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RW03 - Green Team

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by Richard Marcinko


  SIGINT: SIGnals INTelligence.

  Simunition: Canadian-manufactured ammo using paint bullets instead of lead.

  SLUDJ: top-secret NIS witch-hunters. Acronym stands for Sensitive Legal (Upper Deck) Jurisdiction.

  SMG: submachine gun.

  SNAFU: Situation Normal—All Fucked Up.

  SOCOM: Special Operations COMmand, located at MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida.

  SOF: Special Operations Force.

  SpecWarrior: one who gives a fuck.

  SSN: nuclear sub, commonly known as sewer pipe.

  STABs: SEAL Tactical Assault Boats.

  SUC: Marcinkospeak for Smart, Unpredictable, and Cunning.

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

  Syrette: self-injection dose, usually of morphine.

  TACBE: TACtical BEacon. Homing device.

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

  Tailhook: the convention of weenie-waggers, gropesters, and pressed-ham-on-glass devotees that put air brakes on NAVAIR.

  TARFU: Things Are Really Fucked Up.

  TECHINT: TECHnical INTelligence.

  THREATCON: THREAT CONdition.

  tiger stripes: the only stripes that SEALs will wear.

  TIQ: Tango-In-Question.

  Trijicon: maker of the best radioactive night-sights for SEAL weaponry.

  TTS: Marcinko slang for Tap ’em, Tie ’em, and Stash ’em.

  tube: Brit for subway. See

  UNDERGROUND.

  UGS: Unmanned Ground Sensors. Useful in setting off claymore mines and other booby traps.

  underground: London subway. See

  TUBE.

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

  USP: Heckler & Koch’s ubiquitous semiautomatic Universal Self-loading Pistol, which comes in 9mm, .40-caliber, and .45-caliber.

  Walther: good, very concealable German handgun, commonly bought in .380 ACP, although professional triggermen prefer a .22-caliber Walther PP, or PPK.

  wanker: SAS slang for male organ.

  wanna-bes: the sort of folks you tend to meet at Soldier of Fortune conventions.

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

  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

  Abdel-Rahman, Omar, 329

  Achille Lauro, 15

  active measures, 143

  Afghanistan, 82, 269

  Green Team mission to, 278-93, 294-311, 312-27, 348, 351

  heroin traffic, 79, 282

  Soviet invasion, 109

  terrorist training camps, 223, 254, 282

  and transnational terrorism, 81, 142

  Agency for International Development, 32

  Aideed, Mohammed, 32-33

  Albania, 250, 258

  AMEMB/CAIRO (American Embassy, Cairo, 15

  American Embassy (London), 47, 100, 137, 326, 330, 332-34

  American embassy hostages (Tehran), 279

  Andrews, James “Hoot”, 191

  Angelotti, Luciano, 255-57, 274, 381

  Angleton, James Jesus, 176

  anthrax, 250-51, 252, 331, 352, 357, 364, 367, 370, 377, 379-80, 382

  antiterror, 36, 245

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

  Arleighgram, 343, 350, 357

  ARMS (Area Radiation Monitoring System), 236, 248, 289

  Art of War, The (Sun Tsu), 273-74

  Asadabad, Afghanistan, 278, 281-82, 291, 294

  Assad, Hafez, 84

  assassination ops, 156

  audacious fighting spirit, 128

  AWACs, 329

  Azziz abu Yasin, Mahmoud, 5-6, 8-9, 12-13, 14, 17, 21-29, 36, 41, 73, 79, 81, 331

  British money, 28, 189, 207, 254

  connection with Brookfield, 209

  death of, 190, 249

  and new terrorism, 79, 81-82

  Pakistani visa, 142, 324

  BA-PP3/I, 250, 251-53, 254, 289, 311, 314, 315, 316, 326, 331, 341-42, 363

  Brookfield with, 377-81

  Barrett, General A. G. (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), 157

  Barrett, Chief Petty Officer Everett E., 11, 53-54, 65, 69, 121, 127-28, 132, 137, 150, 204, 212, 246, 296, 319

  advice to Marcinko, 361-62

  law of the seven P’s, 128, 227

  Barren’s Law, 54

  BBC, 336

  Beckwith, Colonel Charlie A., 187, 279, 321, 360

  Blunt, Anthony, 376

  Boabdil, 108, 376

  body language, 151, 233

  Boehm, Roy, 66, 69, 125-26, 191, 274, 296, 299

  boobytrapping bodies, 9, 243, 326

  Bosnia, 142

  Bosnian Muslims, 82, 93-95, 147

  botulism, 242

  Branch Davidian compound, 138, 355

  breaking and entering, 163-65

  Brookfield House, 158, 161, 165-72

  breeder reactors, 206, 210

  Brookfield, Lord Ishmael, 89-95, 101-11, 148

  and biological warfare, 242, 249, 281, 282, 289-90, 294-95, 309, 314, 315, 322, 323, 325-26, 330-31, 334, 354, 371-72, 376-85

  control of operational intelligence, 118, 122

  Lyondale and, 189

  move to Afghanistan, 278

  in Pakistan, 254, 264, 268, 271, 273-74, 275

  and Portsmouth harbor bombing, 141, 142, 158, 171-72, 176-77

  trip to Nice, 161-62, 174, 177-78, 188, 192, 208-12, 217, 220, 222-23, 232

  Brookfield, Lord Louis, 174-83

  Brookfield House, 354, 371

  break-and-enter, 158, 161, 162, 164-72

  Bruton Travel (agency), 173, 248

  BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training), 97, 109, 229, 233

  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), 138

  Burgess, Guy, 376

  Bush administration, 283

  BW (Biological Warfare), 242, 245, 246, 250-53, 254, 281, 315

  and attack on CONCUSNAVEUR, 334-47, 348-72

  Brookfield and, 249, 281, 282, 289, 294, 309, 314, 315, 322, 323, 325-26, 330-31, 334, 354, 371-72, 373-85

  BYEMANs (satellites), 283

  C-3 defense, 383

  C-4 explosive, 82, 98, 119, 133, 201, 246, 251, 326, 344, 353, 363

  C-123s, 292, 295, 296-98, 303

  Cabinet Office Briefing Room (COBRA), 148, 335

  Cairo

  City of the Dead, 9, 10

  Cairo mission, 3-29, 30, 36-38, 39-41, 73, 77, 79, 82, 119, 188, 191, 209, 324, 384

  Prescott’s knowledge of, 189-90

  Cambodia, 44

  Campbell, Richard, 265, 275-77, 281, 284, 287, 288, 290-93, 294, 295, 300-02, 308

  camouflage, 10, 225, 227

  *Carlosito, Chief Petty Officer, 119, 135, 165, 166-67, 170, 192

  Castro, Fidel, 171

  chain of command, 32-35, 146

  Charles, Prince, 92

  checkerboard jackstay search, 67

  Cheltenham, 94-95

  chemical/biological weapons, 211 see also BW (Biological Warfare)

  Christopher, Warren, 279

  CIA (“Christians in Action”), 8, 16, 81, 82, 100, 102, 156, 265, 292, 329-30

  Brookfield data, 103, 108

  and French nuclear capabilities, 205, 210

  intelligence, 77-78

  in Pakistan, 269

  SATCOM transceivers, 218

  training/arming mujahideen, 83, 142, 150, 282

  CINCUSNAVEUR (Commander-In-Chief, U.S. NAVal Forces, EURope), 43, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56-58, 76, 100, 115, 136, 178, 179

  getting Grundle out of, 13-203

  POLAD (POLitical ADviser), 51r />
  as target of BW, 334-47, 348-72, 377

  circle-line search, 67

  Citadel (Cairo), 9, 11

  clandestine operations, 10, 19

  Clausewitz, Karl von, 34

  clearance, 317

  effective, 127 see also room-clearing methods

  CNN, 67, 95, 123, 129, 130, 131, 136, 138, 145, 337

  CNO. See Secrest, Arleigh

  Cold War, 76, 253, 283

  combat, 118 see also war

  command, 96

  responsibility of, 137-38 see also chain of command

  communications, 342, 356-57

  communications equipment, secure, 218

  communications satellites, 283-84, 289, 294, 300

  computer identification systems, 329

  Corr, Ambassador Ed, 171

  counterterror (CT)/counterterrorism, 18, 31, 38-39, 43, 79, 245

  British, 156-57

  SEAL Team Six, 17

  CQB (Close Quarters Battle), 349

  Crimson Trace laser sights, 349-50

  Crocker, General Tom, 157

  CW/BW (Chemical Warfare/Biological Warfare) sensors, 283, 289

  Dall’au, André Marcel (Marcel Mustache), 220-21, 232, 235, 247-49, 331, 381

  *Dan, Doctor, 120

  Davis, Sir Aubrey Hanscomb, 45, 46, 52-53, 60, 72, 74-77, 79-87, 88-95, 96, 100, 122, 143, 156

  and Brookfield, 373, 375-79, 380-82, 384-85

  and BW attack, 336, 337, 371

  and Foca minisub, 175, 177

  knowledge of Cairo mission, 189, 192

  and Portsmouth harbor bombing, 148, 158

  deception, 176-77

  Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 8, 15-16, 44, 74, 157, 190, 196, 332, 328

  dossier on Brookfield, 102, 109

  intelligence, 77, 78

  Pakistan Country Survey, 268-69

  de Gaulle, Charles, 205

  de la Billiere, General Sir Peter, 157

  Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 324-25

  Department of Defense (DOD), 15

  Desert One, 134

  Desert Rats, 101

  Desert Storm, 34 see also Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm

  Dewey, Alien (Duck Foot), 198-99

  background of, 99

  breaking and entering Brookfield House, 165, 166, 171

  in BW attack, 343, 356, 358-59, 363-65, 368

  and Cairo mission, 5, 7, 9, 10-13, 21-29, 119

  and CNO assassination mission, 99

  and infiltration of nuclear plant, 220, 226, 249

  in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 216-17

  and pursuit of Brookfield, 190, 206, 209, 254, 275, 287-88, 306, 307-11, 314, 316-17, 324, 326-27

  al-Din, Salah, 11

  disinformation (black information), 143, 176

  diversionary attacks, 371, 377

  dive training, 239

  diving, 66-72

  documents, 187, 188

  forged, 16

  Draeger, 65, 68, 70, 71

  DREC (Digitally Reconnoiterable Electronic Component), 218

  Drug Enforcement Agency, 32, 78

  DS21 Multi Spectral Thermal Imager, 284

  Durant, Mike, 279

  E&E (evade and escape) training, 71, 187-88

  *Eddie the Burglar, 163-64, 165-66

  Egypt, 17, 84, 85

  and terrorists, 13-15, 19

  Egyptian Mujahideen, 81

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 43, 50, 194

  ELINT (ELectronic INTelligence), 126-27

  Elliott, Sir Norman, 40, 46, 76, 79, 85, 142-43, 147-49, 177, 371

  Emerson CQC6 combat folder, 3, 21, 65, 90, 152, 154, 238, 267, 308

  *Emu, G. Edward, 296-98

  England

  Ministry of Defence (MOD), 44, 45, 148

  tradition in, 55

  ethnic cleansing, 83

  Falklands War, 104, 144

  FAMFUC (FAMiliarization Facility/Urban Combat), 156, 157, 160, 161, 192, 193, 328, 330, 335

  FBI, 6, 32, 332, 355

  Field Fighter knives, 308, 310, 383

  Finley, Jim, 11

  fire discipline, 317

  firearms; see weapons and ammo

  “fixers”, 271

  *Floyd, Purdy Boy, 119

  Foca minisub, 88, 90-91, 93, 147, 175, 176, 177

  FMLN guerrillas, 171, 324

  FORTE (Fast On-board Recording of Transient Experiments) (satellite), 282-84, 289-90

  Fourth World, 328

  Foxhunter file, 59

  France

  nuclear capabilities, 204-07, 210

  *Freddie the Forger, 16, 188

  frisking hostages, 368-69

  Frogmen, 69

  Italian, 255

  Geneva Convention, 281

  Global Positioning System computers, 192

  Global Tec International (GTI), 223, 224, 262, 266, 270-71, 290, 292

  Glocks, 159, 161, 192, 267, 268, 274, 320, 367, 368

  Green Team, 32, 35, 39, 52, 63, 73, 79, 97, 119, 123, 246

  and BW attack on CINCUSNAVEUR, 335-47

  charged as accessory to murder, 188

  false trails left by, 192

  shooters, 88, 96, 158-61

  Grenada, 99, 119

  Grenzschutzgruppe-9 (GSG-9), 124

  Griffith, Grant, 45, 74

  Grundle, Nasty Nicky, 173

  arrested/imprisoned, 181, 188, 191, 335

  in attack on CINCUSNAVEUR, 356, 359, 362, 363-66, 368, 370

  in attack on terrorists at Portsmouth harbor, 134, 135

  background of, 98

  breaking and entering Brookfield House, 165, 166, 170, 172, 173

  and Cairo mission, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10-11, 21-28, 119

  and CNO assassination mission, 100, 162

  escape from CINCUSNAVEUR, 193-202

  infiltration of nuclear plant, 226

  and pursuit of Brookfield, 191, 206, 254, 274, 275, 287-88, 306, 307-11, 317, 321, 327

  Guevara, Che, 171

  Gulf War, 106, 144, 176, 290

  HAHO (High Altitude/High Opening) jumps, 275, 291, 302, 305, 306

  HALO (High Altitude/Low Opening) jumps, 63, 298

  Haji, Mr., 140-42, 177-78, 208

  Hamas, 82, 92

  hand signals, 128, 247, 301, 311

  *Harris, Art, 99

  * Harris, Cash, 157

  Harris, Half Pint, 88, 119, 135

  Harvey, Squadron Sergeant, 120, 129

  Hathcock, Gunnery Sergeant Carlos N., 280

  Heckler & Koch MP5, 4, 267, 268, 349

  Heckler & Koch USPs, 3, 4, 47, 120, 267

  heroin, 79, 282

  Hizballah, 92

  HMS Warrior, 64, 66

  HMS Mountbatten, 40, 51-56, 63-72, 175, 177, 371

  hostage-rescue assault, 159, 245, 344-47, 357, 363, 365-72

  hostage situations, 341-42, 350

  hunter(s), 97, 98

  Hussein, Saddam, 84, 290

  hypoxia, 291, 295

  IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), 228, 246

  Ikigami, Hideo, 325

  INDIGOs (satellites), 283

  intelligence, 77-78, 127, 312

  regarding Afghanistan, 282-84

  allowing to adversaries, 176

  in attack on CINCUSNAVEUR, 338-40, 342

  British, 86, 118-19

  DIA, 16

  flawed, 138

  Marcinko developing in Pakistan, 271-73, 274, 278

  in Pakistan, 269 see also operational intelligence; tactical intelligence

  intelligence agencies stovepipe commands, 77-78

  intelligence community, 218

  Intelligence Community Staff (ICS), 78

  intelligence network(s)

  SAS, 147-48

  unauthorized, 118

  Interpol, 214

  IRA, 40, 47, 51, 53, 144, 156, 194, 353

  Iran

  Islamic fundamentalism in, 269

  and transnational terrorism, 78-79, 81, 282


  Iran-contra affair, 292

  Iran rescue mission, 188

  Iraq, 81, 144, 176, 244, 281

  Blackhawk choppers shot down in, 329

  Islam, 108, 178

  Islamic Brotherhood, 81

  Islamic fundamentalism, 14, 80-86, 92

  Iran hub of, 269

  Islamic fundamentalists, 3, 4, 7, 8, 40, 142, 147, 322

  demands of, 323-24

  resentment against West, 106-09

  training in Afghanistan, 282

  Islamic Jihad, 82, 92

  Islamic unity, 379

  Israel, 83

  General Staff Reconnaissance Unit 269, 124

  Jagger, Mick, 102

  jihad, 109, 110, 111, 142, 282, 315

  * Joey (SEAL), 188

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, 18, 157

  Kaluha, Howie, 269, 306

  background of, 98

  and Cairo mission, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10-11, 21-28, 119

  and CNO assassination mission, 100

  death of, 307-08, 309, 382

  Kaluha, Howie (cont.)

  and infiltration of nuclear plant, 220, 226

  as pilot, 265

  and pursuit of Brookfield, 191, 206, 210, 269, 274, 287-88, 300, 305-06

  Kernan, Irish, 157

  KGB, 143, 270

  Khomeini, Ayatollah, 102

  killing, 31, 160, 161, 243-46 see also war

  KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid), 201, 226, 273-74, 287, 316, 338, 344, 357

  KISS cipher system, 193

  KISS explosives, 228

  *Kline (SEAL), 188

  Klinghoffer, Leon, 15

  Kunika (special police intelligence unit), 146

  Kuwait, 67, 217

  Kuwait City, 176

  Lacrosse (satellite), 157, 283-84

  landmines, 310, 313

  Lansford, PA, 116

  Laocoon’s Gate (estate), 101

  LAPD SWAT team, 343

  leadership

  drinking in, 126

  leading from the front, 20, 97, 341

  in clearance, 128

  Libya, 316

  * Lieutenant Lounge Lizard, 44

  linguistic abilities, 10, 11, 269

  of Lord Brookfield, 91, 95

  of Marcinko, 10, 205

  Lockemont, Earl of; see Lyondale, Geoffrey

  London, 55

  Lyondale, Geoffrey, 47, 72, 74, 89-96, 98, 100, 118, 119, 145, 157, 174, 340

  and attack on terrorists at Portsmouth, 129-38

  and Brookfield, 103, 106

  and double-cross of Green Team, 190

  and intelligence, 147

  and Portsmouth harbor bombing, 119-23, 127, 128, 148, 158

  and SBS training, 117, 118

  MI5, 148, 192, 193

  MI6, 55, 148, 192

  in Pakistan, 269

  Maclean, Donald, 376

  MacRae, Arleigh, 343

  Mad Dog Frequent Flyer knives, 120, 374

  Mad Dog SWAT knife, 308

  Magellan GPS trailblazers, 192-93, 282, 294, 300, 303, 304, 306, 309, 311, 325

  Mao Zedong, 171, 324

 

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