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by Richard Marcinko


  STABs: SEAL Tactical Assault Boats.

  STR: Smack the Rogue.

  SUC: Smart, Unpredictable, and Cunning.

  SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics police teams. All too often they do not train enough, and become SQUAT teams.

  szeb (Arabic): dick.

  TAD: Temporary Additional Duty. (SEALs refer to it as Traveling Around Drunk.)

  TARFU: Things Are Really Fucked Up.

  TBW: Tired but wired.

  TECHINT: TECHnical INTelligence.

  TFB: Too fucking bad.

  THREATCON: THREAT CONdition.

  Tigerstripes: The only stripes that SEALs will wear.

  TIQ: Tango-In-Question TTS: Tap ’em, Tie ’em, and Stash ’em.

  TVE: Thorough visual exam.

  U2: Ugly and unfamiliar.

  UNODIR: UNless Otherwise DIRected. That’s how the Rogue operates when he’s surrounded by can’t cunts.

  VDL: Versatile, Dangerous, and Lethal.

  VSV: Very Slender Vessel. A balls-to-the-wall fast cigarette boat, currently in operational use by DEVGRP.

  Wanna-bes: The sorts of folks you meet at Soldier of Fortune conventions.

  Weenies: pussy-ass can’t cunts and no-loads.

  WHUTA: Wild Hair Up The Ass.

  WTF: What The Fuck.

  Zulu: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) designator used in formal military communications.

  Zulu-5-Oscar: escape and evasion exercises in which Frogmen try to plant dummy limpet mines on Navy vessels, while the vessels’ crews try to catch them in bombus interruptus.

  Index

  All entries preceded by an asterisk (*) are pseudonyms.

  Abdullah, Khaled Bin connections in Germany, 189–90, 196–98, 238, 279–80

  death of, 48–49, 50–52, 194

  SEALs mission against, 3–52

  terrorist activities of, 7–10

  ADM (Atomic Demolition Munitions), 71–72

  retrieval mission, 108–70

  in Schloss Barbarossa, 350, 372, 381

  selling of, 75, 136, 279–80

  Agency for International Development (AID), 256

  Ames, Aldrich, 369

  Annapolis Naval Academy, 88

  Area of Vulnerability (AV), 28–29, 150–51

  Arms. See Weapons

  Barrett, Everett Emerson, 26, 71–72, 317, 323

  Bassenheim (Germany), 119, 120

  Beck, Lothar, 132, 134, 135, 136–37, 165, 166, 170, 191

  death of, 379–83

  dual-use weapons sales of, 206

  influence on German government, 196, 301

  and Khaled, 190, 196–98, 238, 279–80, 302

  meeting with Marcinko, 223–27, 230–39

  and neo-Nazis, 194

  physical appearance of, 223, 224

  and Richter, 207

  Schloss Barbarossa attack, 317–85

  takeover plan of, 277–79

  BeckIndustrie, 134, 166, 173, 209–11, 214–39, 243, 260–73, 302

  Beckwith, Charlie A., 28, 228

  Ben Gal, Avi, 328

  Boehm, Roy, 19, 24–25, 32, 58, 88, 212, 233–34, 244, 264, 341

  Boomerang

  in ADM retrieval mission, 114, 118, 123, 126, 128, 139, 141, 142, 143, 146, 150, 151, 154–55, 159, 163

  in Khaled counterterrorist mission, 6, 16, 19, 25, 26–27, 34, 38–40, 41–42, 44, 48

  in KSK-SEALs counterterrorism mission, 204, 208, 209–10, 213, 216, 218, 230–31, 236, 241, 242–43, 308–09

  in Rhine Main Intel unit, 86–87, 90, 96

  in Schloss Barbarossa attack, 316–17, 325, 329, 334, 335, 341, 343, 344, 346, 349, 353, 354, 358, 359, 373–74, 376–78

  Brannigan, Buckshot, 369

  Brendel, Bentley, 369

  Brendel, Officer K., 129–32, 134, 137

  British Airways, 284–85

  Budenheim (Germany), 116

  Burke, Arleigh, 88

  Bush, George, 42

  Bustillo, Juan, 257–58

  C-5A, 287

  Calderon, 276

  checkerboard jackstay search, 115

  Chi, General, 243

  CIA (“Christians in Action”), 10, 11, 13, 176, 205, 206, 258, 302

  CINCCOMs (communications systems), 281–82

  CINCUS-NAVEUR (Commander-IN-Chief, US NAVal Forces, EUrope), 111, 172, 204, 281–82, 291

  circle jerk search, 116

  climbing, 329–30, 340–44

  Cohen, Izzy, 40

  Cold War, Land-War Scenario, 73–74

  COMINT (COMmunications INTelligence), 135

  Cooper, Jeff, 383

  countersurveillance, 97

  Counterterrorism

  exchange training, 178–79

  German unit, 133–34, 176–77, 180–99

  Khaled mission, 3–68

  neo-Nazi mission, 203–83, 303–85

  Crocker, General Thomas E., 53, 56, 57, 67, 280

  and ADM retrieval mission, 99–100, 101–13, 162–63, 171

  briefed on neo-Nazi plan, 300–03

  D-Day invasion, 282

  Defense Department, 109

  Devine, Terry (Baby Huey), 17, 18, 33, 39

  in ADM retrieval mission, 114, 116, 124, 126, 139, 141, 145, 163, 166–67, 172

  Rhine Main Intel Unit, 85, 94–95, 96, 103

  in Schloss Barbarossa attack, 316, 317, 327, 340, 341–42, 343, 346, 353, 355, 358

  *Dewey, Allen (Duck Foot), 16, 26–27, 32, 79, 94–95, 102

  in ADM retrieval mission, 114, 124, 125, 126, 129, 139, 141, 142, 145

  in Rhine Main Intel Unit, 79, 94–95, 102

  in Schloss Barbarossa attack, 316, 318, 327, 329, 331, 334, 340, 344, 346, 353, 355, 358

  DiCarlo, Eddie (Nod), 17, 33

  in ADM retrieval mission, 114, 124, 126, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145, 163, 167

  in Rhine Main Intel Unit, 87, 88, 102

  in Schloss Barbarossa attack, 316, 317, 319, 325, 327, 329, 334, 340, 341–42, 343, 346, 358, 359, 373, 376, 378

  Dieblich (Germany), 119

  dual-use equipment, 206, 302

  Düsseldorf (Germany), 63, 64, 117, 134, 168, 173, 189, 203, 210–11, 213–51

  dynamic entry operations, 45–47

  *Eamon the Demon, 111–12, 169, 172–73, 204, 281, 291

  Ehud, 275

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 282

  ELINT (ELectronic INTtelligence), 135

  ELINT/TECHINT/SIGINT, 13

  El Salvador, 255–59

  *Emu, G. Edward, 106

  FBI, 9, 11, 52, 106

  FedEx, 286, 287–88, 305–07

  Gabliani (Georgian Mafiyosi), 62–67, 279–80

  Germany

  ADM retrieval mission in, 108–73

  counterterrorism unit in, 133–34, 174, 176–99, 294–96, 313–14

  Green party in, 278

  KSK-SEALs counterterrorist mission, 203–83, 303–85

  neo-Nazis in, 64, 69, 194, 234–35, 277–79

  Rhine Main Intel unit, 75–100

  Schloss Barbarossa attack, 316–85

  skinheads in, 69, 70, 83–84, 89–94, 194

  traitors in, 313–14, 384–85

  transition period in, 70, 277–78

  Golan, Ehud, 369

  Green Berets, 87

  Green party, 278

  Griffith, Grant, 369

  Grose, 71, 72

  *Grundle, Nasty Nicky, 17

  Grüner, Peter, 65, 68, 207

  GSG-9, 133–34, 227

  Halsey, Bull, 88

  *Harris, Mike (Half Pint), 17, 32, 103

  in ADM retrieval mission, 114, 118, 124, 139, 163

  in Schloss Barbarossa attack, 317, 327, 340, 343

  helicopters, unbalanced, 275

  Hochheizer, Heinz, 10, 12, 49–50, 52, 53, 62–68, 113, 134, 165, 173, 189, 207, 278, 279

  intelligence exchange training, 178–79

  intelligence sharing, 70–71, 204–05

  Internet, 11

  Israel, 275

 
JCET (Joint Combined Exchange Training), 178

  Johnson, Lyndon, 105

  Joseph K. Taussig USS, 282

  Kasi, Mir Aimal, 11

  Kennedy, John F., 25, 257

  Khobar Towers bombing, 10

  Koblenz (Germany), 117, 121

  Koblenz-Metternich interchange, 119–20

  Kohler, Frederic

  death report on, 294–96, 311–13

  on internal infiltration, 313–14, 384

  in KSK-SEALs counterterrorist mission, 207, 244–55, 259–66, 268, 269, 272–76

  and Marcinko, 174–77, 179–83, 186–99

  in Schloss Barbarossa attack, 323, 326, 343, 346, 382, 383, 384, 385

  Köln (Germany), 116–17

  Kommando Spezialkräfte

  (KSK), 176, 179–83, 186–99, 203–83

  Kuz Emeq, assault on, 12, 13, 20, 27–52, 54, 107

  Lakenheath air base, 288, 304–07

  Lantos, Werner, 369

  LeClerc, Henri and Collette, 242

  London (England), 284–96, 299–307

  Lufthansa 737 hijacking, 133

  MacArthur, Douglas, 290

  McVeigh, Timothy, 67

  MADM (Medium Atomic Demolition Munitions), 71–72

  Mahon, Paul, 165

  Mainz (Germany), 78–83, 308–15

  Marcinko, Richard

  in ADM retrieval mission, 108–70

  and Crocker, 99–113, 300–03

  and German antiterrorist unit, 180–99

  and intelligence sharing, 70–71, 204–05

  interrogation of arms dealer, 51, 52, 53, 62–68, 279

  in Khaled counterterrorist mission, 3–68

  and Kohler, 174–76, 294–96, 312–14

  in KSK-SEALs counterterrorist mission, 169–83, 303–04

  in London, 284–96, 99–307

  in Rhine Main Intel unit, 75–100

  in Schloss Barbarossa attack, 317–85

  squad of, 16–19, 88

  Max, 313, 327, 340, 346

  MEMCONS (MEMorandums of CONversation), 110

  military

  aggressive personalities in, 88

  bureaucracy in, 105, 290–91

  Clintonista view of, 88

  Cold War strategy, 74–75

  command loyalty in, 105

  cutbacks in, 109

  and presidential scandal, 106

  promotion in, 111n Moles, 313–14

  Montgomery, Joanne, 101

  Mossad, 275

  Murphy, Mister, 4, 6, 12, 34, 86, 91, 140, 263, 264–65, 323, 325, 328, 329, 334, 340, 364

  Nacodoches, USS (SSN 767), 3–5, 12–15, 20–23

  NATO, 74

  Naunheim (Germany), 122

  night vision, 143–44, 148–49

  Nimitz, Chester, 88

  Nixon, Richard M., 73

  Noriega, Manny, 275

  Operation Desert Storm, 87

  Operation Goldenrod, 11

  Operation Overlord, 282

  Option Delta, 279, 280, 282, 303

  pain, 155

  passwords, 273

  Pillig (Germany), 122

  Pollard, Jonathan, 369

  POMCUS (Positioned Outside the Military) repositories, 74–75, 108–12, 121, 125, 139, 279

  Rackel, Police Officer V., 130, 134–35, 137

  Reagan, Ronald, 255, 277

  Rhine Main, 75–100, 307–09

  Richter, Markus, 207–08

  *Rodent, 17, 32, 39, 96, 102, 114, 139, 141, 145, 316, 317, 327, 330, 340, 343

  Rodriguez, Eduardo, 257

  running jackstay search, 115

  Russia

  and ADM retrieval mission, 145–46

  arms trade in, 10, 62–63, 65–66, 206, 279

  Mafiyosi, 165, 227

  SADM (Small Atomic Demolition Munitions), 50, 71

  Saudi Arabia, 8, 9–10, 12, 57, 107

  scents, 347–48

  Schloss Barbarossa, attack on, 317–85

  Schulz, Dieter, 323

  SDR (Surveillance Detection Route), 310

  SEALs (Naval Special Warfare SEa-Air-Land units)

  in ADM retrieval mission, 108–70

  in Cold War tactical nuclear mission, 73–74

  in El Salvador, 256–59

  exchange training program, 178

  in Khaled counterterrorist mission, 4–51

  -KSK counterterrorism mission, 203–83, 303–85

  offensive strategy of, 211–12

  Schloss Barbarossa attack, 317–85

  underwater searches of, 115–16

  weapons of, 24–25

  SEAL Team Six, 287

  Secrest, Arleigh (CNO), 205

  sentries, 322

  *Shepard, Gator, 6, 16, 32, 39, 50, 94, 102

  in ADM retrieval mission, 114, 139, 141, 142, 145, 163

  in Schloss Barbarossa attack, 316, 327, 329–30, 335, 340, 341–43, 346, 358

  skinheads, 69, 70, 83, 89–93, 194

  Smith, Lieutenant Colonel, 75–76, 78, 79, 98–99, 308

  Somalia, 87

  START nuclear treaty, 110

  Stasi, 64, 207

  State Department, 9

  Strawhouse, LC, 369

  submarine (SSN), 3–5, 13–15, 20–23

  Sullivan, Mugs, 71–72

  Sun Tzu, 243

  surveillance photography, 30, 302

  Suter, John, 55–56, 58–61, 69–71, 110, 135, 163, 168–70, 171–72, 196, 204, 207, 302, 323, 384–85

  Tai Li’ang, 243, 325, 359

  T.K.O. (Tactical Knock-Out), 375n

  training, exchange, 178

  traitors, 369

  *Tremblay, Doc, 17

  Tuzzolino, Joseph, 13, 15, 21

  TWA 847 hijacking, 10

  Ulrich, Franz, 64, 136, 144–45, 165, 166, 170, 190–91, 198, 212, 302, 317

  ADM thefts of, 279–80

  and Beck, 134

  meeting with Marcinko, 226–32

  physical appearance of, 227

  retirement from counter-terrorist unit, 133–34

  in Schloss Barbarossa attack, 361–71

  underwater searches, 115–16

  urban countersurveil-lance, 97

  Walker, John, 369

  Walsh, First Sergeant M., 75–78, 308

  weapons

  ADM/MADM/SADM, 50, 71–72, 108

  ADM retrieval mission, 108–70

  ADM thefts from POMCUS repositories, 75, 136, 279

  atomic mission, 73

  dealer, 10, 12–13, 50, 52, 53, 62–68

  dual-use equipment, 206, 302

  POMCUS repositories, 74–75, 108–12, 121, 125, 139, 279

  Schloss Barbarossa ADMs, 350, 381

  of SEALs, 24–25

  Weber, Hans, 282, 289–90, 293, 303–05

  Wegener, Ricky, 133–34, 227, 230, 280

  Werner, 313, 327, 346

  Westmoreland, William, 105

  Wilson, Edwin, 369

  *Wink, Jim, 176–80, 203–04, 207–08

  Wolf, 245–51, 311, 313, 327, 330–31, 333, 337–39, 343, 346

  Wolff, Markus, 65

  *Wonder, Stevie, 17

  Yunis, Fawaz, 10

  Zamora, Francisco (Comandante Lobo), 256–57, 259

  1 That’s Kraut for needle in the haystack.

  2 Have you ever noticed that the fucking State Department has the habit of almost always taking the other guy’s side whenever there’s an international dispute? It has occurred to me to ask who the fuck these pin-striped fudge-cutting cookie-pushing bureaucrats work for. The answer, of course, is that they work for you and me—the citizens of the United States. But don’t tell them that—most of our professional diplomats get upset if you require them to stand up for America.

  3 Very Slender Vessel, which is a fancy way of talking about the kind of highspeed cigarette boats favored by drug smugglers and other stealthy types.

  4 As you can probably guess, it stands for Tango-In-Question

  5 East German secret police.r />
  6 Though a great boon, the Internet is making the tracking of tangos much more difficult, as it is almost impossible to intercept encrypted E-mail and other postings. Note, however, that I said almost impossible. Our alphabet-soup agencies have developed certain proficiencies in recent years that keep ’em half a step ahead of the bad guys. Half a step may not be a lot—but it’s enough.

  7 ELectronic INTelligence/TECHnical INTelligence/SIGnals INTelligence.

  8 Lower Than Whale Shit

  9 Now, as I’ve said in the past, Charlie wasn’t literally my shipmate, meaning that he and I had served in the same ship together. But Charlie and I worked together; we were friends and colleagues; we stood back to back and fought the powers that be to make things better for our men—and kill as many of our nation’s enemies as we could. So far as I am concerned, that makes him my shipmate.

  10 Oops. I think that the Lacrosse/Crystal/Flagpole designator is still compartmented information. In civilian-speak, that means it’s Top Fucking Secret. Do me a favor: please cut this entire page out of the book, shred it, then send the shreds back to the publisher as evidence you’ve complied. Otherwise, the fucking Feds are probably going to come after my Roguish ass for giving away the nation’s secrets.

  11 Rules Of Engagement

  12 That’s to be expected. This administration, after all, is the one in which a highly paid Pentagon consultant told the secretary of the Army that the military is too “manly” and demanded that in the future, training should not accentuate such “manly” attitudes as aggressiveness and combat skills, but instead pattern Army training after such organizations as religious orders and Alcoholics Anonymous. That way, the consultant wrote, “the Army will achieve the desirable goal of becoming non-violent, less sexist, and ungendered.” What is most unbelievable about all this unmitigated horseshit, is that the fucking secretary of the Army actually accepted the criticism without comment.

  13 That’s how SEALs refer to a Ph.D.

  14 Kraut for dead as a doornail.

  15 United States Government Issue

  16 The acronym stands for UNless Otherwise DIRected, and it’s how I prefer to operate when I’m surrounded by can’t cunts.

  17 That’s Russkie for a crime lord.

  18 United States Government-Inspected. Yes, I know last time I used this acronym it stood for U.S. Government Issue, but that’s the way things go.

  19 Mafiya godfather

  20 Criminal hackers

  21 It’s Kraut for tiny.

  22 American Express card

  23 Naval Intelligence Liaison Officer

  24 That’s a rendezvous in Deutsch.

  25 Literally, a beer room. What a wonderful concept.

  26 Bartender

  27 Sonofabitch

  28 Foul-smelling Kraut

  29 You’ll remember that’s what they call cathedrals in Germany.

  30 If you want to read more about Joanne, you can go out and buy Rogue Warrior: SEAL Force Alpha.

 

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