Kaboom (52 page)

Daraji and

Gravediggers and

in Hawaii

microgrants and

mosque raid and

night patrol and

photo of

rockets and

sheikapalooza and

shootout and

traits of

Spice Girls

Sportscenter
(ESPN)

Spot, Corporal

Daraji and

photo of

rockets and

sniper rifle and

translation by

Steel platoon

Stereotypes

Steve (special ops captain/major)

Sticky bombs

Stop-loss program

Stove Top, Private First Class

photo of

Strykehorse

Strykers

as ghost tanks

parking

patrols in

photo of

repairing

as shields

Stuart, Jeb

Stun grenades

Suicide

Sunnis

elections and

Iraqi republic and

mosque raid and

problems for

Shias and

Sons of Iraq and

Super Bowl

Super Mario

translating by

Swords of Qadisiyah

Syrians

T-72 tanks

Tactical operations center (TOC)

photo of

Taji Provincial Community Center

Tamimis

Task Force Cobra, mosque raid and

Tattoos

Ten Bears, Captain

Bassam meeting and

frago and

Haydar and

recommendation from

rocket attack and

Suge and

Trash Village and

working with

Terps

field-grade officers and

masks for

safety and

work of

Terrorists

Thanksgiving

Third Brigade (Fourth Infantry Division)

TOC.
See
Tactical operations center

Training

barriers to

cold-load

Trash Village

Triple Canopy

Tunnel, Specialist

Daraji and

Doc and

Haydar and

IP attack and

locals and

mosque raid and

photo of

Turkey Bowl flag-football game

Turner, Tina

Twenty-fifth Infantry Division

2-14 Cavalry

photo of

Ugandans

Uniform Code of Military Justice

U.S. Constitution

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Postal Service

U.S. State Department

Van Wilder, Private First Class

Big Ern and

Iraqi women and

night patrol and

photo of

Rip Its and

translation by

yarns by

Vehicle-borne IEDs (VBIEDs)

Veterans

Vigilantes

VIPs, dealing with

Virginia Slim, Lieutenant

on constitutional rights

Gravediggers and

Vote

military

W, Sergeant First Class

toy RPG launchers and

War for peace

Warfare

conventional

decentralized

irregular

maneuvers

nonconventional

recentralized

West Hussaniyah

Whiteback, Captain

Banana-Hands and

Bassam meeting and

blog piece and

finances and

frago message from

Haydar and

mosque raid and

rockets and

ROE and

security meeting by

security sweeps and

Shaba and

sheikapalooza and

shootout and

XO status and

Wild Tigers

Wildebeest, Specialist

Abbas and

HUMINT and

leads/tips from

Orlando and

Wolfhounds

Abu Abdullah and

joining

Turkey Bowl and

Women

dress of

problems with

soldiers

talking to

XO.
See
Executive officers

Yusef

Zuhayr, Lieutenant: shootout and

Zaydan, Sheik

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Kaboom : embracing the suck in a savage little war / by Matt Gallagher. p. cm.

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