Echo Platoon (45 page)

Kazakstan,
12
n
6,
99
,
160
,
165

Keep It Simple Stupid,
42
,
103
,
309

KeyHole satellites,
235

KGB,
192
–93,
194
,
251

Khaled, Leila,
322

Khaled Bin Abdullah,
300

Khaled Bin Sultan,
317

Khomeini, Ayatollah,
194

Khoy,
112

Kohler, Fred,
160

Kosovo,
62
,
66

Kuhe Asbinasi,
232

Kurbanov, Araz,
72
–73,
74
,
75
–79,
81
,
84
,
88
,
89
,
90
–91,
97
,
105
,
230
,
295

     Azeri special forces,
69
–71,
110
–11,
159
,
169
,
231
,
283
,
287
–88,
301

     in mission to rescue Madison,
315
–16,
324
,
329
,
333
,
337

Kurdish terrorist groups,
318

Kurdlar,
348

Kuwait,
63

Kyrgyzstan,
12
n
6

LAMA (helicopter),
315
,
322
,
327
–28,
333
–34,
339
–40,
345
,
348
,
350
,
352
,
354
,
374

Langley

     analysts,
113

Lantos, Werner,
166

Lapinov, Oleg,
193
–94,
202
–03,
216
,
222
,
229
,
272
,
283
–98,
301
–03,
304
,
305
,
318

     and mission to rescue Madison,
309
–310,
312
,
314
,
315
,
316
,
319
,
322
,
324
,
327
,
328
–29,
330
,
331
,
333
,
336
,
337
–38,
339
,
344
–45,
346
–49,
352
354–55,
356
–60,
362
,
375
–76

     at Naryndzlar,
307
–08

     plan to blow up Dauphin foiled by Marcinko,
378
–82

LAWs,
82
–83,
85

leadership,
247
–50

leading by example,
247

Lillis, Jacques,
120
,
121
,
318
,
347

Little Creek Amphibious Naval Base,
30

Little Creek Virginia Amphibious Base O-Club,
140
–41

lock picking,
170
,
173
,
207
,
210
,
212

LUP (lying-up point),
240
–41

Lyons, James “Ace,” 106–07,
109

McRae, Arleigh,
47

Mad Dog Taiho combat knife,
6

Madison, Marybeth,
10
–12,
14
,
62
,
72
,
85
–87,
95
,
116
,
151
,
152
,
214
–15,
221
,
292

     helicopter,
74
– 75,
313
,
375
,
377
,
380

     mission to rescue,
305
–06,
309
–14,
315
–32,
333
–41,
342
–55,
356
–66,
367
–82

     at Sirzhik Foundation reception,
171
,
191
–92,
200
–01

     taken to Naryndzlar by Sarkesian,
295
–99,
302
,
305

Mafiya,
103
,
150
,
193
,
302

Magellan GPS unit,
227
,
238
,
324
,
345
,
348
–49

Manila,
108
,
109

Marcinko, Richard

     attempt on life of,
122
–48,
181

     body strength,
25
,
56
,
205

     break-in at Sarkesian’s office,
196
–211,
212
–18,
221
,
231
,
290
,
292
,
293

     education and background of,
157
,
343

     going barefoot,
253
,
258

     instinctive reaction to danger,
34
–35,
39
,
78
,
254
,
257
,
377
–78

     leadership from the front,
25

     mission to Azerbaijan,
62
–63,
89
,
167
,
293

     pain/injuries,
4
–5,
16
–17,
26
,
32
,
55
–56,
131
,
139
,
142
,
144
,
148
,
206
–07,
243
,
246
,
247
,
258
–59,
262
,
266
,
284
,
303
,
354

     spider bite,
241
,
243
–45,
247
,
266

     under surveillance,
116
–21

Mark 3A2 concussion grenades,
270

martial arts,
139

Maximov, Feliks,
145
,
150

Mead, Piccolo (Pick),
85

     in covert strikes,
105
,
110
,
231
,
275
,
276

     in hostage rescue,
19
,
21
,
28
,
58

     in mission to rescue Madison,
322
,
327
,
330
,
333
,
335
,
340
–41,
345
,
352
,
353

*Mercaldi, Tony,
68
,
87
,
91
,
109
,
113
,
116
,
158
,
167
,
185
,
274

Michaels, Rotten Randy,
286

     and ambush of hostages,
80

     in covert strikes,
110
,
227
,
242
,
243
–44,
245
,
246
–47,
251
,
252
–53,
273
,
274
–75

     in hostage rescue,
19
–20,
24
,
28
,
38
–39,
40
,
41
,
44
–47,
51
,
57
,
58
,
60

     in mission to rescue Madison,
316
,
320
–21,
327
,
331
,
335
,
337
–338,
379

     training Azeris,
105
,
106
,
169

Middle East,
74

military power,
153
,
186
,
300

mission plan/planning,
158
–59

     covert strikes,
232
–33

mission to rescue Madison,
306
,
309
–14,
315
–32,
333
–41,
342
–55,
356
–66,
367
–82

Mogadishu,
66
,
68

money laundering,
103
,
165
,
186

Moon Valley,
235

Mossad,
109
n
34,
157
,
295
,
318

Motorola,
23
,
36
,
277

Motorola Star Tac,
67

Mountainous Karabakh,
112
,
336

MP5,
6
,
23
,
34
,
47
,
332

MP5-PDWs,
335

Mughan Steppes,
336

Muslims,
99
–100

Mussolini, Benito,
311
–12

Mustang,
285

     and ambush of hostages,
80

     in covert strikes,
110
,
243
,
251

     in hostage rescue,
20
,
23
,
24
,
37
,
60

     in mission to rescue Madison,
331
,
335
,
338
,
367

Naryndzlar,
296
–97,
306
–07,
312
–14,
336
,
339
,
344
,
346
,
348
,
350
,
351
,
352

     hotel at,
309
,
319
–20,
353
,
354
,
355
,
356
–66

National Security Agency (NSA),
64
,
91
–92,
166

     intercepts,
166
n
54

National Security Council,
214
,
215

Naval Special Warfare,
13
,
256

New People’s Army,
108

NGO (NonGovernmental Organization),
102
,
160
,
184
–86

Nigel (Rupert Collis),
285

     and ambush of hostages,
80

     in covert strikes,
111
,
242
,
243
,
251
,
273
,
276

     in hostage rescue,
20
,
28
,
38
–39,
44
–47,
51
,
58

     in mission to rescue Madison,
322
,
327
,
330
,
333
–34,
335
,
338
–40,
342
,
344
,
345
,
347
,
350
–54,
356
,
359
–60,
362
,
364
,
374
–77,
378

night attack

     noise discipline in,
253

night-vision,
51
,
253
–56

noise discipline,
253
,
260

noncoms, senior,
159
,
227
,
233
,
246

North Korea,
113

Northern Ireland,
113
,
119
,
223

oil,
173

     Azerbaijan,
98
,
99
,
101
,
165

oil companies,
165
,
381

oil platform 16-Bravo,
9
,
15
,
16
,
22
–33,
34
–57,
58
–61,
66
–68,
68
,
98

     Russian found on,
166
,
289

oil rig(s), taking down,
18

oil slick,
8
–9,
16
–17,
18
,
23
,
25
–26,
28

operations

     staging portions of,
263

ops plans,
158
,
159

     CIA listening post, Astara,
247

O’Toole, Digger,
285

     and ambush of hostages,
80

     in covert strikes,
111
,
242
,
251
,
272
,
275
–76

     in hostage rescue,
19
,
21
,
24
–25,
28
,
58

     in mission to rescue Madison,
330
,
339
,
340
,
348
,
349
,
354
,
360
,
361
–64,
369
,
370
,
374

P7,
127
,
132
,
136

Pakistan,
113

parachutes,
315
,
324
,
328
–30

Pentagon,
62
,
309
,
324

*Pepperman,
92
–93,
104
,
112
,
114
,
158
,
166
,
227
,
231
,
234
,
235

Philippines,
107
–08

photographer’s vest,
117

Point Blank Class III-A Tactical bulletproof vest,
5

political causes of Sarkesian,
162
–64

Postmission phase,
159
n
51

POV (point of vulnerability),
312

Precept of the Seven Ps,
62

Premission phase,
159
n
51

prisoners,
253
,
270
,
274

radios,
23
,
36
,
39
–40

railroad crossing (stop/look/listen),
210

Red Cell,
106
–10

redundancy,
256
,
318

Republic of Georgia,
160

Rhine Main,
272
,
287
,
306

Rodent

     in covert strikes,
111
,
242
,
245
,
251
,
275

     in hostage rescue,
19
,
24
,
28
,
58
,
67

     injured,
272
–73,
274
,
276
,
279
,
287
,
306