Not a Good Day to Die (75 page)
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Authors: Sean Naylor
BOOKS
Afghan Guerrilla Warfare—In the Words of the Mujahideen Fighters,
by Ali Ahmad Jalali and Lester W. Grau, published 2001 by MBI Publishing Company (originally published as
The Other Side of the Mountain
by the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Command).
Afghanistan’s Endless War,
by Larry Goodson, published 2001 by the University of Washington Press.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain—Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan,
by Lester W. Grau, published 1998 by Frank Cass.
Black Hawk Down,
by Mark Bowden, published 1999 by Atlantic Monthly Press.
Brave Men, Dark Waters—The Untold Story of the Navy SEALs,
by Orr Kelly, published 1993 by Pocket Books.
Delta Force,
by Colonel Charlie A. Beckwith (Ret.) and Donald Knox, published 2000 by Avon Books (originally published in 1983).
Ghost Wars,
by Steve Coll, published 2004 by The Penguin Press.
Inside Delta Force,
by Eric L. Haney, published 2003 by Dell (first published in hardcover in 2002 by Delacorte Press).
Jihad—The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia,
by Ahmed Rashid, published in 2003 by Penguin (first published in the United States in 2002 by Yale University Press.)
Killing Pablo,
by Mark Bowden, published 2002 by Penguin Books.
The Mission,
by Dana Priest, published 2003 by W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Stumbling Bear—Soviet Military Performance in Afghanistan,
by Scott R. McMichael, published 1991 by Brassey’s.
Taliban,
by Ahmed Rashid, published 2001 by Yale University Press.
Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet Army,
by David C. Isby, published 1988 by Jane’s Publishing Company Limited.
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES
“The ‘Revolution in Military Affairs’ has an Enemy: Politics,” by Michael Catanzaro, published October 1, 2001, in
The American Enterprise.
“The War’s Bloodiest Battle,” by Sean D. Naylor, published 18 March, 2002, in
Army Times.
“Intel Take From Enemy at Shah-e-Kot Great, MIs say,” by Sean D. Naylor, published 25 March, 2002, in
Army Times.
“In Shah-e-Kot, Apaches Save the Day—And Their Reputations,” by Sean D. Naylor, published 25 March, 2002, in
Army Times.
“Anaconda Winds Down,” by Sean D. Naylor, published 25 March, 2002, in
Army Times.
“Deadly Find,” by Sean D. Naylor, published 1 April, 2002, in
Army Times.
“In Search of Casualties,” by Sean D. Naylor, published 15 April, 2002, in
Army Times.
“What We Learned from Anaconda,” by Sean D. Naylor, published 29 July, 2002, in
Army Times.
“Pentagon Faces Transformation,” by Tom Bowman, published March 13, 2001, in
The Baltimore Sun.
“Al Qaida’s Uzbek Bodyguards,” by Owais Tohid, published September 28, 2004, in
The Christian Science Monitor.
“Wolfowitz: More Resources, Better Management Keys to Defense Transformation,” by Hunter Keeter, published August 9, 2001, in
Defense Daily.
“Left In Dark For Most Anaconda Planning, Air Force Opens New Probe,” by Elaine Grossman, published October 3, 2002, in
Inside The Pentagon.
“Losing the Peace?” by Michael Massing, published May 13, 2002, in
The Nation.
“A Different War—Is the Army Becoming Irrelevant?” by Peter J. Boyer, published July 1, 2002, in
The New Yorker.
“Special Forces OD Alpha-555,” by Lance M. Bacon, published September 2003 in
Soldier of Fortune.
“The Infiltrator: Ali Mohamed Served in the U.S. Army—and Bin Laden’s Circle,” by Peter Waldman, published November 26, 2001, in
The Wall Street Journal.
“Bravery and Breakdowns in a Ridgetop Battle,” by Bradley Graham, published May 24, 2002, in
The Washington Post.
“A Wintry Ordeal at 10,000 Feet,” by Bradley Graham, published May 25, 2002, in
The Washington Post.
“U.S. Concludes Bin Laden Escaped at Tora Bora Fight,” by Barton Gellman and Thomas E. Ricks, published April 17, 2002 in
The Washington Post.
OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS
Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy,
by Stephen Biddle, published November 2002 by the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
“Ali Mohamed: The Defendant Who Did Not Go to Trial,” by Judy Aita, published May 16, 2003, by U.S. Department of State International Information Programs; accessed on the Internet at http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/af/security/a1051502.htm.
The Army of Excellence—the Development of the 1980s Army,
by John L. Romjue, published 1993 by Office of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.
“Afghanistan—Fire Support for Operation Anaconda,” by Robert H. McElroy, published September-October 2002 in
Field Artillery.
COMACC Sight Picture—Joint Air-Ground Operations (a December 2002 press release from the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command).
Emerging Lessons, Insights and Observations—Operation Enduring Freedom,
published 2002 by the Center for Army Lessons Learned, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
“Enduring Freedom: An Air Force Combat Controller’s Experience,” briefing by Technical Sergeant James Hotaling, September 2002. Text accessed at http://www.afa.org/media/scripts/afsoc.pdf.
“Lessons Learned From A Light Infantry Company During Operation Anaconda,” by Captain Nelson G. Kraft, published Summer 2002 in
Infantry,
the official magazine of the U.S. Army Infantry Center and School, Fort Benning, Georgia.
Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad
—Army Field Manual 7-8, published by the U.S. Army.
Information Operations
—Army Field Manual 100-6, published by the U.S. Army.
“Investigation Report for Suspected Friendly Fire Incident Involving AC-130 Spectre Gunship and U.S./Afghan Forces Near Gardez, On or About 02 March 02.” The Central Command investigation; redacted version released November 2002 and obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.
JSOTF-N Command Briefing, a PowerPoint slide briefing produced by Task Force Dagger.
“SIGINT Marines Help Fight War on Terrorism in Afghanistan,”
Intelligence Community Newsletter,
published February 2003 by Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Department.
“Texas14 Monogram of Activities in Support of Operation Enduring Freedom (12 October 2001–26 March 2002),” an unpublished paper by Captain Glenn Thomas.
“10
th
Mountain Division Observations—Operation Enduring Freedom.”
“The Milani Report,” by Colonel Andrew N. Milani, the official U.S. Special Operations Command chronology of the Takur Ghar battle, released to me in heavily redacted form.
“Operation Anaconda,” briefing by Lieutenant Colonel Pete Blaber, given to many different military audiences.
“Operation Anaconda” CJTF Mountain Command Briefing.
“Operation Anaconda—CJTF Mountain C2 Plans,” a briefing by Major Francesca Ziemba.
Operation Anaconda: Command and Confusion in Joint Warfare,
an unpublished paper by Major Mark Davis, June 2004.
Operation Anaconda—Lessons for Joint Operations,
by Richard L. Kugler, Michael Baranick and Hans Binnendijk, published September 2003 by National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
Operations
—Army Field Manual 3-0, published by the U.S. Army.
Pitfalls of Technology: A Case Study of the Battle on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan,
an unpublished paper by Colonel Andrew N. Milani.
“Special Operations Forces in Operation Anaconda, 1-14 March 2002,” a briefing by Dr. Richard Stewart, U.S. Army Center of Military History.
“TF 1-187 IN AAR: Operation Anaconda,” unpublished “Memorandum for the Commander” dated March 21, 2002.
10
th
Mountain Division (Light Infantry)—Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan,
Joint
Center for Lessons Learned Final Report, published June 6, 2003, by Joint Forces Command.
Victory in Papua,
by Samuel Milner, published 1957 by the Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the [U.S.] Army
Weapon of Choice—ARSOF in Afghanistan,
by Charles H. Briscoe, Richard L. Kiper, James A. Schroder, and Kalev I. Sepp, published 2004 by the Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Abbott, Thomas
Achey, Stephen
Advance Force Operations.
See
AFO
Afghan Military Forces.
See
AMF
Afghanistan.
See also
Operation Anaconda; Al Qaida; Shahikot; Takur Ghar
Bagram in
Chechens in
Gardez in
Kabul in
Khowst in
Rasul in
Serkhankhel in
Tora Bora in
AFO (Advance Force Operations)
Air base, in Bagram
Al Y.
Alcaraz, Jorge
Allen, Brian
AMF (Afghan Military Forces)
awards for
Anderson, Loyd Blayne, Anderson, Marc
Andy
Antenori, Frank
Apaches
See also
Helicopters, in Operation Anaconda
ARCENT (Army Component of Central Command)
Ariana Hotel
Army Component of Central Command. See ARCENT
Ashline, Jason
Australians
Bagram air base in
as military headquarters
Operation Anaconda relating to
Ballard Sean
Baltazar, Frank
Bardwell, Chad
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
(Grau)
Beaudry, Earl, Jr.
Bello, Lou
Bennett, Sam
Bentley, Chris
bin Laden, Osama
Bishop, Craig
Blaber, Pete
in Operation Anaconda
in reconnaissance mission
Takur Ghar relating to
Blair, Brett
Blocking Positions
Amy
Betty
Cindy
Diane
Ginger
Heather
Bob H.
Bochain, Louis
Brault, Robert
Brian
Briley, Jasey
Brossoie, James
Brown, Gabe
Browning, Charles “Todd,”
Burke Ed
Burns, Julian
Bush, George W.
Busko, Rick
Butler, Kevin
in Operation Anaconda
at Takur Ghar
Byrne, Thomas “Doc,”
Calland, Albert
Canon, Arin
CAOC (Combined Air Operations Center)
Carr, Bob
Carwazi
Casenhiser, Caleb
Celano, Justin
CENTCOM (U.S. Central Command)
Central Intelligence Agency.
See
CIA
CFACC (Coalition Forces Air Component Command)
CFLCC (Coalition Forces Land Component Command)
Edwards in
Mikolashek in
Chapman, Dan
Chapman, John
death of
in Operation Anaconda
Chechens
Chenault, Rich
Chuck
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
Operation Anaconda and
reconnaissance mission and
“Spider” in
Takur Ghar and
Cifers, Mike
CJTF (Coalition and Joint Task Force) Mountain.
See
Task Force Mountain
Clark, Perry
Clark, Wesley
Coalition Forces Air Component Command.
See
CFACC
Coalition Forces Land Component Command.
See
CFLCC
Cody, Richard
Combined Air Operations Center.
See
CAOC
Commons, Matt
Contant, Stu
Corkran Ron
Corley, John
Crombie, Roger
Crose, Brad
Cunningham, Jason
Dailey, Dell
Daniel, Cory
Dave
Dave H.
Deane, John
Deaths
of Chapman, J.
of Harriman
of Roberts
Dedo, David
Delta Force.
See also
India team; Juliet team
Blaber in
“Major Jimmy” in
in Operation Anaconda
reconnaissance mission and
“Speedy” in
Takur Ghar and
DePouli, Ray
DevGru
Don
Donnelly, Pete
Dupuy, Trevor
Edwards, Matthew
Edwards, Warren
Egerer, Fred
Ewadzkhal Valley
Fichter, Jeff
Finch, Thomas
Fletcher, Tim
“Force cap,”
Franks, Tommy as
CENTCOM commander,
Operation Anaconda and
Tora Bora and
Freedom of Information Act,
Gardez
Operation Anaconda relating to
reconnaissance mission relating to
safe house in
Task Force Dagger in
Gibler, Michael
Gilliam, David, Glenn P.
Golden, Maurice
Goody (Mike)
Grau, Lester
Gray, David
Gray Fox
in Operation Anaconda
in reconnaissance mission
Greg
Grim
Grim
Grim
Grippe, Frank
Grooms, Christopher
Gurgel, Jonathan
Guthrie, Bill
Haas, Chris
Hagenbeck, Franklin “Buster,”
Haidar, Gul
Halfpipe, battle of
Hall, Brandon
Hall, Jay
Hamilton, John
Hans
Hardy, Jim
Harrell, Gary
Harriman, Stanley
death of
in Operation Anaconda
Harry, Chris
Harward, Robert, Haupt, Eric
Hazrat, Ali
Helberg, Glen
Helicopters, in Operation Anaconda
See also
Apaches
Henderson, Steven
Hendrix, John
Henrey, Mark
Herman, Joe
Higley, Jerry
Hodges, John
Holland, Charlie
Hoskheyar
Huber, Reginald
Huff, Randy
HUMINT (human intelligence)
Hurley, Keith
Hussein, Saddam
HVTs (high-value targets)
Hyder, Vic
IMU (Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan)
India team
in Operation Anaconda
in reconnaissance mission
Intelligence
See also HUMINT; SIGINT
IPB (intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield)
Isaac H.
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
See
IMU
ISR (intelligence surveillance, reconnaissance)
Jason
Jay
JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition)
John
John B.
Joint Special Operations Command.
See
JSOC
Jones, Mike
JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command)
Juliet team
in Operation Anaconda
in reconnaissance mission
Takur Ghar relating to
Kabul
safe house in
Kalashnikov
Kandahar
Karzai, Hamid
Keane, Jack
Kearney, Frank
Kernan, Joseph
Khowst
safe house in
Kilburn, Jody
Kisner, Frank
Koch, Anthony
Kraft, Nelson
Kris K.
LaCamera, Paul
LaFrenz, Matt
Larsen, Jim
Lee, William C.
Leister, Barry
Lockwood, Jonathan
Lodin, Zia
Longoria, Mike
Lopez, Raul
Luman, Kelly Jack
“Major Jimmy”
in Operation Anaconda
Takur Ghar relating to
Mako
Mako
Mako
Mako
Marcinko, Richard
Mark O.
Maroyka, Brad
Marriott, Gabriel
Marye, Jim
Masirah
Massoud, Ahmad Shah
McArthur, William “Buddy,”
McGovern, Kyle
McGraw, Brian
McHale, Matthew
McNeill, Dan
Mendenhall, Scotty
Merkloff, Jim
Miceli, Anthony
Mikolashek, Paul
Milani, Andrew
Military headquarters, in Bagram
Miller, Keary
Mingus, Jim
Mohammed, Ali Abdelsoud
Moore, Carl
Moseley, T. Michael “Buzz,”
Mujahideen
Mulholland, John
Murray, Bill
Murray, Paul “Dino,”
Musella, Justin
Nail
Nail
Naler, Chris
National Security Agency.
See
NSA
Navarro, Eric
Nelson
Nielsen, Mark
Nocks, Andy
Northern Alliance
NSA (National Security Agency)
Objective Remington
Observation posts
Ogilvie, John
O’Keefe, Aaron
Omar, Mullah Mohammed
Operation Anaconda, Xi.
See also
Blocking Positions; Shahikot; Takur Ghar; specific Task Force entries
Apaches used in
Australians involved with
Bagram relating to
Blaber in
Butler in
Chapman, J. in
CIA relating to
Delta Force in
Franks and
Gardez relating to
Gray Fox in
Haas in
Hagenbeck in
Halfpipe battle in
Harrell in
Harriman in
helicopters used in
India team in
issues relating to
Juliet team in
LaCamera in
Lodin in
“Major Jimmy” in
McHale in
Mikolashek in
Mulholland in
observation posts in
planning sessions for
preparations for
Preysler in
Al Qaida relating to
Rangers in
reconnaissance mission relating to
Roberts in
Rosengard in
SEALs in
SF in
Takur Ghar and, “Speedy” in
“Spider” in
Taliban relating to
Wiercinski in
Operation Enduring Freedom
