101st ABN. See Airborne units. 173d ABN. See Airborne units. 3d ACR. See Armored units AR. See Armored units. AAM (Army Achievement Medal): 91,

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1 INDEX 101st ABN. See Airborne units. 173d ABN. See Airborne units. 3d ACR. See Armored units AR. See Armored units. AAM (Army Achievement Medal): 91, 95, 251. See also ARCOM (Army Commendation Medal). AAR (after action review): 77, 108, 174, 209 Abizaid, General John P.: 110 Abu Hishma tribe, town: 85, 87, 92, 93, 100, 174, 177, 186, 200, 216, 222, 249, 270 alienated: 98 checkpoint: 182, 183 isolated: 170, 171, 177 registration: 177, 180, 182 AC 130 Spectre Gunship: 141 Ad Dawr, Iraq: 19 Afghanistan: 129 Airborne units 101st ABN (Airborne) Division: 62, d ABN Brigade: 38, 48, 56, 62, 63 64, 65 Al Hawaz (newspaper): 220 Al Jazeera (news network): 166 Al-Kut, Iraq: 220 Al-Qaeda: 143 Al Uzaym River: 131, 134 Albino Street, Samarra: 155, 246 ALOC (Administrative and Logistical Operations Center): 14, 68, 233 Anaconda. See LSA (Logistics Support Area) Anaconda. Annan, Kofe: 214 Annual Training Guidance: 126 Apache helicopter: 27, 28, 36, 84, 85, 92, 150, 173. See also Black Hawk; Chinook; Kiowa; Medevac. APC (armored personnel carrier): 72 Appointment in Samarra (O Hara): 72 Arab Mind, The (Patai): 260 Arabization (of Kurds): 49, 50, 132 ARCOM (Army Commendation Medal): 91, 95, 251. See also AAM (Army Achievement Medal).

2 280 B at t l e g r o u n d IRAQ Armored units 1-68 AR (1st Battalion, 68th Armor): 21, 22, 28, 46, 61, 126, 127, 138, 140, 210 3d ACR (Armored Cavalry Regiment): 31, 36, 119 Army Times: 119 Article 15 hearings: 222, Article 32 hearing: 141 Ashura (Shiite celebration): Assembly (West Point alumni magazine): 153 AT 4 antitank missile: 272 Attalla, Yassin Taha: , 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, 264 Badr Corps: 31, 33, 34, 36, 49 Baghdad, Iraq: 14, 15, 68, 101 Balad, Iraq: 91, 128, 162, 165, 212, 228, 249 attitude of locals toward Americans: 76 city elections: mayor of: 76, 77, 79, 191 mortar locations in: 104 mosque: 81 population of: 75 Band of Brothers (film): 38, 42, 81 Baqubah, Iraq: 82 Barnett, Major: 35, 46, 47, 48, 57, 62, 71, 82 Basra, Iraq: 128 Battalions, organization of: 232, 233, 234 Battle captains: 30, 61, BDA (battle damage assessment): 28, 267 Beattie, Keven: 30, 55, 62, 69 Berg, Sergeant First Class: 87, 95, 116, 167, 168, 183 Bevens, Jimmy: 84, 89, 141, 158, 161, , 176, 190, 200, 246 BFT (Blue Force Tracker): 17, 29, 53, 175, 235, 236, 273 Black Hawk helicopter: 37, 73, 133, 170. See also Apache; Chinook; Kiowa; Medevac. Black market: 49, 59 Blacklist: 21, 55, 60, 129 Blix, Hans: 128 Blue Platoon, B/1-8 IN: 91, 156, 239, 246, 261. See also Infantry units. Body armor: 32 Bond, Sergeant Major: Bradley Fighting Vehicle: 34, 38, 49, 55, 60, 122, 123 battalions: 232

3 Journal of a Company Commander 281 Bradley Fighting Vehicle continued bites : 273 catastrophic failure in: and chain gun: 134 companies: conditions in: 62, 101, crew: 273 digital systems: 273 focused maintenance for: 212 mission and uses: reactive armor for: , 194 and SINCGARS: 232 turning procedures: 106 weaponry aboard: 272 Bremer, L. Paul: 27, 74, 128, 170 Brown, Kris: 28, 31, 97, 227, 228 Brown, Capt. Robert Todd S.: 12, 50, 87, 93, 126, 160 and air assault on village: on ambushes: 150, 163, 239, 243 and Arabic language: 4, 78, 118, 123 and awards: 56, 91, 95, 258 Balad elections: bank guarded: 153, 154 on Bradleys: , on combat lifesaving: 91, 108 and counterfire: 135, 136, 154, 163, 172 on countermortar operations: on daytime patrols: 147, 148, 243 digital camera use: 94, 96 on fixed-site security: , 244, 248 in Germany: and Ghazani tribe: 167, 224 on Iraq: 105, 172, 183, 184 lessons learned: and maintenance issues: 81, 212 and marksmanship: 108, 244 on mortars and weapons caches: 98, 116, 117, 163, 172, 244, 245 and MOUT: 171, 250, 252 and New Year s Eve: on Paliwoda: 198, , 204 Panchot s eulogy: on reconnaissance by fire: 153, 272 return to United States: on Samarra: 141, , , , 215, , and training: 83 84, 92, 93, 97, 141, 176, on Yassin Taha Attalla: , 114, 115, 116

4 282 B at t l e g r o u n d IRAQ BRT (Brigade Reconnaissance Team): 19, 21, 22, 23, 32 BSA (Brigade Support Area): 21 22, 52, 63, 85 BUB (battle update briefing): 19, 146, 204, 236 Buhayrat Hamrin Reservoir: Burn barrels, pits: 30, 44 Bush, George W.: 25, 128, 143, 170, 197 Byers, Josh: 119, 120, 122, 201, 207, st CASH (Corps Area Support Hospital): 166, 168, 198, 213, 234 and chemical casualty event: 42 and civilian casualties: 89, 90, 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: 227 Camp Doha: 60 Candide (Voltaire): 30 CAR (combined arms rehearsal): 62, 84, 235 Car bombings: 101, 160, 182, 249, 260, 261 Cavalry units 1-10 CAV (1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry): 19, 33, 34, 39 40, 49, CAV (3d Battalion, 7th Cavalry): 76, 79, 80 CENTCOM (Central Command): 109 Checkpoints: 106, 129, 136, 174, 191 at Abu Hishma: 182, 183 and friendly fire incident: 64 manned: 235 spider-web: 151, 235 Chem lights: 79, 88, 217 Chemical Ali. See Majid, General Ali Hassan al-. Chemical detection equipment: 272 Chinook helicopter: 129, 130,170. See also Apache; Black Hawk; Kiowa; Medevac. CI (counter intelligence): 62 Civil Affairs: 19, 25, 35, 59, 60, 76, 87, 92, 184 CJTF 7 (Coalition Joint Task Force 7): CKP (Communist Kurdish Party): 41, 49 Clans: 75 Clearing operations: 79, 139, 223, 239 CLS (Combat Life Saver): 29, 46, 47, 48, 70, 108 CMOC (Civil-Military Operations Center): 150, 206, , 260 CNN: 14, 190 Coalition Provisional Authority: 27, 197, 220 Coax (coaxially mounted machine gun): 121, 153, 155, 158, 175, 246, 261

5 Journal of a Company Commander 283 Cobb (court-martialed for desertion): , 164, 211 Coins (awards): 98, 116, 142 Collateral damage: 239 Combat stress: 161 Command and control: Contractors: 192, 220 Convoys: 170, 192 Corps Tactical Assembly Area: 221 COSCOM (Corps Support Command): 109, 110 Counterambushes: 83, 270 Counterfire: 135, 136, 137, 154, 172, 195, 221, 268 Countermortar operations: CQM (close-quarters marksmanship): 97, 247, 255 CSC (Corps Support Command): 13, 15 Cunningham, Matt: 101, 155, 194, 195, 218, 225, 228 Curfew: 92, 93, 136, 138 Datray (court-martialed for desertion): , 164, 211 DCUs (Desert Combat Uniform): 50, 53, 127 Democracy in America (de Tocqueville): 184 Direct fire: 184 DIVARTY (Division Artillery): 42, 72 Duluya, Iraq: 249 Eagle Prayer: 130, 161, 174 Early Bird (news reports): 37, 42 Elm Street, Samarra: 242, 243 Engineers: 99, 100, 124 EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal): 204, 205 EPW (enemy prisoner of war): 16, 18, 23, 29, 86, 88 Ethnic cleansing: 16 Euphrates River: 11 Eyepro: 13 Faisal II: 89 Fallujah, Iraq: 74, 128, 144, 170, 184, 197 FAS (Forward Aid Station): 84, 233, 234 Faunce, Brian: 59, FBCB2 (Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below): 273 Fedayeen: 113, 134, 177, 256 Field trains: 233 FIF (Free Iraqi Forces): 16, 17, Yard Line Road, Samarra: th Street, Samarra: 242 First Circle, The (Solzhenitsyn): 61 Fixed-site security: , 244, 248

6 284 B at t l e g r o u n d IRAQ Fort Bragg: 138 Fort Carson: 11, 61, 66, 110, 116, 119, 220 Fort Hood: 11, 82, 200 Fort Lewis: 67 FOBs (Forward Operating Bases) Beast: 173, 198, 200 Brassfield Mora: 196 Daniels: 194, 239, 243, 255 Eagle: 198, 200, 201 Lion: 118, 165, 204, 216, 222, 237, 253 Stoddard: , 188, 237, 239, 241, 243, 245 Fox (chemical detection vehicle): 42 Frago (fragmentary order): 13, 53, 55, 234 Friendly fire: FTCP (Field Trains Command Post): 165, 211, 233 Fuelers: Fuller, Nick: 17, 22, 23, 32 Garner, Lt. Gen. Jay: 12, 26, 27 Germany: Ghazani tribe: 167, 224 Ginger. See MSRs (Main Supply Routes). Golden Mosque: 148, 252, 253, 256 GPS (global positioning system): 235 Garmin: 102, 253 Magellan: 53 pluggered grid: 104, 253 Green 2 Report: 236 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: 86, 157 Gulliver s Travels (Swift): 27, 28, 30 Hajj, The (Peters): 260 Hakim, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-: 26, 101 Hancher, John: 30, 69, 82, 105, 200 HE (heavy explosive): 98, 123, 129, 137, 142, 146, 155, 166, 177, 183, 196, 239, 245, 268, 272, Helicopter Medical Evacuation Company, 571st: 15, 47. See also Medevac. Hellfire missiles: 174 HET (heavy equipment transporter): 13, 14, 46, 60, 69, 156, 202 H&I (harassing and interdicting) fire: 120, 136, 138, 223 HUMINT (human intelligence): 60, 152. See also THT (Tactical HUMINT Team). Hussein, Qusay: 74, 95 Hussein, Saddam: 25, 26, 82, 92, 129, 160, 260 as Ace of Spades : 113, 114

7 Journal of a Company Commander 285 Hussein, Saddam continued capture of: 181, 182, 186, 197 recorded messages of: 74, 128 and Samarra: 238 statue destroyed: 11 Hussein, Uday: 74, 95 Huwaish, Iraq: 205, 209, 258, 259 HVT (high-value target): 62, IN. See Infantry units 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, 262 IED (improvised explosive device): 74, 85, 87, 117, 120, 137, 139, 159 IGC (Iraqi Governing Council): 74, 128, 220 Illumination rounds: 92, 93, 195 Incirlik, Turkey: 228 Indirect fire: 174, 184 Infantry 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, 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, 130 B/1-8 IN (B Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry): 30, 46, 78, 82, B/1-12 IN (B Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry): 17, 139 C/1-8 IN (C Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry): 76, 84 C/1-12 IN (C Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry): 32 Informants: 94, 95, 111, 150, 160, 181, 193, 202, 206, 249, , 255 Intelligence: 159, 188, 212, 218, 253, 255 actionable: 133, 247 external support: 93 human: 60, 152 single-source: 94 unactionable: 167 Interpreters: 89, 106, 109, 114, 193, 206, 218

8 286 B at t l e g r o u n d IRAQ Interpreters continued for B/1-8 IN: 78 and detainees: 87 quality of: 132 with troops on raids: 157, 181, 189, 253 Inventories: 46, 60, 69, 72, 78, 81 IO (Information Operations): 210 IPB (intelligence preparation of the battlefield): 266, Iraq infrastructure and economy: 63, 143, 170, 182 interim government: 197 Ministry of Intelligence: 26 Ministry of Propaganda: 26 Irbil, Iraq: 214 Isaki, Iraq: 188 Iskenderun, Turkey: 11 Jabal Hamrin Ridge: 33, 70 71, 129, 134 JAG (Judge Advocate General): 20, 36, 99 Jalawa, Iraq: 35 Jalula, Iraq: 29, 30, 40, 41, 43 Javelin antitank missile: 272 JOC (Joint Operations Center), Samarra: 262 Joint direct-attack munitions: 176 Jordan: 101 JRTC (Joint Readiness Training Center): 87, 115 Just-in-time logistics: 58 Karbala, Iraq: 218, 220 KDP (Kurdish Democratic Party): 49, 50, 55 Kelly (Special Forces team chief): 206, 207, 208, 209, 211 Keyhole shots: 149, 154, 238, 244, 245 Kiowa helicopter: 40, 221, 222. See also Apache; Black Hawk; Chinook; Medevac. Kirkuk, Iraq: 36, 38, 48, 55, 56, 60, 65, 68 Kitty Hawk, USS: 25 Knoth, Tim: 79, 120, 199 Kufa, Iraq: 220 Kurds, Kurdistan: 11, 26, 49 50, 132, 220 Kuwait: 15, 16, 23, 80 Landstuhl, Germany: 64, 66 Language training, barriers: 59, 60 LD (line of departure): 21, 235 Linda. See MSRs (Main Supply Routes). Live-fire training: 92

9 Journal of a Company Commander 287 LOGPAC (logistical package): 108, 172, 236 attacks on convoys: 165, 173 and reporters: 165 security: 165 LPs (listening posts): 235 LSA (Logistics Support Area) Anaconda: 78, 82, 86, 123, 163, 170, 234 fired on: 81, 124, 141, 146, 159, 269 move to: 222 routes to: 266 security: 102, 164, 173, 176 M1 (Abrams tank): 15 M1A1 tank: 74 M4 rifle: 272 M88 armored recovery vehicle: 36 M mm. machine gun: 272 M mm. machine gun: 272 Mahdi militia: 182, 220. See also Sadr, Muqtada al-. Mail: 23, 28, 37, 180 Majid, General Ali Hassan al- ( Chemical Ali ): 16, 19, 32, 59 Malaria pills, side-effects from: 30, 50, 64 Market Street, Samarra: 206, 241 Martinez, Major: 21, 30, 32, 33, 37, 251 Medevac (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, 117 Mines, minefields: 46, 47, 48, 159, 171, 241, 256 Mission analysis: 234 MKT (Mobile Kitchen Trailer): 49 Moby Dick (Melville): 51 52, 57, 59 Morale: 23, 28, 55 56, 110, 129, 145, 226 boosting: 40, 50 and leadership: 93 of opposition: 181 and phone calls: 181 Mortars, mortar battles: 91, 118, , attacks: 88, 146 LSA as target: 135 search for: 88, 102, , 114, 136 along Tigris River: 114 Mosque Road, Samarra: 188, 192 Mosul, Iraq: 74, 189, 213 MOUT (military operations on urban terrain): 16, 19, 57, 184, 186, 252

10 288 B at t l e g r o u n d IRAQ MPs (Military Police): 20, 145, 150, 151 and friendly fire incident: teaching Iraqi police: 76 and Peninsula Strike: 62 MRE (meal, ready to eat): 30, 33, 35, 36, 42, 53, 110 MSRs (Main Supply Routes) Ginger: 165 Linda: 84, 106, 120, , 199, 223, 224 Rattler: 147, 239, 240, 244 MTOE (modified table of organization and equipment): 72 Myers, General Richard B., USAF: 98 Najaf, Iraq: 26, 74, 101, 113, 214, 220 Nasiriya, Iraq: 170 National Guard: 68, 140, 141 New York Times: 165, 166 Newsweek: 28, 39, 215 Night vision goggles: 272 NIPRNET (Nonsecure Internet Protocol Router Network): 236 NOD (night observation device): 38 NTC (National Training Center): 13, 34, 43, 115, 140, 163 Odierno, Maj. Gen. Raymond: 73, 181 OP (observation post): 235 OP Order (operations order): 234 OPD (officer professional development): 51, 93, 97, 108, 120 Operations Desert Scorpion: 59 Desert Storm: 74 Industry Clean Up: 144, 190, 240 Iraqi Freedom: 170, 197 Peninsula Strike: 59, 62, 199 Sidewinder: 72 Tu-Pac Siege: 136 OPLAN (operations plan): 234 Organized crime: 58 ORHA (Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance): 12, 26, 27 Paliwoda, Capt. Eric ( The Giant ): 124, 173, 198, , 204, 226 Panchot, S.Sgt. Dale: 171, 173, , 176, 177, 179, 201 Parks, Lt. Col. Timothy: 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 60, 61 Passive vision sights: 272 PCCs (pre-combat checks): 235 PCI (pre-combat inspection): 235 Peshmergas (Kurdish fighters): 18, 19, 20

11 Journal of a Company Commander 289 Philadelphia Inquirer: 38 Police, Iraqi: 204, 244, 254 in Baghdad: 143 in Balad: 75, 76 caliber of: 213 and checkpoints: empowerment of: 59, 60, 99 in Samarra: 261 target of anticoalition forces: 128 Powell, Colin: 26 Power Line Road, Samarra: 152, 155, 206, 208, 259 Psyops (psychological operations): 63, 94, 136, 258 procedures: 254 and rock music: 136, 137, 145 in Samarra: 145 PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan): 25, 35, 41, 44, 50, 55 Q36 radar: 83, 87, 116, 124, 177, 221 QRF (Quick Reaction Force): 81, 83, 116, 138, 139, 236, 270 Ramadan: 164, 260 Ramadi, Iraq: 144, 170 Ramstein, Germany: 67 Ranger School: 13, 63, 69, 119, 148 Rangers: 129, 139 Rather, Dan: 129, 130 Rattler. See MSRs (Main Supply Routes). RBA (Ranger Body Armor): 24, 63 React-to-contact drill: 176 Reactive armor: , 194, 224, 248 Recoilless rifles: 118 Reconnaissance by fire: 92 93, 123, 153, 272 Red Crescent: 143 Red Platoon, B/1-8 IN: 106, 107, 167, 168, 221, 223, 224, 255 Religious services: 49, 108 Reporters: 28, 36, 40, 167 Republican Guard: 36 Rhein-Main, Germany: 68, 228 Rice, Condeleeza: 143 Robertson, Nick: 190 ROE (rules of engagement): 15, 21, 77, 93, 145 Route 1: 84, 120, 135, 141, 177, 250 ambush on: 123, 192 checkpoints: 212 conditions on: 188 IEDs on: 255, 260

12 290 B at t l e g r o u n d IRAQ Route 1 continued medevac on: 146 Routes. See MSRs (Main Supply Routes). Roy (Maj. Darron Wright): 84, 86, 87, 91, 115, 123, 136, 141, 162, 177 RPG (rocket-propelled grenade): 20, 62, 72, 74, 79, 82, 129, 149, 239, 240 Rudesheim, Col. Frederick: 15, 18, 77, 187, 191, 204 Ryan, Kevin: 120, 139, 201, 222 Sadr, Muqtada al-: 26, 74, 182, 197, 220 Sadr City, Baghdad: 220 Samarii, General Wafik: 16, 19 Samarra: 138, 141, 175, 185, 200, 228, 234 airfield seized: 15 archeological sites: 39 Ba athist Party headquarters seized: 15, 16 dam in: 32, 225, 261 and elections: 160 fire department: 210, 261 hearts and minds campaign: 150 history of: hospital: 19, 261 ICDC: 261 operations in: pharmaceutical plant (SDI building): 19, 20 police: 17, 19, 262 pro-saddam rally in: 22 radio station: 19 raids: 28, 170, 184, 188, 205 resistance in: 144, 183, 192, 197 roads: 261 and small-unit leadership: 184 Tribal Council: 260 violence during Ramadan: 260 walled section of city: 21 zones of: 185, 203, 238 Samarra Airfield East: 15, 16, 47, 60, 76, 87, 97, 130 SAMS (School of Advanced Military Studies): 63 Sanchez, Lt. Gen. Ricardo: 118 Sanitation: 55, 69, Sassaman, Lt. Col. Nathan aggressive tactics: 72 Article 15: awards presentations: 80, and Balad: 76, 108, 160 and casualties: 84, 90, 92, 109, 192, 201

13 Journal of a Company Commander 291 Sassaman, Lt. Col. Nathan continued and informants: 79, 111 and the press: 133, 191, 215 and Samarra: 141, 145 and team building: 78 SAW (squad automatic weapon): 78, 247 Schoomaker, General Peter J.: 124, 214 SCIRI (Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq): 26 SDI (State Drug Industry): 261 SEN (small extension node): 37, 236 SF (Special Forces): 122, , 159, 205, Shia Muslims: 26, 74, 197, 220, Shinseki, General Eric K.: 214 Showers, personal: 49, 51, 221 SINCGARS (Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System): 232, 236 SIPR (Secure Internet Protocol Router): 37 SIPRNET (Secure Internet Protocol Router Network): 236 Sistani, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-: 26, 197, Minutes : 133, 134 Small-unit leadership: 184 Smallpox vaccination: 14, 15, 30 SMART-T (Secure Mobile Antijam Reliable Tactical Terminal): 37, 236 South Park Road, Samarra: 207, 208, 257 Special Forces Group, 10th: 34, 66 Split basing: 58 Static load training: 129 Stobbe, Patrick: 17, 22, 59 Stryker Brigade: 183, 186, 191, 201 Sunni Muslims, 26, 58, 74, 75, 182, 197, 220 Sunni Triangle: 58, 110, 111, 126, 139, 144, 220, 244, 274 Surface-to-surface missiles: 147 Syria: 192 T-rats (tray rations): 22, 29, 52 TAA (Tactical Assembly Area): 23, 234 TAC (Tactical Actions Center): 15, 28, 36, 41, 44, 49, 55, 56, 60, 65, 69 TACSAT (tactical satellite): 16, 19, 37, 42, 43, 236 TACSOPs (tactical standard operating procedures): 234 Taguba, Maj. Gen. Antonio M.: 159 Taji Airfield: 15, 42 Task Force Eagle: 187 Tehran, Iran: 25 Terrorists: 143, 144, 182, 204 Test-firing: 83, 146, 147, 192, 211

14 292 B at t l e g r o u n d IRAQ THT (Tactical HUMINT Team): 62, 72 73, 85, 191, 204, 209, Tigris River: 11, 32, 85, 98, 102, 105, 114, 202, 266 Tikrit, Iraq: 31, 34, 60, 71, 73, 82, 181, 184, 225 Tikrit Airfield East: 22 TOC (Tactical Operations Center): 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 55, 56, 68, 76, 126, 137 TOW (Tube-launched Optically tracked Wire-guided missile): 14, 165 TRPs (target reference points): 235 TTP (tactics, techniques and procedures): 57, 75, 77, 116, 224, 239, 253, 256, 267 Turkey: 11, 51, 228 Tuz, Iraq: 33, 49 Tuz Airfield: 33, 34 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle): 37, 55, 56 UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice): 222 UMCP (Unit Maintenance Collection Point): 36, 40, 82, 83, 97, 114, 233, 234 Unit-manning system: 214 United Nations: 25, 101, 128, 143 V Corps: 40, 62 Veterans of Foreign Wars: 228 Viera de Mellis, Sergio: 101 Wallace, Lt. Gen. William S.: 23 WARNO (warning order): 234 Weapons-buying program: 117 West Point (U.S. Military Academy): 61, 69, 110, 119, 139, 201 White, Thomas E.: 214 White phosphorus: 135, 177, 221 White Platoon: 89, 204, 210, 257 WMDs (weapons of mass destruction): 11, 26, 132, 143 Wright, Maj. Darron. See Roy. Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-: 101