Authors: Wesley R. Gray
swahuts,
29â30
Sweden, escape to,
228â31
tattooed inside lip,
220
terrorists' celebration of September
11
,
119
toilet kit, portable,
147â48
torture,
134â40
Trejos, Nancy,
215
tribalism,
96â99
,
109
,
196â99
Tseen, Captain,
82â84
,
85â86
,
94â95
United States: crisis in Iraq, responsibility for,
223â25
;
      Â
hatred for Americans,
204
;
      Â
Iraqis' feelings about American
invasion,
111â13
;
      Â
life in,
105
;
      Â
media reports, accuracy of,
215
,
217
;
      Â
situation in Iraq, understanding of,
227
;
      Â
wealth in, Iraqi perception,
60
,
87
,
236
U.S. Air Force,
240
U.S. Army: Camp Taji,
15
;
      Â
Camp Victory,
10
;
      Â
embedded adviser mission,
19â20
;
      Â
failure to help Marines,
240
;
      Â
militia checkpoint in Baghdad,
203
;
      Â
security of bases run by,
17
U.S. Army Special Forces,
17â18
,
34
,
47â48
,
141â43
U.S. Marine Corps:
      Â
battle decision-making process,
32
;
      Â
casualties and leadership decisions,
33
;
      Â
infantrymen,
148
;
      Â
insurgent attack on Marine combat outpost,
6
;
      Â
lists,
6
;
      Â
living forever and,
213
;
      Â
rank structure,
243
;
      Â
religious beliefs of Marines,
193â94
;
      Â
salty dogs,
5
;
      Â
springbutts,
24
U.S. Marine Corps, 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion,
33
,
217
U.S. Marine Corps, 3rd Marines, 2nd Battalion (2/3),
113
,
121
,
193
,
217â18
U.S. Marine Corps, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion (3/3),
28
,
32â34
,
113
,
121
U.S. Marine Corps, 3rd Regment,
5â6
,
7
Valle, Daniel “V,”
101â5
violence for solving politics and policy,
113â14
wadi
, crossing water-filled,
33
war, ethics standard in,
138
wasta
,
70
waste and abuse in Iraq,
16â17
,
235â36
Wazes,
30
Weeks, Elliot,
213â14
Wilkenson, Staff Sergeant,
23â25
women, conversations about,
42â43
,
67â68
Yama Sukura war games,
3
Yasser, escape from Iraq by,
228â31
Zilmer, Rick,
161
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After a four-year “sabbatical” as an active-duty U.S. Marine officer, Wesley R. Gray returned to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business to finish his Ph.D. dissertation. He also serves as a portfolio manager and managing member of Empirical Finance, LLC. In his spare time, Wes enjoys sports and manual labor.
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