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by Oliver North


  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

  McCoy, Lt. Col. Brian 145

  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<
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  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"

 

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