th ID 152
U.S. Fifth Fleet 40
U.S. Special Operations Command 293
USS Bataan 41–42, 44
USS Bunker Hill 80
USS Cheyenne 80
USS Columbia 80
USS Constellation 252
USS Cowpens 80
USS Detroit 42
USS Donald Cook 80
USS McCain 80
USS Milius 80
USS Montpelier 80
USS Paul Hamilton 252
USS Providence 80
USS Shreveport 42
USS Tarawa 97–98
V
Vakoc, Father Tim 227–29
Vancouver 290
V Corps 100, 117, 122, 302
Vieira de Mello, Sergio 165
Vehicle Recovery Team 284
W
Waggoner, Brad 6
Wallace, Lt. Gen. William 160
Walter Reed Army Medical Center 13, 233, 235–37
Ward, Duane 7
Ward, Maj. Jason 94
Washington, D.C. 15–16, 19, 24, 27, 35, 74, 123, 161, 163–64, 174, 193, 198, 200, 233, 236, 247, 268, 274
Washington, George 19, 268
Waters-Bey, SSgt Kendall Damon 92–94
Wayne, John 57
Weapons Company 3rd Bn, 7th Marines 197, 284
Weigelt, Brian 229
Weiting, Ayse 7
Welch, LTC Tracy 38
Wennes, CWO Sean 70
Whitaker, Mark 200
Williamson, 1st Lt. Ken 70–71, 73
Williamstown 263
Witt, Sgt Jason 123
Wojcicki, SrA Andrzej 224
Woullard, Sgt Dennis 204–05
Wright, Cpl. 282–83
Z
Zarqawi 170, 172, 174, 179, 183–84, 189, 194–96, 200–01, 203, 206–07, 210–11, 274
Zilinskas, Dr. Raymond "Dr. Z" 62
Zuher 250
GLOSSARY
I MEF First Marine Expeditionary Force
AAV Amphibious Assault Vehicle; also LVT for Landing Vehicle, Tracked; carries eighteen to twenty Marines from ship to shore; serves as ground troop transport. Armament: .50-cal machine gun and 40-mm automatic grenade launcher
ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile
AGM Air-to-Ground Missile
AK-47 7.62-mm automatic rifle of Soviet design; now made in Russia, China, and North Korea, and formerly in most Soviet-bloc countries
Amn Al Khass Iraq's internal intelligence and security service; also known as SSS, Special Security Services
APC Armored Personnel Carrier
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
ASP Ammunition Supply Point
ATGM Anti-Tank Guided Missile
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System (U.S. Air Force)
BMP A Soviet-made, tracked, infantry fighting vehicle; carries up to eight troops and is normally armed with a 73-mm or a 30-mm cannon and ATGMs
Bn Battalion
CAAT Combined Anti-Armor Team; consists of several Humvees equipped with TOW and Javelin ATGMs, .50-cal machine guns and grenade launchers
CAS Close Air Support
Cas-evac Casualty Evacuation
CENTCOM Central Command (Also USCENTCOM). U.S. Central Command, one of nine U.S. unified military commands; headquartered at McDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, CENTCOM maintained a forward headquarters in Doha, Qatar.
CG Commanding General
CO Commanding Officer
CP Command Post
DASC Direct Air Support Center; provides a direct communications link between Marine air and ground units
EGBU-28 Enhanced Guided Bomb Unit; more accurate version of the "bunker buster" that uses GPS for guidance. See also GBU.
EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EP-3 Lockheed EP-3E Aries II aircraft, designed specifically for Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) collection. The aircraft operates with a five-person flight crew and as many as twenty intelligence specialists.
EPW Enemy Prisoner of War
FAC Forward Air Controller; provides direction and control for aircraft firing or dropping ordnance in support of ground troops
FARP Forward Arming and Refueling Point
FO Forward Observer; provides fire direction and control for artillery or mortars
Frag Order Fragmentary Order; an abbreviated operations order that a commander uses to inform troops of information they need to carry out an assigned mission
G-3 Operations and training function for a military command of brigade or higher. See also S-3.
GBU Guided Bomb Unit; e.g., GBU-15, an unpowered, glide weapon used to destroy high-value enemy targets; the GBU-37 "bunker buster" is a five-thousand-pound laser-guided conventional explosive with a forty-four-hundred-pound penetrating warhead. The operator illuminates a target with a laser designator and then the munition is guided to a spot of laser energy reflected from the target.
GOSP Gas-Oil Separation Plant
GPS Global Positioning System
Gunny Slang for Marine gunnery sergeant
HARM High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile; an air-to-ground missile, specifically the AGM-88 HARM
HEAT High Explosive Anti-Tank; armor-piercing, anti-tank ammunition
HET (U.S. Marines) Human Exploitation Team; helps collect and interpret intelligence
HET (U.S. Army) Heavy Equipment Transporter
HMLA Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron; flies AH-1J Cobras and armed UH-1N "Hueys"