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AK-47, 4.1, 16.1, 20.1
Al Anbar Province (Iraq), 7.1, 8.1
Al Asad Airfield (Al Asad Airbase, Iraq), 7.1, 7.2, 8.1
Alexander the Great
Alpha (radio call), 6.1, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 19.1
Al-Qaeda, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
Al Taqaddum Air Base (Iraq)
Anderson, Dave
Anderson, Jan, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2, epl.1, epl.2
Arabian Sea
area weapon system (AWS)
Arghandab River Valley (Afghanistan)
Arma Mountains (Afghanistan)
Armenia
Army National Guard, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 19.1
Army Reserve. See United States
Army Reserve
Arnold, Rick, 2.1, 15.1, 19.1
Asadabad (Afghanistan), 5.1, 6.1, 11.1
attack weapons team (AWT), 14.1, 20.1
auxiliary power unit (APU), 1.1, 2.1, 9.1
Axelson, Matthew
“Ayubi” (RPG shooter), 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
Azerbaijan
B-25 Mitchell
Baghdad (Iraq), 7.1, 13.1
Bagram Airfield (Bagram Air Base), 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 9.1, 14.1, 19.1
Bahrain
Bair, Dan, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 16.1
Balad (Iraq), 13.1, 15.1, 16.1
Banks, Taylor (Specialist), 19.1, epl.1
Baraki Barak
Bart (military working dog)
Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training (BUD/S)
Baty, Travis, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2, epl.1, epl.2
Behrana, 20.1, 20.2
Bell 206 JetRanger
Bellotti, Andy, 12.1, 13.1, epl.1
Bennett, Alexander “Alex,” 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 20.1, epl.1
Benson, Darrik
Berezoski, John
Bianca, Anthony “Buddy,” 7.1, 7.2, 9.1
Bill, Brian
Black Sea
Bovey, Rich, 4.1, 4.2, 11.1
Brady, Matt, 6.1, 11.1, 19.1
Brooks, John, 2.1, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1, 15.1, 19.1
Brown, John
Buckley Air Force Base (CO), 12.1, 13.1, 13.2
BUD/S. See Basic Underwater
Demolition/SEAL training
Bush, President George W.
C-17 Globemaster III, 4.1, 19.1
C-130 Hercules
C-47 Skytrain
C-5 Galaxy
California National Guard
Campbell, Christopher
Camp Korean Village, 7.1, 7.2
capo, 5.1; capo di capi, 5.2
Carter, Elsie, 13.1, 13.2
Carter, David “Dave,” 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 20.2, epl.1
Carter, Kaitlen, 13.1, 13.2, 19.1, epl.1
Carter, Kyle, 13.1, 13.2, 19.1, epl.1
Carter, Laura, 13.1, 13.2, 19.1
Caspian Sea
CD. See collateral damage
CENTCOM. See United States Central Command
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 20.1, 20.2
CH-46E Sea Knight “Phrog” helicopter, 7.1, 7.2
CH-47 Chinook helicopter
CH-47D Chinook helicopter, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 19.1, 19.2, epl.1
CH-53D Sea Stallion, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1
CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 9.1
Chadwick, Justin
Chak River, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
Chak Valley, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, epl.1
China, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2
Chinook helicopter. See CH-47
Chinook helicopter; CH-47D Chinook helicopter
“Chupan” (RPG shooter), 18.1, 18.2, 20.1
CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
collateral damage (CD), 14.1, 16.1, 20.1
Collective Control, 8.1, 8.2
Collins, Jeremy, 2.1, 5.1, 11.1, 15.1, 19.1, 19.2
Colorado, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 9.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 15.1, 19.1
Colorado Army National Guard, 5.1, 5.2, 9.1
Colorado Springs (CO), 4.1, 12.1
Colt, Jeffrey
Colt Report, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 19.2
Combat Applications Group (CAG) (“Delta Force”; Army Compartmented Elements (ACE))
Combat Outpost Tangi (COP Tangi), 2.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 20.1
consigliere, 5.1, 11.1, 11.2
controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
Cooling, Norman (Brigadier General)
Corps of Cadets program (Texas A&M University)
La Cosa Nostra
Crozier, Ezekiel “Zeke,” 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 14.1
cyclic control, 8.1, 12.1
Dam Neck (VA), 15.1, 17.1
Dasht-e Kavir (Great Salt Desert, Iran)
Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom (DIKW) Pyramid
Day, Jared
Deetman, Brian
Defense Department Unified Command Plan
Department of Defense (DoD). See United States Department of Defense
Desert One, 6.1, 6.2
DEVGRU. See United States Naval Special Warfare Command Development Group
DeWitt, Randell, 14.1, 15.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, epl.1
Dietz, Danny
Din Mohammad. See Objective Dunlap
Djibouti, 5.1
Donnellan, James
Douangdara, John, 17.1, 17.2
Duncan, Calder
Duncan, Dale, 3.1, 3.2, epl.1
Duncan, Megan, 3.1, 19.1, epl.1
Duncan, Spencer, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, epl.1
Duncan, Tanner
Dushanbe
Dysle, Grant
EA-6B Prowler
EC-130 Commando Solo
Edgemon, John, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4
Edwards, H. Michael
Egypt
Eritrea
Etuale, John, 2.1, 15.1, 19.1
Euphrates River
Evans, Kermit O.
Extortion Company, prf.1, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 20.1, epl.1
F-16 Fighting Falcon, 11.1, 14.1, 15.1, 20.1
Faas, John
Falcon View
Fallujah (Iraq)
fast-rope, 6.1, 6.2
flechette rocket
Flight School XXII
foreign object damage (FOD)
Fort Campbell (KY)
Fort Carson (CO), 5.1, 12.1, 15.1
Fort Collins (CO)
Fort Drum (NY), 5.1, 11.1
Fort Eustis (VA)
Fort Hays State University (KS)
Fort Hood (TX), 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 6.1, 10.1, 13.1, 13.2
Fort Hunter Liggett (CA)
Fort Knox (KY)
Fort Rucker (AL), 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1, epl.1
forward arming and refueling point (FARP), 1.1, 16.1, 19.1
forward looking infrared (FLIR), 14.1, 16.1, 19.1, 20.1
Forward Operating Base Joyce (FOB Joyce), 11.1, 11.2
Forward Operating Base Salerno (FOB Salerno), 5.1, 8.1, 19.1
Forward Operating Base Shank (FOB Shank), 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 11.1, 11.2, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, epl.1, epl.2, epl.3
Forward Operating Base Wright (FOB Wright), 6.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Freyer, Darren, 9.1, 10.1, 10.
2
Gambir Sar, 11.1, 12.1, 14.1
Gardez (Pakistan)
Gates, David “Pat,” 10.1, 13.1, 19.1
Gatigal Sar
Genghis Khan
Ghazni, 2.1, 5.1, 14.1
Girdner, Richard, 4.1, 11.1
The Godfather (Puzo),
Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act
Gonzales, Adan
Goodnature, Corey
Green Berets. See United States Army Special Forces
Green Zone, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
Grenada
Gulf of Taranto
Gulf War, 2.1, 9.1
Gypsum (CO)
H-13 Sioux helicopter
H-21 Shawnee helicopter
H-25 Mule
haboob, 7.1, 7.2
Haditha (Iraq)
Haditha Dam, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Haiti earthquake of 2010
Hamburger, Patrick “Pat,” 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, epl.1
Haqqani Network, 1.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 20.1
Harris, Steve
Harvell, Andrew, 15.1, 17.1
Hasan Khel, 14.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 20.1, epl.1
Hayes, Corey
Hayne, Kevin, 12.1, 12.2
Helmand Province (Afghanistan)
helo-dunker, 10.1, 11.1
Herat
HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter
High Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (HAATS), 2.1, 2.2, 9.1, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 19.1
Hindu Kush, 2.1, 4.1, 6.1, 11.1, 14.1
Holloway, James L. III
Holloway Report
Houston, Kevin, 17.1, 19.1, epl.1
HRP rescue helicopter
human intelligence (HUMINT), 14.1, 14.2, 15.1
Hunter Army Airfield
IED. See improvised explosive device
imagery intelligence (IMINT), 14.1, 14.2
immediate reaction force (IRF), 15.1, 19.1
improvised explosive device (IED), 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 14.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1
India, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2
Indian Ocean
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, epl.1
internal communication system (ICS), 1.1, 1.2, 11.1, 14.1, 18.1
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Iran, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2
Iraq, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2
ISAF. See International Security Assistance Force
Islamabad (Pakistan), 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Israel
Jalalabad (Afghanistan), 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 11.1, 11.2
Jalalabad Airfield (Afghanistan), 3.1, 6.1
JDAM. See Joint Direct Attack Munition
jingle trucks
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Combat Assessment Team (JCAT) Report
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), 11.1, 20.1
Joint Prioritized Effects List (JPEL), 15.1, 15.2, 20.1, 20.2
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 17.1, 19.1, 20.1, epl.1
Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 20.1
Jordan
JP-8 jet engine fuel
JPEL. See Joint Prioritized Effects List
JTAC. See Joint Terminal Attack Controller
Juy Zarin, 14.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
Kabul-Gardez Highway, 5.1, 14.1, 14.2
Kabul-Kandahar Highway, 14.1, 14.2, 20.1
Kabul River
Kabul (Afghanistan), 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Kandahar (Afghanistan), 2.1, 4.1, 8.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3; Kandahar Province (Afghanistan), 4.2
Kandahar Airfield (Afghanistan), 4.1, 14.1
Kazakhstan
Kelsall, Jonas, 16.1, 17.1
Kenya
Kerr, Chris
Khost (Afghanistan), 5.1, 19.1; Khost Province (Afghanistan), 5.2
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (Pakistan)
Khyber Pass
Korangal Valley (Afghanistan)
Korean War, 3.1, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1
Kristensen, Erik, 6.1, 6.2
Kunar Province (Afghanistan), 6.1, 11.1, 11.2
Kunar River
Kunar Valley
Kuwait, 5.1, 13.1
Kuykendall, Kirk, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1, 19.1, 19.2
Kyrgyzstan
Laden, Osama bin, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 11.1, 15.1
Lake Qadisiyah
Lancianese, Steve
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (Germany)
Langlais, Louis
Lebanon
Lee, Christy, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 11.1, 19.1
Lee, Justin “Buddy,” ix, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, epl.1, epl.2
Libya
Lindale High School
Little Bear Peak, 12.1, 13.1, epl.1
Logar Province, 2.1, 5.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4
Logar River, 18.1, 18.2, epl.1
Logistical Support Area (LSA) Anaconda
Luttrell, Marcus, 6.1, 6.2
LZ Honey Eater (Landing Zone Honey Eater), 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
M16
M134 minigun
M240B machine gun, 1.1, 3.1, 6.1, 6.2, 11.1, 18.1, 18.2
M4 carbine, 1.1, 4.1, 6.1, 18.1
Mack, Al
Mafia
Maidan Wardak Province (Afghanistan), 1.1, 3.1, 5.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, epl.1
Main Supply Route (MSR) Georgia
Make It Count Foundation, epl.1
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363
Marine Helicopter Squadron One
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165
MASINT. See measurement and signature intelligence
Mason, Matthew
Mazar-e Sharif
MC-12 Liberty, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 18.1, 20.1
McChrystal, Stanley
McCloud, Joseph Trane
McEntire, Janette
measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT)
MH-47 helicopter, 6.1, 18.1, 19.1, epl.1
MH-60 helicopter
Mills, Stephen
Mir Ahmadkhil, 20.1, 20.2
Mortuary Affairs Unit
Mount Blanca (CO), 12.1, 12.2
Mount Hood (OR)
mujahideen
Murphy, Michael
Muzaffarabad (Pakistan), 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek (VA)
Nebraska National Guard
New Century Aircenter (KS), 3.1, 3.2
Nichols, Bryan, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1, epl.1
Nichols, Cynthia “Cyndi,” 10.1, 19.1
Nichols, Doug, 10.1, 19.1
Nichols, Mary, 2.1, 10.1, 11.1, 19.1, epl.1
Night Stalkers. See 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (160th SOAR(A))
night vision goggles (NVGs), 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, epl.1
Norman Castle of Ginosa
North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan)
Noshaq
Null, Nicholas
NVGs. See night vision goggles
Obama, President Barack
Objective Dunlap (Din Mohammad), 14.1, 15.1
Objective Ginosa, 20.1, epl.1
Objective Green Lantern, 14.1, 15.1, 20.1
Objective Lefty Grove (Qari Tahir), 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, epl.
1
Objective Universal Soldier, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, epl.1
OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter, 6.1, 7.1, 9.1
Olathe (KS), 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 19.1
Old Clarksville Base, 6.1, 6.2
Oman
Operation Anaconda
Operation Desert Storm, 2.1, 5.1
Operation Eagle Claw, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 18.1
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), 2.1, 6.1, 7.1, 13.1, 16.1
Operation Just Cause
Operation Mountain Thrust
Operation Neptune Spear, 3.1, 11.1
Operation Red Wings, 6.1, 11.1, 18.1
Operations Security (OPSEC), 5.1, 5.2
Operation Urgent Fury, 2.1
OPSEC. See Operations Security
Other Coalition Forces—Iraq (OCF-I)
Padkhvab-e Shanen, 2.1, 14.1
Pakistan, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 15.1, 16.1, 20.1, 20.2, epl.1
Paktia Province (Afghanistan), 6.1, 14.1
Palco (KS)
Panama
Pathfinders
Pech Valley (Afghanistan), 11.1, 11.2
Peck, DeLayne
Peck, Joyce, 9.1, 9.2, 19.1, epl.1
Pentagon
period-of-darkness, definition of
Peshawar (Pakistan)
Piasecki, Frank
Piasecki Helicopter Company
PID. See positive identification
Pikes Peak (CO)
Pittman, Jesse
Plutino, Alessandro
positive identification (PID), 14.1, 16.1, 20.1
Pul-e-Alam (district, Logar Province), 2.1, 14.1
Puzo, Mario
Qari Tahir. See Objective Lefty Grove
Qasim Airbase (Pakistan), 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
Qatar
Quetta (Pakistan)
Quiros, Scott, 15.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
Ratzlaff, Thomas
Rawalpindi (Pakistan), 4.1, 4.2
RC-12 Guardrail, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 18.1, 20.1, 20.2, epl.1
RC(C). See Regional Command Capital
RC(E). See Regional Command East
RC(N). See Regional Command North
RC(S). See Regional Command South
RC(SW). See Regional Command Southwest
RC(W). See Regional Command West
Readiness Condition 2 (REDCON 2), 1.1, 14.1, 15.1, 20.1
Red Sea
Reeves, Robert
Regional Command Capital (RC(C))
Regional Command East (RC(E)), 5.1, 15.1, 19.1
Regional Command North (RC(N))
Regional Command South (RC(S))
Regional Command Southwest (RC(SW))
Regional Command West (RC(W))
Reich, Stephen
Renfroe, Tom (Major), 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 13.1
Roberts, Neil
Robertson, Greg, 15.1, 18.1, 18.2