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Robinson, Brandon
Robinson, Heath
Robinson, Joshua
rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), 1.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 18.2, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
Rocky Mountains (CO), 2.1, 9.1
ROE. See rules of engagement
RQ-1 Predator, 6.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 18.1, 20.1
RQ-170 Sentinel, 14.1, 14.2
Ruff, Chris
rules of engagement (ROE)
Russia
SA-7 surface-to-air missile, 4.1
Safēd Kōh Mountains
Sampson 22, 7.1, 8.1, 11.1
Saudi Arabia
Savannah (GA)
Sawtalo Sar, 6.1, 11.1
Saydabad, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 20.1, epl.1
Scherkenbach, Chris
SEAL Team Six. See United States Navy SEALs
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. See 9/11 terrorist attacks
Shah, Ahmad
Shah-i-Kot Valley
Shank, Michael A.
Sheikhabad, 14.1, 14.2, 18.1, 20.1
Sievers, Greg, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), 14.1, 15.1, 18.1
Sikorsky, Igor
SOCOM. See United States Special Operations Command
soldato
Somalia
The Sopranos
Soviet-Afghan War
Spain
spatial disorientation (“Spatial D”)
Special Operations Command. See United States Special Operations Command
Special Operations Forces (SOF), 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 17.1, 17.2, 19.1, 19.2, 20.1
Special Operations Review Group
Special Operations Team Alpha (SOT-A)
Spehar, Nicholas
Strange, Michael
Sticklen, Joshua C.
Sudan
Super King Air
Syria
Tactical Development and Evaluation Squadron Three (TACDEVRON THREE)
Tajikistan, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2
Takur Ghar, 6.1, 6.2
Taliban, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1
Tangi Road, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1, 18.1, 20.1
Tangi Valley, prf.1, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 12.1, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 16.1, 16.2, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 20.1, 20.2, epl.1, epl.2
Tanzania
Target Acquisition and Designation System/Pilot Night Vision System (TADS/PNVS), 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2
Tarin Kowt (Afghanistan)
Task Force 160. See 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
Task Force 3-10, 15.1, 20.1
Task Force 5-35, 15.1, 15.2
Task Force Falcon
Task Force Knighthawk, 5.1, 5.2, 8.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2, epl.1
Task Force Naha
Task Force Phoenix
Task Force Tiger Shark
Team Darby, 15.1, 16.1, 18.1, 19.1
Team Logar, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2
Tehran (Iran)
Texas A & M University
TH-67 Creek helicopter, 4.1, 10.1
Thormahlen, Kurt “Thor,”
Torkham Gate
Tucker, Rich
Tumilson, Jon
Turbine 33, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 11.1, 18.1
Turkey
Turkmenistan, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2
Turner, Regan
Twin Towers (World Trade Center), 3.1, 4.1
Tyler (TX)
U-28A, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1
UH-1H Iroquois helicopter
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1, 14.1, 19.1, 19.2, epl.1
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
United States Air Force Academy (CO)
United States Air Force Mobility Command
United States Army, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 17.1, 19.1, 20.1
United States Army Reserve, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 13.1, 19.1, epl.1
United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets), 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 16.1, 17.1
United States Central Command (U.S. CENTCOM; CENTCOM), 5.1, 14.1
United States Department of Defense (DoD), 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1, 9.1
United States Marine Corps, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 9.1, 17.1, 18.1, 18.2
United States Military Academy (West Point, NY), 4.1, 6.1, 20.1
United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)
United States Naval Special Warfare Command Development Group (DEVGRU), 1.1, 14.1, 17.1, 17.2, 19.1, 20.1, 20.2
United States Navy, 3.1, 5.1, 7.1, 9.1, 10.1, 19.1
United States Navy SEALs, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 6.1, 11.1, 14.1, 17.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 20.1, epl.1, epl.2
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM; SOCOM), 1.1, 5.1, 6.1, 13.1
Urozgan Province (Afghanistan)
USA-204
USS Cole
Uzbekistan, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2
Vaughn, Aaron
Vickers, Kraig
Vietnam War, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 19.1
VS-300 helicopter
war on terror, 4.1, 7.1
Washington State National Guard, 4.1, 8.1, 19.1
Watapur Valley (Afghanistan), 11.1, 11.2
Wendt, Lars
West Point. See United States Military Academy
Williams, Brandon
Williams, Clint
Workman, Jason
Yemen
Zerbe, Daniel
Zerbe, Susan
Zmuc Zukly (Afghanistan), 16.1, 18.1, 19.1
Zulu (radio call), 1.1, 19.1, epl.1
FIGURE AND MAP CREDITS
Maps: all by author; 2: from Ed Darack, Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers—the Marine Corps’ Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan (New York: Berkley, 2010), supplemented with Landsat public domain terrain imagery courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and U.S. Geologic Survey, augmented digital version of imagery by author; 7, 9, 10, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 34, 35: supplemented with Landsat public domain terrain imagery courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and U.S. Geologic Survey, augmented digital version of imagery by author.
Figures: 1, 8, 18, 30, 37, 38, 40: Justin “Buddy” Lee; 3: Megan Duncan; 4: John Etuale; 5, 6: Megan Duncan; 11: Michael Noche; 69: Chris Uhlich; 13, 14: Peck family collection; 15, 16, 17: Mary Nichols; 19: Ezekiel “Zeke” Crozier; 20, 28, 29, 39: Landsat public domain terrain imagery, augmented digital version by author; 21, 22, 23: Laura Carter family collection; 32, 33 top and bottom: Department of Defense; 36: John Edgemon.