SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper (40 page)

It would be difficult to write and research without the support of Meio University, where I am an associate professor. Scott Miller of Trident Media Group showed Howard and me all the professionalism an agent can show and more. He read our manuscript during his Easter vacation; when he returned to work, he found us our first publisher within twenty-four hours. Marc Resnick at St. Martin’s Press outshined the others to seal the deal and has maintained his enthusiasm, making this process a joy.

I’m deeply honored that General Henry Hugh Shelton (Retired) took time from his busy schedule to give support. Also, the Delta Force major who wrote
Kill Bin Laden,
Dalton Fury, offered his help early on, for which I’m grateful. Kudos to Marine sniper Jack Coughlin, author of
Shooter,
for his encouragement. Thanks to Randy “Kemo” Clendening (former SEAL Team Two operator) for assistance, too.

I’d like to thank Debbie Wasdin for her friendship and help. Eryn Wasdin chauffeured me and made me smile.

While I worked with Howard to finish up the book, Tammie Willis, a licensed medical massage therapist at Absolute Precision, gave me the best massage I’ve ever had—you’re awesome, Tammie. The rest of the Absolute Precision staff was wonderful, too: Miki, Kelly, and everyone.

Thank you to the people of Wayne County, Georgia, who made me feel at home during my stay.

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INDEX

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Abbas, Abu (a.k.a. Muhammad Zaidan)

Abed, Ahmed Hashim

Absolute Precision Chiropractic

AC-130 Spectre

defined

accidental discharge (AD)

AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”

Achille Lauro
hijacking (1985)

ACOGs (Advanced Combat Optical Gunsights)

Adere, Aden

Adidas GSG9 assault boots

Advanced Combat Optical Gunsights (ACOGs)

Advanced Field Skills and Mission Employment phase of Scout Sniper School

Agency.
See
CIA

Aidid, Mohamed Farrah

ambushes of Pakistani forces

ambush of CNN Somali crew

attempts to capture lieutenants

attempts to locate and capture

Battle of Mogadishu

food supply and

shooting down of QRF helo

surveillance and capture of Atto

Air Force Cross

AK-47s

defined

Alamo, The
(movie)

al Qaeda

America

amoxicillin

Andrews Air Force Base

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Georgia

Army Intelligence Support Activity

Army Rangers.
See
Rangers

Army Special Operations Command

Aspin, Les

asset, defined

AT-4s

defined

Atef, Mohammed

Atlanta Summer Olympics (1996)

attention to detail

Atto, Osman Ali

capture of

Clinton’s release of

surveillance of

Australian mouse

Australian Special Air Service

Awale, Abdi Hasan (a.k.a. Abdi Qeybdid)

Awale, Mohamed Assan

Bailey, Larry

Bainbridge

Bakara Market

Basic Conditioning phase of BUD/S

Basic Fields Craft phase of Scout Sniper School

Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training.
See
BUD/S

Battle of Mogadishu

author Wasdin shot

briefing

first ambush

map

memorial service for fallen soldiers

QRF rescue

second ambush

Super Six One down

Super Six Four down

BDUs (Battle Dress Uniforms)

defined

becket bend knots

Beckwith, Charlie A.

beef sticks

Bell OH-58 Kiowas

Beltway sniper attacks (2002)

betadine

Bethesda, Maryland, Naval Hospital

Biehn, Michael

Bin Laden, Osama

Black Hawk Down
(Bowden)

Black Hawk Down
(movie)

Black Hawks

Battle of Mogadishu

Blackwater

blasting caps

blowout kits

defined

Body Shop (Little Creek, Virginia)

Boesch, Rudy

booger-eaters, defined

boonie hats

Bowden, Mark

bowline knots

Boykin, William G.

Bravo Two Zero

Brunswick, Maine, Naval Air Station

BS (bull excrement)

defined

BTR-60s, defined

BTR-60 PBs

defined

BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training)

defined

First Phase (Basic Conditioning)

graduation

Hell Week

indoctrination phase

obstacle course

physical screening tests

re-enlistment incentive ruse

Second Phase (Land Warfare)

surf passage training

Third Phase (Dive Phase)

Burruss, L.H. “Bucky”

Busch, Dan

Butcher, Kenneth

cadre

defined

cambuulo

cammies (camouflage)

defined

Campbell Barracks

Capes, Marni

CAR-15 (Colt Automatic Rifle-15)

defined

Carley, Norm

car sales

Casanova

Battle of Mogadishu

Mogadishu Mission

nickname of

at Scout Sniper School

Silver Star of

TCS op

caving ladders

defined

CCTs (Combat Control Teams)

defined

cellulitis

Central Intelligence Agency.
See
CIA

Chalker, Denny “Snake”

Charles de Gaulle

Checkpoint Pasta

chemical weapons

chemlights

defined

Cheuy, Roger

childhood of author Wasdin

chiropractic

Christians in Action.
See also
CIA

defined

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

defined

Mogadishu Mission

Vietnam War and

Clendening, Randy

Clinton, Bill

clove hitch knots

CNN