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ROGUE WARRIOR®

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by Richard Marcinko


  lack of security at, 307-08, 312-14, 317-19

  American University, Beirut, 307, 310

  amphibious warfare doctrine, 175, 178

  Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), 105, 107, 120, 142, 147, 148, 151, 163

  intelligence, 110

  Artie F, 333, 338-44, 347-56

  Augustino, Salvatore Pulcio (Gussy), 35, 36

  Aussie Mick, 50

  Baader-Meinhof, 330, 339

  Baby Rich, 256, 300

  mission to Lebanon, 302-03. 309-17

  in Red Cell, 333, 338-44, 347-56, 357

  Bacon, Roger, 365

  Bailey, Larry, 85, 86, 97

  Baker, Jim, 238

  bar brawls, 80-81, 128

  Barrett, Della, 61

  Barrett, Everett E., 59-62, 64, 65-67, 80, 99, 108, 177, 189, 206, 223, 257, 279, 343, 358

  First Law of the Sea, 67, 69, 175,211,253,370

  influence on Marcinko, 173, 187-88, 235-36, 247, 299

  letters of support to Marcinko, 368

  as protection for Marcinko, 124

  Basque terrorists, 330

  Bassac River (Vietnam), 85. 96, 99, 143, 145

  Bay of Pigs, 73

  Beckwith, Charles (Charlie), 7, 245

  and Delta Force, 225-26, 227-28, 230, 231, 233, 235-36, 270, 275

  Beckwith, Katharine, 275

  Beirut, Lebanon

  armed groups in, 311, 312 see also American embassy, Beirut

  Belgium, 238

  Big Female Ugly Commander (Big FUC), 40-42, 89

  Big Mac (chief petty officer), 9

  Bill (Frogman), 72

  Binh Thuy, 82, 85, 126, 129, 134, 139, 146, 150

  Black, Kathryn Ann. See Marcinko, Kathryn Ann Black

  Bob (SEAL), 228

  Boehm, Roy, 202

  booby traps, 106, 116, 119-20, 142

  Boyce, Frank G. (“Gordy”), 129, 144-45, 146-47, 153-54, 161, 168, 203, 247

  Brown, Harold, 236

  BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) Training, 44, 210-11, 242-43

  Bunker, Ellsworth, 129

  Cambodia, 143-44. 150

  Marcinko chief naval attachè in, xiv, 180, 182, 184-85, 200-01

  Naval Infantry, 190, 196

  Camp, Joe, 76, 78, 97-103, 112, 113, 345

  Camp Lejeune, 77, 80

  Camp Peary, 228

  Camp Pickett, 77-78, 127, 132

  cannon fodder, 14, 76, 254, 256, 351, 370

  car bombs, 306, 312-13, 315, 318-19

  CARP (Computerized Airborne Release Point) flying, 54

  Carter, Jimmy, 224, 289

  casualties

  American concern with, 226-27, 319

  Chau Doc (Vietnam), 144-45, 153, 247, 289

  battle of, 157, 159-69, 280

  Chau Phu district (Vietnam), 146

  Cheeks, 18, 22-29, 31-32, 254 in Red Cell, 333, 338-44

  Chief of Naval Operations, 221-23

  chiefs (Navy), 58, 59, 123-24

  CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 12, 73, 143, 147,181, 223, 232, 328

  and Iranian hostage crisis, 228-29

  Clark, Bob, 65

  Clausewitz, Karl von, 212

  Co Chien River, 85

  Cocksure, Admiral, 341-42

  College of William and Mary, 176

  command and control, unified, 236-40

  COMPHIBTRALANT (COMmander, AmPHIBious TRAining Command AtLANTic), 171-75, 178, 183, 200-01, 356

  Coogan, Dick, 212, 213, 214, 216-17

  CORDS (Civil Operations and Revolutionary Support), 148

  Coronado Mafia, 356

  counterterrorism, 236-40, 293

  SEAL Team Six and, 5, 264-66, 285-89, 290-91, 331

  covert operations, 186, 274, 369-70

  Cravener, Captain, 204

  Crowe, William (Bill), 223-24, 225, 228, 252, 279, 325

  and creation of SEAL Team Six, 239-40, 244-46, 247,248

  Cuban intelligence (DGI), 328

  Da Nang, 71

  Dave (Admiral), 324-25

  Defense Intelligence School, 180,181-82, 293

  Delta Force, 7,13, 22, 30, 226, 227-28, 237, 240, 266, 270, 272, 366

  in Grenada operation, 328-30

  in Iranian hostage crisis, 229-34

  shoot-off with SEAL Team Six, 284-85

  demolition training, 44, 49, 176 see also Underwater Demoli tion Teams (UDT)

  Desert One (operation), 226-34,328

  DIA, 223, 224

  DiMartino, Joe, 72-74

  Direct Action, 330, 339

  Dismal Swamp, 171

  dive qualifications, 44, 51, 52, 53, 64,176

  Dix, Drew, 148-50,151,158, 161-62, 280

  Medal of Honor, 163,16465

  Dozier, James, 358, 359

  Drady, Dennis, 133-34,15158,161

  Duke, Lt. Commander, 254, 302-03, 309-17, 333, 338-44, 347-56

  Dung Island (Vietnam), 141, 166

  Dur, Phil;, 362-63, 364

  E&E (evade and escape), 20, 52,64

  Earley, Bill (“Squirrelly”), 75-76, 125

  Eglin Air Force Base, 12, 263, 267, 276

  Egypt Army Rangers. 291-92

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 37

  ELINT (ELectronic INTelligence), 182, 224, 230

  Enders, Tom, 85-86, 191, 195-96

  Engraff, John, 153, 161

  executive officers (XOs), 184

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 355

  Hostage Rescue Team. 28588

  Fields, Sidney, 125

  Fingers (chief petty officer), 11, 24, 242, 259, 262

  mission to Lebanon. 302-03, 309-17

  Finley, Jim (“the Mayor”), 76, 78, 97, 101, 103, 104, 112, 116, 120, 247, 345

  Flynn, Cathal (“Irish”), 321, 356-57, 362, 364

  Fort A. P. Hill, 54, 127, 132, 202

  Fort Benning. Ga., 53

  Fort Pierce, Fla., 46

  France, 330 SpecWar strikes, 369

  Freddie the Frog (UDT mascot), 63

  Frogmen, 69-70, 71, 73, 75, 286

  letters of support to Marcinko, 368

  Frogmen, The (film). 39

  FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond All Repair), 224, 233

  full mission profiles, 9-15, 289

  Fulton Skyhook Recovery System, 55-57

  Gadd, Dick, 328

  Gallagher, Bob (“Eagle”), 76, 78, 79, 131, 247, 345

  in Vietnam, 87, 90-92, 97-102, 105, 112, 114, 116, 119

  GAO (General Accounting Office), 364

  Gemayel, Bashir, 302

  General Dynamics (co.), 339, 341

  Germany

  terrorist threats, 330 see also Grenzschutzgruppe-9 (GSG-9) (Germany)

  GIGN (Groupement d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) (France), 238, 293

  Gold Dust Frank, 11

  mission to Lebanon, 302-03 309-17

  in Red Cell, 333, 338-44, 347-56, 357-62

  Gold Dust Larry, 24-25, 301

  mission to Lebanon, 302-03, 309-17

  in Red Cell, 323, 338-44, 347-56, 357-62

  Gold Dust Twins, 50, 257-62

  Gormly, Bob, 85, 87, 200, 201

  command of SEAL Team Six, 320-23,333,364,366

  Great Britain

  SpecWar strikes, 369

  terrorist threats, 330 see alsoSAS (Great Britain)

  Green Berets, 44,125, 127, 163

  Greene, Rear Admiral, 201-02, 203-04

  Grenada, 54, 325-30

  Grenzschutzgruppe-9 (GSG-9) (Germany), 238, 291, 293-302

  Groupe Interventional Speciale (GIS) (Italy), 238, 293

  guerrilla warfare, 107,142, 163, 335 see also Special Warfare (SpecWar)

  HAHO (high altitude, high opening) jumps, 4, 273-74, 292, 345

  HALO (high altitude, low opening) jumps, 65-66, 74, 269, 273-74

  Ham Luong River, 85

  Harold (the Whiner), 40

  Hartman, Steve, 332-33, 338-44, 347, 357

  Hays, Ron, 334, 336, 365

  Hayw
ard, Thomas, xiii, xiv, 5, 240, 246-47, 251, 252-53, 264, 373

  Henley, Marilyn, 242

  Henley, Paul (“PV”), 238, 322, 333, 366, 368

  and mission to Lebanon, 302-03, 309-17

  and SEAL Team Six, 8, 912, 13, 17-18, 22-29, 31-32, 242-43, 252, 253-54, 259, 262, 263, 275, 282, 283, 286, 288-89

  hijackings, 285, 293, 359, 360

  Ho Chi Minh Trau, 105,143

  Ho-Ho-Ho (SEAL), 301, 302-03, 309-17

  in Red Cell, 333, 338-44, 347-56, 357-62

  Horseface, 11,26, 50, 258-59, 274, 296, 299-301

  mission to Lebanon, 302-03, 309-17

  in Red Cell, 333, 338-44, 347-56

  hostage rescue, 30, 270, 327-28

  HUMINT (HUMan INTeIIigence), 224, 228

  Humphries, Harry, 129-31, 153, 157,161-63, 247, 280

  Humphries, Pat, 130,131

  Hunt, Leamon, 358

  Indian Jew, 16-18, 22-29, 31-32, 50, 255-56, 262

  mission to Lebanon, 302-03, 309-17

  intelligence, 7, 9,10,11-12

  Marcinko’s work in, 223-24 U.S., 110, 224-25, 290

  Vietnam, 105,106,149

  IRA, 330

  Iranian Air Force, 227

  Iranian hostage crisis, 225-34, 289

  rescue mission/plans, xiii, 5, 229-34, 236, 241

  Iraq, 371

  Iron Eagle, 364-65

  Israelis, 118, 293, 305, 318

  SpecWar strikes, 369

  Italian Stallion, 285, 288

  Italy

  terrorist threats, 330 see also Groupe Interventional Speciale (GIS) (Italy); Naples, Italy

  Jack (chief), 151, 157-58, 159. 163

  Jake (Frogman), 72

  Jake (SEAL), 271-72

  JCS. See Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

  Jesse (prison inmate). 368

  Jew, See Indian Jew

  Joey (SEAL), 229

  Johnson, J, D., 279, 283, 320-21

  Johnson, Lyndon, 122

  Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 30, 31,201,222-23,225, 237, 267-68

  chairman of, 223

  and Iranian hostage crisis, 229

  Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), 267, 268, 279, 288, 289. 302

  and Grenada operation, 327-28

  survey team from, in Beirut, 309, 310

  and full mission profile, Vieques Island, 4, 7, 8-9, 13, 23, 27, 30

  Joint Task Force (JIF), 236

  Jones (CIA agent), 232-40

  Jones, David, 226-27, 228, 229, 235

  Jones, Donald, 356-58, 362

  Joseph K. Taussig (destroyer). 69-70, 71

  JSOC. See Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)

  Juliet Crossing (Vietnam), 90, 96, 97, 288

  jungle fighting, 5, 17, 109, 112, 115, 152

  tactics/strategies in, 104-08, 141-42

  training for, 127-28

  Juniyah (Maronite Christian stronghold, Beirut), 309

  Kampfschwimmerkompanie. 26, 214, 243

  Kanuch (Mr.), 33

  KATN, Inc. (proposed), 369, 370

  KATN Rangers, 327

  Ke Sach (Vietnam), 141, 168

  Key-Hole spy satellite, 225

  KGB, 10

  Khmer Navy, 219

  Khmer Rouge, 186-90, 196-97

  killing, 13-15, 97

  American concern regarding. 117-18,228 see also casualties

  Kim Simanh, 186, 190, 192-94

  KISS missions, 96, 227, 232, 299

  Kissinger, Henry, 185, 195-96

  Kline (SEAL), 229

  Kochey, Fred, 76, 82, 85, 86, 109, 111, 112, 116-17, 122, 126

  Kodiak (SEAL), 328

  Kucinski, Louis (“Hoss,” “Ski”), 132, 142, 145, 151, 153-57, 161, 164-65, 225, 247

  Kuhn, Rich, 203, 204-06, 214-15

  Langley Air Force Base, 54

  language skills, training, 72, 74, 182, 241

  Larry (SEAL), 228

  Laser, Bob, 348, 354, 355

  LAWS (antitank weapon), 142, 145, 156, 157, 161

  leadership from the front, 74, 188, 208, 291, 323

  Lebanon

  SEAL Team Six mission in, 302-19

  Lee, Donnie, 270-72

  Lehman, John, 327, 328, 330, 366

  LeMoyne, Ch-Ch-Ch-Chuck, 356

  Little Carlos, 300

  Little Creek Amphibious Naval Base, 43-46, 52, 71, 72, 73, 125, 198, 200

  SEAL Team Six at, 259-60, 275, 280-81, 283

  Lyon, Edward, III (“Ted”), 220-21, 249-51, 268-69, 275, 277-79, 281-83

  fitreps on Marcinko, 320-21

  Lyons, Dick, 208-09, 210

  Lyons, James A., Jr. (“Ace”), 223, 252, 330-32

  forced into retirement, 366

  at Pentagon, 325, 326

  and Red Cell, 336-37, 358

  removal of, to Hawaii, 345-47, 356-57, 362

  support for Marcinko, 333-34, 342, 346

  Mac (master chief), 242, 259, 262,264

  McCain, John, 49

  McCain, John S., 49

  MacDonald, Ken, 43, 45-46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 72

  Macheteros (terrorist group), 8-10,13, 289

  Mafia, 358

  Maggie (nurse), 162, 280

  Male magazine, 125,167-68

  Manzariyeh airfield, 227

  Marcinko, Emilie Teresa Pavlik (mother of Marcinko), 33, 34-35, 36,199

  Marcinko, George (father of Marcinko), 33, 34-35, 36

  Marcinko, Joey (brother of Marcinko), 35

  Marcinko, Kathryn Ann Black (Kathy-Ann) (wife of Marcinko), 38, 81,176, 199, 209, 221, 260, 323

  homes, 170,181, 334-35

  marital problems, 275

  marriage to Marcinko, 55

  as Navy wife, 81,173,178, 182-83, 244, 247

  separated from Marcinko, 334

  Marcinko, Kathy (daughter of Marcinko), 81, 170

  Marcinko, Richard

  awards, honors, xiv, 120, 179,199, 280

  barred from National War College, 323-24

  battlefield philosophy of, 118, 166-67

  chief naval attachè, Cambodia, xiv, 180, 182, 184-97, 201

  childhood, early life, 33-38

  commands, 247

  Eighth Platoon, 126, 127-35, 139-58, 159-69, 171, 247, 289

  retention rate, 208, 284

  SEAL Team Two, 196, 198-217, 218-21, 229, 275

  SEAL Team Six, xiv, 366 conspiracy charges against, 367

  education, xiv, 34, 35, 36-37, 61, 173, 174, 176, 179, 202, 221

  fitness reports (fitreps), 123, 179, 183, 218, 220, 277-78, 320-21, 333, 336

  friends, friendship, 43, 285 as Geek, 62-63, 64, 68, 73, 183

  imprisonment, 367-73

  injury to leg, 292

  leadership, 49, 69-70, 121, 201-02, 203-06, 208, 296, 322-23

  marriage, family, 55, 69, 74, 81, 126-27, 170-71, 173, 176, 181, 182-83, 221, 244, 247, 260, 323 end of, 334, 362 problems with, 275

  and National War College, 244-48, 260

  naval career, 38-39, 57-58, 59, 68-71, 121, 123-24, 171-73, 174-75, 177, 178-79, 183, 199, 200-01, 219, 221-22, 223, 244-45, 333-34 end of, 362-63, 365-66

  and OCS, 61, 64-65, 68-69, 124

  at Pentagon, 221-34, 325-30

  personal characteristics, 34, 218, 219-20, 322-23 ratings, 70 (see also his fit ness reports [fitreps])

  and Red Cell, 332-44 relationship with authority, 123-24, 218-19, 220-21, 267-68, 320-21

  retired from Navy, 366

  SEALs as legacy of, 368-69

  tragic flaw, xiv

  trial, sentencing, 367

  in UDT, 43-55, 59-67, 70

  in Vietnam, xiii-xiv, 13, 121-27, 134-35, 139-58, 159-69, 174-75,201, 218, 220, 331

  wanted posters of, in Vietnam, 167-68

  Marcinko, Richie (son of Marcinko),81, 171

  Marine Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), 327

  Marines, 72, 80

  in Beirut, Lebanon, 310, 314

  rules of engagement, 305, 313

  Marko (ops boss, ST6), 9

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sp; Mason, John B., 364, 365

  Mattingly, Harry, 91

  Maxwell Air Force Base, 221

  Mekong Delta, 78, 85, 108, 110,212

  Mekong River, 85, 140, 191, 197

  memcons (MEMorandum of Conversation), 182

  Mercaldi, Tony, 370-73

  Metcalf, Joe, 329-30

  Mike boats (LCM), 97, 99-103, 105,107, 111, 120, 150

  Mike Force, 143

  Mike the Psych, 13

  Mikey T, 279, 282

  military attachès

  as intelligence gatherers, 181, 192, 292-93

  Minkster, 333, 338-44, 347-56

  Miranda warning, 288

  MOB-6 (MOBility-6), 238, 242, 243

  Mogadishu, Somalia, 293

  Monterey, Calif., 179

  Moore (admiral), 183

  Moreau, Art, 252

  Mossad, 369

  Mott, Admiral, 358-62

  Mubarak, president of Egypt, 291

  Mugs, Eddie, 206-08

  Mugsy, Lieutenant, 254

  Murphy’s Law, 189, 212, 232, 271, 287, 299, 300, 367

  and Grenada operation, 325-30

  Mustin, Hank, 92-95, 96, 103, 104, 134, 139-41

  Bronze Star, 123

  My Tho (Vietnam), 103-04, 109, 110, 120

  My Tho River, 85, 110

  Nakagawa, Gordy, 347, 352, 354, 355

  Naples, Italy, 39, 40-42, 44, 65,76

  Red Cell security check in, 357-62

  National Command Authority (NCA), 268

  National Security Agency (NSA), 10, 11, 223, 224, 230,231

  National War College, 244-48, 260, 323-24

  NATO, 360 special forces, 214, 238

  Naval Intelligence, 110

  NAVSPECWARGRU ONE, 249, 321

  NAVSPECWARGRU TWO, 249, 268, 277

  chain of command, 238

  Neil (cameraman), 350, 351

  Nestle (SEAL), 273

  New London, Conn., nuclear submarine base, 336-42

  NIS, 359-61, 362, 364, 365-66

  Nixon, Guy (“Doc”), 131, 145, 151, 153, 162-65

  North Sea oil rigs, 238, 293-302

  Norway

  special ops combat swimmers, 293

  Norwegian Cruise Lines, 285-86

  NSA. see National Security Agency (NSA)

  NSC, 224

  Numbers, Earl, 70

  Nungs, 147, 149, 151, 153, 160, 162

  Officer and a Gentleman, An (film), 69

  Officer Candidate School (OCS), 57-58, 59,61, 64-65, 68-69, 123

  Officer Integration Program (OIP), 57

  oil-rig exercises, 273, 275 North Sea. 293-302

  Old Dominion University, 176

  Operation Desert Shield, 372-73

  Operation Desert Storm, 372-73

  Operation Honey Badger, 236

  Operation Just Cause, 330

  Operation Snow Bird, 236

  operational security, 152, 168, 251

  Pak Ban (driver), 185, 195

  Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), 285

 

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