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reward system for,
74
,
114–15
;

       
risk, acceptance of,
187
;

       
security posture,
142–43
;

       
supplies for,
73–75
,
87
;

       
torture by,
134–40
.

       
See also
convoy operations
;
jundi
;
leave for
jundi
;
pay system

Iraqi army, 1st Division,
94–95

Iraqi army, 1st Iraqi Company,
36
,
43–44
,
52

Iraqi army, 2nd Iraqi Company,
54

Iraqi army, 3rd Iraqi Brigade,
209

Iraqi army, 3rd Iraqi Company,
52
,
166–67
,
207–8
,
209

Iraqi army, 4th Iraqi Company:

       
Bani Dahir operations,
36
,
39–44
;

       
home base of,
52
;

       
injured and AWOL jundi,
208–9
;

       
Kaffijiya operations,
36
,
44–47
;

       
leave run process,
52–54
;

       
misalignment of squads,
44–45
;

       
WG's assignment to,
36

Iraqi army, 4th Motor Transport Army Brigade,
20

Iraqi army, 7th Division,
51–54
,
94–95

Iraqi Command Operations Center

       
(COC): confirmation brief,
36
;

       
decision-making process,
32
;

       
function of,
169–71
;

       
location of,
31
;

       
meeting Iraqis,
31
;

       
mission planning briefs at,
29
,
35
;

       
operation planning meeting,
31–32
;

       
S-1 (administrative section),
31
,
70–71
,
75–76
,
81
,
208
;

       
S-2 (intelligence section),
31
;

       
S-3 (operations section),
31
;

       
S-4 (logistics section),
31
;

       
S-6 (communications section),
31
,
156
;

       
training for officers,
169

Iraqi fire blossom,
91–92
,
131
,
231

Iraqi medics,
41
,
42

Iraqi police,
6
,
112

Iridium phones,
62

Jabber Company,
78

Jaber, Ali,
174
,
175–77

Jackson, Corporal,
174

Jaffer, Mulazim,
123
,
127–29

Jamal, Mulazim,
64–65

Jellison, Corporal,
80

Joint IED Defeat Task Force (JIEDD TF),
17–18

jundi
: accommodations for,
29–30
;

       
asking advice of,
113
;

       
civilians, treatment of by,
43
;

       
civilians' opinion of,
44
;

       
competence of,
35
;

       
complaints by,
86–87
;

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

       
death, attitude about,
151
;

       
defensive perimeter around control base,
143–45
;

       
definition of,
29
;

       
driving style of,
107–8
,
134
;

       
explosives in Camp Ali,
215
;

       
friendships with,
235
;

       
jundi
-bots,
140
;

       
lunch with,
75
;

       
morale of,
209
,
236
;

       
motivation of,
115
,
236
;

       
orders from Americans,
59
;

       
punishment system,
84–85
,
108
;

       
quitters and runaways,
209–10
;

       
relationship between officers and,
85
,
107–8
;

       
reward system for,
74
,
114–15
;

       
security posture,
142–43
;

       
treatment of by officers,
108–9
;

       
trust of,
82
;

       
undisciplined firepower,
91–92
,
131
,
231
;

       
willingness to fight,
39
;

       
wounding of during combat patrol,
131–34
.

       
See also
Iraqi army (IA)
;
pay system

Juwad,
93
,
149–51
,
155–57

Kaffijiya,
35–36
,
44–47

Karim,
60

Kasem, Sergeant Major,
83
,
109

Kelley, Sergeant,
126–29
,
130–33
,
139–40

Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR):

       
chow halls,
10
,
56
,
57–58
;

       
lounge,
9

Krazes,
30

Krissoff, Nate “Natedawg,”
3–4
,
212–13

Kumamoto, Japan,
3

“Kurdish pride” bug,
228

Kusay, Lieutenant,
170–71

Kuwait,
8
,
9
,
239
,
240

Lawrence, T. E.,
194

lazimus maximus,
74

Le Gette, Marco:

       
explosion near Camp Ali,
239
;

       
Haditha FOB, duty at,
148
;

       
intelligence briefing, late arrival for,
5
;

       
patrol operations, schedule for,
170–71
;

       
pressure washers, need for,
68–69
;

       
walk to Kuwaiti market,
240

leadership: by example,
74–75
;

       
respect for enlisted men,
109

leave for
jundi
: accountability numbers,
75–76
;

       
amount allowed,
51
;

       
convoys, attacks on,
201–2
,
211–12
;

       
convoys, routes for,
212
;

       
extended leave and AWOL
jundi
and officers,
207–10
;

       
greetings following,
58–59
;

       
leave run process,
51–54
,
58–61
;

       
restrictions,
84
;

       
Route Bronze convoys,
54–56
,
59–61
,
149–52

Lebanon,
224

Leyland transport trucks,
30

lion analogy,
224
,
225

Lovejoy, Owen,
31–32
,
35

lunch with
jundi
,
75

Lynch, Private, First Class,
130–33
,
135

Mahdi army,
189–90
,
215

Majid, Operation Al,
237–38

man love,
92–94

Manning, Steven,
3
,
4

Mark (interpreter),
83
,
108–9
,
111–13
,
152
,
189–90
,
228–31

Martin (interpreter):

       
bridge IED,
149
,
150–51
;

       
character of,
165
;

       
command wire mother lode,
154
;

       
detainees, treatment of,
135–36
,
137
;

       
escape from Iraq, conversation about,
228
;

       
generator maintenance man,
129
;

       
history of Iraq,
65–66
;

       
runaway
jundi
,
209
;

       
shotgun, antique,
165
;

       
Water Treatment Facility combat control base,
122
,
126

Mawfood, Captain,
126
,
128
,
129
,
135
,
144–45

McCloud, Joseph Trane,
214

McGinnis, James “Doc”:

       
bridge IED,
152
,
153
;

       
Chameleons, effectiveness of,
232–33
;

       
children begging from,
60
;

       
convoy operations,
164
;

       
detainees injured in IED attack,
156
;

       
generator building COC,
125
;

       
generator maintenance man,
129
;

       
glove request from Castro,
211
;

       
leave convoy, attack on,
202
;

       
MiTT replacement team, assessment of,
232–33
;

       
motorcycle crash,
123–24
;

       
on Mark's competence,
152
;

       
PT gear to shower,
16
;

       
revenge fire on vehicle,
191
;

       
rock formation for aiming IEDs,
154
;

       
swimming in Euphrates River,
70
;

       
walk to Kuwaiti market,
240
;

       
Water Treatment Facility combat control base,
122

McMonigal, Andrew “Mac,”
220

McShane, Captain,
24
,
59
,
102
,
119–20
,
166
,
201