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swahuts,
29–30

Sweden, escape to,
228–31

tattooed inside lip,
220

terrorists' celebration of September
11
,
119

toilet kit, portable,
147–48

top-secret weapon,
63–64
,
146

torture,
134–40

Trejos, Nancy,
215

tribalism,
96–99
,
109
,
196–99

Tseen, Captain,
82–84
,
85–86
,
94–95

United States: crisis in Iraq, responsibility for,
223–25
;

       
hatred for Americans,
204
;

       
Iraqis' feelings about American

invasion,
111–13
;

       
life in,
105
;

       
media reports, accuracy of,
215
,
217
;

       
situation in Iraq, understanding of,
227
;

       
wealth in, Iraqi perception,
60
,
87
,
236

U.S. Air Force,
240

U.S. Army: Camp Taji,
15
;

       
Camp Victory,
10
;

       
embedded adviser mission,
19–20
;

       
failure to help Marines,
240
;

       
militia checkpoint in Baghdad,
203
;

       
security of bases run by,
17

U.S. Army Special Forces,
17–18
,
34
,
47–48
,
141–43

U.S. Marine Corps:

       
battle decision-making process,
32
;

       
casualties and leadership decisions,
33
;

       
infantrymen,
148
;

       
insurgent attack on Marine combat outpost,
6
;

       
lists,
6
;

       
living forever and,
213
;

       
rank structure,
243
;

       
religious beliefs of Marines,
193–94
;

       
salty dogs,
5
;

       
springbutts,
24

U.S. Marine Corps, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion,
33
,
217

U.S. Marine Corps, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion (2/3),
113
,
121
,
193
,
217–18

U.S. Marine Corps, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion (3/3),
28
,
32–34
,
113
,
121

U.S. Marine Corps, 3rd Regment,
5–6
,
7

Valle, Daniel “V,”
101–5

violence for solving politics and policy,
113–14

wadi
, crossing water-filled,
33

war, ethics standard in,
138

wasta
,
70

waste and abuse in Iraq,
16–17
,
235–36

Wazes,
30

weapons,
43–44
,
112

Wear, Staff Sergeant,
29
,
35

Weeks, Elliot,
213–14

wife beating,
89–91
,
92

Wilkenson, Staff Sergeant,
23–25

women, conversations about,
42–43
,
67–68

Yama Sukura war games,
3

Yasser, escape from Iraq by,
228–31

Zilmer, Rick,
161

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

After a four-year “sabbatical” as an active-duty U.S. Marine officer, Wesley R. Gray returned to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business to finish his Ph.D. dissertation. He also serves as a portfolio manager and managing member of Empirical Finance, LLC. In his spare time, Wes enjoys sports and manual labor.

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