Relentless Strike : The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command (9781466876224) (92 page)

Harrell, Gary

Harvey Point

Hayward, Thomas

HDBTs.
See
hard and deeply buried targets

Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun

helicopter assault force (HAF)

Hellfire missiles

in Yemen

Herrema, Richard J.

Herrington, Stu

Hersh, Seymour

Hezbollah

hijackings by

hostages and

Israel and

high-altitude, high opening (HAHO)

bin Laden and

in Somalia

high-altitude, low-opening (HALO)

in Afghanistan

Rumsfeld and

High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS)

hijackings.
See also
pirates

Fort Bragg and

hostages in

HIMARS.
See
High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System

Hind attack helicopter, of Soviet Union

Holland, Charlie

GWOT and

Hollenbaugh, Don

Holloway, James L., III

Achille Lauro
and

Horrigan, Bob

Hosey, Jim

Hostage Rescue Team, of FBI

hostages

in Afghanistan

in Beirut

in Gambia

Hezbollah and

in hijackings

in Iran

of Islamic State

in Panama

by PLO

in Somalia

in Sudan

in Suriname

Howard, Michelle

Howard Air Force Base

human intelligence (Humint)

at Shahikot

in Somalia

in Yemen

Hunter Army Airfield

Hurlburt Field

Panama and

Hurley, Pat

Hussein, Saddam

Bush, G. W., and

capture of

deck of cards mission and

PSD of

Wolfowitz and

Hutmacher, Clayton (“Bricktop”)

Hydra 70 rockets

IEDs.
See
improvised explosive devices

Ikrimah

imagery intelligence

APU and

from Interagency Support Activity

improvised explosive devices (IEDs)

in Afghanistan

Indonesia

infiltrate (Infil)

in Gecko

of Karzai

infrared

in Balkans

FLIR

Inspire
(AQAP magazine)

intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)

in Afghanistan

on AQI

deck of cards mission and

from Interagency Support Activity

in Somalia

Task Force Orange and

with Predators

Intelligence and Security Command

Intelligence Support Activity (ISA)

in Colombia

Dozier and

at Fort Belvoir

hijackings and

Vietnam and

Interagency Support Activity

intermediate staging base (ISB), for Afghanistan

Internal Look

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

McChrystal and

Petraeus and

Internet caf
é
s, in Iraq

Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), of Pakistan

Iran

AQI and

hostages in

Iraq and

mine-laying by

nuclear weapons in

Iranian Threat Network

Iran-Iraq War

Iraq

Balad in

Black Hawks in

cell phones in

CENTCOM in

Chinooks in

CTCSG and

Dailey and

DAP in

deck of cards mission in

detainees in

East European operative in

Echo Squadron in

Fallujah in

GMV in

GWOT and

Internet caf
é
s in

invasion of

Iran and

JOC in

in Kuwait

Little Birds in

Mosul in

Operation Snake Eyes in

Pinzgauers in

Sadr City in

suicide bombings in

Sunni insurgency in

Syria and

Task Force Brown in

Task Force Green in

Thunderbolt II (“Warthogs”) in

WMD in

Irbil five

IRGC-QF.
See
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force

ISA.
See
Intelligence Support Activity

ISAF.
See
International Security Assistance Force

ISB.
See
intermediate staging base

ISI.
See
Inter-Services Intelligence

Islamic Courts Union

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF)

Islamic State

hostages of

ISR.
See
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

Israel

GWOT and

Hezbollah and

Quds Force and

Scud missiles into

Italian Red Brigade

J. N. (Fallujah sniper team leader)

Jackal

Jackal Cave, xi

Jackpot

Jacobs, Pete

Jacoby, Lowell

Jafari, Mohammed

J-alert birds

Somalia and

Javelin antitank missiles

Jawara, Dawda

JDAMs.
See
Joint Direct Attack Munitions

Jelisic, Goran (“Serb Adolf”)

Jerak, Ivica (“Pizza”)

JIATF.
See
joint interagency task force

JIATF-East.
See
Joint Interagency Task Force-East

JIATF-NCR.
See
Joint Interagency Task Force-National Capital Region

JIB.
See
JSOC Intelligence Brigade

jingle trucks

JITAF-West.
See
Joint Interagency Task Force-West

JMAU.
See
Joint Medical Augmentation Unit

JOC.
See
joint operations center

Johnson, Jesse

Johnston, Mike (“Flash”)

Johnston Atoll

Joint Communications Unit

in Beirut

in Somalia

Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs)

joint interagency task force (JIATF)

Joint Interagency Task Force-East (JIATF-East)

Joint Interagency Task Force-National Capital Region (JIATF-NCR)

Joint Interagency Task Force-West (JITAF-West)

Joint Medical Augmentation Unit (JMAU)

joint operations center (JOC)

Achille Lauro
and

in Afghanistan

in Balad

in Balkans

deck of cards mission and

in Iraq

Somalia and

Joint Operations Readiness and Training System (JORTS)

joint readiness exercise (JRX)

Afghanistan and

Echo squadron and

Gecko and

Hussein and

in Jordan

for WMD

Joint Reconnaissance and Targeting Force (JRTF)

Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)

Jones, David

Jones, Ishmael

Jordan

JRX in

JORTS.
See
Joint Operations Readiness and Training System

JRTF.
See
Joint Reconnaissance and Targeting Force

JRX.
See
joint readiness exercise

JSOC.
See
Joint Special Operations Command

JSOC Intelligence Brigade (JIB)

jumped the bundle

Karbala Provisional Joint Coordination Center

Karzai, Hamid

Infil of

Kent and

KC-135 Stratotankers

Kearney, Frank

Iraq and

Keith (soldier in Technical Surveillance Element)

Kelley, Paul X.

Kelly, Jeremy

Kelsall, Jonas

Kent, Pete

Kernan, Joe

Keyhole reconnaissance satellite

Khalaf, Abu

Khan, Samir

Khatab Hezbollah

Khazali, Laith

Khazali, Qais

Kill Bin Laden
(Greer)

Kill TV

King, Jerry

Grenada and

Kirtland Air Force Base

Kitty Hawk
(U.S. Navy aircraft carrier)

Afghanistan and

Gecko and

Klaidman, Daniel

Klinghoffer, Leon

Knockers Galore

Knocking Door

Kolath, Obediah

Kovacevic, Milan

Krongard, A. B. (“Buzzy”)

Kurilla, Michael (“Erik”)

Khalaf and

Kurinec, Christopher (“CK”)

Kuwait

Iraq in

Night Stalkers and

bin Laden, Khalid

landing zone (LZ)

Langmack, Steven

Laos

laser-guided bombs

al-Zarqawi and

League of the Righteous

Lebanon.
See also
Beirut

legend

Leyte Gulf
(U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser)

al-Libi, Abu Anas

al-Libi, Abu Faraj

al-Libi, Ibn al-Shaykh

Libya

CIA in

Al Qaeda in

SOCOM and

WMD in

light observation and command helicopter (Loach)

line of death

Linfoot, Gary

Little Birds (“Killer Bees,” “The Little Black Ones”)

Achille Lauro
and

in Afghanistan

bin Laden and

deck of cards mission and

in Fallujah

in Gecko

in Iraq

in Montenegro

in Night Stalkers

in Panama

in Somalia

stealth technology for

in Syria

in TF 160

in Vietnam

al-Zarqawi and

Livaudais, Nino

Loach.
See
light observation and command helicopter

Long, Ryan

Long Term Strategic Debriefing Facility

the Long Walk

loose nukes

Los Alamitos Army Airfield

Los Angeles Olympic Games

Losey, Brian

low-vis tradecraft

Lubbers, Ruud

Luck, Gary

Lynch, Jessica

LZ.
See
landing zone

M113 armored personnel carrier

MacDill Air Force Base

CENTCOM at

Objective Rhino and

SOCOM at

Madobe, Ahmed

Maersk Alabama
(merchant ship)

Mahdi Army

Mahon, Marty

Major Force Program-11

Mako 31

al-Maliki, Nouri

Mancuso, Frank

Mangum, Kevin

Marcinko, Richard (“Demo Dick”)

Beirut and

Gormly and

Marine Environmental Services Facility (MARESFAC)

Marsh, John

al-Masri, Abu Ayyub

Massoud, Ahmad Shah

Mattis, Jim

Maverick missiles

Mayville, William C. (“Bill”)

al-Mazidih, Badran Turki Hishan

MC-12 Liberty

MC-130 Combat Talons.
See
Combat Talons

MC-130 Hercules

MC-130P Combat Shadows

MC-130W Dragon Spear

McChrystal, Stan

Afghanistan and

in Balad

bin Laden and

at Fort Bragg

Iran and

ISAF and

Islamic State and

JIB and

JRTF and

McRaven and

Somalia and

Sunni insurgency and

al-Zarqawi and

McClellan, Scott

McDonnell, Kevin

McKiernan, David

McLaughlin, John

McNulty, Michael

McRaven, Bill

Afghanistan and

bin Laden and

Islamic State and

JIB and

Al Qaeda and

at SOCOM

Somali pirates and

MD500 helicopters

Meehan, John

MEK.
See
Mujahideen-e-Khalq

Meloy, Guy

Mercer, Heather

Merrill, Frank

Meyer, Edward (“Shy”)

MH-6 Little Birds.
See
Little Birds

MH-47 Chinooks.
See
Chinooks

MH-53 Pave Low helicopters

in Afghanistan

MH-60 Black Hawks.
See
Black Hawks

Mi-7s, of Soviet Union

Mi-8s, of Soviet Union

Mi-17

deck of cards mission and

in Yemen

Middle East

Milani, Andy

Military Assistance Command

Miller, Frank

Miller, Scotty

Milosevic, Slobodan

Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP)

miniguns

The Mission, the Men, and Me
(Blaber)

mission set

Mission Support Site Fernandez

MNF-I.
See
Multi-National Force-Iraq

mobility guys

Mogadishu Mile

Mohammad, Din

Mohawks

Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah

Montenegro

Moore, Peter

Moore, Scott

Moreau, Arthur

Morell, Michael

Morgan, Bryan (“Butt Monkey”)

Moser, Tom

Mossad

Mosul, Iraq

movers

MQ-1 Predators.
See
Predators

MQ-9 Reapers.
See
Reapers

MRAP.
See
Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected

Mugniyah, Imad

Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK)

Mulholland, John

Iraq and

Tora Bora and

Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I)

Muse, Abduwali

Muse, Kurt

Musharraf, Pervez

al-Musslit, Mohammed Ibrahim Omar

Myers, Richard

CTCSG and

GWOT and

Iran and

Nabhan, Saleh Ali Saleh

nap of the earth flights

National Clandestine Service

National Command Authority

CP and

CTCSG and

Haiti and

Iran and

Iraq and

Islamic State and

Pakistan and

Panama and

National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC)

national mission force

National Security Agency (NSA)

Afghanistan and

Cardinal device of

Iraq and

Task Force North and

Task Force Orange and

National Security Council (NSC)

NATO, Balkans and

Naval Special Warfare