Clay, Captain
leadership of
Rant and
replacements and
Clusterfucks
Coalition forces
counterinsurgency and
private contractors and
Cold-Cuts, Specialist
Gravediggers and
mosque raid and
night patrol and
redcon-1 and
shootout and
snow patrol and
Cold Warriors
Combat Action Badge (CAB)
Combat outposts
explosion at
photo of
photo at
Commandos, National Police
photo of
Communications
Concertina wire, photo of
Counterinsurgency
bastardized
counter-
joys of
microgrants and
politics and
precision targeting in
principles of
success for
tedium of
Curly, Sergeant Major
D-Wizzle, Sergeant
Daffy Duck
Daraji, Ali
capture of
questioning
Das Boot, Private First Class
Big Ern and
CAB for
call sign of
children and
dead dog and
Doc and
at ECP
Estonian soldier and
night patrol and
photo of
water pipe and
Day of Ashura
Dear John tales
Democracy
Demolition, Captain
departure from the military
EFP and
Deployment
end of
surviving
Desert Storm
Detainees
photo of
Dirty Jerz, Lieutenant
East Hussaniyah and
Gunslingers and
joint-patrol and
leadership of
Qusay and
Discipline, lack of
Divorces
Diyala Province
Doc
call sign of
Das Boot and
dominoes and
fobbits and
garbage and
Haydar and
Hot Wheels incident and
photo of
Suge and
Tunnel and
Dominoes
Dragunov sniper rifle
Dust storms
DynCorp
E-mails
East Hussaniyah
Eastwood, Clint
Economic problems
Eddie
Abbas and
Anwar and
Saif and
Sitting Bull and
translating by
EFP Alley
EFPs. See Explosively formed penetrators
Eisenhower, Dwight: military- industrial complex and
Elections
Afghan
protecting Iraqi
U.S.
EOD. See Explosive Ordinance Disposal
ESPN
Estonians
Executive officers (XO)
Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD)
detonation by
Explosively formed penetrators (EFPs)
attack with
hunting down
Facebook
Fadl
Fasting
Field grade officers
Cold War and
described
generational gap and
terps and
First Amendment
First Cavalry Division
Flashback, Specialist
patrol and
Playboy of
rockets and
FNGs. See Fucking new guys
FOB. See Forward operating base
Fobbits
Forever wars
Forward operating base (FOB)
photo at
return to
Fourteenth Cavalry Regiment
Fourth Infantry Division
Fragos
fragmentary orders and
merry fucking
Friendly fire incidents
Frowny-Face, Captain
Christmas and
contractors and
detainees and
EFP attack and
HUMINT and
parade grounds and
polls and
questioning and
release forms and
show-of-force mission and
State Department official and
Fucked up beyond all recognition (FUBAR)
Fuego, Sergeant
Daraji and
Haydar and
IP attack and
joking by
photo of
Gaul, Sean: death of
General Order No.
Generational gap
Generator, explosion of
Geneva Convention
Ghazi (Haydar’s son)
Ghost tanks. See Strykers
Global war on terrorism (GWOT)
Golden house
Gonzo, Specialist
Obama speech and
Tupac/Notorious BIG and
Goo, Lieutenant
Grand Canal
Gravediggers
bomb and
briefing(photo)
Camp Taji and
children’s letters for
Christmas and
counterinsurgency and
Hot Wheels incident and
leadership for
mission of
night patrol and
operational tempo and
photo of
security by
Shaba and
snow patrol and
vehicle-maintenance refit by
Great White Hope, The
departure from the military
high life and
Green Zone
photo of
Grunberg, Arnon
Guinness socks
Gunslingers
Christmas and
patrol with
GWOT. See Global war on terrorism
Haitian Sensation, Specialist
Arabic language and
Bulldog and
FOB and
Hot Wheels incident and
IP attack and
mosque raid and
photo of
return of
Smitty and
Hajjis
Halliburton
Halloween
Hamid
Hammer, The, Major
Hammerhead, Sergeant First Class
Christmas and
holidays and
Rant and
replacements and
Hands of Victory
photo of
Hawaii
leaving
return to
Haydar, Sheik
Bassam meeting and
military posture/mannerisms of
Suge and
water-plant contract and
Heat, dealing with
Helicopters
photo of
training with
High-value target list (HVTL)
Holidays
bizarre
Muslim
Hooah
Hot Wheels, Private
Banana-Hands and
Bon Jovi and
generator explosion and
leadership of
photo of
Hottest Latinas, debate about
Human intelligence (HUMINT)
Humanity, losing
Husayn
Husayn, Major
Hussaniyah division of
JAM and
market
patrol in
photo of
raid i
n
and Saba al-Bor compared
sewer politics of
Shias in
Hussayn the Star
Hussein, Saddam
Iran-Iraq War and
statues of(photo)
IA. See Iraqi army
IEDs. See Improvised explosive devices
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
attacks with
Bon Jovi
countering
emplacers
exploding
hunting for
reports of
ROE and
See also Vehicle-borne IEDs
Improvised rocket-assisted mortar (IRAM)
Insurgency
Internet
Interpreters. See Terps
IP. See Iraqi police
IRAM. See Improvised rocket-assisted mortar
Iran-Iraq War
Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
Iraq War
departing for
evolution of
politics and
success in
Iraqi army (IA)
Bassam meeting and
Daraji and
Shaba and
Zaydan assassination and
Iraqi National Police (NP)
commando(photo)
Day of Ashura and
helicopter training for
Hussaniyah and
memorial service
Mongo and
Iraqi parliament
Iraqi police (IP)
Bassam meeting and
distrust for
election problems and
Hussaniyah and
IEDs and
JAM and
joking with
Mojo and
mosque raid and
rockets and
sizing up
terps and
Iraqi security forces
performance of
photo of
Shaba and
training of
Iraqis, killing
Islamic Dawa Party
iWar
J, Sergeant
Jabba the Hut. See Nour, Sheik
JAG. See Judge Advocate General
Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) paramilitary
Badr Corps and
Hussaniyah and
IP attack and
Iran and
resurgence by
Sadr and
terps and
toy RPG launchers and
Jaish al-Rashiden (JAR)
JAM. See Jaish al-Mahdi paramilitary
Joes
opinions of
Johnson, Boss
death of
memory of
remnants of(photo)
Johnson II, Boss
Joint-security station (JSS)
Jorge, Staff Sergeant
JSS. See Joint-security station
JSS Istalquaal
Iraqi control of
Pennsylvania National Guard at
photo of
JSS Ur
Judge Advocate General (JAG)
Jundis
Junior officers
discipline and
exodus of
generational gap and
professionalism and
promotion of
recentralized warfare and
senior officers and
Kevin (State Department rep)
Modhir and
Kipling, Rudyard
Knight, Suge
Axel and
Banana-Hands and
Big Country and
bomb and
Daraji and
dead dog and
diabetes for
dominoes and
fasting
Haydar and
as international man of mystery
IP attack and
locals and
masks and
microgrants and
Nour and
patrols and
rockets and
safety and
sniper rifle and
stereotypes and
Ten Bears and
translating by
on tricking heat
women and
Larry, Lieutenant Colonel
blog piece and
Boondock reassignment and
Bronze Star and
congressional inquiries and
leadership of
Mustafa and
officer trade and
promotions by
standing up to
XO position and
Las Cruces
Laser range-acquisition sight (LRAS)
Lawrence, T. E.
Leadership
layers of
styles of
Little America
Londono, Ernesto
Loyalty
M4 Carbines
Mahdi Army
Mail
Marshmallow, Sheik
Masks, terps and
McCain, John
Microgrants
Middle Army, Big Army and
Military-industrial complex
Military police (MP)
Military Times, poll by
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAPs) armored vehicles
Mission Accomplished
MND-B. See Multinational Division-Baghdad
MNF-I. See Multinational Force-Iraq
Modhir, Sheik
Kevin and
Moe, Major
Mohammed, Colonel
Mohammed the Ghost (Mohammed the Shadow)
Mojo
General Order No. 1 of
Mongo, Lieutenant
Christmas and
detainees and
flag-football game and
leadership of
NP and
Patrol by
photo of
raid by
West Hussaniyah and
Mortars
Mosques
raids on
MP. See Military police
MRAPs. See Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicles
Muhamed, Lieutenant Colonel
Muhammad, Prophet
Multinational Division-Baghdad (MND-B)
Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I)
Mussolini, Benito
MySpace
Nahias
Najij, Colonel
National Guard
NCOs. See Noncommissioned officers
New Years
Night vision
Nisoor Square, shootings in
Noncommissioned officers (NCOs)
Dear John tales and
generational gap and
Hot Wheels incident and
intervention by
loyalty of
photo of
politics and
recentralized warfare and
relations with
worshipping
Norris, Chuck: jokes about
Notorious BIG, Tupac Shakur and
Nour, Sheik
guarding
petroleum inheritance of
NP. See Iraqi National Police
Oath of office
Obama, Barack
Observation post (OP)
Odierno, General
Office Space: Iraq (hypothetical film)
Officers
careerist
company-grade
executive
general
generational gap among
junior
oath of office for
politics and
promoting
senior
staff
trading
types of
See also Noncommissioned officers
Oil refinery, burning
1-27 Infantry
101st Airborne
“Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage, The” (blog piece)
OP. See Observation post
Operation Phantom Phoenix
Operational security (OPSEC)
Orlando, Wildebeest and
Orwell, George
Osama, Bassam meeting and
Palahniuk, Chuck
Patrols
joint-
last
night
photo of
Patton, George
Pennsylvania National Guard
Pentagon
People other than grunts (POGs)
Petraeus, General
microgrants and
strategy and
website and
Phoenix
flirting by
Smitty and
translating by
Pistol Pete, Captain,
Platoons, function of
POGs. See People other than grunts
Politics
counterinsurgency and
military and
Polling sites, guarding
Pop culture
Porta-John chronicles, reading
Porta-Johns
Post exchange (PX)
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Poverty
Powell Doctrine
Precision targeting
Press coverage
Prime, Specialist
Chem-Light and
fobbits and
photo of
Private contractors
Privatization
Professionalism
junior officers and
Promotions
Prostitutes
Public relations
PX. See Post exchange
Qadas
Qasim, Nasim Abdul
Rahdi, Mayor
Ramadan
Rant, Lieutenant
Abbas and
EFP attack and
elections and
Hamid and
Hussaniyah and
on motivation
needling
photo of
polls and
replacements and
Thanksgiving and
Rashadiya
Rassim
Rear-echelon mother fuckers (REMFs)
Reconciliation
REMFs. See Rear-echelon mother fuckers
Reno-Gazette Journal
Republican Guard
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)
Revolutionary Brigade
Rip-Its
Rocket propelled grenades (RPGs)
Rockets
attacks with
ROE. See Rules of engagement
Romeo, Private First Class
joking by
night patrol and
photo of
Roosevelt, Theodore
ROTC. See Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Route Crush
Route Dover
Route Flames
Route Gold
Route Islanders
Route Lincoln
Route Maples
Route New York
Route Ninjas
Route Plato
Route Senators
Route Swords
Route Tampa
IED attacks on
patrol on
Route Texas
RPG launchers, toy
RPGs. See Rocket propelled grenades
Rules of engagement (ROE)
Saba al-Bor
aid distribution at(photo)
aroma of