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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, 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- 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

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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 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, (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

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Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA, Goats, 8 in Pakistan), 5, 20, 174 Golayshal, 235 Fifth Bomb Wing, U.S. Air Force, 260 Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Figueroa, Iram (Navy Hospitalman), 211 Reorganization Act of 1986, 49, 54 Fire Capable (Defi nition of), 216 Golf Company (Company G, 2/3), 75, 103, Fire Direction Center, 255 108, 122, 132, 135, 136, 137, 143, 146, Fire Support Coordination Center (FSCC), 146, 163, 186, 192, 193 42, 43, 44 Golf-1 (First Platoon, Golf Company, 2/3), Fire Support Team (FiST), 42, 43, 44 168, 193, 196, 202, 235, 249 First Barbary War, 29, 186 Golf-2 (Second Platoon, Golf Company), First Battalion of the Third Marine Regiment 193, 196, 202, 235, 249 (1/3), 278 Golf-3 (Third Platoon, Golf Company, 2/3), First Special Forces Operational Detachment- 136 Delta (“Delta Force”), 52 Goodnature, Corey (Chief Warrant Offi cer Fisher, Cody (Corporal), 107, 114, 119, 120 (3)), 136 Fontan, Jacques (Chief Petty Offi cer), 136 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 25 Foreign Internal Defense (FID), 55, 56 Great Game, 12–14 Forward Air Controller (FAC), Defi nition of, Green Berets (Special Forces), 51, 52, 54, 55, 44 56, 59, 92, 176 Forward Observer (FO), Defi nition of, 43 Greenfi eld, Paul (Lance Corporal), 210, 212, Fourth of July, 169, 171, 221 215 Fox Company (Company F, 2/3), 75, 186, Grenade, 40mm (for M203), 126, 165 187, 188, 192, 282 Grenade, Fragmentation, 126, 165, 166, Fox-1 (First Platoon, Fox Company, 2/3), 183 189, 194–200, 202, 204, 205, 206, Grenade, Incendiary, 127, 165, 271 226, 230, 234, 249, 250, 259, 266, 269, Grenade, Smoke, 165, 233, 247 271, Grip-11 (A-10 call sign), 219, 220 Fox-3 (Third Platoon, Fox Company, 2/3), Grip-21 (A-10 call sign), 219, 220 1–3, 5, 6, 188, 189, 194–198, 200–211, Grissom, Kelly (Captain), 187, 189, 193–199, 216–221, 224, 228, 230–235, 238, 249, 201, 203, 204, 206, 207, 211, 215- 218, 250, 251, 259, 264, 265, 266, 269, 270, 222, 223, 230, 231, 233, 250, 252–257, 271, 282 260–266, 268, 271, 272, Guadalcanal, 38 Ganci (Manus) Air Base (Kyrgyzstan), 75 Guam, 38 Gardez, 49 Guantánimo Bay, 169 Gatigal Sar, 105, 125 Gulab (Mohammad Gulab Khan), 154, 155, Gazette, Marine Corps, xv 158, 160, 162, 163, 168 GBU-31 (GPS guided 2,000 pound bomb), Gulf of Oman, 52 260, 261, 262 Gun Devil, Task Force, 103 GBU-38 (GPS guided 500 pound bomb), 163, Guyton, Nick (First Lieutenant), 236, 241, 164 246 Geise, Stuart (First Lieutenant), 199, 250, 259, 265, 272 Haboob, 53 George, Phillip (Lance Corporal), 275, 276, Hagan, Chris (First Lieutenant), 276 277 Hagee, Michael (General, Commandant of Ghillie Suit, 237 the Marine Corps), 278 Gisclair, Jim (Chief Warrant Offi cer), 223 Haiti, 31 Global Positioning System (GPS), 126, 198, Hamchuck (the Dog), 147, 162, 182, 183 260 Hardback Humvee, 179, 180, 181, 197, 268, Global , xv, 14 269, 273 —-1 Goare, Shamus (Staff Sergeant), 136 Hawthorne, Nevada, 39, 46, 48 —0 —+1

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Headquarters and Services Company (H & S, , 6 2/3), 76, 80 Indo-Australian Tectonic Plate, 5 Healy, Daniel (Senior Chief Petty Offi cer), Indo-Gangetic Plains, 9 136 , 10 Hekmatyar, Gulbadin, 23, 25, 26, 69, 70, 71, Intelligence, Surveillance, and 88 Reconnaissance (ISR), 66, 82 Henninger, Rob (Chief Warrant Offi cer), Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), 21, 24, 25, 246, 247, 248 26, 68, 69 Henrietta (dog), 147, 162, 182, 183 Iran, ix, 4, 7, 26, 52 Herat (city), 7, 18 Iranian Foreign Ministry, 52 , 71 Iraq, 4 Hercules Tank, 45 Iridium Satellite Phone, 104, 126, 130, 131, Hezb-e Islami Gulbadin (HIG), 23, 69, 70, 132 71, 73, 85, 88 Iron Emir (Abdur Rahman Khan), 14 Hezb-e-Islami-Khalis (HIK), 69, 71 Islam, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17 High Explosive Dual Purpose (HEDP) Islamabad (Pakistan), 7 Warhead, 258, 259 Island Warriors, The (2/3’s nickname), 38, High Value Target (HVT), 75 62, 174 Highback Humvee, 118, 179, 180, 181, 197, Ismael (Alias of Ahmad Shah), 87 268, 269, 270, 273 Ismail, Mullah (Alias of Ahmad Shah), xii Hill 2510, 87, 218, 225, 226, 233, 234, 249, Iwo Jima, xi, 33 250, 259, 266 Himalaya Proper, 5 Jacoby, Kip (Sergeant), 136 Himalayan Complex, Greater, 5 Jalalabad Air Field Combat Operations Himalayan Deodar Cedar, 8, 89, 127, 247 Center (JAF COC), 73, 75, 76, 101, 106, Hindu Kush, x, xii, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 122, 127–133, 139, 144, 145, 146, 162, 11–14, 17, 18, 24, 25, 30, 41, 48, 57, 63, 176, 185, 186, 193, 195, 211, 267, 269, 64, 74, 76, 79, 81, 82, 87, 99, 106, 123, 273 124, 130, 139, 141, 142, 163, 177, 178, Jalalabad Airfi eld (JAF), 59, 73, 75, 123, 135, 187, 188, 191, 220, 221, 232, 246, 251, 136, 143, 144, 176, 246 252, 260, 279, 280 Jalalabad Bridge, 273 Honduras, 31 Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team Howitzer, 36 Base (“J-Bad PRT”), 60, 61, 75, 129, Human Intelligence (HUMINT), 57, 58, 65, 132, 135, 143 75, 80, 84, 263 Jalalabad, Afghanistan “J-Bad”, 7, 10, 16, Hydra Rockets, 112, 134, 224 72, 141, 142, 161, 196 Jama’at-e Da’wa, 70, 71 ICOM Radio, 86, 109, 117, 131, 165, 166, Jihad, 22 190, 195, 202, 203, 234, 237, 238, 250, Jimmy (interpreter), 195, 197, 200, 203, 251, 251, 253, 254, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 252, 253, 254, 265, 266, 267, 269 272 Joint Chiefs of Staff, 50 IED Alley (Section of the Pech Road), 178 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), 163, IED Strike Video (by Ahmad Shah, Produced 259, 260 by As-Sahab Media), 180 Joint Special Operations Area (JSOA), Imagery Intelligence (IMINT), 75 Defi nition of, 145 Imperial Japanese, 67 Joint Special Operations Area Oklahoma Improvised Explosive Device (IED), 65, 86, (JSOA Oklahoma), 56 96, 119, 121, 177, 179, 180, 181, 183, Joyce, Kevin (Lance Corporal), 107, 108, 296 118, 119, 120, 121, 278 -1— India, 4, 7, 12, 13, 20 Jubagay, 225, 251, 252 Indian Monsoon, 127 Jump CP (Defi nition of), 193 0— +1—

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Kabul Hotel, 18 Kristensen, Erik (Lieutenant Commander), , 10, 10 65, 79, 94, 105, 106, 122, 123, 127, 136, Kabul, Afghanistan, xvii, 7, 10, 12, 71, 75, 137, 139, 140, 143 88, 165 , x, xvi, xvii, 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, Kafi ristan, 12, 14 39, 49, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 82, 87, Kafi rs (Infi dels), 12, 14, 85 88, 98, 128, 150, 158, 169, 171, 172, Kamdesh, 17 174, 192, 278 Kamiya, Jason (Major General), 63, 64, 65, , 111, 194, 197, 273 92, 107 Kunar Valley, 10, 11, 22, 24, 69, 70, 87, 124, Kandagal, 87, 148, 156, 162 137, 141, 176, 185, 196, 264, 271 Kandahar, Afghanistan, 7, 12 Kuwait, 4, 24, 68, 71 Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii (K-Bay), 3, 38, Kuz Kunar District of , 75, 280 84, 173 Karmal, Babrak, 22 Karzai, Hamid, 168 , 2, 10, 39, 48, 64, 75, Kazakhstan, 4 174, 187, 278 Kennedy, Clif (First Lieutenant), 193 Lahore (Pakistan), 7 KGB, 18 Lamkandah Sar, 208, 225 Khalis, Mohammad, 69 Land Mines, 5, 25, 26 Khan, Genghis, 11, 24 Laser Rangefi nder, 126, 190 Khe Sanh, 33 Lashkar-e Isar (Army of Sacrifi ce), 70 Khewa, 84, 85, 172, 173 Leaf Curl Virus, 71 Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 26, 52 Lemons, Roe (First Lieutenant), 242, 244 Khowst Province, 48 Lenin, 15 Khruschev, Nikita, 15 Leupold Long-Range Spotting Scope, 126, , 10, 11, 13 180, 190, 237 King Zahir Shah, 16 Libya, 29 Kinser, Patrick (First Lieutenant), 76–79, Light, Land of (Land of the Enlightened 95–102, 106–110, 112–120, 145, 146, Ones—Nuristan), 14 147, 148, 156, 162, 163, 164, 182, 183, Logging, 8, 192, 235, 275 Lohstreter, Todd (First Lieutenant), 272 Koa, Task Force, 74 Long, Rob (First Lieutenant), 92, 93, 94, Konstant, James Joseph “J.J.” or “Konnie”, 127–132 188, 189, 190, 194, 195, 196, 200, 201, Lucas, Jeffery (Petty Offi cer First Class), 202, 203, 206–218, 220, 221, 224, 226, 136 228, 230, 231, 232, 233, 235, 249–255, Lunar Illumination, 82 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 264, 268, 269, Luttrell, Marcus (Navy Hospital Corpsman 270, 281, 282, 283 Second Class), 123, 125, 139, 140,148, Korangal (spelling), xvii 154–160, 162, 166, 168, 189, 190 Korangal (village), 87, 89, 90, 91, 102, 105, Red Wings After Action Report, 189, 190, 225, 235 193, 196, 239, 243 Korangal River, 89 Korangal Valley, x, 11, 12, 14, 17, 22, 61, M/RQ-1 Predator UAV, 90, 163, 269, 270, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 76, 81, 82, 294, 295 86, 87, 88, 89, 89, 91, 101, 102, 103, M120 120mm Heavy Mortar, 98, 236, 242, 107, 109, 116, 124, 125, 146, 147, 244, 245, 275, 276, 291 148, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 169, M16 Service Rifl e, 36, 45, 77, 78, 118, 137, 172, 173, 184, 185, 191, 192, 193, 208, 209, 211, 214, 215, 226, 240, 255, 195, 196, 202, 207, 225, 235, 236, 256, 271, 272, 275, 287, 288 238, 246, 247, 249, 263, 274, 276, 278, M198 155 Howitzer, 42, 43 —-1 279 M1A1 Abrams Tank, 35, 36, 42, 45 —0 —+1

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M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun (“Ma Deuce”), Marxism, 17 36, 45, 98, 180, 289 Matin, 77, 87, 109, 153, 154, 155, 178 M203 40mm Grenade Launcher, 126, 165, Mavericks, Operation, 64, 65, 66 190, 288 Mazar-e Sharif, 7 M224 60mm Lightweight Mortar, 78, 147, McGreevy, Michael (Lieutenant), 136 291 McShane, John (Captain), 236, 237 M240 Light Machine-gun, 36, 45, 110, 111, Meal, Ready to Eat (MRE), 81, 112, 147, 147, 151, 152, 210, 213, 214, 215, 271, 197, 203 275, 289 Medical Capabilities Mission (MEDCAP), M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), 36, 60, 66, 80, 94, 103, 153 45, 118, 147, 151, 152, 210, 211, 271, Medium Value Target (MVT), 75 275, 289 Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, 10, 75, 176, 187, M252 Medium Extended Range Mortar 195, 264, 278 (81mm mortar), 42, 43, 44, 45, 187, 188, Mendiola, Albert (Lance Corporal), 227 189, 194, 203, 204, 206, 211, 212, 216, Mercury (tainted water wells), 26 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 228, 253, MH-47D Special Operations Aircraft (SOA) 291 Chinook, xii, 83, 92, 102, 104, 109, M4, 81, 242, 255, 256, 257, 258, 265, 288 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 133, 134, 135, M40A3 Marine Corps Sniper Rifl e, 43, 81, 137–145, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 151, 152, 244, 290 172, 179, 180, 181, 222, 226, 227, 278, M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC), 279, 294 45 MH-47E Special Operations Aircraft (SOA) M82A3 SASR, 290, 291 Chinook, 83, 294 M9 9mm Pistol, 81, 151, 290 MI-8/17 “Hip” Helicopter, 16 MacDill Air Force Base, 56, 145, 163 Middendorf, Ben (First Lieutenant), 194, Machado, Karsten (Lance Corporal), 210 200, 203, 204, 205, 211, 212, 216–223, MacMannis, Andrew (Lieutenant Colonel), 226, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 249, 38, 39, 40, 47, 62, 66, 67, 75, 81, 97, 253–257, 259, 260, 261, 265, 266, 269, 101, 128, 129, 133, 144, 145, 146, 157, 271, 272 163, 174 Mig–17, 16 Main Supply Route (MSR), 117 Minot Air Base, 260 Maktab al-Khidmat al Mujahidin al Arab MK11 Semiautomatic 7.62mm Sniper Rifl e, (MAK or “Afghan Services Bureau”), 68, 126, 127 69 MK19 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher, Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), 36, 98, 289, 290 39, 40, 42, 47, 49, 58, 60, 81, 107, 194 MK82 “Dumb Bomb”, 44 Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (at Mobile Assault Course, 42 Twenty-nine Palms, CA), 39, 41, 42, 43, Mogadishu, Somalia (Attack of U.S. Special 44, 45, 48, 49, 104, 187 Operations Forces in 1993), 164 Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 38 Mojave Desert, 6, 41 Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Molawi Ibrahim (Alias of Ahmad Shah), 87 Center (MCMWTC / MWTC), xvii, 39, Molly (the Monkey), 182, 183 46, 48, 49, 76 Mongol Hordes, 11 Marine Corps Planning Process (MCPP), 184 Monk, Justin (Lance Corporal), 227 Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD – San Montague, Fort, 29 Diego, CA / Perris Island SC), 37 Moonsoon, 6 Marine Corps Sitting Position, 208 Morocco, 29 Marine Corps University, 107 Mortar Ballistic Computer, 218 Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), 40 Mountain Leader Course, 80 -1— Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), 40 Mr. Peepers (the Monkey), 183 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), 40, 93 MTVR (“7-Ton”), 35, 42, 197, 273, 292 0— +1—

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Muhummad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, 14 Nine-Line Brief, 44, 221, 260 Mujahideen, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 69, 911 Force, 33 72, 84, 87 North Africa, 14, 32 Mullah Mohammed Ismael (Alias of Ahmad Northern Alliance, 55, 73 Shah), 87 Northwest Frontier Province (Pakistan), 5, Mullan, Robert, 28 20, 174 Muralles, Marcus (Sergeant First Class), Noshaq, 5 136 Nunn-Cohen Amendment (to the Goldwater- Murphy, Michael (Lieutenant), 122, 123, Nichols Department of Defense 125, 139, 140, 162, 163, 168 Reorganization Act of 1986), 54 Muslim Brotherhood, 69 , 9, 10, 14, 17, 70, 85, 98, 169, 172, 173, 174, 183 Najibullah, Mohammad, 26 Nuristan, Islamic Revolutionary State of Najmudeen, 61, 62, 151 (Dawlat-I Inqilabi-yi Islamiyi Nuristan), Named Area of Interest (NAI), 90 70 Nangalam Girls’ School, 150, 154 Nangalam, xvii, 10, 17, 19, 21, 61, 76, 87, O’Bannon, Presley (First Lieutenant), 30, 32, 96, 97, 99, 148, 149, 150, 153, 155, 158, 186 169, 176 Okra, 8 Nangarhar Province, 2, 10, 39, 48, 75, 84, Olson, Eric (Major General), 50, 56, 59, 60, 111, 172, 174, 278 63, 64 Narang (village), 87, Oman, 4, 52 Narang Valley, x, 11, 87, 144, 173, 184, Omar, Mullah Mohammad, 72, 73, 85, 162 186, 192, 193, 195, 202, 235, 249, 160th Special Operations Air Regiment 264 (Airborne), see Brown, Task Force Nasir, Colonel (of the Afghan National Onions, 8 Army), 235, 236 Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), 220 Nassau, Battle of, 29 Operational Detachment Alphas (ODAs), 56, National Football League, 150 59, 94, 144, 161 National Security Act of 1947, 33 Operational Detachment Bravos (ODBs), 56, Navajo Nation, 108 59, 144 Naval Infantry, 32 Opium, 8, 85 Navy SEALs, xii, 59, 64, 65, 66, 79, 94, Osama bin Laden, x, 25, 56, 69, 72, 73, 84, 102–107, 122–134, 136–140, 143, 144, 167, 180, 197, 267 148, 157–160, 162, 164–167, 179, 180, Other Coalition Forces (OCF), 176 181, 188, 189, 190, 197, 238, 243, 245, Oxus River (Amu Darya River), 4 264 Navy Special Operations Forces (NAVSOF), Padilla, Ernest (Lance Corporal), 258, 65, 66, 79, 94, 102, 105, 106, 122, 123, 259 145, 157, 158, 159, 160, 164, 167, 208, Pahlavi, Shah Mohammed Reza, 52 226, 245, 278 Pakistan, 4, 5, 7, 19, 20, 23, 25, 66, 68, 71, Navy, Department of, 33 72, 73, 86, 98, 164, 171, 173, 209,263, Nawa Pass, 11 279 Nawab, 151 , 49 Nazis, 67 Palawan, 85 Nepal, 4 Panama, 31 Nicaragua, 31 Panasonic Toughbook Laptop Computer, Nicholas, Samuel (Captain), 28 126, 165 Night Stalkers, see Brown, Task Force Panjpir (Pakistan), 70 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs), 82, 118, 119, Panjshir Provence, 10 —-1 124, 126, 243, 254 Parsua, 11, —0 —+1

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Parun, Afghanistan, 10 PRC-148 Multi-Band Inter/Intra Tactical Pashai, 12, 85, 86, 88 Radio (MBITR), 104, 105, 106, 126, , 11, 15, 46, 74, 85, 86, 113, 126, 166, 130, 163, 165 239, 265 Priddy, Andrew “Drew” (Major), 59, 60, 61, Pashtun (Name of an ACM Target 63, 65, 66 Individual), 187 Pro-Tec Helmet, 125, 165 , 19 Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), 60, , 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 24, 72, 88, 61, 149 155 PSG-5, 217 Pashtunwalli, 155 Puhakuloa Training Area of Hawaii’s Big Patton, Eric (Petty Offi cer Second Class), Island, 39, 48 136 Punjab Province (Pakistan), 71 , 76, 88, 119, 147, 178 Purple Heart, 212, 278 Pech River Valley, x, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 61, PX (at Bagram Air Field), 176 64, 65, 67, 70, 76, 87, 89, 96, 101, 105, 109, 111, 116, 118, 166, 177, 186, 246, Qalaygal, 186, 193 274 Qatar, 4 Pech Road, 86, 103, 115, 117, 119, 120, 121, Quetta (Pakistan), 7 147, 155, 176, 177, 178, 181, 185 Quick Reaction Force (QRF), 122, 129, 131, Peggy Mullan’s Red Hot Beef Steak Club at 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 141, Tun Tavern, 29 142, 143, 144, 165, 180, 188 Pen Flares, 126 Pennington, Lavon (Lance Corporal), 226, Rashman, Zach (Captain), 186, 245, 247, 227 260, 261, 262, 276 People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan Ratkowiak, Casmer (“Pigeon”, (PDPA), 16 “Venom–11”), 44, 103, 104, 129, 133, PEQ-2A Infrared Floodlight / IR Laser 134, 138, 139, 144, 194, 197, 202, Pointer, 126 215–224, 226, 227, 228, 231–234, 251, Perna, Mark (Lance Corporal), 222 253–262, 264, 269, 271 Persia, 11, 12 Rawalpindi, Treaty of, 13, Personal Role Radio (PRR), 255 Reagan, Ronald, 26, 54 Peshawar (Pakistan), 7, 19, 22, 25, 68, 69, Red Dawn, Operation (misreferencing of 70, 86, 164, 172, 190, 264, 271, 279 “Red Wings”), xv Phase Line (defi nition of), 192 Red Kafi r (Red Infi del), 19, 22 Phraselator, 126 Red Wing, Operation (misreferencing of Pickel Meadow, California, xviii “Red Wings”), xv, 167 Pigman, Jamie (Navy Hospital Corpsman Red Wings II, Operation (Rescue and Third Class), 236, 238–245, 247, 248 Recovery Effort for Red Wings), 144, PK Machine-Gun, 86, 98, 117, 130, 131, 133, 145, 146–148, 154–162, 163, 168, 169, 164, 166, 170, 193, 207, 240, 241, 242, 180 255, 275, 295 Red Wings, Detroit (hockey team), xv, 101 Plunk, Joshua (Corporal), 217, 257, 258 Red Wings, Operation Ponder III, James (Master Sergeant), 136 Designated Helicopter Landing Zones Posselt, Rick (Second Lieutenant), 76, 77, (HLZ “Shar Pei,” HLZ “Swift,” HLZ 78 “Navajo,” HLZ “Blown”) on Sawtalo Potatoes, 8 Sar, 91, 92, 134 Powers, Francis Gary, 19 Designated Observation Posts on Sawtalo PP87 82mm Mortar, 96, 170, 180, 207, 211, Sar, 90, 91, 92, 106, 108, 125, 127, 212, 217, 220, 255, 256, 279, 296 128 -1— PRC-117 Radio, 104, 106, 241 General Overview, xii, xv, xvi, 101–107, PRC-119F Radio, 137 121, 122, 123, 174, 183, 191 0— +1—

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Named Areas of Interest on Sawtalo Sar, Satellite Communications (SATCOM), 104, 90, 91, 92, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 106, 211, 253, 260 Planning, 101–105, 107, 108, 123, 125, , 4, 24, 26, 68, 71 128 Sawtalo Sar Quick Reaction Force (QRF), 122, 129, North Ridge, 89, 91, 163, 193, 202, 235, 131–138, 141–144, 165, 188 236, 238, 239, 240, 246, 247 Red, Task Force, 59, 145, 160, 161, 163 Northeast Gulch, 90, 91, 130, 131, 132, Redwing, Operation (misreferencing of “Red 148, 163, 164, 165, 189, 190 Wings”), 167 Northeast Spur, 90, 91 Refugee Crisis, 25, 26, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72 Summit, 89, 90, 91, 124, 125, 127, 140, Regional Command East (RC-East), 50, 51, 163, 173, 235, 237, 238, 247 58, 61, 65, 81, 95, 175 Sawtalo Sar, x, xii, 11, 22, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, Reich, Stephen (Major), 136, 143 95, 96, 106, 107, 124, 125, 127- 136, RH-53D Sea Stallions, 52, 53, 54 138–141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 154, 161, Rice, 8 164, 166, 169, 175, 176, 178, 186, 187, Rite in the Rain, 155, 156, 189, 193, 196, 198, 239, 246, 247, 248, Rocket Assisted Projectile (RAP) Rounds, 251 103, 194, 237, 245 Scherkenbach, Chris (Chief Warrant Offi cer Rocket Ridge, 96 (4)), 136 Ronin (Scout/Sniper Team), 80, 92, 105, 106, Scott, Robert (Major), xvii, 32, 41, 47, 97, 129, 145, 147, 151, 236–245 99, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 144, 145, Roshan Cellular Phone, 86, 90 146, 148, 161, 168, 169, 170, 171, 174, Roy, Joe (Corporal), 147, 162, 236–245, 248, 190, 191, 192, 193, 195, 223, 229, 251, 278 252, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 266, 267, RPG-7 (Rocket Propelled Grenade), xii, 86, 269, 270, 279 98, 117, 130, 131, 140, 164, 165, 166, Scout/Sniper Platoon (of Headquarters and 167, 169, 170, 173, 182, 189, 193, 207, Services Company), 80 208, 209, 211, 212, 214, 215, 220, 226, Scout/Sniper, 43, 195, 231, 239, 240 228, 240, 241, 247, 255, 256, 258, 259, SEAL Ambush Video (by Ahmad Shah, 261, 270, 271, 273, 295, 296 Produced by As-Sahab Media), 164, 165, Rub ‘al-Khali Desert (The Empty Quarter), 166, 167, 177, 243 6 SEAL Ambush Video (by Ahmad Shah, Rules of Engagement (ROEs), 115, 116 Unreleased), 164, 165, 166, 167, 243 Rumsfeld, Donald (Secretary of Defense), SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team (SDVT) 55 [Defi nition], 79 Russell, Michael (Sergeant First Class), 136 SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 (SDVT–1), Russia, 4, 12 122, 125, 136, 161, 165, 166, 179, 180, 188, 189, 208, 238, 243, 245, 264, 278, SA-7 Shoulder Launched Antiaircraft Missile, 288 141, 167, 173 SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2 (SDVT–2), Sabre, Task Force, 81, 82, 104, 108, 110, 123, 125 134, 135, 137, 150, 166 SEAL Team 10, 65, 79, 123, 136 Saddam Hussein, 67 Second Battalion of the Third Marine s, 14, 17, 18, 88 Regiment (History), 37, 38 Sahara Desert, 6, 30 Second Continental Congress, 28, 32 Salafi (School of Islam), 14, 24, 68, 69, 70 Secret Internet Protocol Router Network Salafi yya Movement, 14, 25, 69, 70 (SIPR), 157 Salang Tunnel, 16 Secretary of Defense, 50 Salar Ban, 89, 91, 132, 148, 154, 155, 156, Seiffert, Lance (First Lieutenant), 101 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 168, 236, 237 September 11, 2001 Terror Attacks, x, 37, —-1 Sanskrit, 12 73, 84, 188 —0 —+1

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September 18, 2005 National Afghan Soviet-Afghan Treaty of Neutrality and Parliamentary Elections, 86, 88, 95, 101, Nonaggression, 15 171, 172, 173, 174, 177, 192, 264, 278 Soviet-Afghan War, 15, 17, 23–26, 67, 68, Shah, Ahmad (Ahmad Shah Dara-I Nur / 69, 70, 71, 84, 152, 180, 185, 190, 200, Ahmad Shah of the Valley of the Special Forces (distinction from Special Enlightened Ones), xi, xii, 75, 79, 80, 81, Operations Forces), 51 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 102, 105, 108, Special Forces (Green Berets), 51, 52, 54, 55, 123, 125, 128–132, 140, 146, 148, 150, 56, 59, 97 160, 162–169, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, Special Operations Forces (SOF), 51–62, 64, 178, 179, 180, 181, 184, 186, 187, 189, 83, 92, 97, 105, 116, 121, 132, 134, 143, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 201, 144, 145, 156, 157, 159, 163, 172, 176 202, 203, 204, 207–221, 225, 226, 228, Special Operations Peculiar Modifi cation 230, 234, 235, 237, 238, 240, 242, 244, (SOPMOD) M4 Carbine, 126, 158, 165, 250–258, 260, 261, 263, 265, 266, 267, 190, 288 270, 271, 273, 274, 277, 278 Spetsnaz, 15 Shah, Ahmad (Photographs of), 173 Spinach, 8 Shamshatoo Refugee Camp, 70, 86, 88, 164 Spurs, Operation, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 94, 175 Shelton, Daniel (Corporal), 255, 256, 257 Spurs, San Antonio (basketball team), 61 Shina, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 163, Star Wars (movie), 259 168 Stars, Dallas (Professional Hockey Team), Shock (callsign), see AH–64 66, 101 Shura Meeting, 61, 84, 235 Stars, Operation, 66, 67, 80, 81, 101 Shuryek Valley, x, 11, 12, 77, 87, 89, 90, 91, Stinger Missile, 25 96, 101, 102, 109, 116, 125, 132, 140, Storm, Robert (Sergeant), xvi 146, 147, 153, 155, 157, 160, 163, 168, Strategic Depth (Foreign Policy Concept), 20, 169, 184, 185, 191, 192, 193, 195, 202, 24, 26, 71 235, 246, 249 Strobe, Infrared, 126 Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California, Suh, James (Petty Offi cer Second Class), 136 39 Suicide Car Bomb, 272 Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), 65, 75, 80, 84, Sultan (interpreter), 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 90, 105, 107, 108, 109, 187, 263, 266 156, 158, 159, 160, 169 Silver Star, 212, 278 Sunni Islam, 11, 12, 14 Sindh Province (Pakistan), 71 Super Highway (Main Trail on North Ridge Situational Awareness (SA), 133 of Sawtalo Sar), 89, 91, 92, 108, 239 Six-Line Brief, 224 Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD), Skillful (call sign Referencing Task Force 134, 139, 143, 144, 163, 222, 223, 229 Sabre’s Transport UH–60 Blackhawks Suribachi, Mount, xi and Crew), 135, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, SVD (Dragunov Sniper Rifl e), 78, 295 143, 144 Swabi District (Pakistan), 70 Small Arms Fire (SAFIRE), 138, 140, 144, Sweeney, Jim (Captain), 62 224 Small Arms Protective Insert (SAPI) Plate, TACAIR, 36, 40, 44 228, 240, 241, 243, 256 Tactical Area of Responsibility Trinity (AO Small Wars Manual, 31, 32, 279 Trinity), 50, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61 SMAW, 98 Tactical Training Exercise Control Group Smith, Chris (Corporal), 258 (TTECG), 42 SOCCENT, 56, 145, 146, 161 Tajikistan, 3, 4, 7 Soft Compromise, 116, 129 Taleban (village), 87, 162 Sonoran Desert, 6 , The, xi, 55, 67, 72, 73, 84, 85, 86, -1— Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), 49 88, 96, 97, 112, 115, 153, 160, 167, 169, (USSR), 15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25 173, 175, 227, 234, 252 0— +1—

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Talibs (students), 72 Unifi cation (Army-U.S. Marine Corps), 33 Taraqi, Nur Muhammad, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22 Unifi ed Combatant Commands, Defi nition Taylor, Jeffrey (Petty Offi cer First Class), of, 49 136 United Arab Emirates, 4 Tehran, Iran, 6, 52 United Fruit Company, 31 Thar Desert, 6 Marine Corps The Rock (interpreter), 195, 197, 214, 227, General Overview, xi, xii, xvii, 32, 33, 34, 230 35, 36, 37, 39, 114, 209 Third Battalion of the Sixth Marine History, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 38, 279, Regiment (3/6), 57, 97 280, 283 Third Battalion of the Third Marine Modern Employment of / Tactics,35, 36, Regiment (3/3), 39, 41, 48, 49, 50, 39, 40, 42 56–67, 74, 75, 76, 84, 94, 97, 98, 116, United States Marine Corps Forces Special 148, 151, 174, 175, 187, 278 Operations Command (MARSOC), 55 Thunderdome (movie), 182 United States Military Academy at West Thuraya Satellite Phone, 86, 90 Point, 216, 256 Time on Target (TOT), 261 United States Naval Academy, 58, 59, 65 Tirich Mir, 5 United States Special Operations Tora Boras, 64, 65 Command(USSOCOM), xii, 54, 55, 57, Torkham, 13 58, 59, 64, 79, 82, 92, 122, 129, 167 Torres, Andres (Sergeant), 271 Unity of Command (concept), 40, 53 TOW Missile, 36, 45 Unity of Effort (concept), 40, 53 Toyota Hilux, 182, 269, 271, 272, 273 Urgent Fury, Operation, 54 Tracer Rounds, 209, 254, 255, 258 USS Nimitz, 52, 53 Tracy, Matt (Captain), 183, 184, 186, 193, Uzbekistan, 3, 4, 4, 7 223 Tripoli, To the Shores of (second line of the Valley of Death (nickname for the Chowkay U.S. Marines’ Hymn), 30 Valley), 185 T-Series Tanks, 16 Vargas, Carlos (Sergeant), 212, 213, 214, Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, 28 215 Tunisia, 29 Vector (rangefi nder), 257 Turkistan, 12 Videographers (for Ahmad Shah), 164, 165, Turkmenistan, 3, 4, 4, 7, 71, 72 166, 167, 179 Turner, Regan (Second Lieutenant), 84, 85, , 20, 26, 32, 47, 51, 222 86, 87, 88, 172, 173, 175 Twenty-Fifth Infantry Division, 50, 175 Wafa, Governor (of Kunar Province), 176, Twenty-nine Palms, California (Marine 177, 181 Corps Base), 6, 39, 41–45, 49, 104 Waigal Valley, 99, 169, 183 Type 63-2 107mm Rocket, 96, 170, 183, 279, Walker, Kevin (Staff Sergeant), 273 296 Watapor, 87, 105, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181 Waters, Perry (Captain), 211 U.S. Army Rangers, 51, 59, 145, 163, 164 Westerfi eld, Scott (Captain), 41, 47, 62, 67, U.S. Army Rangers, 92 68, 73, 74, 75, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 88, 90, U.S. Army’s Psychological Warfare Division, 92, 94, 108, 121, 122, 169, 175, 186, 51 193, 195, 196 U.S. Navy’s Underwater Demolition Teams, Whalers, Hartford / New England (Hockey 51 Team), xvi, 184 U2 Spy Aircraft, 19 Whalers, Operation UH–1N Iroquois “Huey”, 36, 42, 45 General Overview, xii, xv, xvi, 184, 185, UH–60 Blackhawk, 81, 134, 135, 246, 191 —-1 294 Planning, 184–192 —0 —+1

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