Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper (37 page)

rate of loss of,
121

as shooting platforms,
125–27

Hussein.
See
Saddam Hussein

infantry soldier, as dominant factor of victory,
26–27

innocent people, killing of,
225
,
231–34
,
251

insect problems,
150

Intelligence and Psychological Operations (Psy Ops),
137

Iran, in “axis of evil,” 49

Iraq

Americans as liberators of,
100
,
133
,
149
,
240
,
259–67
,
279
,
286

anti-Americanism in,
263

army of

Al Nida Division,
181
,
189

Baghdad Division,
167
,
175

command and control destroyed,
245

51st Mechanized Division,
67–68
,
72
,
83–84
,
93
,
95–97
,
132

Medina division,
72
,
80
,
83–84
,
104

Republican Guard,
72
,
167
,
175
,
181
,
187–88
,
207
,
245
,
258

in “axis of evil,” 49

Desert Storm attack on,
72–73
,
100–1
,
111

economy of, helped by money given to U.S. troops,
193

flag of,
239
,
265–66

historic invaders of,
82

oil in,
82–83

precision manufacturing facility in,
190–91

U.S. invasion of

Baghdad drive,
101–85

Baghdad occupation,
235–84

in Baghdad outskirts,
188–235

Basra attack,
60
,
66–67
,
79
,
83–97
,
100–1
,
141
,
235

casualties light,
286

Iraqi guerrilla attacks,
66
,
102
,
141
,
181–82
,
187–88
,
192–93
,
225–26
,
277

jump-off from Kuwait,
67–77
,
79–81

operational pause cancelled,
147–49

plan of attack,
79–80

as preemptive strike,
190

WMDs in,
55–56

Iraqi Freedom, Operation, beginning of,
76–77

Italian journalist.
See
Dagnino, Enrico Iwo Jima, flag-raising on,
266

“Jackals.”
See
news reporters

Javelin missile,
53
,
215

Jennings, Peter,
273
,
275
,
277

Johnson, Bob,
155

joint patrol,
279–80

Karbala (Iraq),
101

Karbala Gap (Iraq),
163

Kevlar helmet,
93
,
265

Khe Sanh (Vietnam),
199

Kipling, Rudyard,
97

Klimp, Jack,
1–3
,
5
,
9–10

Knickmeyer, Ellen,
191

Koopman, John “Paperboy,” 114,
145–46
,
260
,
264
,
286

Kuhlman, Casey,
xi

backround of,
36–37
,
46–47

Coughlin described by,
44

as H&S executive officer,
50
,
53–54

in Iraq war,
286

award and promotion,
287–88

in Baghdad,
237–38
,
244
,
248
,
265–66
,
270–74
,
279–80

Baghdad drive,
103–6
,
110
,
112
,
116–21
,
126–32
,
135
,
139–43
,
155
,
160–65
,
168–71
,
180–85

Baghdad strike,
190
,
192
,
196
,
201–6
,
208–15
,
217–23
,
233
,
235

Basra attack,
84
,
88–89
,
91–92
,
97

Iraqi flag incident,
239
,
265–66

on joint patrol,
279–80

Kuwait,
64–66
,
68–69
,
76
,
81

return to Kuwait,
284
,
287–88

training,
60
,
74

on Okinawa,
43
,
45–46

in ProMet war game,
37–38

return to civilian life by,
288

sniper support given by,
61

Kurds, gas attacks on,
83

Kuwait

4th Marines’ jump-off from,
67–77
,
79–81

4th Marines’ transfer to,
51
,
56–66

4th Marines’ return to,
283–88

Lake City Match ammunition,
87

lasers, in war games,
34

Lewis, Brian,
89
,
176
,
190
,
264

Lima, Roger,
249

looting,
270
,
278

loudspeakers for recorded messages in Arabic,
137–38

Lynch, Jessica,
103–4

M9 missile,
53

M16A4 rifle,
243

M40A1 sniper rifle,
63
,
86
,
158

M88 Hercules tank recovery vehicle,
264
,
267

M203 missile,
53

M240G missile,
53

M249 SAW light machine gun,
53

Maas, Peter,
191

McCoy, Bryan P.

assigns author to H&S,
50–51

description of,
44

in Iraqi war

in Baghdad,
237
,
240–42
,
245–46
,
248
,
253
,
255

Baghdad advance,
114–15
,
117
,
135–37
,
148
,
165–66

Baghdad strike,
181
,
190
,
192
,
194
,
197
,
199–201
,
217
,
234

Basra advance,
81
,
83
,
89
,
91
,
93
,
95
,
97

pep talks,
67–68
,
72

snipers and,
61
,
110
,
126
,
136–37
,
185
,
197
,
199
,
214
,
237–38
,
246

takes out a tank,
98–99

on television,
273

on treatment of prisoners,
189

machine guns

M249 SAW light,
53

RPK light,
7
,
86
,
125

240-Golf medium,
75

McMillan fiberglass,
63

Mao Tse-tung,
60

March Air Force Base (California),
17
,
289

March Up, The
(West and Smith),
131

Marine Corps

author’s training in,
14–17

rank insignia not worn in combat by,
3

Scout/Sniper School,
15–16

at 29 Nine Palms,
41–42
,
289

Marine Corps Shooting Team,
32

Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory,
29–30
,
131

Marine Expeditionary Force in Afghanistan,
49

Mark 19 grenade launcher,
61
,
75
,
120

Marsh, Jerry,
x
,
76
,
105
,
120
,
184
,
215
,
263–64

Mattis, James N.,
217

Mawhinney, Chuck,
23
,
24

Meeks, Eric,
171

MILES gear,
34
,
37

Military Operations in Urbanized Terrain (MOUT),
29
,
246

missiles

AT4,
53
,
92

Hellfire,
88
,
115

Javelin,
53
,
215

M9,
53

M240G,
53

Patriot,
70

Roland,
92
,
239

SMAW,
53

Tomahawk,
77
,
93

TOW,
53
,
94
,
152

Mk-82 bombs,
188

Mobile Sniper Strike Team concept,
22–23
,
27
,
43
,
48
,
114
,
121
,
207
,
291

Mogadishu (Somalia)

author as sniper in,
1–10
,
23
,
30

Rangers dragged through streets of,
244

Mojave Desert,
31

mom-and-pop stores, Iraqi,
193

money given to U.S. troops to spend,
193

MOPP (Mission Oriented Protective Posture) suit,
70–71
,
150
,
166–67
,
180
,
196
,
202
,
206
,
210
,
216
,
218

Moreno, Dino,
114
,
155–57
,
172
,
221–22
,
226
,
227
,
231
,
249

Mountain Leaders Course,
51
,
54

Mount Suribachi (Iwo Jima),
266

MOUT (Military Operations in Urbanized Terrain),
29
,
246

MREs (Meals Ready to Eat),
98
,
142
,
160
,
244
,
272
,
285

“Muppets, The,” 131

Najaf (Iraq),
101
,
163

Navy Achievement Medal,
287

Navy Commendation Medal,
10
,
287

Newbern, Clint,
x
,
75–76
,
120
,
201
,
203
,
211
,
215

news reporters (“Jackals”),
191
,
214
,
220
,
258
,
263

in Baghdad hotels,
245–46
,
255
,
259
,
270
,
272–75

broadcast nest,
272–73

Marines’ calls home on phones of,
179

shooting-of-civilians incident reported by,
234

See also
Dagnino, Enrico; Koopman, John

New York Times,
191,
279

night vision goggles,
4–5
,
236

night warfare,
95

9/11,
42
,
44–45
,
48
,
65

North Korea, in “axis of evil,” 49

North Little Rock (Arkansas),
30

nuclear weapons,
71
.
See also
weapons of mass destruction

observation log,
272

Officer Bob,” 56,
64
,
84–85
,
94–95
,
115–16
,
140
,
155
,
168–71
,
177–78
,
185
,
195–97
,
200
,
214
,
217
,
237–38
,
248

award to and promotion of,
287–88

Okinawa,
42–43
,
45–46

Omar (caliph),
82

OPFOR (Opposition Force),
29

Pachmayr recoil pad,
63

Palestine Hotel (Baghdad),
255
,
259–60
,
270–75

Panda Bear.
See
Fuentes, Orlando

Parris Island (South Carolina),
14–15

Patriot missile,
70

Pavlichenko, Lyudmila,
32
,
36

pigeons for chemical detection,
71–72
,
166
,
285

Poultry Chemical Contamination Detectors,
71–72
,
166
,
285

Powell, Colin,
56
,
111
,
263

preemptive strike on Iraq, reason for,
190

prisoners, Iraqi,
87
,
92
,
157–60

4th Marines’ treatment of,
189

intelligence officer captured,
190

torture of,
189–90

ProMet (Project Metropolis),
29–39
,
246

Psy Ops (Intelligence and Psychological Operations),
137

Quantico (Virginia),
29

Range 400,
42

Red Zone (area around Baghdad),
164
,
166

Regimental Combat Team 7,
103

regiment, British,
1
st Fusiliers (Desert Rats),
97

regiments, U.S.

1st Marine,
177
,
188

4th Marine

advance regimental quartering party,
68–70
,
99
,
103
,
164
,
181
,
236
,
288

author assigned to H&S,
49–51

in Baghdad,
236–83
,
284

Baghdad drive,
101–85

Baghdad strike,
181
,
188–235

Battalion Sniper Operation,
246–56

casualties,
286

a day off,
178–80

jump-off from Kuwait,
67–77
,
79–81