Relentless Strike : The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command (9781466876224) (91 page)

Iraq and

Burnham, John

Bush, George H. W.

Achille Lauro
and

Colombia and

Panama and

Bush, George W.

Afghanistan and

bin Laden and

Ghadiya and

GWOT and

Hussein and

Iran and

Pakistan and

Rhino and

Tora Bora and

al-Zarqawi and

C-2A Greyhound turboprop

C-5 transport planes

Achille Lauro
and

for GWOT

for Task Force Brown

C-17 Globemaster III

in Iraq

in Serbia

Somalia and

C-130

in Afghanistan

in Iraq

C-141 Starlifters

Achille Lauro
and

Somalia and

call-out

cameras

gyro-stabilized

in Syria

Cameron, David

Camp Lejeune

Camp Mackall

Camp Nama

Camp Peary

Canavan, Michael

Capacity Gear

car battery, electromagnetic pulse at

Cardinal device

Carney, John

carpet bombing

Carter, Jimmy

Haiti and

Casey, Bill

Quds Force and

Casey, George

catapult net system

CBU-89 cluster bombs

CCO.
See
commercial cover operative

Celeen, Shane

cell phones

AQI and

Ghadiya and

in Iraq

in Somalia

CENTCOM.
See
Central Command

Centra Spike

Central Command (CENTCOM)

Afghanistan and

AOR of

Flynn at

Franks and

Gecko and

Ghadiya and

GWOT and

in Iraq

at MacDill Air Force Base

Schwartzkopf of

Tora Bora and

CH-46 Sea Knight

CH-47 Chinooks.
See
Chinooks

Chad

Chafee
(U.S. Navy destroyer)

Chain Shot

Chalker, Dennis

Chapman, John

Charleston Air Force Base

chemical weapons

of AQI

in Syria

Cheney, Dick

Afghanistan and

Tora Bora and

Chinooks

in Afghanistan

bin Laden and

in Iraq

on
Kitty Hawk

in Pakistan

at Shahikot

Soviet helicopter and

Chirazi, Mohsen

Christian, John (“Buckethead”)

deck of cards mission and

Christianity, in Afghanistan

CIA

actionable intelligence by

in Afghanistan

AQI and

in Beirut

bin Laden and

in Chad

Counterterrorist Center of

CTC of

deck of cards mission and

DoD and

in Gambia

GWOT and

in Haiti

in Interagency Support Activity

Iran and

in Libya

Northern Alliance and

in Pakistan

PIFWCs and

Al Qaeda and

Rumsfeld and

in Somalia

Special Activities Division of

Special Forces and

Sudan and

in Syria

at Tora Bora

unmanned aerial vehicles and

in Yemen

CIF.
See
combatant commander's in-extremis force

CinC.
See
commander-in-chief

CJSOTF.
See
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force

Clark, Vern

Clark, Wes

Clarke, Richard

Clinton, Bill

Montenegro

PIFWCs and

Somalia and

close target reconnaissance (CTR)

CNN

CNOS.
See
Computer Network Operations Squadron

Coale, Joe

Coalition Provisional Authority

cocaine

in Colombia

in Panama

Cohen, Bill

Cole
(U.S. Navy destroyer)

Colombia

Colt, Jeffrey

Combat Applications Group

combat search and rescue (CSAR)

Combat Support Troop

Combat Talons

in Afghanistan

in Gecko

HIMARs on

in Iran

in Objective Rhino

in Pakistan

in Panama

in Somalia

combatant commander's in-extremis force (CIF)

Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF)

Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa

Combined Task Force 151

commander-in-chief (CinC)

in Afghanistan

GWOT and

commercial cover operative (CCO)

Computer Network Operations Squadron (CNOS)

in Syria

Confederate Air Force

Consolidated Cryptologic Program

Conway, Jim

Cooper, Dave

Cooper, David

Copper Dune

Corbett, Tommy

Costner, Kevin

Coultrup, Bill

counter-proliferation.
See also
0400 counter-proliferation

in Iran

of WMD

counterterrorism (CT).
See also
Global War on Terror; 0300 counterterrorism

decapitation approach to

in Somalia

by TF 160

in Yemen

Counterterrorism Campaign Support Group (CTCSG)

AQSL ExOrd and

Iraq and

Rumsfeld and

Counterterrorism Pursuit Teams—Afghan

Counterterrorist Center (CTC), of CIA

Counterterrorist Joint Task Force (CTJTF)

covered air

for GWOT

CP.
See
counter-proliferation

CRESCENT 93

cruise missiles

in Afghanistan

in Iraq

Crumpton, Hank

Afghanistan and

Tora Bora and

CSAR.
See
combat search and rescue

CT.
See
counterterrorism

CTC.
See
Counterterrorist Center

CTCSG.
See
Counterterrorism Campaign Support Group

CTJTF.
See
Counterterrorist Joint Task Force

CTR.
See
close target reconnaissance

Cunningham, Jason

Curry, Dayna

Dailey, Dell

Afghanistan and

in Balkans

GWOT and

hijackings and

Iran and

Iraq and

Montenegro and

at Pope Air Force Base

Rhino and

Shahikot and

Tora Bora and

Dam Neck

Achille Lauro
and

bin Laden and

Somali pirates and

WMD and

Daoud Sharabuddin, Mohammed

DAP.
See
Direct Action Penetrator

Daqduq, Ali Mussa

Darby, William

Darwin, Morgan

Dash-2

in Somalia

Dayton Peace Accords

Death Star

decapitation approach, to CT

deck of cards mission, in Iraq

deep underground facilities (DUGs)

Defense Authorization Act of 1987

Defense Humint Service

in Somalia

Defense Intelligence Agency

Cardinal device of

GWOT and

NMEC of

Dempsey, Marty

Department of Defense (DoD)

CIA and

execute orders by

Iran and

Desert Mobility Vehicles

Desert One

Detachment One, Military Airlift Command Operations Staff (Det 1 MACOS)

Achille Lauro
and

in Grenada

in Suriname

detainees

in Balkans

in Iraq

Deutch, John

DevGroup (DevGru)

Diesing, Trevor

Dignity Battalions, in Panama

Direct Action Penetrator (DAP)

in Afghanistan

in Gecko

in Iraq

in Montenegro

DiTomasso, Tom

DoD.
See
Department of Defense

donut theory

Downing, Wayne

Iraq and

Scud missiles and

Dozier, James

Drljaca, Simo

drones.
See
unmanned aerial vehicles

DUGs.
See
deep underground facilities

Dugway Proving Ground

Dukanovic, Milo

al-Dulaimi, Azhar

dumb bombs

Duncan, Jeffery

Dur
á
n, Roberto

Durant, Michael

Dusty (retired operator)

East European operative, in Iraq

EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft

Echo Squadron

in Balkans

in Fallujah

in Iraq

in Somalia

in Yemen

economy of force

Edmunds, John

EFP.
See
explosively formed projectile

EKIA.
See
enemy killed in action

electromagnetic pulse, at car battery

Ellipse

emergency assault authority

enemy killed in action (EKIA)

Energy Department

Enterprise
(U.S. Navy aircraft carrier)

EOD.
See
explosive ordnance disposal

EP-3 Aries

Erwin, Mark

bin Laden and

Escobar, Pablo

Ethiopia

European Command

Balkans and

execute orders.
See also
Al Qaeda Senior Leadership Execute Order

by DoD

Executive Support Center

exfiltrate (Exfil)

explosive ordnance disposal (EOD)

for WMD

explosively formed projectile (EFP)

Extortion 17

F3EAD.
See
Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze, Disseminate

F-15E Strike Eagle

F-16

in Pakistan

al-Zarqawi and

F-18

F/A-18C Hornets

al-Fakhri, Ali Abdul Aziz

Fallujah

AQI in

Faris, Chris

the Farm

FARP.
See
forward arming and refueling point

Fast, Barbara

FBI

in Afghanistan

AQI and

Hostage Rescue Team of

Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center of

Feeney, Don

Feierstein, Gerald

Feith, Doug

GWOT and

Rumsfeld and

Fernandez, George (“Andy”)

fertilizer factory, in Afghanistan

Field of Dreams
(movie)

Field Operations Group

final safe

Fincher, Russ

Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze, Disseminate (F3EAD)

Fitch, Logan

Flight Concepts Division

FLIR.
See
forward-looking infrared

the flying spare

Flynn, Mike

at CENTCOM

Islamic State and

Somalia and

Foreign Operation Group

Fort A. P. Hill

Fort Belvoir

ISA at

Fort Benning

Afghanistan and

hijackings and

Iraq and

Fort Bragg

Abu Khattala and

hijackings and

Iraq and

McChrystal at

Rumsfeld at

sabre squadron at

urban warfare training at

Yemen and

Fort Campbell

Montenegro and

Fort Eustis

Fort Jackson

Fort Lewis

Fort Meade

forward arming and refueling point (FARP)

in Afghanistan

forward-looking infrared (FLIR)

Fox Bravos

Franks, Tommy

Afghanistan and

AQSL ExOrd and

Gecko and

GWOT and

Iraq and

Operation Anaconda and

Pakistan and

Rhino and

Tora Bora and

friendly fire casualties

in Afghanistan

in Grenada

in Iraq

in Serbia

Tillman as

Frouzanda, Minjahar

G Squadron

Gaddafi, Muammar

GAF.
See
ground assault force

Gal
á
n, Luis

Gambia, hostages in

Garrison, Bill

Somalia and

GAU-19 Gatling gun

Gecko

in Afghanistan

Black Hawks in

CENTCOM and

Franks and

JRX and

Little Birds in

SMU in

Ghadiya, Abu

in Syria

al-Gharawai Network

GHN-45 howitzers

Global Positioning System (GPS)

in Iraq

in Pakistan

Global War on Terror (GWOT)

Bush, G. W., and

Iraq and

Rumsfeld and

GMV.
See
ground mobility vehicle

Godane, Ahmed Abdi

Gold Squadron

golden hour

Gordon, Don

Gordon, Gary

Gormly, Bob

Goss, Porter

GPS.
See
Global Positioning System

Gray Fox

GWOT and

Green Zone

Greer, Tom

Tora Bora and

Greiner, Robert

Grenada

Gritz, James (“Bo”)

Grizzly

grooming standards

ground assault force (GAF)

ground mobility vehicle (GMV)

in Iraq

Guant
á
namo Bay

guy-girl teams, in Balkans

GWOT.
See
Global War on Terror

gyro-stabilized camera, in Balkans

H-1

H-2

H-5

Haas, Chris

habeas grab-ass

HAF.
See
helicopter assault force

Hagenbeck, Franklin (“Buster”)

HAHO.
See
high-altitude, high opening

Haiti

National Command Authority and

Hakim, Abdul Aziz

Halbruner, David R.

Hall, Mike

Afghanistan and

in Balkans

HALO.
See
high-altitude, low-opening

Halyburton
(U.S. Navy frigate)

hand grenades

Haney, Eric

Hanks, Tom

Haq, Abdul

Haqqani Network

hard and deeply buried targets (HDBTs)

hardened targets