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Improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
attacks with
Bon Jovi
countering
emplacers
exploding
hunting for
reports of
ROE and
See also
Vehicle-borne IEDs
Improvised rocket-assisted mortar (IRAM)
Insurgency
Internet
Interpreters.
See
Terps
IP.
See
Iraqi police
IRAM.
See
Improvised rocket-assisted mortar
Iran-Iraq War
Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
Iraq War
departing for
evolution of
politics and
success in
Iraqi army (IA)
Bassam meeting and
Daraji and
Shaba and
Zaydan assassination and
Iraqi National Police (NP)
commando(photo)
Day of Ashura and
helicopter training for
Hussaniyah and
memorial service
Mongo and
Iraqi parliament
Iraqi police (IP)
Bassam meeting and
distrust for
election problems and
friendly fire incident and
Hussaniyah and
IEDs and
JAM and
joking with
Mojo and
mosque raid and
rockets and
sizing up
terps and
Iraqi security forces
performance of
photo of
Shaba and
training of
Iraqis, killing
Islamic Dawa Party
iWar
J, Sergeant
Jabba the Hut.
See
Nour, Sheik
JAG.
See
Judge Advocate General
Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) paramilitary
Badr Corps and
Hussaniyah and
IP attack and
Iran and
resurgence by
Sadr and
terps and
toy RPG launchers and
Jaish al-Rashiden (JAR)
JAM.
See
Jaish al-Mahdi paramilitary
Joes
opinions of
Johnson, Boss
death of
memory of
remnants of(photo)
Johnson II, Boss
Joint-security station (JSS)
Jorge, Staff Sergeant
JSS.
See
Joint-security station
JSS Istalquaal
Iraqi control of
Pennsylvania National Guard at
photo of
JSS Ur
Judge Advocate General (JAG)
Jundis
Junior officers
discipline and
exodus of
generational gap and
professionalism and
promotion of
recentralized warfare and
senior officers and
Kevin (State Department rep)
Modhir and
Kipling, Rudyard
Knight, Suge
Axel and
Banana-Hands and
Big Country and
bomb and
Daraji and
dead dog and
diabetes for
dominoes and
fasting
Haydar and
as international man of mystery
IP attack and
locals and
masks and
microgrants and
Nour and
patrols and
rockets and
safety and
sniper rifle and
stereotypes and
Ten Bears and
translating by
on tricking heat
women and
Larry, Lieutenant Colonel
blog piece and
Boondock reassignment and
Bronze Star and
congressional inquiries and
leadership of
Mustafa and
officer trade and
promotions by
standing up to
XO position and
Las Cruces
Laser range-acquisition sight (LRAS)
Lawrence, T. E.
Leadership
layers of
styles of
Little America
Londono, Ernesto
Loyalty
M4 Carbines
Mahdi Army
Mail
Marshmallow, Sheik
Masks, terps and
McCain, John
Microgrants
Middle Army, Big Army and
Military-industrial complex
Military police (MP)
Military Times,
poll by
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAPs) armored vehicles
Mission Accomplished
MND-B.
See
Multinational Division-Baghdad
MNF-I.
See
Multinational Force-Iraq
Modhir, Sheik
Kevin and
Moe, Major
Mohammed, Colonel
Mohammed the Ghost (Mohammed the Shadow)
Mojo
General Order No. 1 of
Mongo, Lieutenant
Christmas and
detainees and
flag-football game and
leadership of
NP and
Patrol by
photo of
raid by
West Hussaniyah and
Mortars
Mosques
raids on
MP.
See
Military police
MRAPs.
See
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicles
Muhamed, Lieutenant Colonel
Muhammad, Prophet
Multinational Division-Baghdad (MND-B)
Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I)
Mussolini, Benito
MySpace
Nahias
Najij, Colonel
National Guard
NCOs.
See
Noncommissioned officers
New Years
Night vision
Nisoor Square, shootings in
Noncommissioned officers (NCOs)
Dear John tales and
generational gap and
Hot Wheels incident and
intervention by
loyalty of
photo of
politics and
recentralized warfare and
relations with
worshipping
Norris, Chuck: jokes about
Notorious BIG, Tupac Shakur and
Nour, Sheik
guarding
petroleum inheritance of
NP.
See
Iraqi National Police
Oath of office
Obama, Barack
Observation post (OP)
Odierno, General
Office Space: Iraq
(hypothetical film)
Officers
careerist
company-grade
executive
general
generational gap among
junior
oath of office for
politics and
promoting
senior
staff
trading
types of
See also
Noncommissioned officers
Oil refinery, burning
1-27 Infantry
101st Airborne
“Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage, The” (blog piece)
OP.
See
Observation post
Operation Phantom Phoenix
Operational security (OPSEC)
Orlando, Wildebeest and
Orwell, George
Osama, Bassam meeting and
Palahniuk, Chuck
Patrols
joint-
last
night
photo of
Patton, George
Pennsylvania National Guard
Pentagon
People other than grunts (POGs)
Petraeus, General
microgrants and
strategy and
website and
Phoenix
flirting by
Smitty and
translating by
Pistol Pete, Captain,
Platoons, function of
POGs.
See
People other than grunts
Politics
counterinsurgency and
military and
Polling sites, guarding
Pop culture
Porta-John chronicles, reading
Porta-Johns
Post exchange (PX)
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Poverty
Powell Doctrine
Precision targeting
Press coverage
Prime, Specialist
Chem-Light and
fobbits and
photo of
Private contractors
Privatization
Professionalism
junior officers and
Promotions
Prostitutes
Public relations
PX.
See
Post exchange
Qadas
Qasim, Nasim Abdul
Rahdi, Mayor
Ramadan
Rant, Lieutenant
Abbas and
EFP attack and
elections and
Hamid and
Hussaniyah and
on motivation
needling
photo of
polls and
replacements and
Thanksgiving and
Rashadiya
Rassim
Rear-echelon mother fuckers (REMFs)
Reconciliation
REMFs.
See
Rear-echelon mother fuckers
Reno-Gazette Journal
Republican Guard
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)
Revolutionary Brigade
Rip-Its
Rocket propelled grenades (RPGs)
Rockets
attacks with
ROE.
See
Rules of engagement
Romeo, Private First Class
joking by
night patrol and
photo of
Roosevelt, Theodore
ROTC.
See
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Route Crush
Route Dover
Route Flames
Route Gold
Route Islanders
Route Lincoln
Route Maples
Route New York
Route Ninjas
Route Plato
Route Senators
Route Swords
Route Tampa
IED attacks on
patrol on
Route Texas
RPG launchers, toy
RPGs.
See
Rocket propelled grenades
Rules of engagement (ROE)
Saba al-Bor
aid distribution at(photo)
aroma of
combat outpost at(photo)
complaints in
described
Fadl and
and Hussaniyah compared
IEDs in
leaving
market in(photo)
microgrant projects in
money in
patrols in
photo of
return to
Route Maples and
Shias in
Sons of Iraq in
Sunnis in
Sabah Qasar
photo of
Saddam City
Sadr City
uprising in
Sadrists
Safety
terps and
Sahwa
checkpoints
Iraqi government and
program
Sons of Iraq and
Saif
Salon
(magazine)
Sandstorm, photo of
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Second Brigade (Twenty-fifth
Infantry Division)
Secret Agent Man, Sergeant
HUMINT and
Las Cruces and
leads/tips from
Sections, function of
Security
fliers
meetings
peace and
sweeps
Security firms
September 11th
Shaba, Mohammed
Shakespeare, William
Shakur, Tupac: Notorious BIG and
Sheep, photo of
Sheikapalooza
photo of
Sheiks
Arab culture and
meeting with
Shia United Iraqi Alliance
Shias
elections and
extremist
holidays of
Husayn and
Hussaniyah and
Sons of Iraq and
Sunnis and
Show-of-force missions
SITREPs.
See
Situation reports
Sitting Bull, Staff Sergeant
Abbas and
Ashura and
Eddie and
HUMINT and
leads/tips and
Orlando and
source network of
Situation reports (SITREPs)
Skerk, Lieutenant
microgrant program and
stress for
Slum City
Smitty, Private First Class
Banana-Hands and
children and
Haitian Sensation and
Haydar and
Hot Wheels incident and
IP attack and
mosque raid and
Phoenix and
photo of
rockets and
shootout and
Soldier's Medal for
Spice Girls and
stealth and
Sniper rifles
Snipers
Snoop Dogg
Snow patrol
Soccer field, rockets at
SOFA.
See
Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
Soldier's Medal
Somers, Suzanne
Sons of Iraq
checkpoints of
rocket men and
Sahwa and
sheik council and
Shias and
Sunni
talking to
Sons of Liberty
Spade, Staff Sergeant
Beanie Babies and

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