Embedded (40 page)

Chestnutt, Jonathan “Nuts”:

       
Baghdadi compound,
166
;

       
bridge IED,
150
;

       
Camp Taji,
13
;

       
combat patrol,
126–29
,
135
;

       
command wire mother lode,
154
;

       
dead body, handling of,
102
;

       
Egyptian insurgents operation,
174
,
175
,
176
;

       
on Mark's competence,
152
;

       
Water Treatment Facility combat control base,
122

children: begging of,
60–61
;

       
candy and toys for kids,
46
,
55–56
;

       
insurgent ambush, intelligence about,
146–47
;

       
Pepsi in Barwana market,
80
;

       
picture with Iraqi children,
146
;

       
visit with in Haditha,
145–47

Chin, Rodd: advice for working with
jundis
,
59
;

       
Arab culture lesson,
47
;

       
Bani Dahir operations,
41
,
43
;

       
communication problems,
59–60
;

       
copier,
70
,
71
;

       
embedding with,
36
;

       
Kaffijiya operations,
44
,
46–47
;

       
leave run convoy,
55
,
56
,
59

civil war,
19
,
224–25

close-talkers,
21

command post, ambulance ride to,
46–47

command wire mother lode,
154–55
;

command-wire IEDs (CWIEDs),
49
,
50
,
51
,
128–29

communication: Chameleons and

       
problems with,
59–60
;

       
Iraqi radio net,
156
;

       
procedures for,
18

Conte, Matthew,
227

contractors, oversight of,
236

convoy operations: attacks on leave convoys,
201–2
,
211–12
;

       
briefing about,
186–87
;

       
control of,
159–61
,
162–67
,
169
;

       
with new MiTT members,
231–33
;

       
routes for convoys,
212

Cooling, Norman,
32–34
,
89–92

Cope, Jesse,
36

copier,
70–71

corruption,
23
,
94–96

counterinsurgency-control methods,
217–18

crisis in Iraq, responsibility for,
223–25

daisy-chained IED,
231

dead body (angel) escort,
101–5
,
191–92

death: calculating risk of,
11–12
,
58
;

       
cultural acceptance of,
187
;

       
Iraqi attitude about,
151
;

       
living forever and,
213
;

       
mortar attacks, payoff from,
12

defensive perimeter,
143–45

Delta Force,
17–18

detainees: Baghdadi IED attack,
156–57
;

       
Barwana mortar attack, brothers suspected to,
192–93
;

       
intelligence from,
137–40
;

       
treatment of,
134–40
,
156–57
,
192
,
236–37

Donaldson, Staff Sergeant,
24
,
120
,
156

ductus exemplo,
74–75

Duke Nukem justice,
156

Dulab,
6

Dushka,
231

earlobes, touching,
22

Egyptian insurgents,
173–76

electronic countermeasure (ECM) devices,
18

Elliot, Terry,
227

engineering company, violence against,
204–6

enjoyable marriage,
182–83

Espinosa, Corporal “Espi,”
126–29
,
130–33

Euphrates River,
28
;

       
draining of,
214
;

       
fishing on,
69–70
,
77
,
78
;

       
importance of,
13
;

       
lushness of area around,
13
;

       
swimming in,
30
,
70

Everson, Major General,
19

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD):

       
bridge IED,
150
,
151
,
153
,
166
;

       
explosion near Camp Ali,
239
;

       
IED training,
23–25
;

       
investigation of IED wires,
155–56

Fallujah: Camp Fallujah,
23–24
;

       
IED attacks near,
202
;

       
leave convoys,
52

Farooq, Colonel,
67
,
201

Faw Palace, Al,
12

feudal societies,
198–99

fishing on Euphrates River,
69–70
,
77
,
78

freedom and democracy for Iraq,
223–25

Full Metal Jacket
,
213

Gaines, Major: bridge IED,
150–51
,
153
;

       
combat patrol,
126
,
128
,
135
,
141
;

       
command wire mother lode,
154
,
155
;

       
convoy through Haditha,
123
;

       
explosion near Camp Ali,
239
;

       
fishing on Euphrates River,
69–70
;

       
on Mark's competence,
152
;

       
motorcycle crash,
123
;

       
revenge fire on vehicle,
191
;

       
toilet kit, using,
147–48
;

       
vehicle search in Haditha market,
108–9
;

       
Water Treatment Facility combat control base,
122
;

       
wounding of
jundi
during combat patrol,
132

gangs,
96–97

generator maintenance man,
129–30

Gill, Major,
16

glossary,
244–45

Goble, Michael,
213–14

God, belief in,
193–94

Gray, Wesley (WG): anniversary of
62
;

       
Arabic name for,
64–65
;

       
mail from wife,
148
;

       
depression of,
215–16

Great Britain,
223

gunpowder residue (GPR) test,
134–35

Haditha,
28
;

       
convoy travel through,
121–24
;

       
IED attack threat,
54
;

       
location of,
6
,
7
;

       
Massacre at,
33–34
,
113
;

       
motorcycle crash,
123–24
;

       
police checkpoint near,
232
;

       
population of,
6
;

       
vehicle search in market,
108–9
;

       
violence in, reduction of,
218
;

       
Water Treatment Facility combat control base,
122

Haditha Dam,
27–28
,
213–14

Haditha FOB: accommodations at,
122
;

       
leave run process,
52–54
,
61
;

       
Nimer
operation,
121
,
148
;

       
payday in,
85–87
;

       
size of,
122
;

       
space at,
119

Haditha Police Department,
67–68

Haditha Triad,
7
;

       
counterinsurgency-control methods,
217–18
;

       
flight over,
239
;

       
IED attacks in,
17
;

       
insurgents in, survival of,
46
;

       
Majid, Operation Al,
237–38
;

       
violence in, reduction of,
218
,
237–38

Haislip, Staff Sergeant: Barwana mortar attack, mourning of victims of,
192
;

       
dinner with Abass,
89
;

       
driving style of,
232
;

       
fishing on Euphrates River,
69–70
;

       
Nimer
operation planning,
120

       
Hajji Mosque,
138
,
139

       
Halliburton,
11

       
Hameed, Horny,
183–84

       
Hampton, Master Sergeant,
4

       
Haqliniyah,
28
,
52
,
61
,
85

       
Hasen, Captain,
61–62
,
68–69
,
73–74
,
83
,
84
,
119–20
,
201–2

       
Hawaii,
4

       
heatstroke,
41

       
helicopter crash,
213–15

       
hepatitis,
21

       
Hesco barriers,
28

       
Hit,
6
,
51

       
homosexual behavior,
92–94

       
Horvath, Gunnery Sergeant,
43
,
44
,
45
,
47