combat outpost at(photo)
complaints in
described
Fadl and
and Hussaniyah compared
IEDs in
leaving
market in(photo)
microgrant projects in
money in
patrols in
photo of
return to
Route Maples and
Shias in
Sons of Iraq in
Sunnis in
Sabah Qasar
photo of
Saddam City
Sadr City
uprising in
Sadrists
Safety
terps and
Sahwa
checkpoints
Iraqi government and
program
Sons of Iraq and
Saif
Salon (magazine)
Sandstorm, photo of
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Second Brigade (Twenty-fifth
Infantry Division)
Secret Agent Man, Sergeant
HUMINT and
Las Cruces and
leads/tips from
Sections, function of
Security
fliers
meetings
peace and
sweeps
Security firms
September 11th
Shaba, Mohammed
Shakespeare, William
Shakur, Tupac: Notorious BIG and
Sheep, photo of
Sheikapalooza
photo of
Sheiks
Arab culture and
meeting with
Shia United Iraqi Alliance
Shias
elections and
extremist
holidays of
Husayn and
Hussaniyah and
Sons of Iraq and
Sunnis and
Show-of-force missions
SITREPs. See Situation reports
Sitting Bull, Staff Sergeant
Abbas and
Ashura and
Eddie and
HUMINT and
leads/tips and
Orlando and
source network of
Situation reports (SITREPs)
Skerk, Lieutenant
microgrant program and
stress for
Slum City
Smitty, Private First Class
Banana-Hands and
children and
Haitian Sensation and
Haydar and
Hot Wheels incident and
IP attack and
mosque raid and
Phoenix and
photo of
rockets and
shootout and
Soldier’s Medal for
Spice Girls and
stealth and
Sniper rifles
Snipers
Snoop Dogg
Snow patrol
Soccer field, rockets at
SOFA. See Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
Soldier’s Medal
Somers, Suzanne
Sons of Iraq
checkpoints of
rocket men and
Sahwa and
sheik council and
Shias and
Sunni
talking to
Sons of Liberty
Spade, Staff Sergeant
Beanie Babies and
Daraji and
Gravediggers and
in Hawaii
microgrants and
mosque raid and
night patrol and
photo of
rockets and
sheikapalooza and
shootout and
traits of
Spice Girls
Sportscenter (ESPN)
Spot, Corporal
Daraji and
photo of
rockets and
sniper rifle and
translation by
Stars and Stripes
Steel platoon
Stereotypes
Steve (special ops captain/major)
Sticky bombs
Stop-loss program
Stove Top, Private First Class
photo of
Strykehorse
Strykers
as ghost tanks
parking
patrols in
photo of
repairing
as shields
Stuart, Jeb
Stun grenades
Suicide
Sunnis
elections and
Iraqi republic and
mosque raid and
problems for
Shias and
Sons of Iraq and
Super Bowl
Super Mario
translating by
Swords of Qadisiyah
Syrians
T-72 tanks
Tactical operations center (TOC)
photo of
Taji Provincial Community Center
Tamimis
Task Force Cobra, mosque raid and
Tattoos
Ten Bears, Captain
Bassam meeting and
frago and
Haydar and
recommendation from
rocket attack and
Suge and
Trash Village and
working with
Terps
field-grade officers and
masks for
safety and
work of
Terrorists
Thanksgiving
Third Brigade (Fourth Infantry Division)
TOC. See Tactical operations center
Training
barriers to
cold-load
Trash Village
Triple Canopy
Tunnel, Specialist
Daraji and
Doc and
Haydar and
IP attack and
locals and
mosque raid and
photo of
Turkey Bowl flag-football game
Turner, Tina
Twenty-fifth Infantry Division
2-14 Cavalry
photo of
Ugandans
Uniform Code of Military Justice
U.S. Constitution
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. State Department
Van Wilder, Private First Class
Big Ern and
Iraqi women and
night patrol and
photo of
Rip Its and
translation by
yarns by
Vehicle-borne IEDs (VBIEDs)
Veterans
Vigilantes
VIPs, dealing with
Virginia Slim, Lieutenant
on constitutional rights
Gravediggers and
Vote
military
W, Sergeant First Class
toy RPG launchers and
War for peace
Warfare
conventional
decentralized
irregular
maneuvers
nonconventional
recentralized
Washington Post
West Hussaniyah
Whiteback, Captain
Banana-Hands and
Bassam meeting and
blog piece and
finances and
frago message from
Haydar and
mosque raid and
rockets and
ROE and
security meeting by
security sweeps and
Shaba and
sheikapalooza and
shootout and
XO status and
Wild Tigers
Wildebeest, Specialist
Abbas and
HUMINT and
leads/t
ips from
Orlando and
Wolfhounds
Abu Abdullah and
joining
Turkey Bowl and
Women
dress of
problems with
soldiers
talking to
XO. See Executive officers
Yusef
Zuhayr, Lieutenant: shootout and
Zaydan, Sheik
1 Note: not their official name or unofficial call sign.
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