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
meals, ready-to-eat (MREs), 87
media reports, accuracy of, 214–15, 217
meetings, timing of, 36
military transition team (MiTT):
accommodations at camp, 28;
advantages over Army adviser teams, 19–20;
arrival at camp, 27–28;
assignment to, 4;
camp at Asad Airbase, 57, 58;
duties as embedded military advisers, 6, 159;
experience of members of, 5;
IED attack on, 17;
Iraqi army, focus shift of training, 169;
Iraqi army, reality of working with, 23;
leadership of, 33;
leave run duties, 51–54;
liaison meeting with Cooling, 32–34;
motivation of members, 5, 22–23;
Nimer operation planning, 120;
predeployment gear list, 6;
relationship between members, 240;
replacement team, 231–33, 235;
resources for, 28–29; slush fund, 78;
training for, 16–23, 34
military-only roads, 50, 54, 192
militias, 189–90, 207
Mofak, 177
Mohammed (Serman’s friend), 203
Mohammed, Captain, 170–71
Mohammed, Mr., 86
Moody (interpreter):
American policy in Iraq, 66–67;
Barwana market transactions, 80;
beatings, 99–100;
combat patrol, 130–33;
escape from Iraq, conversation about, 228;
honesty of, 83;
laziness of Iraqis, explanation of, 187–89;
pay system operations, 94–95;
sniper attack, 133;
tribalism in Iraq, 97–99;
violence for solving politics and policy, 113–14;
Water Treatment Facility combat control base, 122
Morales, Peter, 56
Morgan, Lance Corporal, 220
mortar attacks, 11–12, 202
motivational (moto) tattoo, 220
motorcycle crash, 123–24
MREs (meals, ready-to-eat), 87
Muhammad, 42–43, 47
Muhanned, Captain, 31, 60
Muslih, Hussein, 215
Najaf, 52, 54
Naji, Warrant Officer, 83–84
Najib, Captain, 44, 45, 47–48
Natham, Captain, 59, 107–8, 192, 193
Nayim, Sergeant Major, 109
Nihad, Captain, 74–75, 86
Nimer (Tiger), Operation:
briefing following raid, 129;
combat patrol, 125–34, 140–43;
convoy through Haditha, 121–24;
defensive perimeter around control base,143–45;
detainees, treatment of, 134–40;
generator building COC, 125, 129–30;
motorcycle crash, 123–24;
nap schedule, 125;
number of jundis involved in, 121;
operation plan, 121;
pace of patrolling, 147;
planning for, 119–20;
portable toilet kit, 147–48;
sniper attacks, 131–33;
Water Treatment Facility combat control base, 122, 124–25;
Water Treatment Facility, departure from, 148;
wounding of jundi during combat patrol, 131–34
oil, 66–67, 190
Okinawa, Japan, 3, 213
Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) team, 29
palm groves, 128–29, 140, 147, 223
patrol operations: Nimer (Tiger), Operation, 125–34, 140–43;
number of patrols, 171;
schedule for, 170–71
pay system: corruption in, 94–96;
pay punishment, 84;
pay rates, 42, 64, 76, 94–95, 188–89;
payday, 82–85;
problems with, 81–82, 85–86;
trust and, 82
personal health, maintenance of, 20–21
personal locator beacon (PLB), 16–17
Philippines, 3–4, 213
phone sex, 184–86
photo album, 63–64, 146
Pitts, Captain, 91
POGs, 56
portable toilet kit, 147–48
PRC-148 radios, 16
pressure washers, 68–69
pressure-plate IEDs (PPIEDs), 17, 49–50, 51, 54
propaganda packet, 146
punishment system, 84–85, 108
Pyle, Major, 6, 9, 101, 109, 162, 186–87, 209–10, 217, 232
Qadisiyah, Lake, 28, 173–76, 213–15
Qasem, 86
Qatan, 69–70, 189
Qutaiba, 204–6, 219
radio-controlled IEDs (RCIEDs), 49, 50–51
Ramadi, 52, 78
rank structure, 243
Rawah, 51, 209
religious beliefs of Marines, 193–94
Resgar, 136–37, 181
REST, 40
revenge, 97–99, 191–93, 197–98
Rial, Ahmed, 77
Riath, 192
River Gate, Operation, 217–18
Robeson, Mastin, 3
Route Boardwalk: ambush
near market, intelligence about, 146–47;
combat patrol, 125–34, 141–43, 145–47;
motorcycle crash, 123–24;
palm grove off of, 128–29, 140, 147
Route Bronze, 54–56, 59–61, 149–53
Route Phoenix, 233
Route Raptors, 192
Route Uranium, 54
Sadr, Muqtada Al, 189
Sa’ed, 195–96
SAFE, 39–40
Salah, 174
Salazar, Corporal, 195
salty dogs, 5
Samir, 60, 74, 75, 130
sand spider competitions, 20–21
scorpion fight competitions, 20–21
Secher, Rob, 202
security posture, 142–43
Seif, Lieutenant, 186–87 201
Sermen: Baghdad, violence in, 202–4;
bridge IED, 149–51;
command wire mother lode, 155;
driving style of, 107–8;
hatred for Americans, 204;
insurgents, information about, 64;
militias, participation in, 189;
water truck, breakdown of, 233
sexual issues:
enjoyable marriage,182–83;