Relentless Strike : The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command (9781466876224) (93 page)

in Panama

in Somalia

Naval Special Warfare Development Group

Nellis Air Force Base

Nellis Air Force Range

Netherlands, Suriname and

Nevada Test Site

New York
(U.S. Navy ship)

Night Stalkers

in Afghanistan

in F3EAD

at Gecko

Task Force Brown and

Nightingale, Keith

Nixon, Craig

NMEC.
See
National Media Exploitation Center

nonofficial cover operative (NOC)

Norgrove, Linda

Noriega, Manuel

North Korea, nuclear weapons in

Northern Alliance

CIA and

Gecko and

Taliban and

Tora Bora and

NSA.
See
National Security Agency

NSC.
See
National Security Council

nuclear weapons

in Iran

in North Korea

rogue states with

in Syria

terrorists with

Nunn, Sam

Nunn-Cohen Amendment

al-Nusra Front

Obama, Barack

bin Laden and

Islamic State and

Phillips and

Somalia and

Objective Ax

Objective Badger

Objective Beaver

Objective Big Ben

Objective Clarke

Objective Cottonmouth

Objective Coyote

Objective Crescent Lake

Objective Goat

Objective Johnson Village

Objective Larchwood IV

Objective Leadville

Objective Lefty Grove

Objective Raptor

Objective Reindeer

Objective Rhino

MacDill Air Force Base and

Objective Roadrunner

Objective Setanta

Objective Troy

Objective Twins

Objective Wolverine

Obrenovic, Dragan

Oceana Naval Air Station

OCF-I.
See
Other Coalition Forces-Iraq

Odierno, Ray

Odom, Mark

Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)

OH-6 Cayuse

0300 counterterrorism

alert force update with

deck of cards mission and

Rumsfeld and

0400 counter-proliferation

deck of cards mission and

Olson, Eric

Omar, Mullah Mohammed

Task Force Sword and

Omega teams

O'Neill, Robert

Operation Amber Star

Operation Anaconda

Operation Angry Talon

Operation Black Hawk

Operation Desert Shield

Operation Desert Storm

Operation Eagle Claw

Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Gothic Serpent

Operation Heavy Shadow

Operation Just Cause

Operation Lightning Dawn

Operation Matthews

Operation Mount Hope III

Operation Neptune's Spear

Operation Niland II

Operation Prime Chance

Operation Prometheus

Operation Relentless Strike

Operation Restore Hope

Operation River City

Operation Snake Eyes

Operation Tango

Operation Valiant Pursuit

Operational Support Troop (OST), xii

in Afghanistan

in Balkans

bin Laden and

Quds Forces and

operational tempo (Optempo)

Orange.
See
Task Force Orange

The Organization of Monotheism and Jihad (al-Tawhid al-Jihad)

OSD.
See
Office of the Secretary of Defense

OST.
See
Operational Support Troop

OTB.
See
over-the-beach

Other Coalition Forces-Iraq (OCF-I)

over-the-beach (OTB)

Owen, Mark

P-3 Orion

Pace, Pete

Pacific Command

Pacino, Al

Pakistan

Afghanistan and

bin Laden and

Chinooks in

Combat Talons in

ISI of

Al Qaeda in

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

Panama

Bush, G. H. W., and

cocaine in

Combat Talons in

Dignity Battalions in

hostages in

Little Birds in

National Command Authority and

Naval Special Warfare in

Spectre gunships in

Task Force 160 in

Urgent Fury and

Woolard in

Pandur

Panetta, Leon

pararescue jumpers (PJs)

Pardal, Manny

Paschall, Rod

in Balkans

pathway defeat

Patton, George

PC-12 surveillance plane

Pepin, Al

personal security detail (PSD), of Hussein

persons indicted for war crimes (PIFWCs)

Peshmerga

Petraeus, David

ISAF and

Maliki and

Norgrove and

“Phil” (head of CIA Special Activities Division)

Phillips, Richard

Phoenix Program, in Vietnam

pickup zone (PZ)

PIFWCs.
See
persons indicted for war crimes

pink light

Pinzgauers

in Iraq

pirates, from Somalia

PJs.
See
pararescue jumpers

PLO.
See
Palestinian Liberation Organization

Pocket Change

polar bear

Pope Air Force Base

CTCSG and

Dailey at

Operation Desert Storm and

Powell, Colin

Haiti and

pre-assault fires

precious cargo

in Afghanistan

in Haiti

Predators

in Afghanistan

deck of cards mission and

in Fallujah

in Iraq

Islamic State and

ISR with

in Pakistan

at Shahikot

in Syria

in Yemen

al-Zarqawi and

Prime Chance

prisoners of war, in Vietnam

proof of concept reconnaissance

in Iran

PSD.
See
personal security detail

PZ.
See
pickup zone

Al Qaeda

in Afghanistan

CIA and

in Iran

Islamic State and

in Libya

in Pakistan

in Shahikot

in Somalia

at Tora Bora

in Yemen

Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).
See also
al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab

chemical weapons of

in Fallujah

Iran and

Signit and

Sunni insurgency and

Task Force 17 and

Task Force North and

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Al Qaeda Senior Leadership Execute Order (AQSL ExOrd)

CTCSG and

Franks and

QRF.
See
quick reaction force

Quds Force

in Syria

Quest
(yacht)

quick reaction force (QRF)

Quiz Icing

Rabia, Abu Hamza

Rabih, Mohammad

Ragsdale, Casey

al-Rahman, Abd

Rainier, Rob

Rakow, Walter

Afghanistan and

Ramazan Corps

Range 19

Ranger Action Plan

Ranger Creed

Ranger Reconnaissance Detachment

RATCHET 23

Rathbun, Jay

RD-77 satellite

Reagan, Ronald

Achille Lauro
and

Grenada and

Reapers

Islamic State and

Red Dawn
(movie)

Red Squadron

Trident and

red teams

Reese, Jim (“Serpico,” “Hollywood,” “The Wood”), xiv

Afghanistan and

GWOT and

Iraq and

render safe mission

Renuart, Victor (“Gene”)

restricted fire line

Reynolds, Burt

RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters

RHIB.
See
rigid hull inflatable boat

Rice, Condoleezza

Rierson, Matt

rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB)

Rippetoe, Russ

risk aversion

in Afghanistan

in Somalia

with bin Laden

Roberts, Neil

rock drills

rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)

in Afghanistan

deck of cards mission and

in Fallujah

in Iraq

Little Birds and

at Shahikot

in Somalia

at Tora Bora

Rodriguez, Jose

rogue states, with nuclear weapons

Rosengard, Mark

RPG.
See
rocket-propelled grenade

Rudella, John

Rumsfeld, Donald

Afghanistan and

CIA and

deck of cards mission and

GWOT and

Iran and

Lebanon and

Pakistan and

Somalia and

Syria and

Tenet and

al-Ruqai, Nazih Abdul-Hamed

Russell, Ron

sabre squadron

at Fort Bragg

Sacolick, Bennett

Saddam Fedayeen

Sadiq, Mohammad

al-Sadr, Moqtada

Sadr City

Salt pit secret prison, in Afghanistan

Sanchez, Ric

SAS.
See
Special Air Service

satellite fax

Sather, Scott

Saudi Arabia

Powell and

Task Force Orange in

Savidge, Pat

SCADA.
See
supervisory control and data acquisition

Scales, John

Schiller, Steve

Schloesser, Jeff

Scholtes, Dick

Dozier and

Grenada and

Schoomaker, Pete

CP and

Montenegro and

Schroen, Gary

Schroer, David

Schwartzkopf, Norman

Schweizer (airplane manufacturer)

Schwitters, Jim (“Flatliner”)

SCIRI.
See
Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq

Scott (soldier in Technical Surveillance Element)

Scott, David

Scott, Ridley

Scud Hunt

Scud missiles

into Israel

Operation Desert Storm and

Sea Power and Force Projection Subcommittee

SEAL Team 6

Search Bloc

Seaspray

Self, Nate

Sellers, Chuck

Senate Armed Services Committee

sensitive site exploitation (SSE)

bin Laden and

Ghadiya and

in Pakistan

Serbia

settling with power

SF.
See
Special Forces

al-Shabaab

in Somalia

Shahikot

The Shawshank Redemption
(movie)

Shea, Timothy

al-Shehhi, Marwan

al-Sheibani, Abu Mustafa

Sheibani Network

Shelter Now International

Shelton, Henry (“Hugh”)

Shinseki, Eric

showstoppers

Shughart, Randy

Shultz, Richard

Shumate, Walt

Sidewinder South

signals intelligence (Signit)

in Afghanistan

AQI and

from Interagency Support Activity

in Somalia

by Task Force Orange

in Yemen

signature missions

Signit.
See
signals intelligence

Silver Bullet

Silver Squadron

Situation Awareness Room

Six Guns

Slab (Shahikot team leader)

smart bombs

in Iraq

at Tora Bora

Smokey and the Bandit

SMU.
See
special mission unit

Snowbird

SOCOM.
See
Special Operations Command

SOF.
See
special operations forces

SOFA.
See
status of forces agreement

Somalia

Army of Northern Virginia in

Black Hawks in

Boykin in

cell phones in

CIA in

Clinton, Bill and

Combat Talons in

CT in

Defense Humint Service in

Echo Squadron in

HAHO in

hostages in

Humint in

ISR in

Joint Communications Unit in

Little Birds in

Maersk Alabama and

McChrystal and

Obama and

pirates from

Al Qaeda in

Quest
and

RPG in

Rumsfeld and

al-Shabaab in

Signit in

Task Force Orange in

TFG in

Sorenson, Chris

Soules, Kara

Soviet Union

Hind attack helicopter of

Mi-7s of

Mi-8s of

Spec Ops—Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice
(McRaven)

Special Activities Division, of CIA

Special Air Service (SAS)

deck of cards mission and

in Gambia

in Operation Desert Storm

Scud missiles and

in Serbia

al-Zarqawi and

Special Forces (SF)

in Afghanistan

AQI and

in Beirut

CIA and

deck of cards mission and

Iran and

Rumsfeld and

at Shahikot

in Task Force Orange

at Tora Bora

Special Forces Qualification Course

special groups

special mission unit (SMU)

in Afghanistan

AFO in

in Gecko

in Syria

Special Operations Command (SOCOM)

in Afghanistan

bin Laden and

Extortion 17 and

Ghadiya and

GWOT and

Libya and

at MacDill Air Force Base

Major Force Program-11 of

McRaven at

special operations forces (SOF)

in Afghanistan

Special Operations Review Group

Special Services Group, of Pakistan

Spectre gunships

in Afghanistan

deck of cards mission and

in Gecko

in Iraq

in Pakistan

in Panama

pre-assault fires by

in Somalia

Speicher, Scott

“Spider” (CIA Special Activities Division officer)

in Yemen

squirters

SR-71 Blackbird spy plane

SSE.
See
sensitive site exploitation