by Tom Clancy
Griffith, General Ronald. Personal interview. 24 May 1996.
House, Major General Randy. Personal interview. 18 June 1996.
Hughes, Arthur G. Personal interview. 25 April 1996.
Martinez, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Toby. Personal interview. 18 May 1996.
Powell, General (Ret.) Colin. Personal interview. 15 July 1996.
Rhame, Lieutenant General Thomas. Personal interview. 6 June 1996.
Schlesinger, James. Personal interview. 30 November 1995.
VII Corps Desert Storm Veterans in a variety of conversations and recollections.
Starry, General (Ret.) Donn. Personal interview. 23 May 1996.
Sullivan, Major General (UK) T.J. Personal interview. 13 February 1996.
Tilelli, General John. Personal interview. 18 June 1996.
Vuono, General (Ret.) Carl E. Personal interview. 25 July 1996.
Index
AARs. See After-action reviews
Aarstaat, Jim
Abrams, Creighton
as Army Chief of Staff
in Army's first generation
as MACV commander in Vietnam
Abrams, Creighton, Jr.
and early attack
on fourth day
planning artillery prep fire
as VII Corps artillery commander
Abrams, John
Abrams tank. See M1A1 Abrams tank
Accurate firepower
Active defense doctrine
Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course (ANCOC)
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Advertising campaigns for Army
Aerial retrans capability
Afghanistan, Soviet Army in
After-action reviews (AARs)
Agent Orange
Agile crops
Ahmad, Sultan Hashim
Air assault
Air assault and attack helicopter concept
Airborne school
Air cavalry troop
Air-cleaning systems
Air defense systems
Air Defense TF 8/43
Airfields
Air Force (U.S.)
and Battle Labs
damage done in Desert Storm
in Desert Storm air war
doctrine organization for
and Franks
and FSCL issue
and joint operations
officers attending SAMS
pilots in
Air-ground rules
AirLand Battle
Airspace boundaries
Airstrip in Snoul
Air superiority
Air support
in Snoul mission
in Vietnam War
See also Close air support (CAS)
Air war in Desert Storm
Al Burqan Province (Kuwait)
Al-Busayyah
Alcohol abuse
Alexander, Keith
Al Jahrah
Al Khidr
Al Khubar Village ceremony
All-arms theory
Al Qaysumah
Al Ru'Qua
AMC. See Army Material Command (AMC)
Ammunition
distribution of
FAARPs
for Seventh Corps
Amphibious warfare
Amputee humor
ANCOC. See Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course
An Loc, Vietnam
An-Nasiriyah
Annexes to orders
Antitank ditches
Antitank guided missiles
Apache attack helicopters
Arab Corps
Arab-Israeli wars
ARCENT mission
Area Horse
Area Lee
Area Ray
Arizona National Guard
Arkansas National Guard
Armed Forces Network (AFN)
Armed Forces Staff College
Armored airborne reconnaissance assault vehicle (AARAV), Sheridan light tanks
Armored cavalry
Armored cavalry assault vehicles (ACAVs)
Armored cavalry regiments
Armored cavalry squadrons
Armored combat engineer (ACE) vehicles
Armored divisions
Army aviation
Army Chief of Staff
Army Family Team Building
Army (German)
Army (Iraq)
amphibious landing defenses of
atrocities committed on soldiers and civilians
barrier system of
and biological weapons
border observation towers destroyed
at cease-fire of Persian Gulf War
centers of gravity of
and chemical weapons
defenses of
defense tactics of
deserters from
doctrine of
Fifty-second Armored Division
Forty-eighth Division
fourth day situation of
freezing in place
frontline divisions
generals at Safwan cease-fire talks
helicopter agreement at Safwan
invasion of Kuwait
in Kuwait
reverse-slope defense of
sand revetments of
Seventeenth Armored Division
Seventh Corps
Seventh Corps logistics site
status on third day
strength and weaknesses of
surrendering forces of
Tenth Armored Division
Third Corps
Thirty-first Division
Twelfth Armored Division
Twenty-fifth Division
Twenty-seventh Division
Twenty-sixth Division
withdrawal from Kuwait
wreckage of
See also Republican Guards Forces Command (Iraq)
Army Material Command (AMC)
Army Reserves (U.S.)
deployed to Persian Gulf
driving fuel vehicles
Army Secretary
Army Times
Army (U.S.)
air assault and attack helicopter concept
all-volunteer force
aviation
Big Five
corps organization and tailoring
culture of
definition and history of
divisions in
doctrine of
downsizing of
drugs in
during Depression
echelons of command in
in Europe
generations of
as hierarchical institution
high school graduates in
leadership training in
manpower levels of
mission and focus of
operational commitments of
public image of
quality of personnel in
rebirth of
senior leadership in
training in
transformation of
transition periods of
and trust of country
unpreparedness of
in Vietnam
women in
See also specific conflicts and units
Arnold, Steve
drawing up demilitarized zone
as G-3
in planning for Desert Storm
at Schwarzkopf 's mission briefing
ARPA. See Advanced Research Projects Agency
Ar-Rumaylah
ARTEPs (Training and Evaluation Plans)
Arthur, Stan
Artillery brigades
ARVN units
As-Salman
As-Samawah
AT&T
Athletic equipment
Atkinson, Rick
Attack
Attack helicopters
Attrition warfare
Audible plan
Auftragstaktik
Aviation battalions
Avia
tion brigades
Awards policy
Baby food
Bacevich, Skip
Bader, Douglas "Tin Legs", Reach for the Sky
Baghdad
threats to
See also Highway 8
Bailey, Max
Baker, James, The Politics of Diplomacy
Balanced state
Barbeau, John
Barfield, Bob
Bartlett, Jerry
Basic armor course
Basic branch schools
Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course (BNCOC)
Basic training
Basra See also Highway 8
Battalion formations
Battle of 73 Easting
Battle books
Battle command
Battle Command Training Programs (BCTPs)
in Germany
Battle in depth. See Deep battle
"Battle Dynamics"
Battlefield Laboratories
Battlefields
empty
future
outnumbered on
practice
Battlefield tasks
Battle of Khafji
Battle logs
Battle lulls
Battle of Medina Ridge
Battle operating systems
Battle of Phase Line Bullet
Battleships
Battlespace
Battle vignettes
Bay of Kuwait
BCTP. See Battle Command Training Program
BDA. See Bomb-damage assessment
BDUs. See Desert battle dress uniforms
Beahm, Bob
Bean, Roger
Beaoui, Ben
Bedouins
Beginning of morning nautical light (BMNT)
Berlin crisis (1961)
Berlin Wall
Berms
border
Berthold, Pfc.
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bien Hoa, Vietnam
Big Five
Big Red One. See First Infantry Division (U.S.)
Biological warfare
Blackhorse. See 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (U.S.)
Blacktop
Blackwell, Gene
Blankets
"Blitzkrieg" attacks
Blodgett, David
Blue-on-blue. See Friendly fire
BNCOC. See Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course
Board for Dynamic Training
Bolan, Bob
Bomb-damage assessment (BDA)
Boomer, Walt
Bosnia
Boundary coordination
Boyd, Morrie
Bozek, Denise
Bozek, Greg
Bozek, Jake
Bozek, Marjorie Franks
in Bad Kissingen, Germany
childhood of
reunion with father after Desert Storm
Bozek, Mickey
Bradin, Jim
Bradley infantry fighting vehicle
Bradley, Omar
Bradley platoon "Raiders"
"Branches and sequels"
Branham, Terry
B rations
Bravery
Breach replica
Brigade formations
British troops. See First Armored Division (U.K.)
Brokaw, Tom
Bronze Stars
Brookshire, Grail
changing troop commanders
and combat discipline
command style of
planning operations
in Snoul mission
visiting Franks at Valley Forge
"Brotherhood of War"
Brown, John
Browne, Bob
Buckeye fuel site
Bu Dop, Vietnam
Buffalo Soldiers
Bunkers
Burba, Ed
Burkett, Ray
Burke, Mike
Burqan oil field
Burying Iraqi dead
Bush, George
call to Schwarzkopf
and cease-fire talks location
CENTCOM plan briefing
ending the war
on residual force
sending troops to Persian Gulf
Busting jungle
C31. See Coalition Communication Coordination Integration Center
Calloway, Bo, as Secretary of the Army
Cambell, Dan
Cambodia
Franks in
Franks wounded in
invasion of
Camp Zama Hospital, Japan
Canada, Arnie
"Canadian walker" crutches
Carter, Bill at Safwan
CAS. See Close air support (CAS); Combat air support
CAS3. See Combined-arms services and staff school
Casey, George
Casualties
of the British 1st AD
of First CAV soldiers
on first day
by fourth day
predictions of
of Seventh Corps
by third day
See also Fratricide
CATB. See Combined Arms Training Board
Caterpillar-type tracked laying vehicles
Cavalry
Cavalry regiments
Cavazos, Dick
CCC Projects
Cease-fire in Desert Storm
talks at Safwan
CENTAF. See Air Force (U.S.)
CENTCOM (Central Command)
differences in perception
HQ returns to Florida
map-posting accuracy of
plan for Desert Storm
U.S. Joint Command in the Gulf