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A-10 Thunderbolt II (“Warthogs”). See Thunderbolt II (“Warthogs”)
AAR. See after-action review
Abbas, Abu
Abbas, Zaffar
Abdikadir, Abdikadir Mohamed
Abizaid, John
Abrams, Creighton
Abu Ghraib prison
Abu Khattala, Ahmed
AC-130 Spectre gunships. See Spectre gunships
Achille Lauro
Acid Gambit
actionable intelligence
on bin Laden
by CIA
detainee abuse and
in Iraq
advance force operations (AFO), xii
in Afghanistan
in Iran
in Iraq
in Pakistan
at Shahikot
in SMU
in Yemen
Afghan Combat Applications Group
Afghan Partner Unit (APU)
Afghanistan
AFO in
Apaches in
Aztec squadron in
biological weapons in
Black Hawks in
Bullet Package in
Bush, G. W., and
CENTCOM and
Chinooks in
CIA in
Combat Talons in
cruise missiles in
CSAR in
DAP in
Extortion 17 in
FARP in
FBI in
Franks and
friendly fire casualties in
Gecko in
HALO in
hostages in
IEDs in
Iran and
ISR in
JOC in
JRX and
Little Birds in
Night Stalkers in
NSA and
Objective Rhino in
OST in
Pakistan and
precious cargo in
Predators in
Al Qaeda in
Rangers in
risk aversion in
RPG in
Rumsfeld and
Salt pit secret prison in
SF in
Shahikot in
Signit in
SMU in
SOCOM in
Spectre gunships in
Taliban in
Task Force Brown in
Task Force Sword in
Tora Bora in
AFO. See advance force operations
after-action review (AAR)
Agency Ground Branch
AH-6 Little Birds. See Little Birds
AH-64 Apaches. See Apaches
Aideed, Mohammed Farah
air assault
air strike
in Afghanistan
in Iraq
air vehicle interdiction (AVI)
airborne
alert force
the alert force
alert force update
Alexander, John
Tora Bora and
Ali, Hazrat
Alvarez, Deciderio (“Jack”)
America (U.S. Navy ship)
Amerine, Jason
Amin, Ghassan
Andrews, Bob
Andrews Air Force Base
Ansar al-Islam (Supporters of Islam)
antiaircraft gun
in Iraq
at Tora Bora
ZSU
AOR. See area of responsibility
Apaches
in Afghanistan
Apseloff, Roy
APU. See Afghan Partner Unit
AQAP. See Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
AQI. See Al Qaeda in Iraq
AQSL ExOrd. See Al Qaeda Senior Leadership Execute Order
Arab Spring
area of responsibility (AOR)
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand
Army of Northern Virginia
in Balkans
in Beirut
in Colombia
GWOT and
in Haiti
in Iraq
at Shahikot
in Somalia
in Syria
at Tora Bora
in Yemen
Asayish
Assad, Bashar
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
AT4 rockets
Atlantic Command
ATVs
Aurora Lightning
Austin, Aaron
AV-8B Harriers
AVI. See air vehicle interdiction
Aweys, Sheikh Hassan Dahir
al-Awlaki, Anwar
Ayro, Aden Hashi
Aztec squadron
in Afghanistan
B-1 bombers
in Pakistan
B-2 stealth bombers
B-52
Badr Organization
Baghdad International Airport (BIAP)
al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr
Bainbridge (U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer)
Bake, Christopher
Balad
Balderas, Iggy
Balkans
detainee abuse in
Banach, Stefan
Barefoot, Wayne
Bargewell, Eldon
Bartholomew, Reginald
Battlestar Galactica
Beckwith, Charlie (“Chargin”)
Beechcraft airplanes
in Colombia
for CP
in Pakistan
Beirut
hostages in
Bennett, John
Berntsen, Gary
bin Laden and
BIAP. See Baghdad International Airport
bin Laden, Osama
Bush, G. W., and
GWOT and
JIATF and
in Pakistan
Pakistan and
in Sudan
Task Force Sword and
Tora Bora and
Yemen and
biological weapons
in Afghanistan
Biological Weapons Convention of 1972
Birch, Greg (“Ironhead”)
Birdseye
Bissonnette, Matt
Blaber, Pete (“Panther”)
Afghanistan and
deck of cards mission and
Iraq and
Shahikot and
Black, Cofer
Black Hawk Down (Bowden)
Black Hawks
Achille Lauro and
in Afghanistan
bin Laden and
for CP
deck of cards mission and
in Gecko
Ghadiya and
in Grenada
in Iraq
on Kitty Hawk
in Montenegro
in Pakistan
at Shahikot
in Somalia
stealth technology for
in Syria
al-Zarqawi and
Black Squadron
Black Swarm
Blackwater
BLU-82 “daisy cutter” bombs
Blue Force Tracker
Blue Squadron
Bluebirds
BMP-1 armored personnel carriers
Boivin, Larry
Bolling Air Force Base
Bosnia
Bouterse, Dési
Bowden, Mark
Boxer (U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship)
Boykin, William G. (“Jerry”)
Balkans and
Colombia and
in Somalia
in Sudan
Bradley, Mitch
Bradley Fighting Vehicles
BRAND X
Bravo Two Zero
Bremer, Paul
Briggs, Dan
Brown, Bryan (“Doug”)
WMD and
Brown, Dean (“Beef”)
Brown, Harold
Brown Cell
Montenegro and
Buchanan, Jessica
Bugarin, Edward
Bulkeley (U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer)
Bullet Package
in Afghanistan
Iraq and
Burnham, John
Bush, George H. W.
Achille Lauro and
Colombia and
Panama and
Bush, George W.
Afghanistan and
bin Laden and
Ghadiya and
GWOT and
Hussein and
Iran and
Pakistan and
Rhino and
Tora Bora and
al-Zarqawi and
C-2A Greyhound turboprop
C-5 transport planes
Achille Lauro and
for GWOT
for Task Force Brown
C-17 Globemaster III
in Iraq
in Serbia
Somalia and
C-130
in Afghanistan
in Iraq
C-141 Starlifters
Achille Lauro and
Somalia and
call-out
cameras
gyro-stabilized
in Syria
Cameron, David
Camp Lejeune
Camp Mackall
Camp Nama
Camp Peary
Canavan, Michael
Capacity Gear
car battery, electromagnetic pulse at
Cardinal device
Carney, John
carpet bombing
Carter, Jimmy
Haiti and
Casey, Bill
Quds Force and
Casey, George
catapult net system
CBU-89 cluster bombs
CCO. See commercial cover operative
Celeen, Shane
cell phones
AQI and
Ghadiya and
in Iraq
in Somalia
CENTCOM. See Central Command
Centra Spike
Central Command (CENTCOM)
Afghanistan and
AOR of
Flynn at
Franks and
Gecko and
Ghadiya and
GWOT and
in Iraq
at MacDill Air Force Base
Schwartzkopf of
Tora Bora and
CH-46 Sea Knight
CH-47 Chinooks. See Chinooks
Chad
Chafee (U.S. Navy destroyer)
Chain Shot
Chalker, Dennis
Chapman, John
Charleston Air Force Base
chemical weapons
of AQI
in Syria
Cheney, Dick
Afghanistan and
Tora Bora and
Chinooks
in Afghanistan
bin Laden and
in Iraq
on Kitty Hawk
in Pakistan
at Shahikot
Soviet helicopter and
Chirazi, Mohsen
Christian, John (“Buckethead”)
deck of cards mission and
Christianity, in Afghanistan
CIA
actionable intelligence by
in Afghanistan
AQI and
in Beirut
bin Laden and
in Chad
Counterterrorist Center of
CTC of
deck of cards mission and
DoD and
in Gambia
GWOT and
in Haiti
in Interagency Support Activity
Iran and
in Libya
Northern Alliance and
in Pakistan
PIFWCs and
Al Qaeda and
Rumsfeld and
in Somalia
Special Activities Division of
Special Forces and
Sudan and
in Syria
at Tora Bora
unmanned aerial vehicles and
in Yemen
CIF. See combatant commander’s in-extremis force
CinC. See commander-in-chief
CJSOTF. See Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force
Clark, Vern
Clark, Wes
Clarke, Richard
Clinton, Bill
Montenegro
PIFWCs and
Somalia and
close target reconnaissance (CTR)
CNN
CNOS. See Computer Network Operations Squadron
Coale, Joe
Coalition Provisional Authority
cocaine
in Colombia
in Panama
Cohen, Bill
Cole (U.S. Navy destroyer)
Colombia
Colt, Jeffrey
Combat Applications Group
combat search and rescue (CSAR)
Combat Support Troop
Combat Talons
in Afghanistan
in Gecko
HIMARs on
in Iran
in Objective Rhino
in Pakistan
in Panama
in Somalia
combatant commander’s in-extremis force (CIF)
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF)
Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa
Combined Task Force 151
commander-in-chief (CinC)
in Afghanistan
GWOT and
commercial cover operative (CCO)
Computer Network Operations Squadron (CNOS)
in Syria
Confederate Air Force
Consolidated Cryptologic Program
Conway, Jim
Cooper, Dave
Cooper, David
Copper Dune
Corbett, Tommy
Costner, Kevin
Coultrup, Bill
counter-proliferation. See also 0400 counter-proliferation
in Iran
of WMD
counterterrorism (CT). See also Global War on Terror; 0300 counterterrorism
decapitation approach to
in Somalia
by TF 160
in Yemen
Counterterrorism Campaign Support Group (CTCSG)
AQSL ExOrd and
Iraq and
Rumsfeld and
Counterterrorism Pursuit Teams—Afghan
Counterterrorist Center (CTC), of CIA
Counterterrorist Joint Task Force (CTJTF)
covered air
for GWOT
CP. See counter-proliferation
CRESCENT 93
cruise missiles
in Afghanistan
in Iraq
Crumpton, Hank
Afghanistan and
Tora Bora and
CSAR. See combat search and rescue
CT. See counterterrorism
CTC. See Counterterrorist Center
CTCSG. See Counterterrorism Campaign Support Group
CTJTF. See Counterterrorist Joint Task Force
CTR. See close target reconnaissance
Cunningham, Jason
Curry, Dayna
Dailey, Dell
Afghanistan and
in Balkans
GWOT and
hijackings and
Iran and
Iraq and
Montenegro and
at Pope Air Force Base
Rhino and
Shahikot and
Tora Bora and
Dam Neck
Achille Lauro and
bin Laden and
Somali pirates and
WMD and
Daoud Sharabuddin, Mohammed
DAP. See Direct Action Penetrator
Daqduq, Ali Mussa
Darby, William
Darwin, Morgan
Dash-2
in Somalia
Dayton Peace Accords
Death Star
decapitation approach, to CT
deck of cards mission, in Iraq
deep underground facilities (DUGs)
Defense Authorization Act of 1987
Defense Humint Service
in Somalia
Defense Intelligence Agency
Cardinal device of
GWOT and
NMEC of
Dempsey, Marty
Department of Defense (DoD)
CIA and
execute orders by
Iran and
Desert Mobility Vehicles
Desert One
Detachment One, Military Airlift Command Operations Staff (Det 1 MACOS)
Achille Lauro and
in Grenada
in Suriname
detainees
in Balkans
in Iraq
Deutch, John
DevGroup (DevGru)
Diesing, Trevor
Dignity Battalions, in Panama
Direct Action Penetrator (DAP)
in Afghanistan
in Gecko
in Iraq
in Montenegro
DiTomasso, Tom
DoD. See Department of Defense
donut theory
Downing, Wayne
Iraq and
Scud missiles and
Dozier, James
Drljaca, Simo
drones. See unmanned aerial vehicles
DUGs. See deep underground facilities
Dugway Proving Ground
Dukanovic, Milo
al-Dulaimi, Azhar
dumb bombs
Duncan, Jeffery
Durán, Roberto
Durant, Michael
Dusty (retired operator)
East European operative, in Iraq
EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft
Echo Squadron
in Balkans
in Fallujah
in Iraq
in Somalia
in Yemen
economy of force
Edmunds, John
EFP. See explosively formed projectile
EKIA. See enemy killed in action
electromagnetic pulse, at car battery
Ellipse
emergency assault authority
enemy killed in action (EKIA)
Energy Department
Enterprise (U.S. Navy aircraft carrier)
EOD. See explosive ordnance disposal
EP-3 Aries
Erwin, Mark
bin Laden and
Escobar, Pablo
Ethiopia
European Command
Balkans and
execute orders. See also Al Qaeda Senior Leadership Execute Order
by DoD
Executive Support Center
exfiltrate (Exfil)
explosive ordnance disposal (EOD)
for WMD
explosively formed projectile (EFP)
Extortion 17
F3EAD. See Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze, Disseminate
F-15E Strike Eagle
F-16
in Pakistan
al-Zarqawi and
F-18
F/A-18C Hornets
al-Fakhri, Ali Abdul Aziz
Fallujah
AQI in
Faris, Chris
the Farm
FARP. See forward arming and refueling point
Fast, Barbara
FBI
in Afghanistan
AQI and
Hostage Rescue Team of
Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center of
Feeney, Don
Feierstein, Gerald
Feith, Doug
GWOT and
Rumsfeld and
Fernandez, George (“Andy”)
fertilizer factory, in Afghanistan
Field of Dreams (movie)
Field Operations Group
final safe
Fincher, Russ
Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze, Disseminate (F3EAD)
Fitch, Logan
Flight Concepts Division
FLIR. See forward-looking infrared
the flying spare
Flynn, Mike
at CENTCOM
Islamic State and
Somalia and
Foreign Operation Group
Fort A. P. Hill
Fort Belvoir
ISA at
Fort Benning
Afghanistan and
hijackings and
Iraq and
Fort Bragg
Abu Khattala and
hijackings and
Iraq and
McChrystal at
Rumsfeld at
sabre squadron at
urban warfare training at
Yemen and
Fort Campbell
Montenegro and
Fort Eustis
Fort Jackson
Fort Lewis
Fort Meade
forward arming and refueling point (FARP)
in Afghanistan
forward-looking infrared (FLIR)
Fox Bravos
Franks, Tommy
Afghanistan and
AQSL ExOrd and
Gecko and
GWOT and
Iraq and
Operation Anaconda and
Pakistan and
Rhino and
Tora Bora and
friendly fire casualties
in Afghanistan
in Grenada
in Iraq
in Serbia
Tillman as
Frouzanda, Minjahar
G Squadron
Gaddafi, Muammar
GAF. See ground assault force
Galán, Luis
Gambia, hostages in
Garrison, Bill
Somalia and
GAU-19 Gatling gun
Gecko
in Afghanistan
Black Hawks in
CENTCOM and
Franks and
JRX and
Little Birds in
SMU in
Ghadiya, Abu
in Syria
al-Gharawai Network
GHN-45 howitzers
Global Positioning System (GPS)
in Iraq
in Pakistan
Global War on Terror (GWOT)
Bush, G. W., and
Iraq and
Rumsfeld and
GMV. See ground mobility vehicle
Godane, Ahmed Abdi
Gold Squadron
golden hour
Gordon, Don
Gordon, Gary
Gormly, Bob
Goss, Porter
GPS. See Global Positioning System
Gray Fox
GWOT and
Green Zone
Greer, Tom
Tora Bora and
Greiner, Robert
Grenada
Gritz, James (“Bo”)
Grizzly
grooming standards
ground assault force (GAF)
ground mobility vehicle (GMV)
in Iraq
Guantánamo Bay
guy-girl teams, in Balkans
GWOT. See Global War on Terror
gyro-stabilized camera, in Balkans
H-1
H-2
H-5
Haas, Chris
habeas grab-ass
HAF. See helicopter assault force
Hagenbeck, Franklin (“Buster”)
HAHO. See high-altitude, high opening
Haiti
National Command Authority and
Hakim, Abdul Aziz
Halbruner, David R.
Hall, Mike
Afghanistan and
in Balkans
HALO. See high-altitude, low-opening
Halyburton (U.S. Navy frigate)
hand grenades
Haney, Eric
Hanks, Tom
Haq, Abdul
Haqqani Network
hard and deeply buried targets (HDBTs)
hardened targets
Harrell, Gary
Harvey Point
Hayward, Thomas
HDBTs. See hard and deeply buried targets
Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun
helicopter assault force (HAF)
Hellfire missiles
in Yemen
Herrema, Richard J.
Herrington, Stu
Hersh, Seymour
Hezbollah
hijackings by
hostages and
Israel and
high-altitude, high opening (HAHO)
bin Laden and
in Somalia
high-altitude, low-opening (HALO)
in Afghanistan
Rumsfeld and
High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS)
hijackings. See also pirates
Fort Bragg and
hostages in
HIMARS. See High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System
Hind attack helicopter, of Soviet Union
Holland, Charlie
GWOT and
Hollenbaugh, Don
Holloway, James L., III
Achille Lauro and
Horrigan, Bob
Hosey, Jim
Hostage Rescue Team, of FBI
hostages
in Afghanistan
in Beirut
in Gambia
Hezbollah and
in hijackings
in Iran
of Islamic State
in Panama
by PLO
in Somalia
in Sudan
in Suriname
Howard, Michelle
Howard Air Force Base
human intelligence (Humint)
at Shahikot
in Somalia
in Yemen
Hunter Army Airfield
Hurlburt Field
Panama and
Hurley, Pat
Hussein, Saddam
Bush, G. W., and
capture of
deck of cards mission and
PSD of
Wolfowitz and
Hutmacher, Clayton (“Bricktop”)
Hydra 70 rockets
IEDs. See improvised explosive devices
Ikrimah
imagery intelligence
APU and
from Interagency Support Activity
improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
in Afghanistan
Indonesia
infiltrate (Infil)
in Gecko
of Karzai
infrared
in Balkans
FLIR
Inspire (AQAP magazine)
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)
in Afghanistan
on AQI
deck of cards mission and
from Interagency Support Activity
in Somalia
Task Force Orange and
with Predators
Intelligence and Security Command
Intelligence Support Activity (ISA)
in Colombia
Dozier and
at Fort Belvoir
hijackings and
Vietnam and
Interagency Support Activity
intermediate staging base (ISB), for Afghanistan
Internal Look
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
McChrystal and
Petraeus and
Internet cafés, in Iraq
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), of Pakistan
Iran
AQI and
hostages in
Iraq and
mine-laying by
nuclear weapons in
Iranian Threat Network
Iran-Iraq War
Iraq
Balad in
Black Hawks in
cell phones in
CENTCOM in
Chinooks in
CTCSG and
Dailey and
DAP in
deck of cards mission in
detainees in
East European operative in
Echo Squadron in
Fallujah in
GMV in
GWOT and
Internet cafés in
invasion of
Iran and
JOC in
in Kuwait
Little Birds in
Mosul in
Operation Snake Eyes in
Pinzgauers in
Sadr City in
suicide bombings in
Sunni insurgency in
Syria and
Task Force Brown in
Task Force Green in
Thunderbolt II (“Warthogs”) in
WMD in
Irbil five
IRGC-QF. See Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force
ISA. See Intelligence Support Activity
ISAF. See International Security Assistance Force
ISB. See intermediate staging base
ISI. See Inter-Services Intelligence
Islamic Courts Union
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF)
Islamic State
hostages of
ISR. See intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
Israel
GWOT and
Hezbollah and
Quds Force and
Scud missiles into
Italian Red Brigade
J. N. (Fallujah sniper team leader)
Jackal
Jackal Cave, xi
Jackpot
Jacobs, Pete
Jacoby, Lowell
Jafari, Mohammed
J-alert birds
Somalia and
Javelin antitank missiles
Jawara, Dawda
JDAMs. See Joint Direct Attack Munitions
Jelisic, Goran (“Serb Adolf”)
Jerak, Ivica (“Pizza”)
JIATF. See joint interagency task force
JIATF-East. See Joint Interagency Task Force-East
JIATF-NCR. See Joint Interagency Task Force-National Capital Region
JIB. See JSOC Intelligence Brigade
jingle trucks
JITAF-West. See Joint Interagency Task Force-West
JMAU. See Joint Medical Augmentation Unit
JOC. See joint operations center
Johnson, Jesse
Johnston, Mike (“Flash”)
Johnston Atoll
Joint Communications Unit
in Beirut
in Somalia
Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs)
joint interagency task force (JIATF)
Joint Interagency Task Force-East (JIATF-East)
Joint Interagency Task Force-National Capital Region (JIATF-NCR)
Joint Interagency Task Force-West (JITAF-West)
Joint Medical Augmentation Unit (JMAU)
joint operations center (JOC)
Achille Lauro and
in Afghanistan
in Balad
in Balkans
deck of cards mission and
in Iraq
Somalia and
Joint Operations Readiness and Training System (JORTS)
joint readiness exercise (JRX)
Afghanistan and
Echo squadron and
Gecko and
Hussein and
in Jordan
for WMD
Joint Reconnaissance and Targeting Force (JRTF)
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
Jones, David
Jones, Ishmael
Jordan
JRX in
JORTS. See Joint Operations Readiness and Training System
JRTF. See Joint Reconnaissance and Targeting Force
JRX. See joint readiness exercise
JSOC. See Joint Special Operations Command
JSOC Intelligence Brigade (JIB)
jumped the bundle
Karbala Provisional Joint Coordination Center
Karzai, Hamid
Infil of
Kent and
KC-135 Stratotankers
Kearney, Frank
Iraq and
Keith (soldier in Technical Surveillance Element)
Kelley, Paul X.
Kelly, Jeremy
Kelsall, Jonas
Kent, Pete
Kernan, Joe
Keyhole reconnaissance satellite
Khalaf, Abu
Khan, Samir
Khatab Hezbollah
Khazali, Laith
Khazali, Qais
Kill Bin Laden (Greer)
Kill TV
King, Jerry
Grenada and
Kirtland Air Force Base
Kitty Hawk (U.S. Navy aircraft carrier)
Afghanistan and
Gecko and
Klaidman, Daniel
Klinghoffer, Leon
Knockers Galore
Knocking Door
Kolath, Obediah
Kovacevic, Milan
Krongard, A. B. (“Buzzy”)
Kurilla, Michael (“Erik”)
Khalaf and
Kurinec, Christopher (“CK”)
Kuwait
Iraq in
Night Stalkers and
bin Laden, Khalid
landing zone (LZ)
Langmack, Steven
Laos
laser-guided bombs
al-Zarqawi and
League of the Righteous
Lebanon. See also Beirut
legend
Leyte Gulf (U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser)
al-Libi, Abu Anas
al-Libi, Abu Faraj
al-Libi, Ibn al-Shaykh
Libya
CIA in
Al Qaeda in
SOCOM and
WMD in
light observation and command helicopter (Loach)
line of death
Linfoot, Gary
Little Birds (“Killer Bees,” “The Little Black Ones”)
Achille Lauro and
in Afghanistan
bin Laden and
deck of cards mission and
in Fallujah
in Gecko
in Iraq
in Montenegro
in Night Stalkers
in Panama
in Somalia
stealth technology for
in Syria
in TF 160
in Vietnam
al-Zarqawi and
Livaudais, Nino
Loach. See light observation and command helicopter
Long, Ryan
Long Term Strategic Debriefing Facility
the Long Walk
loose nukes
Los Alamitos Army Airfield
Los Angeles Olympic Games
Losey, Brian
low-vis tradecraft
Lubbers, Ruud
Luck, Gary
Lynch, Jessica
LZ. See landing zone
M113 armored personnel carrier
MacDill Air Force Base
CENTCOM at
Objective Rhino and
SOCOM at
Madobe, Ahmed
Maersk Alabama (merchant ship)
Mahdi Army
Mahon, Marty
Major Force Program-11
Mako 31
al-Maliki, Nouri
Mancuso, Frank
Mangum, Kevin
Marcinko, Richard (“Demo Dick”)
Beirut and
Gormly and
Marine Environmental Services Facility (MARESFAC)
Marsh, John
al-Masri, Abu Ayyub
Massoud, Ahmad Shah
Mattis, Jim
Maverick missiles
Mayville, William C. (“Bill”)
al-Mazidih, Badran Turki Hishan
MC-12 Liberty
MC-130 Combat Talons. See Combat Talons
MC-130 Hercules
MC-130P Combat Shadows
MC-130W Dragon Spear
McChrystal, Stan
Afghanistan and
in Balad
bin Laden and
at Fort Bragg
Iran and
ISAF and
Islamic State and
JIB and
JRTF and
McRaven and
Somalia and
Sunni insurgency and
al-Zarqawi and
McClellan, Scott
McDonnell, Kevin
McKiernan, David
McLaughlin, John
McNulty, Michael
McRaven, Bill
Afghanistan and
bin Laden and
Islamic State and
JIB and
Al Qaeda and
at SOCOM
Somali pirates and
MD500 helicopters
Meehan, John
MEK. See Mujahideen-e-Khalq
Meloy, Guy
Mercer, Heather
Merrill, Frank
Meyer, Edward (“Shy”)
MH-6 Little Birds. See Little Birds
MH-47 Chinooks. See Chinooks
MH-53 Pave Low helicopters
in Afghanistan
MH-60 Black Hawks. See Black Hawks
Mi-7s, of Soviet Union
Mi-8s, of Soviet Union
Mi-17
deck of cards mission and
in Yemen
Middle East
Milani, Andy
Military Assistance Command
Miller, Frank
Miller, Scotty
Milosevic, Slobodan
Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP)
miniguns
The Mission, the Men, and Me (Blaber)
mission set
Mission Support Site Fernandez
MNF-I. See Multi-National Force-Iraq
mobility guys
Mogadishu Mile
Mohammad, Din
Mohawks
Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah
Montenegro
Moore, Peter
Moore, Scott
Moreau, Arthur
Morell, Michael
Morgan, Bryan (“Butt Monkey”)
Moser, Tom
Mossad
Mosul, Iraq
movers
MQ-1 Predators. See Predators
MQ-9 Reapers. See Reapers
MRAP. See Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected
Mugniyah, Imad
Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK)
Mulholland, John
Iraq and
Tora Bora and
Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I)
Muse, Abduwali
Muse, Kurt
Musharraf, Pervez
al-Musslit, Mohammed Ibrahim Omar
Myers, Richard
CTCSG and
GWOT and
Iran and
Nabhan, Saleh Ali Saleh
nap of the earth flights
National Clandestine Service
National Command Authority
CP and
CTCSG and
Haiti and
Iran and
Iraq and
Islamic State and
Pakistan and
Panama and
National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC)
national mission force
National Security Agency (NSA)
Afghanistan and
Cardinal device of
Iraq and
Task Force North and
Task Force Orange and
National Security Council (NSC)
NATO, Balkans and
Naval Special Warfare
in Panama
in Somalia
Naval Special Warfare Development Group
Nellis Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Range
Netherlands, Suriname and
Nevada Test Site
New York (U.S. Navy ship)
Night Stalkers
in Afghanistan
in F3EAD
at Gecko
Task Force Brown and
Nightingale, Keith
Nixon, Craig
NMEC. See National Media Exploitation Center
nonofficial cover operative (NOC)
Norgrove, Linda
Noriega, Manuel
North Korea, nuclear weapons in
Northern Alliance
CIA and
Gecko and
Taliban and
Tora Bora and
NSA. See National Security Agency
NSC. See National Security Council
nuclear weapons
in Iran
in North Korea
rogue states with
in Syria
terrorists with
Nunn, Sam
Nunn-Cohen Amendment
al-Nusra Front
Obama, Barack
bin Laden and
Islamic State and
Phillips and
Somalia and
Objective Ax
Objective Badger
Objective Beaver
Objective Big Ben
Objective Clarke
Objective Cottonmouth
Objective Coyote
Objective Crescent Lake
Objective Goat
Objective Johnson Village
Objective Larchwood IV
Objective Leadville
Objective Lefty Grove
Objective Raptor
Objective Reindeer
Objective Rhino
MacDill Air Force Base and
Objective Roadrunner
Objective Setanta
Objective Troy
Objective Twins
Objective Wolverine
Obrenovic, Dragan
Oceana Naval Air Station
OCF-I. See Other Coalition Forces-Iraq
Odierno, Ray
Odom, Mark
Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
OH-6 Cayuse
0300 counterterrorism
alert force update with
deck of cards mission and
Rumsfeld and
0400 counter-proliferation
deck of cards mission and
Olson, Eric
Omar, Mullah Mohammed
Task Force Sword and
Omega teams
O’Neill, Robert
Operation Amber Star
Operation Anaconda
Operation Angry Talon
Operation Black Hawk
Operation Desert Shield
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Eagle Claw
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Gothic Serpent
Operation Heavy Shadow
Operation Just Cause
Operation Lightning Dawn
Operation Matthews
Operation Mount Hope III
Operation Neptune’s Spear
Operation Niland II
Operation Prime Chance
Operation Prometheus
Operation Relentless Strike
Operation Restore Hope
Operation River City
Operation Snake Eyes
Operation Tango
Operation Valiant Pursuit
Operational Support Troop (OST), xii
in Afghanistan
in Balkans
bin Laden and
Quds Forces and
operational tempo (Optempo)
Orange. See Task Force Orange
The Organization of Monotheism and Jihad (al-Tawhid al-Jihad)
OSD. See Office of the Secretary of Defense
OST. See Operational Support Troop
OTB. See over-the-beach
Other Coalition Forces-Iraq (OCF-I)
over-the-beach (OTB)
Owen, Mark
P-3 Orion
Pace, Pete
Pacific Command
Pacino, Al
Pakistan
Afghanistan and
bin Laden and
Chinooks in
Combat Talons in
ISI of
Al Qaeda in
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
Panama
Bush, G. H. W., and
cocaine in
Combat Talons in
Dignity Battalions in
hostages in
Little Birds in
National Command Authority and
Naval Special Warfare in
Spectre gunships in
Task Force 160 in
Urgent Fury and
Woolard in
Pandur
Panetta, Leon
pararescue jumpers (PJs)
Pardal, Manny
Paschall, Rod
in Balkans
pathway defeat
Patton, George
PC-12 surveillance plane
Pepin, Al
personal security detail (PSD), of Hussein
persons indicted for war crimes (PIFWCs)
Peshmerga
Petraeus, David
ISAF and
Maliki and
Norgrove and
“Phil” (head of CIA Special Activities Division)
Phillips, Richard
Phoenix Program, in Vietnam
pickup zone (PZ)
PIFWCs. See persons indicted for war crimes
pink light
Pinzgauers
in Iraq
pirates, from Somalia
PJs. See pararescue jumpers
PLO. See Palestinian Liberation Organization
Pocket Change
polar bear
Pope Air Force Base
CTCSG and
Dailey at
Operation Desert Storm and
Powell, Colin
Haiti and
pre-assault fires
precious cargo
in Afghanistan
in Haiti
Predators
in Afghanistan
deck of cards mission and
in Fallujah
in Iraq
Islamic State and
ISR with
in Pakistan
at Shahikot
in Syria
in Yemen
al-Zarqawi and
Prime Chance
prisoners of war, in Vietnam
proof of concept reconnaissance
in Iran
PSD. See personal security detail
PZ. See pickup zone
Al Qaeda
in Afghanistan
CIA and
in Iran
Islamic State and
in Libya
in Pakistan
in Shahikot
in Somalia
at Tora Bora
in Yemen
Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). See also al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab
chemical weapons of
in Fallujah
Iran and
Signit and
Sunni insurgency and
Task Force 17 and
Task Force North and
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Al Qaeda Senior Leadership Execute Order (AQSL ExOrd)
CTCSG and
Franks and
QRF. See quick reaction force
Quds Force
in Syria
Quest (yacht)
quick reaction force (QRF)
Quiz Icing
Rabia, Abu Hamza
Rabih, Mohammad
Ragsdale, Casey
al-Rahman, Abd
Rainier, Rob
Rakow, Walter
Afghanistan and
Ramazan Corps
Range 19
Ranger Action Plan
Ranger Creed
Ranger Reconnaissance Detachment
RATCHET 23
Rathbun, Jay
RD-77 satellite
Reagan, Ronald
Achille Lauro and
Grenada and
Reapers
Islamic State and
Red Dawn (movie)
Red Squadron
Trident and
red teams
Reese, Jim (“Serpico,” “Hollywood,” “The Wood”), xiv
Afghanistan and
GWOT and
Iraq and
render safe mission
Renuart, Victor (“Gene”)
restricted fire line
Reynolds, Burt
RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters
RHIB. See rigid hull inflatable boat
Rice, Condoleezza
Rierson, Matt
rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB)
Rippetoe, Russ
risk aversion
in Afghanistan
in Somalia
with bin Laden
Roberts, Neil
rock drills
rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
in Afghanistan
deck of cards mission and
in Fallujah
in Iraq
Little Birds and
at Shahikot
in Somalia
at Tora Bora
Rodriguez, Jose
rogue states, with nuclear weapons
Rosengard, Mark
RPG. See rocket-propelled grenade
Rudella, John
Rumsfeld, Donald
Afghanistan and
CIA and
deck of cards mission and
GWOT and
Iran and
Lebanon and
Pakistan and
Somalia and
Syria and
Tenet and
al-Ruqai, Nazih Abdul-Hamed
Russell, Ron
sabre squadron
at Fort Bragg
Sacolick, Bennett
Saddam Fedayeen
Sadiq, Mohammad
al-Sadr, Moqtada
Sadr City
Salt pit secret prison, in Afghanistan
Sanchez, Ric
SAS. See Special Air Service
satellite fax
Sather, Scott
Saudi Arabia
Powell and
Task Force Orange in
Savidge, Pat
SCADA. See supervisory control and data acquisition
Scales, John
Schiller, Steve
Schloesser, Jeff
Scholtes, Dick
Dozier and
Grenada and
Schoomaker, Pete
CP and
Montenegro and
Schroen, Gary
Schroer, David
Schwartzkopf, Norman
Schweizer (airplane manufacturer)
Schwitters, Jim (“Flatliner”)
SCIRI. See Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
Scott (soldier in Technical Surveillance Element)
Scott, David
Scott, Ridley
Scud Hunt
Scud missiles
into Israel
Operation Desert Storm and
Sea Power and Force Projection Subcommittee
SEAL Team 6
Search Bloc
Seaspray
Self, Nate
Sellers, Chuck
Senate Armed Services Committee
sensitive site exploitation (SSE)
bin Laden and
Ghadiya and
in Pakistan
Serbia
settling with power
SF. See Special Forces
al-Shabaab
in Somalia
Shahikot
The Shawshank Redemption (movie)
Shea, Timothy
al-Shehhi, Marwan
al-Sheibani, Abu Mustafa
Sheibani Network
Shelter Now International
Shelton, Henry (“Hugh”)
Shinseki, Eric
showstoppers
Shughart, Randy
Shultz, Richard
Shumate, Walt
Sidewinder South
signals intelligence (Signit)
in Afghanistan
AQI and
from Interagency Support Activity
in Somalia
by Task Force Orange
in Yemen
signature missions
Signit. See signals intelligence
Silver Bullet
Silver Squadron
Situation Awareness Room
Six Guns
Slab (Shahikot team leader)
smart bombs
in Iraq
at Tora Bora
Smokey and the Bandit
SMU. See special mission unit
Snowbird
SOCOM. See Special Operations Command
SOF. See special operations forces
SOFA. See status of forces agreement
Somalia
Army of Northern Virginia in
Black Hawks in
Boykin in
cell phones in
CIA in
Clinton, Bill and
Combat Talons in
CT in
Defense Humint Service in
Echo Squadron in
HAHO in
hostages in
Humint in
ISR in
Joint Communications Unit in
Little Birds in
Maersk Alabama and
McChrystal and
Obama and
pirates from
Al Qaeda in
Quest and
RPG in
Rumsfeld and
al-Shabaab in
Signit in
Task Force Orange in
TFG in
Sorenson, Chris
Soules, Kara
Soviet Union
Hind attack helicopter of
Mi-7s of
Mi-8s of
Spec Ops—Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice (McRaven)
Special Activities Division, of CIA
Special Air Service (SAS)
deck of cards mission and
in Gambia
in Operation Desert Storm
Scud missiles and
in Serbia
al-Zarqawi and
Special Forces (SF)
in Afghanistan
AQI and
in Beirut
CIA and
deck of cards mission and
Iran and
Rumsfeld and
at Shahikot
in Task Force Orange
at Tora Bora
Special Forces Qualification Course
special groups
special mission unit (SMU)
in Afghanistan
AFO in
in Gecko
in Syria
Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
in Afghanistan
bin Laden and
Extortion 17 and
Ghadiya and
GWOT and
Libya and
at MacDill Air Force Base
Major Force Program-11 of
McRaven at
special operations forces (SOF)
in Afghanistan
Special Operations Review Group
Special Services Group, of Pakistan
Spectre gunships
in Afghanistan
deck of cards mission and
in Gecko
in Iraq
in Pakistan
in Panama
pre-assault fires by
in Somalia
Speicher, Scott
“Spider” (CIA Special Activities Division officer)
in Yemen
squirters
SR-71 Blackbird spy plane
SSE. See sensitive site exploitation
standard reactive 0300 mission set
Stanley, Sam
Starkey, Jerome
State Department
MEK and
in Syria
status of forces agreement (SOFA)
stealth technology
for Black Hawks
for Little Birds
Sterett (U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer)
Stethem, Robert
Stevens, J. Christopher
Stiner, Carl (“Country”)
Achille Lauro and
Iraq and
Panama and
in the Tank
TF 160 and
Stonesifer, Kristofer
Stryker
Stufflebeem, John
Sudan
bin Laden in
hostages in
suicide bombings
of Cole
in Iraq
Suleimani, Qassem
Sunni insurgency
in Iraq
al-Zarqawi and
supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
Supporters of Islam (Ansar al-Islam)
Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)
Suriname
SUVs
in Iraq
of League of the Righteous
Syria
chemical weapons in
deck of cards mission and
Ghadiya in
Iraq and
nuclear weapons in
Quds Force in
WMD in
T-55 tanks
Tactical Coordination Detachment, in Colombia
tactical patience
tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
tagging system, in Beirut
Tahir, Qari
Takur Ghar
Taliban
in Afghanistan
Northern Alliance and
the Tank
Stiner in
Task Force (TF)
Task Force 11
Task Force 14
Task Force 16
Task Force 17
Task Force 20
Task Force 121
Task Force 158
Task Force 160
Achille Lauro and
in Afghanistan
CT by
Echo Squadron and
in Grenada
in Iraq
in Panama
in Somalia
Soviet helicopter and
in Vietnam
Task Force Black
Task Force Blue
in Afghanistan
in Somalia
WMD and
Task Force Brown
in Afghanistan
bin Laden and
C-5 transport planes for
deck of cards mission and
in F3EAD
in Gecko
Ghadiya and
in Iraq
Montenegro and
Night Stalkers and
in Pakistan
at Shahikot
in Somalia
al-Zarqawi and
Task Force Central
Task Force East
Task Force Falcon
Task Force Gold. See Joint Communications Unit
Task Force Gray
Task Force Green
in Fallujah
in Iraq
in Panama
WMD and
Task Force Hammer
Task Force North
Task Force Orange
in Interagency Support Activity
Iran and
ISR and
in Lebanon
NSA and
in Saudi Arabia
in Somalia
Special Forces in
in Syria
Task Force Purple
Task Force Red
Task Force Silver
Task Force Sword
in Afghanistan
bin Laden and
in Gecko
GWOT and
Omar and
Task Force West
Task Force White
Task Force Wolverine
al-Tawhid al-Jihad (the Organization of Monotheism and Jihad)
Taylor, Brad
Taylor, Doug
Team Darby
Team Libya
Team Merrill
Team Nairobi
Team Sana’a
Team Tank
technical surveillance (TS)
Technical Surveillance Element
Tenet, George
Afghanistan and
deck of cards mission and
Rumsfeld and
TEOR. See training, evaluation, and operational research
terminal guidance operations
terrain masking
Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center, of FBI
terrorists. See also counterterrorism; Global War on Terror; hijackings
hijackings by
with nuclear weapons
TF. See Task Force
TFG. See Transitional Federal Government
theater special operations forces
Thisted, Poul Hagen
Thomas, Tony
Thompson, John
Thunderbolt II (“Warthogs”)
in Afghanistan
in Iraq
Tier 2 units
Tier 3 units
tier-type organization
Tillman, Pat
Top Officials Exercises (TOPOFFs)
Tora Bora
Torn Victor
TRADEWIND
train the trainer
training, evaluation, and operational research (TEOR)
Transitional Federal Government (TFG), in Somalia
Trautman, Konrad (“KT”)
Trebon, Greg (“Chewbacca”)
Triangle of Death
Trident
in Afghanistan
Blue Squadron and
Red Squadron and
TS. See technical surveillance
TTPs. See tactics, techniques, and procedures
Tutt, Tom
TWA 847
two-plus-seven-plus-thirty
Typhoon Box
UBL. See bin Laden, Osama
UH-1 Iroquois helicopters
UH-60 Black Hawks. See Black Hawks
Unblinking Eye
unconventional warfare (UW)
in Afghanistan
Rumsfeld and
United Arab Emirates
unity of effort
unmanned aerial vehicles. See also Predators; Reapers
CIA and
in Iraq
Khalaf and
in Pakistan
in Somalia
al-Zarqawi and
urban warfare training
Urgent Fury
Usama bin Laden (UBL). See bin Laden, Osama
UW. See unconventional warfare
Van Hooser, Pete (“PVH”)
Vanek, Christopher
Vaught, Jim
Vega, Joe
Venezuela
Vessey, John
Vickers, Mike
Victory Base
Vietnam
Phoenix Program in
prisoners of war in
Vogeler, Lance
vortex ring state
Votel, Joe
Iraq and
wagon wheel
war on terror. See Global War on Terror
“Warpath. Warpath. Warpath.”
Warsame, Ahmed Abdulkadir
Waugh, Billy
weapons of mass destruction (WMD). See also biological weapons; nuclear weapons
in Iraq
in Libya
in Syria
Weeks, Jamie
Weinberger, Caspar
Weir, Benjamin
Wescam ball
in Balkans
deck of cards mission and
White Sands Missile Range
White SOF. See theater special operations forces
Winchester
Winter Strike
WMD. See weapons of mass destruction
Wolfowitz, Paul
AQSL ExOrd and
Hussein and
women
of AQI
in Balkans
in Gecko
in Iraq
in OST
in Pakistan
with bin Laden
Woodward, Bob
Woolard, Rick
workup
Worrell, Matt
Xbox
Yamamoto, Donald
Yeaw, Ron
Yemen
AQAP in
CT in
Al Qaeda in
Yuldeshev, Tohir
Zar, Abu
al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab
killing of
al-Zawahiri, Ayman
GWOT and
Islamic State and
JIATF and
bin Zayed, Sheikh Mohammed
Zembiec, Doug
Zenawi, Meles
zero illum
Zodiacs
Achille Lauro and
in Haiti
ZSU antiaircraft gun