Campo Imperatore Hotel, 311
car bomb attack on Ben Gal, 222–29, 273
Carlos da Jackal, 322
Caspian region, 99–100, 174, 292–293
Russians in, 381
Caspian Sea, 9, 63, 96, 117
Caucasian Mafiya, 149, 302
Caucasus, 63, 64, 162, 193
diplomacy in, 184
oil companies in, 165
security policy for, 167
Caucasus Mountains, 299, 348
caving ladder, 7, 25
cellular phones, 146–48, 150, 276–77
Sarkesian’s, 212
secure, 15, 91, 164–65, 169, 347
terrorists used, 9, 67, 91, 166, 252
CenTex (Central Texas Oil Corporation), 9, 10, 13, 41, 68
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 10, 12, 65–66, 157, 294, 382
chiefs, 59, 105
CIA, 62, 98, 113–14, 227, 292–93
RUMINT, 192
Technical Services Division, 173n38
CIA listening post, Astara, Iran, 15, 92, 112, 231–36
attack on, 230–36, 237–50, 251–61, 262–79
CipherTac 2000 cellular phone, 91
civilian casualties, 83, 125, 223
Clausewitz, Carl von, 344
Claymore mines, 82, 85
Clifford, Clark, 164
Clinton, Bill, 75, 93, 114, 115, 200
Clinton administration handling of intel, 63–64, 114
CNN, 72, 116
Code of Military Justice, Article 88, 151
Cold War, 172, 289, 381
collateral damage, 83, 223
Command Voice, 132
concealment, 239–40
covert strikes, 105–10
CIA listening post, Astara, 230–36, 237–50, 251–61, 262–79
intelligence for, 112–116, 158
preparation for, 169, 227–28
scenarios for, 157–59
CQC (close-quarters combat), 49, 106, 270
crime syndicates, 103, 160, 186
Crocker, General Thomas E., 65–66, 221–22, 230, 290, 292, 304, 305
see also Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Da Voice, 146–48, 180
Dauphin–2 chopper, 68, 73, 74, 312, 375, 377, 378, 380
debriefing, 60
deception, 40, 105–10, 320–22
Defense Imaging Agency, 316
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 15, 68, 71, 87, 91, 113, 306, 318
Defense Mapping Agency, 227, 324
DefTec No. 25 distraction devices, 6, 47, 48–49, 50, 266–67, 335, 362, 368
Delta Force, 27, 368
DEV Group, 27
Devine, Terry (Timex), 285
in covert strikes, 111, 242, 245, 251, 259, 262, 263, 264, 267, 274
in hostage rescue, 19, 21, 28, 39, 41
in mission to rescue Madison, 331, 335, 367
Dewey, Duck Foot
in covert strikes, 105, 106, 111, 227, 238, 242, 243, 245, 256, 259, 262, 263
in hostage rescue, 19, 21, 24, 28, 33, 34, 38, 41, 45, 52, 57, 58
in mission to rescue Madison, 331
DiCarlo, Nod, 285
and ambush of hostages, 80
in covert strikes,106, 110, 227, 231, 238, 242, 245, 251, 257, 258, 262, 264–65, 266, 267–68
in hostage rescue, 19, 24, 28, 33, 34, 38, 41, 44–45, 52, 58, 60
in mission to rescue Madison, 325, 330, 335, 338, 345, 348, 349, 351, 354, 360, 362, 364, 369
Dirty Name, The, 30–31
disinformation, 185, 293, 381
DST (Directorate for Surveillance of the Territory), 120, 318, 371
Eddie the Burglar, 173
EEIs (Essential Elements of Information), 158
ELINT (ELectronics INTelligence), 111
Entebbe, 308, 320–21
Environmental Protection Agency, 8
Evans, Ashley, 70–72, 73, 74, 76, 85, 87, 90–91, 116, 121, 123, 147–48, 149–54, 170–79, 224, 276, 277–78, 283, 285, 287, 306
and ambush/killing of hostages, 77–81, 85
and covert operations, 230–31
and rescue of Madison, 305, 316, 318–19, 321–23, 330, 336–37, 338, 345, 346, 348–49, 354–55, 356, 363, 368, 374, 375, 377, 380
and working with Russians, 292, 297, 304
at Sirzhik Foundation reception, 189, 196, 217, 229
exfil
attack on CIA listening post, 232–33, 275, 278–79
Exfiltration phase, 159n51
expediting, 117, 153, 163–64, 317–18, 329
Fewell, Ricky, 319, 347
fire in the hole, 270, 361, 363, 368
Fist of Allah (FA), 15–16, 112, 154, 234, 236, 276, 288, 306, 317, 319
FLIR (Forward-Looking InfraRed), 111–12
Fort Meade, 113
14 Intelligence Company, 119
French surveillance units, 120
Gagarin, Yuri, 306
geopolitics, 299, 382
Georgian Mafiya, 193
Georgian Republic, 299
Glinyannyy Island, 68
global positioning satellite
see Magellan GPS unit
Gobustan, 77
Goober
and ambush of hostages, 80
in covert strikes, 110, 251
in hostage rescue, 21, 23, 35–37, 58–60
in mission to rescue Madison, 331, 335
Gore, Al, 114–15
Grand Europe Hotel, 89, 116, 123, 154, 192, 283
Griffith, Grant, 164, 166
Grogan, Roscoe, 10, 12–13, 15, 72–73, 78, 101, 117, 160, 163, 317
Groton, Connecticut
nuclear sub base, 107
Groupes Chasse (GC), 120, 121
GTINFFAA (Getting There Is No Fucking Fun At All), 3–4, 366, 369
Gulf of Mexico, 24
Habash, George, 322
HAHO (high altitude, high opening), 313, 324, 327, 329, 330, 353
HARP, 324, 344
Haled Mesha’al, 109n34, 295
HALO, 18, 353
HARP (High Altitude Release Point) 324, 334, 344
Harris, Half Pint
in covert strikes, 105, 111, 251
in hostage rescue, 19, 28, 58, 67
in mission to rescue Madison, 330, 338, 339
HAZMATs (HAZardous MATerials), 8
Herndon, William Lewis, 5n3
Herndon Monument, 5
Hezb’allah, 317
Holbrooke, Richard, 153
Hornady 750-grain projectile, 17, 59
hostage rescue, 5–33, 34–57, 58–61, 66–68, 73
debriefing hostages, 60
hostages killed following, 77–88, 104
surprise in, 38
HP/SL (Hump Pump Shoot & Loot), 18
HUMINT, 113, 316
Hussein, king of Jordan, 109n34, 157
Hussein, Saddam, 54n18, 63, 153, 234–35
IED (Improvised Explosive Device), 47–48
improvisation, 158
India, 113
Infiltration phase, 159n51
Insertion phase, 159n51
intel (intelligence), 376
for covert strikes, 109, 112–16, 158, 231
handling of, 63
Israelis and, 111–12
lack of, in Baku, 98–99
retrieved from CIA listening post, Astara, 271, 273–74, 276, 279
retrieved from oil platform 16-Bravo, 60
regarding Sarkesian’s office, 195, 196, 208–09
intel (intelligence) gathering, 92
Marcinko’s mission in Baku, 207
on Sarkesian, 212–18
intel network, 15
intelligence-gathering agencies, 114
Internet, 157, 159, 163–64
IRA, 113, 119
Iran/Iranians, 98, 104, 111
in Azerbaijan, 63, 64, 98, 99–100, 153, 167
border with Azerbaijan, 231
covert strike in, 106
in
tel on, 112
joint terrorist operations with Russians, 87, 100–01, 111
and Sarkesian, 290
seized oil platform 16-Bravo, 15–16
target of joint U.S.–Russia operation, 292–93
U.S. stance toward, 214
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), 15, 194, 288, 288n66, 297
Iraq, 98
Islam, fundamentalist, 63, 74, 99
Islamic Jihad, 317
Israel, 308
and Azerbaijan, 95–97
Turks and, 318
Israeli Defense Forces, 235
Israeli intelligence unit, 119
Israelis, 234–35, 295, 305, 372
at Entebbe, 320–21
intelligence, 111–12
Ivana, Miss, 154, 155, 156, 176–78
JCET (Joint Combined Educational Training mission), 11, 62, 106, 110, 116
Johnson, Hammer, 285
and ambush of hostages, 80
and covert strikes, 111, 242, 243, 251, 252, 259–60, 262, 274
in hostage rescue, 20, 35–37, 59, 61, 68
in mission to rescue Madison, 331, 332, 335, 338, 374, 375
jump insertion, 331
Karabakh Khrebet ridge, 349, 351
Karabakh mountains, 352, 353
Kazakstan, 12n6, 99, 160, 165
Keep It Simple Stupid, 42, 103, 309
KeyHole satellites, 235
KGB, 192–93, 194, 251
Khaled, Leila, 322
Khaled Bin Abdullah, 300
Khaled Bin Sultan, 317
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 194
Khoy, 112
Kohler, Fred, 160
Kosovo, 62, 66
Kuhe Asbinasi, 232
Kurbanov, Araz, 72–73, 74, 75–79, 81, 84, 88, 89, 90–91, 97, 105, 230, 295
Azeri special forces, 69–71, 110–11, 159, 169, 231, 283, 287–88, 301
in mission to rescue Madison, 315–16, 324, 329, 333, 337
Kurdish terrorist groups, 318
Kurdlar, 348
Kuwait, 63
Kyrgyzstan, 12n6
LAMA (helicopter), 315, 322, 327–28, 333–34, 339–40, 345, 348, 350, 352, 354, 374
Langley
analysts, 113
Lantos, Werner, 166
Lapinov, Oleg, 193–94, 202–03, 216, 222, 229, 272, 283–98, 301–03, 304, 305, 318
and mission to rescue Madison, 309–310, 312, 314, 315, 316, 319, 322, 324, 327, 328–29, 330, 331, 333, 336, 337–38, 339, 344–45, 346–49, 352 354–55, 356–60, 362, 375–76
at Naryndzlar, 307–08
plan to blow up Dauphin foiled by Marcinko, 378–82
LAWs, 82–83, 85
leadership, 247–50
leading by example, 247
Lillis, Jacques, 120, 121, 318, 347
Little Creek Amphibious Naval Base, 30
Little Creek Virginia Amphibious Base O-Club, 140–41
lock picking, 170, 173 , 207, 210, 212
LUP (lying-up point), 240–41
Lyons, James “Ace,” 106–07, 109
McRae, Arleigh, 47
Mad Dog Taiho combat knife, 6
Madison, Marybeth, 10–12, 14, 62, 72, 85–87, 95, 116, 151, 152, 214–15, 221, 292
helicopter, 74– 75, 313, 375, 377, 380
mission to rescue, 305–06, 309–14, 315–32, 333–41, 342–55, 356–66, 367–82
at Sirzhik Foundation reception, 171, 191–92, 200–01
taken to Naryndzlar by Sarkesian, 295–99, 302, 305
Mafiya, 103, 150, 193, 302
Magellan GPS unit, 227, 238, 324, 345, 348–49
Manila, 108, 109
Marcinko, Richard
attempt on life of, 122–48, 181
body strength, 25, 56, 205
break-in at Sarkesian’s office, 196–211, 212–18, 221, 231, 290, 292, 293
education and background of, 157, 343
going barefoot, 253, 258
instinctive reaction to danger, 34–35, 39, 78, 254, 257, 377–78
leadership from the front, 25
mission to Azerbaijan, 62–63, 89, 167, 293
pain/injuries, 4–5, 16–17, 26, 32, 55–56, 131, 139, 142, 144, 148, 206–07, 243, 246, 247, 258–59, 262, 266, 284, 303, 354
spider bite, 241, 243–45, 247, 266
under surveillance, 116–21
Mark 3A2 concussion grenades, 270
martial arts, 139
Maximov, Feliks, 145, 150
Mead, Piccolo (Pick), 85
in covert strikes, 105, 110, 231, 275, 276
in hostage rescue, 19, 21, 28, 58
in mission to rescue Madison, 322, 327, 330, 333, 335, 340–41, 345, 352, 353
*Mercaldi, Tony, 68, 87, 91, 109, 113, 116, 158, 167, 185, 274
Michaels, Rotten Randy, 286
and ambush of hostages, 80
in covert strikes, 110, 227, 242, 243–44, 245, 246–47, 251, 252–53, 273, 274–75
in hostage rescue, 19–20, 24, 28, 38–39, 40, 41, 44–47, 51, 57, 58, 60
in mission to rescue Madison, 316, 320–21, 327, 331, 335, 337–338, 379
training Azeris, 105, 106, 169
Middle East, 74
military power, 153, 186, 300
mission plan/planning, 158–59
covert strikes, 232–33
mission to rescue Madison, 306, 309–14, 315–32, 333–41, 342–55, 356–66, 367–82
Mogadishu, 66, 68
money laundering, 103, 165, 186
Moon Valley, 235
Mossad, 109n34, 157, 295, 318
Motorola, 23, 36, 277
Motorola Star Tac, 67
Mountainous Karabakh, 112, 336
MP5, 6, 23, 34, 47, 332
MP5-PDWs, 335
Mughan Steppes, 336
Muslims, 99–100
Mussolini, Benito, 311–12
Mustang, 285
and ambush of hostages, 80
in covert strikes, 110, 243, 251
in hostage rescue, 20, 23, 24, 37, 60
in mission to rescue Madison, 331, 335, 338, 367
Naryndzlar, 296–97, 306–07, 312–14, 336, 339, 344, 346, 348, 350, 351, 352
hotel at, 309, 319–20, 353, 354, 355, 356–66
National Security Agency (NSA), 64, 91–92, 166
intercepts, 166n54
National Security Council, 214, 215
Naval Special Warfare, 13, 256
New People’s Army, 108
NGO (NonGovernmental Organization), 102, 160, 184–86
Nigel (Rupert Collis), 285
and ambush of hostages, 80
in covert strikes, 111, 242, 243, 251, 273, 276
in hostage rescue, 20, 28, 38–39, 44–47, 51, 58
in mission to rescue Madison, 322, 327, 330, 333–34, 335, 338–40, 342, 344, 345, 347, 350–54, 356, 359–60, 362, 364, 374–77, 378
night attack
noise discipline in, 253
night-vision, 51, 253–56
noise discipline, 253, 260
noncoms, senior, 159, 227, 233, 246
North Korea, 113
Northern Ireland, 113, 119, 223
oil, 173
Azerbaijan, 98, 99, 101, 165
oil companies, 165, 381
oil platform 16-Bravo, 9, 15, 16, 22–33, 34–57, 58–61, 66–68, 68, 98
Russian found on, 166, 289
oil rig(s), taking down, 18
oil slick, 8–9, 16–17, 18, 23, 25–26, 28
operations
staging portions of, 263
ops plans, 158, 159
CIA listening post, Astara, 247
O’Toole, Digger, 285
and ambush of hostages, 80
in covert strikes, 111, 242, 251, 272, 275–76
in hostage rescue, 19, 21, 24–25, 28, 58
in mission to rescue Madison, 330, 339, 340, 348, 349, 354, 360, 361–64, 369, 370, 374
P7, 127, 132, 136
Pakistan, 113
parachutes, 315, 324, 328–30
Pentagon, 62, 309, 324
*Pepperman, 92–93, 104, 112, 114, 158, 166, 227, 231, 234, 235
Philippines, 107–08
photographer’s vest, 117
Point Blank Class III-A Tactical bulletproof vest, 5
political causes of Sarkesian, 162–64
Postmission phase, 159n51
POV (point of vulnerability), 312
Precept of the Seven Ps, 62
Premission phase, 159n51
prisoners, 253, 270, 274
radios, 23, 36, 39–40
railroad crossing (stop/look/listen), 210
Red Cell, 106–10
redundancy, 256, 318
Republic of Georgia, 160
Rhine Main, 272, 287, 306
Rodent
in covert strikes, 111, 242, 245, 251, 275
in hostage rescue, 19, 24, 28, 58, 67
injured, 272–73, 274, 276, 279, 287, 306
Roger, Robert, 167n55
Rogue Manor, 56, 254
Rogue Warrior®, 127, 157, 308, 343
First Rule of Engagement, 103–04, 129
Rowe, Jim, 108
RS (relative superiority), 313
RSO (Regional Security Officer), 105, 115, 151, 223, 305
RUMINT, 98–99, 165, 193
Russia/Russians
and Azerbaijan, 63, 65, 98, 100, 153, 167, 381
involvement in oil platform 16-Bravo hostage situation, 66–68, 166, 289
joint operation with U.S., 292–93, 304
joint terrorist operations with Iranians, 87, 100, 111
military moves by, 64
SpecOps detonator, 59
U.S. stance toward, 214
Russian Mafiya, 302
Russian troops, 301–02
S-3 (shadow, strike, silhouette), 254
Sangachaly, 78
Sarkesian, Mrs., 166, 180, 191, 217, 271, 293, 304
Sarkesian, Stephan,102–03, 156, 159, 161–65, 166, 168, 222
break-in at office of, 195, 196–211, 212–18, 221, 229, 290, 292, 294, 298
financial problems, 165
Iranians and, 289
killed by Marcinko, 370–73, 375, 378, 381
power of, 299–300
at Sirzhik Foundation reception, 179–89, 192–93, 202–03, 218, 229
targets of planned strikes, 317–18, 337, 347
took Madison to Naryndzlar, 295–99, 305, 306, 310–11, 319, 336, 368, 378, 380–381
U.S. government documents found in office of, 214–16, 221–22, 290–91
SAS Colour Clock Code, 36, 208–09
satellite imagery, 112–13, 316
satellite phones, 61, 221
satellites, 235
scanner/unscrambler, 61, 335
SDR (surveillance detection route), 119
SEAL CQC (Close Quarters Combat) vest, 6, 16, 23, 45, 265, 270
Seal team
mission to rescue Madison, 325–26, 330, 356, 367–80
training for, 127n44, 353
SEAL Team Eight, 20
SEAL Team Six, 27n8, 106
SEAL way, 206
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