101st ABN. See Airborne units.173d ABN. See Airborne units.3d ACR. See Armored units.1-68 AR. See Armored units.AAM (Army Achievement Medal): 91, 95, 251. See also ARCOM (Army Commendation Medal).AAR (after action review): 77, 108, 174, 209Abizaid, General John P.: 110Abu Hishma tribe, town: 85, 87, 92, 93, 100, 174, 177, 186, 200, 216, 222, 249, 270

alienated: 98checkpoint: 182, 183isolated: 170, 171, 177registration: 177, 180, 182

AC–130 Spectre Gunship: 141Ad Dawr, Iraq: 19Afghanistan: 129Airborne units 101st ABN (Airborne) Division: 62, 74

173d ABN Brigade: 38, 48, 56, 62, 63–64, 65Al Hawaz (newspaper): 220Al Jazeera (news network): 166Al-Kut, Iraq: 220Al-Qaeda: 143Al Uzaym River: 131, 134Albino Street, Samarra: 155, 246ALOC (Administrative and Logistical Operations Center): 14, 68, 233AnAcondA. See LSA (Logistics Support Area) AnAcondA.Annan, Kofe: 214Annual Training Guidance: 126Apache helicopter: 27, 28, 36, 84, 85, 92, 150, 173. See also Black Hawk; Chinook; Kiowa; Medevac.APC (armored personnel carrier): 72Appointment in Samarra (O’Hara): 72Arab Mind, The (Patai): 260Arabization (of Kurds): 49, 50, 132ARCOM (Army Commendation Medal): 91, 95, 251. See also AAM (Army Achievement Medal).

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Armored units1-68 AR (1st Battalion, 68th Armor): 21, 22, 28, 46, 61, 126,

127, 138, 140, 2103d ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment): 31, 36, 119

Army Times: 119Article 15 hearings: 222, 225–26Article 32 hearing: 141Ashura (Shiite celebration): 217–18Assembly (West Point alumni magazine): 153AT–4 antitank missile: 272Attalla, Yassin Taha: 111–13, 115, 116

B/1-8 IN. See Infantry units.B/1-12 IN. See Infantry units.Ba’ath Party, Ba’athists: 11, 15, 16, 76, 89, 144, 181, 264Badr Corps: 31, 33, 34, 36, 49Baghdad, Iraq: 14, 15, 68, 101Balad, Iraq: 91, 128, 162, 165, 212, 228, 249

attitude of locals toward Americans: 76city elections: 160–61mayor of: 76, 77, 79, 191mortar locations in: 104mosque: 81population of: 75

Band of Brothers (film): 38, 42, 81Baqubah, Iraq: 82Barnett, Major: 35, 46, 47, 48, 57, 62, 71, 82Basra, Iraq: 128Battalions, organization of: 232, 233, 234Battle captains: 30, 61, 235–36BDA (battle damage assessment): 28, 267Beattie, Keven: 30, 55, 62, 69Berg, Sergeant First Class: 87, 95, 116, 167, 168, 183Bevens, Jimmy: 84, 89, 141, 158, 161, 172–73, 176, 190, 200, 246BFT (Blue Force Tracker): 17, 29, 53, 175, 235, 236, 273Black Hawk helicopter: 37, 73, 133, 170. See also Apache; Chinook; Kiowa; Medevac.Black market: 49, 59Blacklist: 21, 55, 60, 129Blix, Hans: 128Blue Platoon, B/1-8 IN: 91, 156, 239, 246, 261. See also Infantry units.Body armor: 32Bond, Sergeant Major: 22–23Bradley Fighting Vehicle: 34, 38, 49, 55, 60, 122, 123

battalions: 232

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Bradley Fighting Vehicle—continued “bites”: 273catastrophic failure in: 165–66and chain gun: 134companies: 231–32conditions in: 62, 101, 272–74crew: 273digital systems: 273focused maintenance for: 212mission and uses: 231–32reactive armor for: 178–79, 194and SINCGARS: 232turning procedures: 106weaponry aboard: 272

Bremer, L. Paul: 27, 74, 128, 170Brown, Kris: 28, 31, 97, 227, 228Brown, Capt. Robert “Todd” S.: 12, 50, 87, 93, 126, 160

and air assault on village: 129–35on ambushes: 150, 163, 239, 243and Arabic language: 4, 78, 118, 123and awards: 56, 91, 95, 258Balad elections: 160–61bank guarded: 153, 154on Bradleys: 101–02, 166–67on combat lifesaving: 91, 108and counterfire: 135, 136, 154, 163, 172on countermortar operations: 266–71on daytime patrols: 147, 148, 243digital camera use: 94, 96on fixed-site security: 164–65, 244, 248in Germany: 65–68and Ghazani tribe: 167, 224on Iraq: 105, 172, 183, 184lessons learned: 247–50and maintenance issues: 81, 212and marksmanship: 108, 244on mortars and weapons caches: 98, 116, 117, 163, 172, 244, 245and MOUT: 171, 250, 252and New Year’s Eve: 197–98on Paliwoda: 198, 199–201, 204Panchot’s eulogy: 174–75on reconnaissance by fire: 153, 272return to United States: 227–28on Samarra: 141, 187–88, 193–94, 203–04, 215, 237–51, 252–63and training: 83–84, 92, 93, 97, 141, 176, 223–24on Yassin Taha Attalla: 111–13, 114, 115, 116

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BRT (Brigade Reconnaissance Team): 19, 21, 22, 23, 32BSA (Brigade Support Area): 21–22, 52, 63, 85BUB (battle update briefing): 19, 146, 204, 236Buhayrat Hamrin Reservoir: 37–38Burn barrels, pits: 30, 44Bush, George W.: 25, 128, 143, 170, 197Byers, Josh: 119, 120, 122, 201, 207, 208

21st CASH (Corps Area Support Hospital): 166, 168, 198, 213, 234 and chemical casualty event: 42 and civilian casualties: 89, 90, 1771-10 CAV. See Cavalry units.3-7 CAV. See Cavalry units.C/1-8 IN. See Infantry units.C/1-12 IN. See Infantry units.Camp Buckner: 227Camp Doha: 60Candide (Voltaire): 30CAR (combined arms rehearsal): 62, 84, 235Car bombings: 101, 160, 182, 249, 260, 261Cavalry units

1-10 CAV (1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry): 19, 33, 34, 39–40, 49, 503-7 CAV (3d Battalion, 7th Cavalry): 76, 79, 80

CENTCOM (Central Command): 109Checkpoints: 106, 129, 136, 174, 191

at Abu Hishma: 182, 183and friendly fire incident: 64manned: 235spider-web: 151, 235

Chem lights: 79, 88, 217“Chemical Ali.” See Majid, General Ali Hassan al-.Chemical detection equipment: 272Chinook helicopter: 129, 130,170. See also Apache; Black Hawk; Kiowa; Medevac.CI (counter intelligence): 62Civil Affairs: 19, 25, 35, 59, 60, 76, 87, 92, 184CJTF 7 (Coalition Joint Task Force 7): 210–11CKP (Communist Kurdish Party): 41, 49Clans: 75Clearing operations: 79, 139, 223, 239CLS (Combat Life Saver): 29, 46, 47, 48, 70, 108CMOC (Civil-Military Operations Center): 150, 206, 233–34, 260CNN: 14, 190Coalition Provisional Authority: 27, 197, 220Coax (coaxially mounted machine gun): 121, 153, 155, 158, 175, 246, 261

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Cobb (court-martialed for desertion): 126–27, 164, 211Coins (awards): 98, 116, 142Collateral damage: 239Combat stress: 161Command and control: 231–36Contractors: 192, 220Convoys: 170, 192Corps Tactical Assembly Area: 221COSCOM (Corps Support Command): 109, 110Counterambushes: 83, 270Counterfire: 135, 136, 137, 154, 172, 195, 221, 268Countermortar operations: 266–71CQM (close-quarters marksmanship): 97, 247, 255CSC (Corps Support Command): 13, 15Cunningham, Matt: 101, 155, 194, 195, 218, 225, 228Curfew: 92, 93, 136, 138

Datray (court-martialed for desertion): 126–27, 164, 211DCUs (Desert Combat Uniform): 50, 53, 127Democracy in America (de Tocqueville): 184Direct fire: 184DIVARTY (Division Artillery): 42, 72Duluya, Iraq: 249

Eagle Prayer: 130, 161, 174“Early Bird” (news reports): 37, 42Elm Street, Samarra: 242, 243Engineers: 99, 100, 124EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal): 204, 205EPW (enemy prisoner of war): 16, 18, 23, 29, 86, 88Ethnic cleansing: 16Euphrates River: 11Eyepro: 13

Faisal II: 89Fallujah, Iraq: 74, 128, 144, 170, 184, 197FAS (Forward Aid Station): 84, 233, 234Faunce, Brian: 59, 139–40FBCB2 (Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below): 273Fedayeen: 113, 134, 177, 256Field trains: 233FIF (Free Iraqi Forces): 16, 17, 1850 Yard Line Road, Samarra: 25750th Street, Samarra: 242First Circle, The (Solzhenitsyn): 61Fixed-site security: 164–65, 244, 248

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Fort Bragg: 138Fort Carson: 11, 61, 66, 110, 116, 119, 220Fort Hood: 11, 82, 200Fort Lewis: 67FOBs (Forward Operating Bases)

BeAst: 173, 198, 200BrAssfield MorA: 196dAniels: 194, 239, 243, 255eAgle: 198, 200, 201lion: 118, 165, 204, 216, 222, 237, 253stoddArd: 150–51, 188, 237, 239, 241, 243, 245

Fox (chemical detection vehicle): 42Frago (fragmentary order): 13, 53, 55, 234Friendly fire: 63–64FTCP (Field Trains Command Post): 165, 211, 233Fuelers: 40–41Fuller, Nick: 17, 22, 23, 32

Garner, Lt. Gen. Jay: 12, 26, 27Germany: 65–68Ghazani tribe: 167, 224ginger. See MSRs (Main Supply Routes).Golden Mosque: 148, 252, 253, 256GPS (global positioning system): 235

Garmin: 102, 253Magellan: 53pluggered grid: 104, 253

Green 2 Report: 236Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: 86, 157Gulliver’s Travels (Swift): 27, 28, 30

Hajj, The (Peters): 260Hakim, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-: 26, 101Hancher, John: 30, 69, 82, 105, 200HE (heavy explosive): 98, 123, 129, 137, 142, 146, 155, 166, 177, 183, 196, 239, 245, 268, 272, 276–77Helicopter Medical Evacuation Company, 571st: 15, 47. See also Medevac.Hellfire missiles: 174HET (heavy equipment transporter): 13, 14, 46, 60, 69, 156, 202H&I (harassing and interdicting) fire: 120, 136, 138, 223HUMINT (human intelligence): 60, 152. See also THT (Tactical HUMINT Team).Hussein, Qusay: 74, 95Hussein, Saddam: 25, 26, 82, 92, 129, 160, 260

as “Ace of Spades”: 113, 114

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Hussein, Saddam—continuedcapture of: 181, 182, 186, 197recorded messages of: 74, 128and Samarra: 238statue destroyed: 11

Hussein, Uday: 74, 95Huwaish, Iraq: 205, 209, 258, 259HVT (high-value target): 62, 254

1-8 IN. See Infantry units.1-12 IN. See Infantry units.4th Infantry Division (Mechanized). See Infantry units.ICDC (Iraqi Civil Defense Corps): 139, 144, 212, 213, 217, 218, 219, 244, 254, 262IED (improvised explosive device): 74, 85, 87, 117, 120, 137, 139, 159IGC (Iraqi Governing Council): 74, 128, 220Illumination rounds: 92, 93, 195Incirlik, Turkey: 228Indirect fire: 174, 184Infantry units

1-8 IN (1st Battalion, 8th Infantry): 31, 46, 75 Alpha Company: 92, 93, 120, 174, 191, 209 Charlie Company: 92 leadership of: 72 Newsweek reporter with: 82 TOC: 60, 73

1-12 IN (1st Battalion, 12th Infantry): 19, 23, 31, 59 Company A: 18, 82, 92, 259 Company C: 92, 129, 135, 188, 190, 192 seizure of Ba’ath Party headquarters, Samarra: 15, 16 vehicles of: 33

4th Infantry Division (Mechanized): 11, 12, 13, 25, 58, 59, 60, 130B/1-8 IN (B Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry): 30, 46, 78, 82, 237–51B/1-12 IN (B Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry): 17, 139C/1-8 IN (C Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry): 76, 84C/1-12 IN (C Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry): 32

Informants: 94, 95, 111, 150, 160, 181, 193, 202, 206, 249, 253– 54, 255Intelligence: 159, 188, 212, 218, 253, 255

actionable: 133, 247external support: 93human: 60, 152single-source: 94unactionable: 167

Interpreters: 89, 106, 109, 114, 193, 206, 218

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Interpreters—continuedfor B/1-8 IN: 78and detainees: 87quality of: 132with troops on raids: 157, 181, 189, 253

Inventories: 46, 60, 69, 72, 78, 81IO (Information Operations): 210IPB (intelligence preparation of the battlefield): 266, 267–69Iraq

infrastructure and economy: 63, 143, 170, 182interim government: 197Ministry of Intelligence: 26Ministry of Propaganda: 26

Irbil, Iraq: 214Isaki, Iraq: 188Iskenderun, Turkey: 11

Jabal Hamrin Ridge: 33, 70–71, 129, 134JAG (Judge Advocate General): 20, 36, 99Jalawa, Iraq: 35Jalula, Iraq: 29, 30, 40, 41, 43Javelin antitank missile: 272JOC (Joint Operations Center), Samarra: 262Joint direct-attack munitions: 176Jordan: 101JRTC (Joint Readiness Training Center): 87, 115Just-in-time logistics: 58

Karbala, Iraq: 218, 220KDP (Kurdish Democratic Party): 49, 50, 55Kelly (Special Forces team chief): 206, 207, 208, 209, 211Keyhole shots: 149, 154, 238, 244, 245Kiowa helicopter: 40, 221, 222. See also Apache; Black Hawk; Chinook; Medevac.Kirkuk, Iraq: 36, 38, 48, 55, 56, 60, 65, 68Kitty Hawk, USS: 25Knoth, Tim: 79, 120, 199Kufa, Iraq: 220Kurds, Kurdistan: 11, 26, 49–50, 132, 220Kuwait: 15, 16, 23, 80

Landstuhl, Germany: 64, 66Language training, barriers: 59, 60LD (line of departure): 21, 235lindA. See MSRs (Main Supply Routes).Live-fire training: 92

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LOGPAC (logistical package): 108, 172, 236attacks on convoys: 165, 173and reporters: 165security: 165

LPs (listening posts): 235LSA (Logistics Support Area) AnAcondA: 78, 82, 86, 123, 163, 170, 234

fired on: 81, 124, 141, 146, 159, 269move to: 222routes to: 266security: 102, 164, 173, 176

M1 (Abrams tank): 15M1A1 tank: 74M4 rifle: 272M88 armored recovery vehicle: 36M240 7.62-mm. machine gun: 272M249 5.56-mm. machine gun: 272Mahdi militia: 182, 220. See also Sadr, Muqtada al-.Mail: 23, 28, 37, 180Majid, General Ali Hassan al- (“Chemical Ali”): 16, 19, 32, 59Malaria pills, side-effects from: 30, 50, 64Market Street, Samarra: 206, 241Martinez, Major: 21, 30, 32, 33, 37, 251Medevac (medical evacuation): 21, 56, 70, 121, 158, 198. See also Helicopter Medical Evacuation Company, 571st.MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq): 25, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 48, 49“Military City,” Balad: 78, 85, 100, 117Mines, minefields: 46, 47, 48, 159, 171, 241, 256Mission analysis: 234MKT (Mobile Kitchen Trailer): 49Moby Dick (Melville): 51–52, 57, 59Morale: 23, 28, 55–56, 110, 129, 145, 226

boosting: 40, 50and leadership: 93of opposition: 181and phone calls: 181

Mortars, mortar battles: 91, 118, 266–67, 267–68attacks: 88, 146LSA as target: 135search for: 88, 102, 103–04, 114, 136along Tigris River: 114

Mosque Road, Samarra: 188, 192Mosul, Iraq: 74, 189, 213MOUT (military operations on urban terrain): 16, 19, 57, 184, 186, 252

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MPs (Military Police): 20, 145, 150, 151and friendly fire incident: 64–65teaching Iraqi police: 76and PeninsulA strike: 62

MRE (meal, ready to eat): 30, 33, 35, 36, 42, 53, 110MSRs (Main Supply Routes)

ginger: 165lindA: 84, 106, 120, 167–68, 199, 223, 224rAttler: 147, 239, 240, 244

MTOE (modified table of organization and equipment): 72Myers, General Richard B., USAF: 98

Najaf, Iraq: 26, 74, 101, 113, 214, 220Nasiriya, Iraq: 170National Guard: 68, 140, 141New York Times: 165, 166Newsweek: 28, 39, 215Night vision goggles: 272NIPRNET (Nonsecure Internet Protocol Router Network): 236NOD (night observation device): 38NTC (National Training Center): 13, 34, 43, 115, 140, 163

Odierno, Maj. Gen. Raymond: 73, 181OP (observation post): 235OP Order (operations order): 234OPD (officer professional development): 51, 93, 97, 108, 120Operations

desert scorPion: 59desert storM: 74industry cleAn uP: 144, 190, 240irAqi freedoM: 170, 197PeninsulA strike: 59, 62, 199sidewinder: 72tu-PAc siege: 136

OPLAN (operations plan): 234Organized crime: 58ORHA (Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance): 12, 26, 27

Paliwoda, Capt. Eric (“The Giant”): 124, 173, 198, 199–201, 204, 226Panchot, S.Sgt. Dale: 171, 173, 174–75, 176, 177, 179, 201Parks, Lt. Col. Timothy: 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 60, 61Passive vision sights: 272PCCs (pre-combat checks): 235PCI (pre-combat inspection): 235Peshmergas (Kurdish fighters): 18, 19, 20

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Philadelphia Inquirer: 38Police, Iraqi: 204, 244, 254

in Baghdad: 143in Balad: 75, 76caliber of: 213and checkpoints: 182–83empowerment of: 59, 60, 99in Samarra: 261target of anticoalition forces: 128

Powell, Colin: 26Power Line Road, Samarra: 152, 155, 206, 208, 259Psyops (psychological operations): 63, 94, 136, 258

procedures: 254and rock music: 136, 137, 145in Samarra: 145

PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan): 25, 35, 41, 44, 50, 55

Q36 radar: 83, 87, 116, 124, 177, 221QRF (Quick Reaction Force): 81, 83, 116, 138, 139, 236, 270

Ramadan: 164, 260Ramadi, Iraq: 144, 170Ramstein, Germany: 67Ranger School: 13, 63, 69, 119, 148Rangers: 129, 139Rather, Dan: 129, 130rAttler. See MSRs (Main Supply Routes).RBA (Ranger Body Armor): 24, 63React-to-contact drill: 176Reactive armor: 178–79, 194, 224, 248Recoilless rifles: 118Reconnaissance by fire: 92–93, 123, 153, 272Red Crescent: 143Red Platoon, B/1-8 IN: 106, 107, 167, 168, 221, 223, 224, 255Religious services: 49, 108Reporters: 28, 36, 40, 167Republican Guard: 36Rhein-Main, Germany: 68, 228Rice, Condeleeza: 143Robertson, Nick: 190ROE (rules of engagement): 15, 21, 77, 93, 145Route 1: 84, 120, 135, 141, 177, 250

ambush on: 123, 192checkpoints: 212conditions on: 188IEDs on: 255, 260

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Route 1—continuedmedevac on: 146

Routes. See MSRs (Main Supply Routes).Roy (Maj. Darron Wright): 84, 86, 87, 91, 115, 123, 136, 141, 162, 177RPG (rocket-propelled grenade): 20, 62, 72, 74, 79, 82, 129, 149, 239, 240Rudesheim, Col. Frederick: 15, 18, 77, 187, 191, 204Ryan, Kevin: 120, 139, 201, 222

Sadr, Muqtada al-: 26, 74, 182, 197, 220Sadr City, Baghdad: 220Samarii, General Wafik: 16, 19Samarra: 138, 141, 175, 185, 200, 228, 234

airfield seized: 15archeological sites: 39Ba’athist Party headquarters seized: 15, 16dam in: 32, 225, 261and elections: 160fire department: 210, 261hearts and minds campaign: 150history of: 237–38hospital: 19, 261ICDC: 261operations in: 237–51pharmaceutical plant (SDI building): 19, 20police: 17, 19, 262pro-Saddam rally in: 22radio station: 19raids: 28, 170, 184, 188, 205resistance in: 144, 183, 192, 197roads: 261and small-unit leadership: 184Tribal Council: 260violence during Ramadan: 260walled section of city: 21zones of: 185, 203, 238

Samarra Airfield East: 15, 16, 47, 60, 76, 87, 97, 130SAMS (School of Advanced Military Studies): 63Sanchez, Lt. Gen. Ricardo: 118Sanitation: 55, 69, 179–80Sassaman, Lt. Col. Nathan

aggressive tactics: 72Article 15: 224–25awards presentations: 80, 97–98and Balad: 76, 108, 160and casualties: 84, 90, 92, 109, 192, 201

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Sassaman, Lt. Col. Nathan—continuedand informants: 79, 111and the press: 133, 191, 215and Samarra: 141, 145and team building: 78

SAW (squad automatic weapon): 78, 247Schoomaker, General Peter J.: 124, 214SCIRI (Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq): 26SDI (State Drug Industry): 261SEN (small extension node): 37, 236SF (Special Forces): 122, 150–51, 159, 205, 207–09Shia Muslims: 26, 74, 197, 220, 237–38Shinseki, General Eric K.: 214Showers, personal: 49, 51, 221SINCGARS (Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System): 232, 236SIPR (Secure Internet Protocol Router): 37SIPRNET (Secure Internet Protocol Router Network): 236Sistani, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-: 26, 197, 214“60 Minutes”: 133, 134Small-unit leadership: 184Smallpox vaccination: 14, 15, 30SMART-T (Secure Mobile Antijam Reliable Tactical Terminal): 37, 236South Park Road, Samarra: 207, 208, 257Special Forces Group, 10th: 34, 66Split basing: 58Static load training: 129Stobbe, Patrick: 17, 22, 59Stryker Brigade: 183, 186, 191, 201Sunni Muslims, 26, 58, 74, 75, 182, 197, 220Sunni Triangle: 58, 110, 111, 126, 139, 144, 220, 244, 274Surface-to-surface missiles: 147Syria: 192

T-rats (tray rations): 22, 29, 52TAA (Tactical Assembly Area): 23, 234TAC (Tactical Actions Center): 15, 28, 36, 41, 44, 49, 55, 56, 60, 65, 69TACSAT (tactical satellite): 16, 19, 37, 42, 43, 236TACSOPs (tactical standard operating procedures): 234Taguba, Maj. Gen. Antonio M.: 159Taji Airfield: 15, 42Task Force eAgle: 187Tehran, Iran: 25Terrorists: 143, 144, 182, 204Test-firing: 83, 146, 147, 192, 211

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THT (Tactical HUMINT Team): 62, 72–73, 85, 191, 204, 209, 259–60Tigris River: 11, 32, 85, 98, 102, 105, 114, 202, 266Tikrit, Iraq: 31, 34, 60, 71, 73, 82, 181, 184, 225Tikrit Airfield East: 22TOC (Tactical Operations Center): 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 55, 56, 68, 76, 126, 137TOW (Tube-launched Optically tracked Wire-guided missile): 14, 165TRPs (target reference points): 235TTP (tactics, techniques and procedures): 57, 75, 77, 116, 224, 239, 253, 256, 267Turkey: 11, 51, 228Tuz, Iraq: 33, 49Tuz Airfield: 33, 34

UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle): 37, 55, 56UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice): 222UMCP (Unit Maintenance Collection Point): 36, 40, 82, 83, 97, 114, 233, 234Unit-manning system: 214United Nations: 25, 101, 128, 143

V Corps: 40, 62Veterans of Foreign Wars: 228Viera de Mellis, Sergio: 101

Wallace, Lt. Gen. William S.: 23WARNO (warning order): 234Weapons-buying program: 117West Point (U.S. Military Academy): 61, 69, 110, 119, 139, 201White, Thomas E.: 214White phosphorus: 135, 177, 221White Platoon: 89, 204, 210, 257WMDs (weapons of mass destruction): 11, 26, 132, 143Wright, Maj. Darron. See Roy.

Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-: 101