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1st Battalion, 6th Marines (1/6) 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (2/4), 248, 346, dysfunction of, 183 347, 348 headquarters, 54, 83 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, 351 leadership, 86 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 294–95, 352 Operation Squeeze Play, 27 5.56mm rounds, 7, 96, 136, 249 provincial government center 7.62mm ammo, 7, 74, 136, 149, 155, 166, protection, 163 226, 249, 303, 311 in Qatana, 162 9mm pistols, 36, 39, 286 and SEALs, 144 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) taking credit for weapons cache find, AO Bull-Rush, 348 133, 136 commanding officers’ visit and pep UAV use, 179 talk, 137 See also Operation Hue City; Operation deployment extension, 183 Hue City II deployment into Al Anbar Province, 89, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry (1/9 infantry), 346–47 188, 191, 192, 235, 292, 352. See also Rutbah, 349 Julayba; Operation Churubusco 24 (TV series), 221 1st Battalion, 37thCOPYRIGHTED Armor (1-37 Armor) 40mm MATERIAL grenades, 17, 115, 116, 207, AO Bandit, 4 256, 304 intelligence officer’s briefing, 22 .50 caliber machine guns, 12, 17, 146, 147, leadership, 28 152, 154, 304 Operation Squeeze Play, 27 57mm IRLs (improvised rocket launchers), SEALs use, 87 258, 262 See also Operation Harrison Creek I 82mm mortars, 133, 174, 262, 285, (HC1); Operation Harrison Creek II 295, 340 (HC2); Operation Windmill Point 120mm cannons, 55, 149, 217 1st Brigade, 1st Armor Division, 20, 351 120mm mortars, 109, 133, 174, 244, 282, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines (2/3), 348 283, 340

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122mm artillery rounds, 103 Al Qaeda in (AQI) 240G machine gun, 149, 171, 172 briefings on, 23–24, 26, 28 brutality of, 26, 102 Abdallah Ibn Al-Mubarak Brigade, 23 command-and-control network, 262, 351 Abd-al Sala’am mosque, 138, 166–67 founding of, 23 Abizaid, General John, 346 Kasim kidnapping, 327–31, 333–34 Abrams tanks, 6, 55, 56, 70, 97, 108, 149, leadership, 23, 26, 184, 194, 312 172, 300, 318 Operation Churubusco goals, 192, 197 Abu Soda tribe, 192, 195 Operation Squeeze Play goals, 22, Ahlquist, Sergeant Clinton, 271 349–50 death and sacrifice of, 304–5, 312, 345 in Sijariah region, 201, 216 enemy vehicle recovery mission and and Sunni scouts, 228, 229 ambush, 247, 251 al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab, 23–24, 303 Julayba patrol, 279, 280, 281, 283 America, Iraqis’ view of, 164 Operation Hue City, 114–15, 116 ammunition, 69. See also specific types Operation Hue City II, 156, 157, 159 Anbar Awakening movement Risala Takedown, 303–5 AQI’s brutality against members of, 26 AIF (Anti-Iraqi Forces), 31, 193, 194 briefing, 24 Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company campaign with 15th MEU, 351, 352, 354 (ANGLICO), 30, 32, 66 context of, 347–48 AK-47 and AK variant weapons, 35, 58, 77, founding of, 184, 347, 351 136, 166, 335, 345 transition from militia to security AK fire, 70, 71–72, 206 force, 353 Al Anbar Province, 49, 346–47 Anbar Salvation Council, 218 Al Anbar University, 24 Anderson, Corporal Dustin, 277 Al Andaloos, 24 Battle of Christmas Day, 154 Albin, Lance Corporal Joash, 43, 125 COP Melia patrol, 314, 317, 318 Battle of Christmas Day, 148–49, Julayba patrol and ambush, 254, 256–57, 150, 152 260–61, 262 and Brigade Reconnaissance Team, 159 ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison competence of, 65 Company), 30 detainees supervised under, 290 Annapolis-Farm intersection, 155, 156–57 Operation Harrison Creek I, 29, 32, 35, Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF), 31, 193, 194 36, 37 AO. See area of operation (AO) Operation Harrison Creek II, 49 Apache 6, 160–61 Operation Hue City, 97, 113–14, Apache Company, 86, 94, 113, 174–75 120, 123 Apache helicopters, 253, 268, 290–91, Operation Hue City II, 138, 142, 163, 331–33 164–65, 166, 173 Apple, 195 Operation Windmill Point, 65–66, 67, AQI. See Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) 68, 70, 71, 72, 74, 76, 77 Aranez, Corporal Ezekiel, 150–51, 304 Team America graffiti, 164 ARDF (Ar Regional Detention Albu Bali tribe, 230, 231, 255, 272, 287 Facility), 37, 61, 92, 210 Albu Musa mosque, 222, 235, 289, 330, 331 area of operation (AO) Albu Musa tribe, 230, 231, 286, 287, 288– Bandit, 4 89, 331–32 Bastard, 137, 348 Albu Obaid IP, 285 Bull-Rush, 137, 347, 348 Ali, Abu, 236–37, 243, 272, 284, 285, 286, Manchu, 188 288, 289, 320, 329, 331, 333–34 Rage, 214 al-Masri, Abu Ayyub, 303 Tarheel, 84, 183 Alpha (objective), 31, 33, 34 Arias, Sergeant, 15, 17, 18, 19 al Qaeda, 22 armor, 69

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Ar Ramadi Regional Detention Facility Battle of Christmas Day, 149 (ARDF), 37, 61, 92, 210 Operation Hue City, 103, 114, 116, Awakening movement. See Anbar Awakening 121, 122 movement Operation Hue City II, 147, 166, 173, 174 Ba’athists, 23, 218 Ba’ath Party, 54, 83 C4, 15, 17, 38, 96, 101, 155, 315 , 22, 54, 347, 350, 351–52, 353 caches. See weapons caches Baker and Dog Company 1/9 INF, 191 caliphate, 24, 105 Bandits. See 1st Battalion, 37th Armor (1-37 Camp Corregidor, 190–91, 195, 252, 287 Armor) Camp Hurricane Point (HP), 54, 83 Barnes, Corporal Chris, 264, 265 Camp Pendleton, 22 Barwana, 348 Camp Ramadi, 19, 29–30, 40, 48, 61, 79, Baseline-Graves intersection, 72 83, 91–92 Baseline Street, 68, 69–70, 71 Camp Ranger, 211 basic officer trainer, 23 Camp Taqqaddum, 332 Basra, 353 Carlson, First Sergeant Eric, 131 Bastard (AO), 137, 348 1/6 taking credit for weapons cache battle-damage assessments (BDA), 122, 145 find, 133 Bears Road, 331–32 and Oliver North’s visit, 90 Beaton, Doc, 205 Operation Churubusco, 200, 203–4 “Beemer,” 36–37, 38, 40 Operation Hue City, 83 BFT (Blue Force Tracker), 202, 296, 297–98 Operation Windmill Point, 68 BFVs (Bradley fighting vehicles), 30, 42, 60, Carter, Lance Corporal Christopher, 251, 284 258, 261 “Bird Dog,” 292–93 Casey, General George, 346 Bishop, Gunnery Sergeant Edward casualties and Iraqi scouts, 284 at checkpoints, 292–95 and Oliver North’s visit, 90 Iraqi scouts, 335–37 Operation Churubusco, 200, 202, Lance Cpl. Hadden from sniper fire, 205, 207 303–4 Operation Hue City, 83, 123 Sgt. Ahlquist from IED, 304–5, 312, 345 Operation Hue City II, 136, 146 shotgun accidents, 339 blogs, 146–47 CH-53 helicopters, 344 Blue Force Tracker (BFT), 202, 296, 297–98 Champion, Sergeant, 36–37, 38–39, 237 body bags, 250–51, 252 Charlie (objective), 31, 34 bongo trucks, 208, 253, 254, 255–56, 259, Chavez, Lance Corporal Steven, 287–88, 308, 335–36 339–40, 345 booby traps, 115 Chechens, 27, 306 Bradford, Corporal William, 10, 11, checkpoint, definition of, 298 167–68, 172, 173, 206–7 checkpoint 294, 54 Bradley fighting vehicles (BFVs), 30, 42, 60, checkpoint 295, 54, 92, 125, 180, 300 251, 284 checkpoint 296, 241, 294–95, 296, 297–300 Bravo (objective), 30, 33, 34 chem-lights, 74–75, 321 Brigade Reconnaissance Team (BRT), 159, children 160–62 insurgents’ use of, 48–49, 145, 150, 203, Brown, Corporal Adam, 254, 255, 259, 262 204–5 BRT (Brigade Reconnaissance Team), 159, Marines’ experiences with, 98 160–62 Chontosh, Captain, 175–76 Bull-Rush (AO), 137, 347, 348 Christmas, 123–24 Bush, George W., 183, 351, 352 Christmas Day, Battle of, 135, 148–55 Bustamante, Sergeant Churubusco. See Operation Churubusco

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CINC U.S. Central Command, 346 Dagger GPS, 297 Clark, Captain, 210, 211 Daly, Lieutenant Thomas, 125, 126, 127, Clarkson, Kelly, 173, 175–76 128, 268, 269, 270 Clinton, Lance Corporal Jackie, 248 college experience with Lt. Thomas, 13 CNN, 354 dream about death, 123–24 coalition forces smoking, 25–26, 52–53, 70–71 and Awakening Movement, 24 wife of, 224, 228–29 in Haditha Triad, 353 See also specific index entries in Julayba, 192, 344 Davidson, Corporal Clark, 312 in Ramadi, 24–25, 27, 92, 280 Davila, Corporal Jesus, 130 in Sijariah, 313 egg breakfast preparation, 169–70 Cobra 6, 15–16 investigation of, 40, 51 COC (combat operations center), 9, 14–15 Iraqi scout missions, 231, 233, 234, 235, Collard, Corporal Seth, 247–51, 279, 280, 236, 289 281, 283 Julayba patrols, 341, 342 Colt (street), 6 Operation Churubusco, 197–98, 199, Colwell, Staff Sergeant Todd, 257, 277 200, 207, 208, 209 Comanche Company, 86, 95, 106, 108, 110, Operation Harrison Creek I, 34, 111, 143 37–38, 40 combat operations center (COC), 9, Operation Hue City II, 158, 165, 168, 14–15 170, 171 Combat Outposts (COPs) Ramadi events around COP Grant, 6, 7, Eagles Nest, 50, 61–62 8, 10, 11, 12 Falcon, 41, 44, 50, 63, 64, 153 Risala Takedown, 319–20 Firecracker, 86, 92–95, 110, 114, “Daytona 500,” 13 117, 159 Daytona Street, 6, 7, 11 Grant, 3–6, 13, 14, 31, 45, 50, 54–55, Del Castillo, Doc, 316–18 64, 78–79 detainees Iron, 60, 61 Iraqi scout missions, 235, 236, 237, Melia, 252, 265, 313 241–46, 252 Qatana, 86, 89, 90, 108–10, 111 Julayba missions, 286–87, 289–90, 300 Rage, 199, 206, 208, 238, 239, 302 Operation Churubusco, 210–11 Sword, 64, 72 Operation Harrison Creek I, 35–40, command-and-control network, 262, 351 46, 48 command wire, 69 Operation Harrison Creek II, 60–61 Company E, 348 Operation Windmill Point, 79 Company F, 348 processing, 29 Company G, 347 Risala Takedown, 322–23 Conley, Corporal Matthew Diyala Province, 352 Battle of Christmas Day, 150 dogs, 198–99 Julayba patrol, 279, 280, 281, 283 Double-A, 284, 286, 287, 319–21, Operation Hue City II, 147 323, 340 Risala Takedown, 303 Downum, Corporal William, 312 Convery, Private First Class Kevin, 317 dreams, about death, 123–24 Cooke, Lance Corporal, 126, 152 DSU riverine patrol craft, 193 COPs. See Combat Outposts (COPs) DuckTales, 46n1 counter-snipers, 160–61 Duvall, Lance Corporal Adam, 121, 122, Craig, Corporal Robert, 142, 143, 144 247, 248–50 Crippen, Staff Sergeant, 115, 116, 122, 247–51, 306 Eagle, Staff Sergeant Jerry, 276, 277 crypto, 161 Battle of Christmas Day, 154 Cugliotta, Corporal Dean, 294–95 COP Melia patrol, 313–17, 319

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Julayba patrol and ambush, 257, 261, Gixxer-Nova intersection, 202, 204, 236, 263, 264, 265 263, 279, 286, 288, 301, 330, 331, 333 Operation Hue City, 116 Gixxer-Rage intersection, 208 Operation Hue City II, 174 Glynn, Lieutenant Colonel Jim, 137 Eakin, Lance Corporal Benjamin, 125 GMLRs (guided multiple launch rockets), Battle of Christmas Day, 148 152–53, 163–64, 309–10 and Brigade Reconnaissance Team, 160 government center, 92, 141, 163, 300 competence of, 65–66 graffiti, 132, 139, 177, 187 Iraqi scout missions, 230, 231, 235 Graves-Baseline intersection, 72 Operation Hue City, 99, 100, 104, Graves Street, 72, 73 116–17, 118, 121, 122 grenades, 150–51, 154. See also specific types Operation Hue City II, 140, 147, 163, Grubb, Lieutenant Andrew, 43 167, 173 enemy vehicle recovery mission and Operation Windmill Point, 65–66, 68, ambush, 251 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 Iraqi scout missions, 22, 236 Ramadi events around COP Grant, 13, Julayba patrol and ambush, 262 29, 32, 35, 36, 37, 49 Kasim kidnapping, 331 Entry Control Point Eight (ECP 8), 298 Maj. Mayberry’s briefing, 28 EOD engineers, 103–5, 117, 177–78, Operation Harrison Creek II, 60, 61 263–64 Operation Hue City, 86, 105, 106, 108–9 River, 54, 193, 209, 253–54 photograph incident, 182 executive officer (XO), 33–34 See also Rage Company, 4th Platoon (Rage 4) F/A-18, 100, 309–10 guided multiple launch rockets (GMLR), Fahadawi tribe, 225 152–53, 163–64, 309–10 , 28 Guinn, Corporal Scott Faris, General, 217, 218, 219, 224 Julayba patrol and ambush, 254, 255, Farm-Annapolis intersection, 155, 156–57 258, 261, 262 Farm Road, 117, 118, 146, 147, 156–57 OP Squirrel explosion, 288 Farouk Way, 6, 8, 50, 54, 55 Fedayeen, 23, 217 Habbaniyah, 194 Ferry, Lieutenant Colonel Chuck, 192–95, Hadden, Lance Corporal Cody, 303–4, 305 196, 209–10 Haditha, 22 fire extinguishers, 116–17, 129 Haditha Triad, 347, 348, 349 Fire Station–Michigan intersection, 163 hajji, 219 Fire Station Road, 100, 114, 140, 141, 162, Hall, Staff Sergeant Tyson, 168 168, 174 Hamadi, Hamid Ali, 193–94 First Division, 217 Hamid, Daham Hanush, 194, 195 forward observers (FO), 30, 66, 69 Hanush, Safa Daham, 333–34 Foy, Lance Corporal Jeffrey, 315–16, 318 Hanush, Umar Daham, 194 fragmentation grenades, 11, 71–72 Hanush Network, 192, 194 Haqlaniyah, 23, 348 Galvan, Lance Corporal Couoh, 281 Harrison Creek I. See Operation Harrison Gatorade, 33 Creek I (HC1) “general,” 215–27, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, Harrison Creek II. See Operation Harrison 236, 237, 241–46, 270, 272, 284 Creek II (HC2) Give Me (street), 156 Hatim Hussain Ali Sa’id, 194, 197, 199 Give Me–Racetrack intersection, 100, 108, HEDP grenades, 207 110–11, 112, 114, 120, 137, 143, 148, Heidbreder, Lance Corporal Jason 156, 163, 166, 167 Ramadi events around COP Grant, 6 Gixxer, 233, 235, 253, 255, 256, 260–61, sniper ambush and hit, 7, 8, 11–12, 20, 263, 264 38, 40, 72, 146

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HET (human exploitation team), 30 Iran-, 215 high-value individuals (HVI), 193–94 Iraqi army Holloway, Sergeant Brian, 128 confiscated weapons given to, 104 Iraqi scout missions, 233, 234, 235, 289 Mila’ab sector assault, 352 Julayba patrols, 341 Operation Churubusco, 191, 193, 195, Operation Churubusco, 207, 208 205, 206 Operation Harrison Creek II, 52–53, 57 Risala Takedown, 305 Operation Hue City, 95–96 soldiers at COP Grant, 32–33 Operation Hue City II, 139, 140 support of Iraqi scouts, 211, 218, Operation Windmill Point, 70, 71, 72, 228, 285 73, 74, 76, 77 Iraqi government, 353 Ramadi events around COP Grant, 8–9, Iraqi Ground Forces, 218 15, 16, 18, 25–26 Iraqi Highway Patrol, 348 Hook Street, 57 Iraqi militias, 267, 273, 320–21 Hopper, Lieutenant, 195 Iraqi police (IP), 58–59, 106, 246, 281, Horea (OP), 139, 300 339–40 Hotel (OP), 298 Iraqi scouts, 266, 267, 268, 273 Hue City. See Operation Hue City coordination of mission plans with Capt. Hue City II. See Operation Hue City II Smith, 219–23 human exploitation team (HET), 30 description and background of, 215, HUMINT, 193 217–18 humvees, 112–13, 200 detainees taken in mission with, 235, 236, Hussein, Qusay, 219 237, 241–46, 252 Hussein, Saddam, 83, 219, 284 disarming of, 219, 226–28 Hussein, Uday, 217, 219 general’s sleeping arrangements, 223–26 HVIs (high-value individuals), 193–94 missions with, 230–37, 288–89, 334 return of (Feb. 8), 284–86 Ice Palace, 143, 146–49, 151, 156, 163–65 Risala Takedown, 313, 319–24 IEDs (improvised explosive device), 45, second thoughts about mission 132, 274 participation, 229–30 casualties, 305 transport to COP Rage, 211–12, 213, December 26 attack, 157–59 215–17 disarming, 178 Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), 22 enemy vehicle recovery mission and Iraq map, ii ambush, 251 Iraq War time line, 350–54 fire extinguishers reconfigured as, Irish Way, 198–99, 216–17, 287, 342 116–17, 129 Irish Way–Red Road Intersection, 303 initialization, 69 Irish Way–Ruby Road intersection, 201 Julayba patrol and ambush, 261, 264 Irish Way–South Bend intersection, 247 lamp cords used for, 140 IRLs (improvised rocket launchers), 247, placement, 74 249, 259, 261, 315 in Ramadi, 24–25, 26, 31, 55, 57–58 ISF (Iraqi Security Forces), 22 remote-controlled, 76 (ISI), 85 Risala Takedown, 309 compound opposite Fire Station illumination flares, 282 Road, 101 Imposing Law, Operation, 352 executive building of, 24, 111 improvised explosive devices. See IEDs legal court of, 24, 118, 231 (improvised explosive device) Ramadi as capital, 351 improvised rocket launchers (IRL), 247, 249, 259, 261, 315 Jabbar, Sheikh, 320, 338 infrared chem-lights, 74–75, 321 Jack (interpreter), 226–28, 229, 232, 242, 243, intelligence sections, 48, 87–89 244, 245, 325, 327–28, 329, 333, 338

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Jack Bauer (OP), 221 Kasim, kidnapping of, 327–31, 333–34 Jahelka, Lieutenant Richard Kastner, Sergeant Peter, 169, 205, 206, 208 Battle of Christmas Day, 150, 152 Katuysha rocket, 310, 339 enemy vehicle recovery mission and killed in action (KIA), 154, 161, 250–51 ambush, 247, 248, 250, 251 Kill Street, 314, 316 Iraqi scout mission, 22 Kurdish uprising (1990s), 215 and Iraqi scouts, 218, 236 Kurtabah School, 328, 329–30 Julayba patrol, 278–84 Kuwait, 89, 346 Operation Churubusco, 193 Operation Harrison Creek II, 52 Lake Habbaniya, 201 Operation Hue City, 96, 103, 114, 115, lamps, 140 118 Lawrence of Arabia, 212 Operation Hue City II, 144, 147, 163 Lima 2 patrol sector, 63, 64, 65, 76 Risala Takedown, 301, 303, 304–11 load carriage, 69 See also Rage Company, 3rd Platoon (Rage 3) M1 Abrams tank, 6, 300, 318 Jahner, Lance Corporal Craig, 259, 277, M4 rifle, 68, 69 314, 317 M32 street-sweeper, 115 Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad group (JTJ), M67 fragmentation grenades, 11 23, 26 M203, 256 James, Captain M249 SAW (squad automatic weapon), 10, briefing by, 22, 23–25, 26 257, 317 Operation Harrison Creek I detainees, Mahdi Army, 353, 354 46, 48 Majeed, Lieutenant General, 218 Operation Harrison Creek II detainees, 61 Mala’ab sector, 342 Operation Windmill Point, 63, 74 Maliki, Nouri al-, 218 Jamie (street), 111, 112, 114, 137 MAMs (military-age males), 34, 38, 76–77 Janicki, Lance Corporal Mitchell, 317 Manchu (AO), 188 Jassim, Sheikh, 195 Mann, Lieutenant Jason, 87–89, 110, 115, JDAM warheads, 310 183–84 jihadists, 100 Manson-Pope intersection, 145 Jones, Corporal Joseph, 212 Marlo (interpreter), 98, 119, 127, 139, 164, JTJ (Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad group), 166, 167–68 23, 26 Marwan (son of Hatim Hussain Ali Sa’id), Julayba, 188 194, 199, 202 al Qaeda’s control of, 192, 349–50 Masri, Abu Ayyub al-, 303 convoy into, 200–202 “Master of Puppets,” 78 Iraqi-only missions, 319–24, 334–41 Maverick weapons, 290–91 Operation Squeeze Play, 28 Mayberry, Major, 20, 22, 26–28 Rage 2’s final patrols, 341–44 McClung, Major Megan, 65 uprising (March 11), 325–34, 350 Melia, Lance Corporal Anthony, 248, 250, See also Iraqi scouts; Operation 252, 345 Churubusco; Risala Takedown mensurated grid, 153 Julayba Iraqi Police Station, 335 MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit). See 15th Juliet 8, 9 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Michigan, 53–54, 92, 139, 141, 179, Kalashnikov, 19, 213–14, 280, 330 197–98, 200–201, 213 Karras, Sergeant Dimitrios, 271 Michigan–Fire Station intersection, 163 Iraqi scout missions, 288–89 Michigan–Orchard Way intersection, 201, Julayba patrols, 341, 342 303, 304, 306, 307, 311 Operation Churubusco, 196, 199 Mila’ab, 24, 27–28, 192, 298, 351 Operation Hue City II, 56 military-age males (MAMs), 34, 38, 76–77

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Military Transition Team (MTT), 211 Rebel, 262, 265 Ministry of Health, 353 Shocker, 301, 302 Ministry of Interior, 353 Squirrel, 287–88, 312 Ministry of Oil, 106, 108–9, 114, 167 Trotter, 252, 339 MNF-W (Multi-National Forces-West), Odierno, General Raymond, 346 22, 137 Officer Candidate School, 87 Mohammara School, 335, 336, 337 Ogden Gate, 53 Mohammed, Colonel, 284, 285, 286, 287, Operation Churubusco 289, 327, 329–30, 331, 333, 334, 336, briefing, 191–95 338, 339, 340–41, 343 detainees, 210–11 Moneybags (Scrooge), 35, 36, 37, 38–39, January 16, 197–200 40, 46 January 17, 200–210 Monsoor, Michael, 50 Lt. Daly’s role, 196 movement methods, 162–63 target areas, 189 MSC (Mujahedeen Shura Council), 23 Operation Harrison Creek I (HC1) MTT (Military Transition Team), 211 detainees, 35–40, 46, 48 mud, 93 events, 32–35 Mujahedeen Shura Council (MSC), 23 Maj. Mayberry’s briefing, 20–28 Muj Crossing, 31 methods, 50–51 mujj artist, 60 mission brief, 29–32 Multi-National Forces-West (MNF-W), objective areas during, 21 22, 137 Operation Harrison Creek II (HC2) music, 172, 173, 175–76 detainees, 60–61 Mutar, Ali Hamid (Ali Siyagah), 194, 208, events, 52–60 231, 233, 234, 242 Papa 10 patrol sector, 47, 48, 49, 50–51 Muthana (son of Hatim Hussain Ali planning, 48–52 Sa’id), 194 Operation Hue City briefings, 83, 86–87, 94–95 Nahar, Thamir Hamad, 26, 29 first advancement, 96–105 Nasaf Marketplace, 314, 316 insurgents’ response, 106–10 National Guardsmen, 91 intelligence, 91 Navy SEALs. See SEALs purpose, 86, 90, 95 night vision goggles (NVGs), 112–13, 203–4 second mission, 110–17 Norris, Lance Corporal Charles, 159 third mission, 118–22 North, Oliver, 89–90 Operation Hue City II North Task Force, 34 Battle of Christmas Day, 135, 148–55 Nova, 199, 201–7, 230, 236, 238, 303, briefing, 136–37 314–15, 327, 337–38 December 24, 142–47 Nova-Gixxer intersection, 202, 204, 236, December 26, 155–59 263, 279, 286, 288, 301, 330, 331, 333 December 29, 160–63 Nova–Orchard Way intersection, 194, December 30, 163–69 204, 303 December 31, 169–77 Nova-Ruby intersection, 314 first advancement, 137–42 January 1, 177–81 Obaid, 285–86 target areas, 134 objective Alpha, 31, 33, 34 Operation Imposing Law, 352 objective Bravo, 30, 31, 33, 34 Operation Phantom Thunder, 352 objective Charlie, 31, 34 Operation Squeeze Play Observation Posts (OPs) background and summary of, 22, Horea, 139, 300 346–50, 351 Hotel, 298 context of, 350–54 Jack Bauer, 221 goal of, 351

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Maj. Mayberry’s briefing, 27–28 Qahttan, Mullah, 26, 29, 49, 195, 289, 290, success of, 350 300, 349 See also specific operations Qatana, 19, 24, 27, 85, 107, 177. See also Operation Windmill Point, 64 Operation Hue City; Operation Hue detainees, 79 City II events, 68–79 Qatana Security Station, 107 goals, 63 quick reaction force (QRF), 196, 251, intelligence cell, 44 263, 304 staging, 63–66 OPs. See Observation Posts (OPs) Racetrack–Give Me intersection, 100, 108, Orchard Way (street), 201, 222, 301 110–11, 112, 114, 120, 137, 143, 148, Orchard Way–Michigan intersection, 201, 156, 163, 166, 167 303, 304, 306, 307, 311 Racetrack Street, 86, 90, 92, 97, 105, 106, Orchard Way–Nova intersection, 194, 115, 152, 162 204, 303 radio communication, 33–34, 65–66 Orchard Way–Red Road intersection, Rage (AO), 214 303, 309 Rage 6. See Smith, Captain John Osbourne, Ozzy, 172 Rage Company, 1st Platoon (Rage 1) Battle of Christmas Day, 150, 151, Papa 8 patrol sector, 39 154–55 Papa 10 patrol sector, 47, 48, 49, 50–51 COP Melia patrol, 314–19 Pathfinder Julayba patrol and ambush, 240, 252–65 new lieutenant’s reluctance to follow, leadership, 277 295–97 Operation Churubusco, 205 Operation Churubusco, 200, 204 Operation Harrison Creek II, 50, 55, Operation Harrison Creek I, 50, 55 59, 60 Operation Harrison Creek II, 57–58 Operation Hue City, 96, 99, 100, 101–2, Operation Hue City, 90, 97, 99, 100 104, 105, 111, 114, 118, 120 Operation Hue City II, 156 Operation Hue City II, 139, 143, 146, Ramadi events around COP Grant, 30, 162, 177 31, 33 Operation Windmill Point, 67 Pepsi, 165, 169 Ramadi events around COP Grant, 34, 42 PEQ-2 infrared laser, 69, 73, 120, 162, 247, See also Shearburn, Lieutenant Cullen 249, 281 Rage Company, 2nd Platoon (Rage 2) Petraeus, General David, 346, 351, Battle of Christmas Day, 149, 150, 151 352, 354 Julayba patrols, 278–79, 341–44 Phantom Thunder, Operation, 352 Operation Churubusco, 197–98, photographs, 181–83 205, 209 Pickett, Corporal Jimmy, 207 Operation Harrison Creek II, 50, 55, 56, PIEDs (potential IEDs), 69, 75, 91 57, 60 PKM medium machine gun, 258 Operation Hue City, 96, 99, 100, 101, Pope-Manson intersection, 145 102, 104, 105, 114, 120 Pope Street, 143, 162 Operation Hue City II, 138, 141, 143, Pope-Zazu intersection, 154–55 146, 156, 157, 159, 162, 165, 177 potential IEDs (PIEDs), 69, 75, 91 Operation Windmill Point, 66–67, 68 prayer cards, 260 Ramadi events around COP Grant, 6, Predator UAV, 179, 330–31 8, 34 pre-mission checks, 16, 190 Risala Takedown, 305, 306, 309, 310–13 pre-mission rituals, 96, 251 See also Thomas, Lieutenant James Propane (Huey), 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 46 Rage Company, 3rd Platoon (Rage 3) psychological operations team, 30, Operation Hue City, 96, 99, 103, 104, 78, 191 114, 118, 120, 121

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Rage Company (continued ) Ruby-Nova intersection, 314 Operation Hue City II, 140, 141, 143, Ruby Road, 201, 216, 287, 316–17 156, 162, 177 Ruby Road–Irish Way intersection, 201 Operation Windmill Point, 67 rules of engagement (ROE), 36, 103, 144, Risala Takedown, 301, 303–11 145, 263, 264 See also Jahelka, Lieutenant Richard Rutbah, 22, 347, 348, 349 Rage Company, 4th Platoon (Rage 4) Kasim kidnapping, 330 S2, 193 Operation Churubusco, 208–9 SA-7 surface to air missile, 275 Operation Harrison Creek II, 50, 57, 58, SAA (Sahawa al Anbar), 183 59, 60, 61 Saddam Bridge, 54 Operation Hue City, 106, 108–10, 111, Saddam Canal, 51, 54, 83 112 Saddam mosque, 294, 298–99 Operation Hue City II, 143 Sa’d Ibn-Abi-Waqas Brigade, 23 Operation Windmill Point, 66, 67, 71, 74 Sadr, Moqtada al, 352, 353 Ramadi events around COP Grant, 34 , 353, 354 See also Grubb, Lieutenant Andrew safety issues, 67–68 Rage-Gixxer intersection, 208 Sahawa al Anbar (SAA), 183 Rage Mobile, 264 Sa’id, Hatim Hussain Ali, 194, 197, 199 Rage Road, 208, 255 Salim, 284 raid forces (RF), 193 Sattar Abdul al-Rishawi, Sheikh, 183–84, Ramadi, xviii 192, 347, 351 insurgent attacks against coalition forces, Saudi Arabia, 194 24–25 Sawawa al Anbar (SAA), 183 Operation Squeeze Play strategy and School of Infantry (SOI), 248 execution, 22, 347, 348, 349–50 schools, 75, 92, 100–101 See also Operation Harrison Creek I scouts. See Iraqi scouts (HC1); Operation Harrison Creek II SEALs (HC2); Operation Windmill Point 1/6’s use, 87 Ramadi General Hospital, 24 objective Bravo, 30 Rebel (OP), 262, 265 Operation Hue City II, 143–45, 147 recreation, 91 Papa 10 debriefing, 48–49 Red Road–Irish Way intersection, 303 Ramadi events around COP Grant, 35, 39 Red Road–Orchard Way intersection, Search and Attack, 193 303, 309 Second Officers, 24, 26, 31 Republican Guard, 23 Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR), 22 Revolutionary Brigade, 23, 166–67 Sempert, Sergeant Adam rifleman’s training, 67–68 IED found by, 132 Risala mosque, 222, 301 Iraqi scout missions, 234, 235 Risala Takedown Operation Hue City II, 175, 178 COP Melia patrol, 313–19 poker, 174 detainees, 322–23 sensitive sight exploitation (SSE), Iraqi-only mission, 319–24 254–55, 263 Rage 3’s over-watch before, 301, 303 sergeant of the guard (SOG), 327 Sgt. Ahlquist’s death, 303–5 Sharia law, 194 sniper attacks, 303, 306–9, 323 Shearburn, Lieutenant Cullen, 277 target areas, 302 Battle of Christmas Day, 154–55 rituals, pre-mission, 96, 251 COP Melia patrol, 314, 315, 316, 318 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), 10, 70, destruction of car, 178–79 121, 152, 274 Iraqi scout mission, 221 Rodriguez, Doc, 9, 10, 11–12 and Iraqi scouts, 219 RPK machine gun, 11, 49 Julayba patrol and ambush, 252–65

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Kasim kidnapping, 329 Operation Hue City, 83, 87, 90, 91, 94, Mohammara School patrol, 337, 339 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, Operation Churubusco, 205 110, 111, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120–23 Operation Harrison Creek II, 52 Operation Hue City II, 138, 139, 143, Operation Hue City, 101, 103, 111 144, 145, 155–56, 158–59, 164–65, Operation Hue City II, 139 166, 167, 168–69, 171–72, 173, 174, OP Squirrel explosion, 288 177, 179 personality, 25 photograph incident, 181–83 photograph incident, 181–83 Ramadi events around COP Grant, 20, 29 poker, 174 Risala Takedown, 303, 304, 306, 319–20 See also Rage Company, 1st Platoon Team America, 162, 164 (Rage 1) smoking, 25–26, 52–53, 70–71, 95–96 Shocker (OP), 301, 302 snipers shotguns, 67–68, 118, 339 Battle of Christmas Day, 149–50, 152 shoulder-launched multipurpose assault Operation Hue City, 101 weapons (SMAWs), 115–16, 172, 173, Operation Hue City II, 165, 171 282, 309, 310–11 Risala Takedown, 303, 306–9, 323 Sijariah, 188 Sofia, 28, 188, 195 entrance to, 201 Sofia Reconstruction Counsel, 192 Risala Takedown, 303, 305, 306, , 352 309, 313 Soto, Lance Corporal Carillo, 306 Sijariah crossing, 216, 303, 334 South Bend (street), 247, 250 Siyagah, Ali, 194, 208, 231, 233, 234, 242 South Bend-Irish Way intersection, 247 small-kill teams (SKTs), 48–49, 165, 168 South Bend-Nova intersection, 251 SMAWs (shoulder-launched multipurpose Soviet-style weapons, 102 assault weapons), 115–16, 172, 173, Sperry, Sergeant Jason, 212, 294 282, 309, 310–11 Squeeze Play. See Operation Squeeze Play Smith, Captain John Squirrel (OP), 287–88, 312 Battle of Christmas Day, 150, 151, SSE (sensitive sight exploitation), 152, 154 254–55, 263 COP Melia patrol, 313–14, 318 Starr (street), 114, 117, 137 criticism of, 187, 190 suicide attacks declared Sheikh of Julayba, 338 AQI’s use of children for, 26 enemy vehicle recovery mission and COP Eagles nest, 61–62 ambush, 246–47, 252 OP Squirrel, 287–88, 312 Iraqi scout missions, 231, 232, 233, 235, in Ramadi, 24–25 236, 237 Sunni scouts. See Iraqi scouts and Iraqi scouts, 217–23, 226–27, 229, Sunni Triangle, 22 243, 284 suppressed weapons, 196 Julayba Iraqi-only missions, 334, 336 Julayba patrols and ambush, 252, 253, TAA (Thawar Al Anbar), 24, 183, 184, 216, 254–55, 257, 258, 260, 261–62, 263, 218, 232, 286, 349–50 279, 281, 282 tactical human-intelligence team (THT), Kasim kidnapping, 329, 330, 331, 36, 46 332–33, 334 Tactical Operations Center (TOC), 210–11, Mohammara School patrol, 337–38 290 and Oliver North, 89–90 tanks, 112–13 Operation Churubusco, 205, 208, 209 target range map, 130 Operation Harrison Creek I, 29, 30–32, Tarheel (AO), 84, 183 34, 37–38, 40 Tarheel 3, 123, 145, 149, 155, 156, 179, Operation Harrison Creek II, 50, 51–52, 180–81 58–59, 61 Task Force Cordon North, 30

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Task Force Cordon South, 30 Operation Harrison Creek I, 33–34 Team America: World Police, 162, 164 Operation Hue City, 83 Tedesco, Lieutenant Colonel V. J., 28 Operation Hue City II, 158 Thawar Al Anbar (TAA), 24, 183, 184, 216, on Port-John graffiti, 187 218, 232, 286, 349–50 Thomas, Lieutenant James, 43, 129, 268, unmanned-aerial vehicles (UAVs) 273, 274, 275 Predator UAV, 179, 330–31 Battle of Christmas Day, 149, 157–58 Wasp, 113, 123, 148–50, 151, 152 college experience with Lt. Daly, 13 Uprising (Julayba, March 11), 325–34, 350 Iraqi scout missions, 22, 231, 233, 289 USS Dubuque, 27 Julayba patrols, 278–79, 341–44 Uthman (brother of Mullah Qahttan), 26 Kelly Clarkson, 175–76 Operation Churubusco, 195–99, 205–10 VBIED factory, 113, 114, 115, 116, 137 Operation Harrison Creek I, 30, 37, 38 vehicle recovery mission and ambush, Operation Harrison Creek II, 57–58 246–52 Operation Hue City, 95–96, 101, 102 Vic Mackey, 73, 74, 78 Operation Hue City II, 141, 168–69, videogames, 91 171, 172–73, 174, 177–78 Vietnam War, 230 Operation Windmill Point, 74 Ramadi events around COP Grant, 3, Wag-Bags, 94, 169, 211 6–14, 15, 16 Ware, Michael, 354 reprimand for driving tactical vehicles, 52 Warlock Blue, 76 Risala Takedown, 306–7, 310–12, 319, War on Terror, 23, 354 320, 321–22 “War Pigs,” 172 smoking, 25 Wasp UAV, 113, 123, 148–50, 151, 152 See also Rage Company, 2nd Platoon weapons. See specific weapons (Rage 2) weapons caches, 272, 274, 276, 285 Thornton Street, 143, 163 1/6 taking credit for Rage’s discovery, THT (tactical human-intelligence team), 133, 136 36, 46 on Euphrates River banks, 253 Tiba, Abu, 231–34, 236, 266, 284, 331 ISI compound, 101 TIC (troops in contact), 282 Julayba, 253, 262–65, 278–80, 285, TOC (Tactical Operations Center), 311–12, 340 210–11, 290 objective Bravo discovery, 34 toilets, 93–94, 169, 191 Operation Churubusco, 208–9 Torres, Lance Corporal Alexander, 316–18 Operation Hue City I, 102–4, 138, 183 torture, evidence of, 102, 118 Operation Hue City II, 174 Train Station Road, 55 Operation Squeeze Play goal, 27 troops in contact (TIC), 282 Weapons Company, 1/6, 179–80 Trotter (OP), 252, 339 Williamson, Staff Sergeant Scott, 109–10 Trotter, Lieutenant Craig Windmill Point. See Operation Windmill AO mapping, 340–41 Point checkpoint 296 casualty, 292–95 Wissam (son of Hatim Hussain Ali Sa’id), convoys led by, 241 194 convoy to Camp Corregidor, 190 during Iraqi scout mission, 237 Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, 23–24, 303 Iraqi scout sleeping arrangements, 223–24 Zazu-Pope intersection, 154–55

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