Echo Platoon (46 page)

Roger, Robert,
167
n
55

Rogue Manor,
56
,
254

Rogue Warrior
®
,
127
,
157
,
308
,
343

     First Rule of Engagement,
103
–04,
129

Rowe, Jim,
108

RS (relative superiority),
313

RSO (Regional Security Officer),
105
,
115
,
151
,
223
,
305

RUMINT,
98
–99,
165
,
193

Russia/Russians

     and Azerbaijan,
63
,
65
,
98
,
100
,
153
,
167
,
381

     involvement in oil platform 16-Bravo hostage situation,
66
–68,
166
,
289

     joint operation with U.S.,
292
–93,
304

     joint terrorist operations with Iranians,
87
,
100
,
111

     military moves by,
64

     SpecOps detonator,
59

     U.S. stance toward,
214

Russian Mafiya,
302

Russian troops,
301
–02

S-3 (shadow, strike, silhouette),
254

Sangachaly,
78

Sarkesian, Mrs.,
166
,
180
,
191
,
217
,
271
,
293
,
304

Sarkesian, Stephan,102–03,
156
,
159
,
161
–65,
166
,
168
,
222

     break-in at office of,
195
,
196
–211,
212
–18,
221
,
229
,
290
,
292
,
294
,
298

     financial problems,
165

     Iranians and,
289

     killed by Marcinko,
370
–73,
375
,
378
,
381

     power of,
299
–300

     at Sirzhik Foundation reception,
179
–89,
192
–93,
202
–03,
218
,
229

     targets of planned strikes,
317
–18,
337
,
347

     
took Madison to Naryndzlar,
295
–99,
305
,
306
,
310
–11,
319
,
336
,
368
,
378
,
380
–381

     U.S. government documents found in office of,
214
–16,
221
–22,
290
–91

SAS Colour Clock Code,
36
,
208
–09

satellite imagery,
112
–13,
316

satellite phones,
61
,
221

satellites,
235

scanner/unscrambler,
61
,
335

SDR (surveillance detection route),
119

SEAL CQC (Close Quarters Combat) vest,
6
,
16
,
23
,
45
,
265
,
270

Seal team

     mission to rescue Madison,
325
–26,
330
,
356
,
367
–80

     training for,
127
n
44,
353

SEAL Team Eight,
20

SEAL Team Six,
27
n
8,
106

SEAL way,
206

SEALdom

     Boehm godfather of,
22
–23,
140
,
210

     philosophical tenets of,
31

SEALs,
65
,
70
,
110
,
152
,
209
,
237
,
281
,
323
,
326
,
331
,
343
,
344
,
350

     concealment,
239

     dedication of,
76

     oil platform 16-Bravo hostage rescue,
18
–21,
35
,
36

     operational budget,
353

     shooting,
128

     training mission in Azerbaijan,
9
–10,
11

secretary of defense (SECDEF),
10
,
63
,
65
,
157
,
167
,
290

Semtex,
58
,
306

Serbs,
62
,
153

Shabak units,
119

Shepard, Gator,
285

     in covert strikes,
106
,
111
,
242
,
245
,
251
,
259
,
262
,
264
,
268

     in hostage rescue,
19
,
28
,
38
–39,
41

     in mission to rescue Madison,
325
,
367
,
375

Sherafi, Ali,
194
,
202
–03,
216
,
217
,
222
,
229
,
271
–72,
294
,
297
,
337
,
347
,
371

     and death of M. Ben Gal,
288
,
290

SIGINT (SIGnals INTelligence),
111

silent-signal(ing),
24
,
28
,
97
,
257
,
288
,
360

Sinai Peninsula,
235

Sirzhik Foundation,
13
,
15
,
73
,
75
,
76
,
91
,
101
,
102
,
154
,
155
–56,
159
–61,
162
,
167
,
213
,
214
,
222
,
290
,
318
,
319
,
372

     in Azerbaijan,
184
–85

     diplomatic entity,
300

     reception at,
169
–95,
196
–211,
229
,
293
,
298

Skorzeny, Otto,
311
–12,
314

Sniper Two,
21

SOCAR (oil consortium),
9

South America,
113

Soviet Union,
65
,
101
,
306

     and Azerbaijan,
95
–96

     former republics of,
160

     
see also
Russia/Russians

special operations,
310

SpecOps,
76
,
320

SpecWar,
87
,
106
,
209
,
210
,
308
,
324
,
353

SpecWar Commandments,
24
,
49
,
61
,
167
n
55,
169
,
343

SpecWar missions,
158

     phases of,
159
,
159
n
51

SpecWarrior(s),
311

speed,
310
,
312

Spetsnaz,
59
,
61
,
139
,
234
,
301

     training facilities,
113

Spetsnaz Alpha Group,113,
285

Spetsnaz Alpha Team,
150
,
193
,
356
,
357

spies,
89
–90

     at Sirzhik Foundation reception,
193
–94

Stalin, Joseph,
193

Standing Order Seventeen,
167

Stans (former Soviet Republics),
12
,
293

State Department,
62
,
64
,
309

Stress shooting,
127
n
44

Subic Bay,
107
,
109
–10

suppressive fire,
128
,
359

surprise,
38
,
263
,
310
,
312

surveillance

     of Marcinko,
116
–21,
122
–48

Syrchavand,
336
,
352

tactical load-bearing vest,
247

Tai Li’ang,
105

Tajikistan,
12
n
6,
99
,
165

Tandem Team One,
325

Tandem Team Three,
325

tango-staging area

     reconnoitering,
230
–36,
239
,
240
,
247

tangos,
107
,
110
,
317

     ambush of hostages,
82
–83,
85
,
86
,
87
–88,
92

     CIA listening post, Astara,
234
–36,
239
,
240
,
251
,
252
,
255
–61,
263
,
266
–71,
276

     high-tech equipment,
27
,
61

     oil platform takeover,
9
–10,
28
,
29
,
34
–38,
39
–43,
49
,
51
–57,
58
–59,
66
–68,
104
,
112

     records kept by,
273
n
64

targets for planned terrorist attacks,
274
,
306
,
317
–18,
347
,
371

     colored wooden stakes,
235
–36,
273

T’bilisi, Republic of Georgia,
310

TECHINT (TECHnical INTelligence),
111
,
115

Tehran

     takeover of Armenian embassy in,
194

terrorism,
83
,
98
,
106
,
108
,
300

     Russian/Iranian joint operations,
87

     women in,
322

terrorist attacks,

     planned targets for,
274
,
306
,
317
–18,
341
,
371

terrorists,
271
,
317

     on oil platform 16-Bravo,
9
,
15
,
24

thermal-imaging range finders,
27
,
40

Tiuwatha (Ossirak),
235

topographic maps,
237
,
238

training,
127
n
44,
353

tunneling (tunnel vision),
128
,
211
,
213
,
361

Turkey,
111
,
223

     and Israel,
318

Turkish foreign ministry,
317
,
318

Turkmenistan,
12
n
6,
160

UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles),
111

Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT),
197
–98

United States

     joint operation with Russia,
32
–68,
304

     relationship to Baku,
381

United States government documents

     found in Sarkesian’s office,
214
–16,
221
–22,
290
–91

United States Marine Corps,
70
,
323

United States Naval Academy,
5

United States Navy,
20
,
353

     women in,
323

UNSCOM (United Nations Security COMmand),
54

USSOCOM,
308

Uytash,
375
,
376

Uzbekistan,
99

Vanklu,
336

Ventura, Jesse,
187

VFR (visual flight rules),
342

Vietnam War,
188
,
248
–50

violence of action,
38
,
263
,
310

Wall Street Journal
,
160

War Face,
246
,
267

Warrior(s),
31
,
54
,
69
,
74
,
158
,
354

     Always in Control,
181

     in chain of command,
289

     leadership,
247
,
250

     in Marcinko’s image,
377

     never fail,
31

Warrior Spirit,
71

Warriordom,
229
,
343
,
346

WARRIORS,
19
,
112

Warrior’s Way,
77

Washington Post
,
116
,
163

waterborne operations,
231

weapons of mass destruction,
98

Wells, Butch,
181
,
285

     and ambush of hostages,
80

     and covert strikes,
111
,
231
,
275
,
276

     in hostage rescue,
21
,
37

     mission to rescue Madison,
335

Whiskey-Number intercept log,
166

White House,
165
,
168
,
185
,
304

will and determination,
31
,
140
,
279
,
350

will to win,
141
,
268

*Wink, Jim,
63
–64,
99
,
165
,
193
–94,
221
,
231
,
292
,
318

women in military,
323

Yerevan,
64
,
111
,
310