Authors: Wesley R. Gray
meals, ready-to-eat (MREs),
87
media reports, accuracy of,
214â15
,
217
meetings, timing of,
36
military transition team (MiTT):
      Â
accommodations at camp,
28
;
      Â
advantages over Army adviser teams,
19â20
;
      Â
arrival at camp,
27â28
;
      Â
assignment to,
4
;
      Â
camp at Asad Airbase,
57
,
58
;
      Â
duties as embedded military advisers,
6
,
159
;
      Â
experience of members of,
5
;
      Â
IED attack on,
17
;
      Â
Iraqi army, focus shift of training,
169
;
      Â
Iraqi army, reality of working with,
23
;
      Â
leadership of,
33
;
      Â
leave run duties,
51â54
;
      Â
liaison meeting with Cooling,
32â34
;
      Â
motivation of members,
5
,
22â23
;
      Â
Nimer
operation planning,
120
;
      Â
predeployment gear list,
6
;
      Â
relationship between members,
240
;
      Â
replacement team,
231â33
,
235
;
      Â
resources for,
28â29
; slush fund,
78
;
      Â
training for,
16â23
,
34
Mofak,
177
Mohammed (Serman's friend),
203
Mohammed, Captain,
170â71
Mohammed, Mr.,
86
Moody (interpreter):
      Â
American policy in Iraq,
66â67
;
      Â
Barwana market transactions,
80
;
      Â
beatings,
99â100
;
      Â
combat patrol,
130â33
;
      Â
escape from Iraq, conversation about,
228
;
      Â
honesty of,
83
;
      Â
laziness of Iraqis, explanation of,
187â89
;
      Â
pay system operations,
94â95
;
      Â
sniper attack,
133
;
      Â
tribalism in Iraq,
97â99
;
      Â
violence for solving politics and
policy,
113â14
;
      Â
Water Treatment Facility combat control base,
122
Morales, Peter,
56
Morgan, Lance Corporal,
220
motivational (moto) tattoo,
220
motorcycle crash,
123â24
MREs (meals, ready-to-eat),
87
Muslih, Hussein,
215
Naji, Warrant Officer,
83â84
Natham, Captain,
59
,
107â8
,
192
,
193
Nayim, Sergeant Major,
109
Nimer
(Tiger), Operation:
      Â
briefing following raid,
129
;
      Â
combat patrol,
125â34
,
140â43
;
      Â
convoy through Haditha,
121â24
;
      Â
defensive perimeter around control base,
143â45
;
      Â
detainees, treatment of,
134â40
;
      Â
generator building COC,
125
,
129â30
;
      Â
motorcycle crash,
123â24
;
      Â
nap schedule,
125
;
      Â
number of
jundis
involved in,
121
;
      Â
operation plan,
121
;
      Â
pace of patrolling,
147
;
      Â
planning for,
119â20
;
      Â
portable toilet kit,
147â48
;
      Â
sniper attacks,
131â33
;
      Â
Water Treatment Facility combat control base,
122
,
124â25
;
      Â
Water Treatment Facility, departure from,
148
;
      Â
wounding of
jundi
during combat patrol,
131â34
Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) team,
29
palm groves,
128â29
,
140
,
147
,
223
patrol operations:
Nimer
(Tiger), Operation,
125â34
,
140â43
;
      Â
number of patrols,
171
;
      Â
schedule for,
170â71
pay system: corruption in,
94â96
;
      Â
pay punishment,
84
;
      Â
pay rates,
42
,
64
,
76
,
94â95
,
188â89
;
      Â
payday,
82â85
;
      Â
problems with,
81â82
,
85â86
;
      Â
trust and,
82
personal health, maintenance of,
20â21
personal locator beacon (PLB),
16â17
phone sex,
184â86
Pitts, Captain,
91
POGs,
56
portable toilet kit,
147â48
PRC-148 radios,
16
pressure washers,
68â69
pressure-plate IEDs (PPIEDs),
17
,
49â50
,
51
,
54
propaganda packet,
146
Pyle, Major,
6
,
9
,
101
,
109
,
162
,
186â87
,
209â10
,
217
,
232
Qadisiyah, Lake,
28
,
173â76
,
213â15
Qasem,
86
radio-controlled IEDs (RCIEDs),
49
,
50â51
rank structure,
243
religious beliefs of Marines,
193â94
REST,
40
revenge,
97â99
,
191â93
,
197â98
Rial, Ahmed,
77
Riath,
192
River Gate, Operation,
217â18
Robeson, Mastin,
3
Route Boardwalk: ambush
      Â
near market, intelligence about,
146â47
;
      Â
combat patrol,
125â34
,
141â43
,
145â47
;
      Â
motorcycle crash,
123â24
;
      Â
palm grove off of,
128â29
,
140
,
147
Route Bronze,
54â56
,
59â61
,
149â53
Route Phoenix,
233
Route Raptors,
192
Route Uranium,
54
Sadr, Muqtada Al,
189
Sa'ed,
195â96
SAFE,
39â40
Salah,
174
Salazar, Corporal,
195
salty dogs,
5
sand spider competitions,
20â21
scorpion fight competitions,
20â21
Secher, Rob,
202
security posture,
142â43
Sermen: Baghdad, violence in,
202â4
;
      Â
bridge IED,
149â51
;
      Â
command wire mother lode,
155
;
      Â
driving style of,
107â8
;
      Â
hatred for Americans,
204
;
      Â
insurgents, information about,
64
;
      Â
militias, participation in,
189
;
      Â
water truck, breakdown of,
233
sexual issues:
      Â
enjoyable marriage,
182â83
;
      Â
Horny Hameed,
183â84
;
      Â
man love,
92â94
;
      Â
phone sex,
184â86
;
      Â
sex education,
181â82
      Â
Shaban, Colonel,
55
,
60
      Â
sheepherders,
55
,
151â52
sheiks, tribal:
      Â
control of population by,
114
;
      Â
deal-making with Marines,
238
;
      Â
relationship with insurgents,
114
,
238
Shlessinger, Corporal,
201
shotgun, antique,
165
springbutts,
24
Sudanese engineers,
236
Super Stallion helicopters,
27
,
239
supply issues,
73
,
74â75
,
77â78
Surefire light, lost,
211