Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper (36 page)

I will never fight again.

AAVs (Amtracs; amphibious assault vehicles),
59
,
84
,
93
,
107
,
118
,
124
,
136
,
140
,
165
,
183–84

as ambulances,
169

description of,
68

ABC television network,
273–75

Abrams M1A1 tank,
59
,
68
,
80
,
98–99
,
107
,
124
,
168
,
177
,
196
,
257

main guns of,
84

suicide bombing of,
181
,
225

as target,
88
,
115

Abu Ghraib prison,
189

AC/DC band,
68

“Achmed,” 151,
154
,
158–60

Ad Diwaniyah (Iraq)

Marines’ original fight through,
113
,
117
,
141
,
149–57
,
163

stop at, on way home,
283–88

advance regimental quartering party,
4
th Marine,
68–70
,
99
,
103
,
164
,
181
,
236
,
288

Afak (Iraq),
124–33
,
140
,
149

Afak Drill, the,
141

Afghanistan,
48–49

AKM automatic rifle,
241

Al Aziziyah (Iraq),
181
,
187

Al Budayr (Iraq),
135–40
,
145
,
148

Alexander, Robert,
26

Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali),
83
,
100

Al Jazeera network,
263
,
276

Al Kut (Iraq),
113
,
167
,
172
,
175–76
,
185

Al Nida Division (Iraqi),
181
,
189

Al Numaniyah (Iraq),
163–64

ammunition

Lake City Match,
87

precision-made,
201

Amtracs (AAVs; amphibious assault vehicles),
59
,
68
,
80
,
93
,
107
,
118
,
124
,
136
,
140
,
165
,
183–84

as ambulances,
169

description of,
68

An Nasiriyah (Iraq),
102–4
,
113

anti-Americanism in Iraq,
263

antiwar protesters,
258
,
261–62

Apache helicopters,
101

April Fool’s Day,
162

Arabian Nights, The,
82

Arias, Norm “Normy,” 54-55,
85
,
94–95

Associated Press,
191

AT4 missile,
53
,
92

Atkinson barrel,
63

Az Zafaraniyah (Iraq),
199
,
201

B-52

bomber,
188

Ba’ath Party,
139–40
,
249
,
277

Baghdad (Iraq)

attempted smart bombing of Saddam

Hussein in,
76–77

chaos in,
269–70
,
278
,
286

descriptions of,
240–41
,
257–58
,
284

Firdos Square,
257–67
,
270

hotels in,
245–46
,
255–56
,
258–60
,
269–77

International Airport,
187
,
235
,
258

Iraqi air force compound in,
253–55

police and crime in,
279–82

Red Zone area around,
164
,
166

Tracy’s feelings about,
75

U.S. drive on,
66
,
101–85

U.S. troops in,
235–84

“Baghdad Bob,” 187,
270

Baghdad Division (Iraqi),
167
,
175

“Baghdad SWAT,” 280-82,
284

Baker, Matt “J-Matt,” x,
116
,
130
,
155
,
169

Balkans,
30

bank robberies in Baghdad,
279–82

baseball, author’s playing of,
13–14

Basra (Iraq)

attack on,
60
,
66–67
,
79
,
83–97
,
100–01
,
141
,
235

description of,
82–83

battalion,
1
st Tank,
59
,
80
,
89
.
See also
Bravo Company

Battalion Sniper Operation,
246–56

Black Hawk Down,
165,
244

Blandford, Steve,
132
,
140

BM-21 rocket,
238

bombs, Mk-82,
188

“Bonus Town” (Iraq),
118–19
,
140

Bravo Company,
59
,
168
,
176–77
,
189–90
,
192
,
239
,
242
,
243
,
247
,
257–58
,
260
,
264
,
284
.
See also
Abrams M1A1 tanks; Lewis, Brian

brigade,
7
th Armored (British),
97
,
235

British Army in Iraq,
73–74
,
83
,
91
,
97
,
100
,
141
,
235

Broadsword unit,
280–82

“Bull, the,” definition of,
41

Bush, George H. W.,
100

Bush, George W.

“axis of evil” speech of,
49

Firdos Square watched by,
263

9/1 land,
45
,
47

Saddam Hussein warned by,
69

ultimatums to Iraq by,
55
,
69

“Bus Stop,” 284-85

CAATs (Combined Anti-Armor Teams),
68
,
74
,
115
,
117–18
,
135
,
164
,
168–69
,
192
,
251
,
275

Campbell, Dustin,
x
,
140
,
142–43

Camp Doha (Kuwait),
64
,
74

Camp Schwab (Okinawa),
45–46

Care packages,
285

Carrington, Doug,
213
,
221
,
227–31

Castillo, Luis,
x
,
75
,
92
,
184
,
215

Central Asia,
30

Central Bank of Baghdad,
281

Chemical Ali (Ali Hassan al-Majid),
83
,
100

chemical weapons, possible attack on U.S. troops by,
70–72
,
83
,
159–60
,
166–67

Cheney, Dick

on Americans as liberators,
100

on WMDs,
55

Chinook helicopter,
172

Chosin Reservoir, in Korean War,
199

Churchill, Winston,
146

Cobra helicopters,
5–7
,
84
,
96
,
135

Combined Anti-Armor Teams.
See
CAATs

companies

Bravo.
See
Bravo Company

507th Maintenance,
103

“Corporal Baby,” 76,
120
,
142

corps, V,
101

Coughlin, Ashley (daughter),
x
,
19
,
57
,
145
,
289
,
293

Coughlin, Cassandra (daughter),
x
,
18–19
,
57–58
,
145
,
289
,
293

Coughlin, Jack,
xi

boyhood of,
11–14

combat butterflies of,
79

Marine Corps training of,
14–17
,
142

marriage of,
17–19

medals of,
10
,
287

resignation from Marines by,
290
,
293

return home by,
288–93

telephone calls back home by,
145–46
,
179
,
276
,
288

on television,
273–75

youthful eye injury of,
13

Coughlin, Kim (wife),
17–19
,
44
,
57–58
,
63–64
,
145–46

author’s return and,
283
,
288–90

Courville, Jean-Paul,
219–20
,
222

Dagnino, Enrico,
206
,
208
,
211
,
275

Darkside Six (McCoy’s radio call sign),
67
,
83
,
99

democracy, Baghdad discussion of,
261–62

Desert Storm (1991 attack on Iraq),
72–73
,
100–1
,
111

divisions, Iraqi

Al Nida,
181
,
189

Baghdad,
167
,
175

Medina,
72
,
80
,
83–84
,
104

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

divisions, U.S.

1st Armored,
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1st Marine,
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,
102
,
109
,
146
,
164
,
188
,
217
,
245

3rd Infantry,
79
,
163
,
187

3rd Marine,
42

4th Infantry,
101

10th Mountain,
1–3
,
8–10
,
49

82nd Airborne,
70–80
,
190

101st Airborne,
70–80
,
101
,
163
,
190

Diwaniyah.
See
Al Diwaniyah

Diyala River, bridge over,
194–95
,
210–35

DPICM (Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions),
94–95

Dragon Eye unmanned drones,
60

dune buggies,
43

Dunn, Sean,
172–73

Eby, Chris,
103–4
,
106–7

Engel, Richard,
273–74

Euphrates River,
82
,
104–5
,
108
,
163

Evnin, Mark,
x
,
114
,
155–57
,
169
,
171–73
,
176
,
179
,
221

“Expectations of Combat Leaders” (McCoy),
189

FAC (forward air controller),
4–5

Falcon View computer imagery,
60

Fallujah (Iraq),
293

flag of Iraq,
239
,
265–66

flak jacket,
176

Force Recon,
106
,
113
,
194
,
280–82

France,
73

free speech, author in Baghdad on,
261–62

French Foreign Legion,
9

friendly fire,
91–95

Fuentes, Orlando “Panda Bear,” x,
74–75
,
85–88
,
92
,
120
,
130
,
132
,
135
,
152–54
,
158
,
200
,
214
,
218–21
,
233
,
242
,
252
,
254
,
257
,
263

Geneva Convention,
189

George Air Force Base (California),
30–39

German television crew,
279

ghillie suit,
139

Grasso, Christopher,
188

Green Berets,
49

Greene, Bart,
272–74

Guadalcanal, in World War II,
199

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

Haiti,
30

Hajil (Iraq),
124
,
140

hajj, Shi’ite,
286

Harding, Mike,
213
,
221
,
227

Harrier fighter jet,
177

Hathcock, Carlos,
23–24
,
27

heat exhaustion,
217

helicopters,
4–7
,
84
,
96
,
101
,
135
,
172

Hellfire missile,
88
,
115

“Hells Bells” (song),
68

Hercules M88 tank recovery vehicle,
264
,
267

Houston, Don,
148–49
,
160–61

Howell, Dave, ,
113–14
,
171–72
,
221–22
,
240
,
249
,
252

Hue (Vietnam),
131

Human Exploitation Teams,
59
,
120

human shields, antiwar,
261

Hummer, Steve,
43
,
48
,
181
,
217

Humvees,
60–61
,
69
,
74
,
85
,
92–93
,
108
,
113
,
117
,
119–20
,
135
,
141
,
201
,
248

armament of,
61
,
75

modified as CAATs,
68
.
See also
CAATs

number of, on drive to Baghdad,
104
,
106