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Page Numbers in Italics Indicate Map References. A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthog,” 104, 139, 163, 187, 194, 216, 218–222 Index Page numbers in Italics indicate map references. A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthog,” 104, 139, Afghan Services Bureau (Maktab al-Khidmat 163, 187, 194, 216, 218–222, 226, 228, al Mujahidin al Arab, or MAK), 68, 69 231–232, 251, 264, 269, 271, 276, Afghanistan 292–293 American Invasion of, 38, 67, 116, 153, Abbas Ghar, 91, 167 Abdur Rahman Khan (“Iron Emir”), 14 Civil War, 26–27, 67–68, 71–73 AC–130 Gunship, 104, 163, 268, 293 General Overview, ix, 4, 7, 9 Adams, Anthony (Lance Corporal), 228 Human Geography and History, 8–23 Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight Physical Geography, 5–8, 7, 10, 46 (ACOG), 78, 126, 242, 287 Afghan-Pakistan Border, x, 4–5, 7–8, 10, 13, Advanced Echelon (ADVON), 66, 76 19–20, 25, 66, 68, 70, 73, 86, 87, 98, Afghan Arabs, 25, 68, 69 109, 164, 171, 209, 263, 279 Afghan Border Security, 74 Africa, 15, 30 Afghan Bureau (of the ISI), 22 Afzal, Mawlawi, 70 Afghan National Army (ANA), xii, 74, 80, AH-1W Super Cobra, 42, 45, 58 92, 94, 102, 186, 189, 192–195, 197, AH-64 Apache (Call Sign Shock), 104, 205–206, 234–235, 249–251, 266–267 110–112, 134–135, 138–141, 144, 166, Afghan National Police (ANP), 74, 177, 235 187, 194, 216, 222–226, 228, 246–247, Afghan Security Forces (ASF), 74, 76, 77–78, 293 —-1 96, 146–147, 152, 162, 170, 182, Air Force Combat Controllers, 54 —0 —+1 013-40000_ch02_1P.indd 303 1/15/09 1:35:45 PM 304 Index Air Support Operations Center (ASOC) (U.S. Azam, Muhummad, 85 Air Force), 260, 261–262, Azerbaijan, 4, AK-47 Kalashnikov Rifl e, 16, 24, 130, 131, Azzam, Abdullah, 69, 72 133, 165, 170, 182, 195, 207, 241, 251, 269, 270, 271, 295 B-1, 55 Al Anbar Province of Iraq, 48, 174, 220, B-52H Stratofortress, 55, 163, 260, 261, 280 293 Al Asad, Iraq, 220, 221 Badakhshan Province, 10 Alexander III of Macedonia (Alexander the Baghdad, Iraq, 6 Great), 9–11, 185 Bagram Air Field (BAF), xvi, 16, 59, 75, Alexandria, Egypt, 30 106, 109, 133, 137, 144, 145, 149, Algeria, 29 157, 174, 175, 176, 222, 230, 251, Alingar Valley, 188 266, 268 al-Qaeda, x, 64, 67, 73, 85, 88, 115, 153, Bahamas, 29 164, 173, 175, 188 Bahrain, 4 al-Rahman, Jamil, 70, 71 Bakaro Ghar, 236 al-Zawahiri, Ayman, 69, 180, 181 Bambey, John (First Lieutenant), 136, 137, Amin, Hafi zullah, 21 138, 141, 142 Amin, Ruhola, 85 Banana Wars, 31 Amrey Creek, 198, 201, 203, 233 Barbary States, 29 Amrey Road, 271 Barno, David (Lieutenant General), 50, 63 Amrey, 197, 198, 204, 264, 268, 269, 270, Bartels, Matt (First Lieutenant), 97–100, 119, 271 148–160, 168–171, 179, 181 Amu Darya River (formerly the Oxus River), Battle Damage Assessment (BDA), 164 4, 25, 67 Beckwith, Charles (Colonel), 52, 53 Anaconda, Operation, 93, 94, 145, 146 Beeman, Travis (Navy Hospital Corpsman Anaya, Luis “Doc,” (Navy Hospital Third Class), 211 Corpsman Third Class), 107, 120, 147 Belleau Wood, Battle of, 33 Anticoalition Milita (ACM), 73, 109, 130, Bellman, Justin (First Lieutenant), 98, 148 150, 156, 165, 169, 170, 177, 180, 190 Bhutto, Benazir, 71, 72 Apocalypse Now (movie), 182 Bhutto, Zulfi qar Ali, 21 Arabian Sea, 4 Big Windy (call sign), 109, 110, 111, 150 Arabs, 172 Blessing, Camp, xvii, 76, 95–98, 103, 106, Aral Sea, 4 112, 117, 118, 121, 147–149, 152, 154, Arref, Haji, 99, 100, 113, 155, 156, 158–160, 162, 168, 169, 170, Arsenic (tainted water wells), 26 171, 177, 178, 179, 182, 236, 278, 280 Asadabad, Afghanistan (AKA Chagha Serai), Blessing, Jay, 97 x, 7, 8, 10, 22, 70, 75, 87, 103, 108, 138, Blood Chits, 157 139, 152, 153, 154, 161, 162, 168, 176, Blue, Task Force, 65, 94 177 Boar-11 (A–10 call sign), 220, 221, 222 Asadabad-Jalalabad Road, 172, 197, 263 Boar-21 (A–10 call sign), 220, 221, 222 Ashvakas, 9, Bofors Guns, 40mm, 163 Asia, Central, 3, 4, 12, 13, 71 Boonie Cover, 213 Asia, South, 3, 4, Bougainville Campaign, 38 Asia, Southeast, 15 Bougainville Island, 38 As-Sahab Media, 164, 167, 180 Boyd, Ken (Lance Corporal), 271, 273, AT4 Rocket, 98, 258, 259, 290 274 Atherton, Chuck (Staff Sergeant), 80 Bradley, Justin (Corporal), 107, 109, 110, AV-8B Harrier, 36, 42, 44 112, 113, 119, 120, 131, 169, 170, 274, -1— Axelson, Matthew (petty offi cer second 275, 276 class), 123, 125, 139, 140, 162, 163, 168 Bridgeport, California, xvii 0— +1— 013-40000_ch02_1P.indd 304 1/15/09 1:35:45 PM Index 305 Bronze Star, 278 Chowkay Valley, x, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 22, Brown, Task Force (in-country designation of 87, 173, 184–190, 192–212, 216–220, the Special Operations Air Regiment 223, 225, 229, 231, 233, 235, 238, 249, (Airborne)—the 160th SOAR(A), the 251, 252, 253, 258, 260, 263, 264, 266, “Night Stalkers”), 82, 83, 92, 102, 105, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 108, 122–127, 134, 135, 137–144, 162, Cirencione, Salvatore (Corporal), 274, 275, 276 164, 167, 179, 180, 181, 226, 278 CJTF-76 Operation Enduring Freedom-VI Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 21, 22 Rules of Engagement Card (ROE Card), Buddhism, 11 115, 116 Burgos, Chris (Corporal), 107, 112, 113, 114, Close Air Support (CAS), 103, 104, 216, 219, 115, 116, 117, 275, 276 224 Bush, George, 168 Close Combat Attack (Defi nition of), 224, Code Talkers, 108 C-130 Hercules, 35, 52, 53, 75, 152, 161, Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT), 109, 187, 192, 232, 233, 234, 264, 293 118, 119, 120 C-17, 75 Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan Cadaver Dogs, 163 (CFC-A), 50, 58 Caffeine Pills, 237 Combined Joint Special Operations Task Capuzzi, Pete (Captain), 122, 129, 132, 136, Force-Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A), 56, 59, 142, 143 61, 64, 79, 80, 83, 92, 101, 122, 145 Caribbean, 32 Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF–76), Carter, Jimmy, 21, 22, 52 50, 55, 56, 59, 81, 122, 168, 174, 175, Caspian Sea, 4, 186, 191, 192, 222, 229, 266, 269 Celtics, Operation, 64, 65, 94 Combined Joint Task Force Thunder, 50, 51, Central Command (CENTCOM), 49, 50, 56, 58 145, 269 Combined Joint Task Force, Defi nition of, 47, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 21, 24, 49 25, 176 Command and Control (C2), 93, 94, 106, CH-46E Sea Knight “Phrog”, 45 128, 132, 145 CH-47 Chinook, 61, 81, 83, 104, 109, 110, Commander Ismael (Alias of Ahmad Shah), 111, 138, 150, 166, 294 87 CH-53E Super Stallion, 46 Composition-4 (C4), 170, 178 Chagha Serai (Asadabad), 22 Compromise, Hard, 130, 132 Chechens, 172 Containerized Delivery System (CDS) Drop, Chechnya, 73 104, 161, 187, 200, 232, 233, 234, 252, Cheek, Gary (Colonel), 50, 51, 57, 59, 175 253, 264, 265 Cheshane Ghar, 200 Continental Navy, 32 Cheshane Tupay, 87, 198, 199, 201, 202, Cooling, Norman “Norm” (Lieutenant 208, 214, 215, 224, 225, 251, 264 Colonel), 48, 50, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, Chichal, 86, 87, 88, 89, 89, 90, 102, 105, 63, 66, 67, 75, 97, 174 124, 148, 160, 163, 164, 173, 178, 180, Corcoran, Kyle (First Lieutenant), 168, 193 186, 189, 237, 238, 241 Cordite, 256 Chickens, 8 Cordless Phone (for IED trigger), 178 China, 3, 4, 7, 73 Corn, 8 Chip Light, 247 Corpsmen, Navy, 41, 46, 120, 149, 155, 195, Chitral (Pakistan), 7 211, 215, 267 Chizmadia, Jesse “Chiz” (First Lieutenant), Cotton, 71, 72 185, 189, 193, 194 Counterinsurgency (COIN), 23, 30, 31, 41, Chosin Reservoir, Korea (“Frozen Chosin” 46, 47, 48, 50, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, Campaign), xi, 46 64, 96, 116, 117, 195, 252, 279 —-1 Chowkay (village), 87, 197, Counterterrorism, 51, 55, 64 —0 —+1 013-40000_ch02_1P.indd 305 1/15/09 1:35:45 PM 306 Index Cousin-O, 190, 195 Durrani, Ahmad Shah, 12 Coyotes (of TTECG), 42, 43 Dushanbe (Tajikistan), 7 Crisp III, Lee (Staff Sergeant), 1, 2, 188, 189, Dustoff (Army Air Ambulance UH–60 194–197, 199–202, 206, 207, 210, 213, Blackhawks and Crew), 104, 119, 134, 214, 215, 222, 249, 250, 253–256, 267, 175, 192, 218, 220, 222–230, 245–248, 268, 269, 270, 273, 274, 268, 276 Cuba, 15 Cyclone, Operation, 21 Eagle Claw, Operation, 52, 54 Earthquakes (in the Hindu Kush), 5 Daoud, Mohammad Sarder, 16 East India Company, 13 Dara-I-Nur (Valley of Light (as in Valley of Echo Company (Company E, 2/3), 75, 103, the Enlightened Ones)), 85 146, 163, 185 Dari, 15, 46, 85 Echo-1 (First Platoon, Echo Company, 2/3), Darul Quran Panjpir Madrassa, 70 76, 102, 107, 191, 192, 193, 196, 202, Dasht-e-Kavir Desert, 53 249, 274 Davidson, William “Red”, 107, 114 Echo-2 (Second Platoon, Echo Company, Dawlat-I Inqilabi-yi Islamiyi Nuristan 2/3), 191, 192, 193, 196, 202, 236, 249, (Islamic Revolutionary State of 274, 276 Nuristan), 70 Echo-3 (Third Platoon, Echo Company, 2/3), Deconfl iction (Defi nition of), 42, 43 191, 192, 193, 196, 202, 236, 237, 238, Decoy Drops, 105 241, 242, 245, 246, 247, 249 Defense Language Institute, 190 Eggers, Keith (Sergeant), 80, 81, 92, 106, Delta Corridor, 42 126, 127, 129, 145, 146, 147, 151, 162, Density Altitude, 135 163, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, Department of Defense, 33, 46 243, 244, 245, 248 Derne, Battle of, 30 Egypt, 68, 73 Desert One, 53, 54 82nd Airborne, 63 Devil, Task Force, 63, 75, 149, 150, 186, 192, Eikenberry, Karl (Lieutenant General), 63 229, 250, 277 Einarson, Tyler (Corporal), 212, 213, 214, Dietz, Danny (Petty Offi cer Second Class), 215, 222, 228 123, 125, 139, 140, 162, 163, 168 Enduring Freedom, Operation (OEF), 38, 48, Diss, Corey (Lance Corporal), 76, 77, 78, 79 50, 55, 63 Doghouse (Call Sign for the 2 Army 105mm Engineer Hekmatyar, 70 Howitzers and Crew at Camp Wright), England, 12, 13 103, 104, 118, 123, 130, 132, 134, 187, Enlightened Ones, Land of (Nuristan), 14 194, 212, 223, 236, 242, 244, 245 Epperly, Dustin (Lance Corporal), 209, 210, Dominican Republic, 31 211, 228 Donahue, Patrick (Colonel), 63, 64, 66, 80 Estrada, John (Sergeant Major of the Marine Donkeys, 8, 194, 199, 200, 202, 203, 251, Corps), 278 264 Eurasia, 11 Donnellan, James “Jim” (Lieutenant Eurasian Tectonic Plate, 5 Colonel), 47, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, European Command (EUCOM), 49 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, Everest, Mount, 5 189, 192, 193, 202, 235, 251, 252 Everheart, Hal (First Lieutenant), 200 Drug Enforcement Agency, 176 Expeditionary Warfi ghting School (EWS), DShK, 98 183, 184 Dubs, Adolph “Spike”, 18 Dunaway, Jason (Lance Corporal), 227, F/A-18 Hornet, 36, 44, 104, 220 228 F-15, 55 -1— Dunnage, 115 Fastrope, 107, 109, 125, 127, 128, 129, 134, Durand Line, 13, 19 136, 167 0— +1— 013-40000_ch02_1P.indd 306 1/15/09 1:35:45 PM Index 307 Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA, Goats, 8 in Pakistan), 5, 20, 174 Golayshal, 235 Fifth Bomb Wing, U.S.
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