If it weren't for William Clark, my agent,
Kaboom
would still be nothing more than a defunct blog forever lost in the e-seas. The impact of his vision for the project, combined with his calming influence over this impatient young writer, cannot be overstated. And to my publisher John Radziewicz, editor Bob Pigeon, and the entire Da Capo operation, I again thank you for this opportunity. Bob's passion for this book often superseded my own, which was no small wonder.
So to those I mentioned, and to the many others I didn'tâSláinte.
âNEW YORK CITY OCTOBER 2009
INDEX
A, Sergeant First Class
Abbas the Beard
questioning
search for
Abu Abdullah
Abu Adnan
Abu Ghraib
Abu Mustafa
Adams, Samuel
Afghan war, politics and
Air assaults
AK-47s
fire from
al-Juma, Qusay
al-Maliki, Nouri
al-Qaeda
al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
al-Sadr, Muqtadah
Alcohol
Ali Babas
Ali the Beard
Ali the Prince
Alpha Company
TOC of(photo)(photo)
Anbar
Anwar, Lieutenant
on Ali the Beard
meeting with
night with
photo of
AO.
See
Area of operations
AQI.
See
al-Qaeda in Iraq
Area of operations (AO)
Armed Forces Network
Articles of Confederation
Asaib Ahl Haq
Assassinations
Assassin's Gate
Awards, clusterfuck with
Axel, Staff Sergeant
banter by
Chem-Light and
detainees and
at ECP
Haydar and
microgrants and
photo of
return of
B, Sergeant First Class
Bad Boys platoon
Badr Corps
IEDs and
JAM and
Baghdad Gates
Baghdad Now
Banana-Hands, Sheik
bodyguards of
chai with
encounter with
evenings with
on peace
Sahwa and
set up by
Barriers, cultural/social/cultural/ training
Barry
Bassam
Battle of Basra
Battle of Karbala
Battle of 73 Easting
BCGs.
See
Birth control goggles
Beanie Babies
handing out
Big Army, Middle Army and
Big Country, Sergeant First Class
bomb and
Bronze Star for
Gravediggers and
Hot Wheels incident and
leadership by
microgrants and
Mustafa and
night patrol and
photo of
recommendation for
ROTC cadets and
security scans and
Shaba and
Smitty and
sniper rifle and
Suge and
Trash Village and
on Van Wilder
Big Ern, Specialist
Das Boot and
at ECP
fobbits and
IP attack and
photo of
Van Wilder and
Birth control goggles (BCGs)
Bisel, Sergeant First Class
Blackwater
Blog piece
axing of
support for
Body armor
Boob al-Sham
deputy mayor of
police
Boom-Booms
Boondock, Staff Sergeant
Banana-Hands and
bomb and
borrowing policies of
call signs and
city dump and
counter-IED mission and
Daraji and
detainees and
dominoes and
embracing the hate and
Fadl and
future terrorists and
Gravediggers and
in Hawaii
Haydar and
IP attack and
joking by
locals and
mortars and
Mustafa and
New Years and
night patrol and
Nour and
photo of
reassignment for
ROE and
ROTC and
snow patrol and
Suge and
Trash Village and
Brady, Tom
Bravo Troop
Shaba and
Bremer, Paul
Brooke Army Medical Center
Buffalo Bills cheerleaders
Bulldog, Staff Sergeant
dominoes and
drill sergeant school and
on garbage
Gravediggers and
Haitian Sensation and
Hot Wheels incident and
IP attack and
joking by
Mustafa and
night patrol and
photo of
reverence for
rockets and
stealth and
wrath of
Bulldozer (IP)
Bush, George W.
C, Sergeant First Class
polls and
toy RPG launchers and
Camp Bucca
Camp Liberty
Camp Patriot
Camp Taji
Camp Victory
Car bombs
Care packages
Cavalry
jokes about
Chai
drinking
Chain of command
Checkpoints
in Saba al-Bor
Sahwa
Sons of Iraq
Cheech, Sergeant
fobbits and
IP attack and
locals and
night patrol and
rockets and
Chem-Lights
Chemical Ali
Children
heat and
letters from
lives of
photo of
toy RPG launchers and
Christmas
Clay, Captain
leadership of
Rant and
replacements and
Clusterfucks
Coalition forces
counterinsurgency and
private contractors and
Cold-Cuts, Specialist
Gravediggers and
mosque raid and
night patrol and
redcon-1 and
shootout and
snow patrol and
Cold Warriors
Combat Action Badge (CAB)
Combat outposts
explosion at
photo of
photo at
Commandos, National Police
photo of
Communications
Concertina wire, photo of
Counterinsurgency
bastardized
counter-
joys of
microgrants and
politics and
precision targeting in
principles of
success for
tedium of
Curly, Sergeant Major
D-Wizzle, Sergeant
Daffy Duck
Daraji, Ali
capture of
questioning
Das Boot, Private First Class
Big Ern and
CAB for
call sign of
children and
dead dog and
Doc and
at ECP
Estonian soldier and
night patrol and
photo of
water pipe and
Day of Ashura
Dear John tales
Democracy
Demolition, Captain
departure from the military
EFP and
Deployment
end of
surviving
Desert Storm
Detainees
photo of
Dirty Jerz, Lieutenant
East Hussaniyah and
Gunslingers and
joint-patrol and
leadership of
Qusay and
Discipline, lack of
Divorces
Diyala Province
Doc
call sign of
Das Boot and
dominoes and
fobbits and
garbage and
Haydar and
Hot Wheels incident and
photo of
Suge and
Tunnel and
Dominoes
Dragunov sniper rifle
Dust storms
DynCorp
E-mails
East Hussaniyah
Eastwood, Clint
Economic problems
Eddie
Abbas and
Anwar and
Saif and
Sitting Bull and
translating by
EFP Alley
EFPs.
See
Explosively formed penetrators
Eisenhower, Dwight: military- industrial complex and
Elections
Afghan
protecting Iraqi
U.S.
EOD.
See
Explosive Ordinance Disposal
ESPN
Estonians
Executive officers (XO)
Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD)
detonation by
Explosively formed penetrators (EFPs)
attack with
hunting down
Facebook
Fadl
Fasting
Field grade officers
Cold War and
described
generational gap and
terps and
First Amendment
First Cavalry Division
Flashback, Specialist
patrol and
Playboy
of
rockets and
FNGs.
See
Fucking new guys
FOB.
See
Forward operating base
Fobbits
Forever wars
Forward operating base (FOB)
photo at
return to
Fourteenth Cavalry Regiment
Fourth Infantry Division
Fragos
fragmentary orders and
merry fucking
Friendly fire incidents
Frowny-Face, Captain
Christmas and
contractors and
detainees and
EFP attack and
HUMINT and
parade grounds and
polls and
questioning and
release forms and
show-of-force mission and
State Department official and
Fucked up beyond all recognition (FUBAR)
Fucking new guys (FNGs)
Fuego, Sergeant
Daraji and
Haydar and
IP attack and
joking by
photo of
Gaul, Sean: death of
General Order No.
Generational gap
Generator, explosion of
Geneva Convention
Ghazi (Haydar's son)
Ghost tanks.
See
Strykers
Global war on terrorism (GWOT)
Golden house
Gonzo, Specialist
Obama speech and
Tupac/Notorious BIG and
Goo, Lieutenant
Grand Canal
Gravediggers
bomb and
briefing(photo)
Camp Taji and
children's letters for
Christmas and
counterinsurgency and
Hot Wheels incident and
leadership for
mission of
night patrol and
operational tempo and
photo of
security by
Shaba and
snow patrol and
vehicle-maintenance refit by
Great White Hope, The
departure from the military
high life and
Green Zone
photo of
Grunberg, Arnon
Guinness socks
Gunslingers
Christmas and
patrol with
GWOT.
See
Global war on terrorism
Haitian Sensation, Specialist
Arabic language and
Bulldog and
FOB and
Hot Wheels incident and
IP attack and
mosque raid and
photo of
return of
Smitty and
Hajjis
Halliburton
Halloween
Hamid
Hammer, The, Major
Hammerhead, Sergeant First Class
Christmas and
holidays and
Rant and
replacements and
Hands of Victory
photo of
Hawaii
leaving
return to
Haydar, Sheik
Bassam meeting and
military posture/mannerisms of
Suge and
water-plant contract and
Heat, dealing with
Helicopters
photo of
training with
High-value target list (HVTL)
Holidays
bizarre
Muslim
Hooah
Hot Wheels, Private
Banana-Hands and
Bon Jovi and
generator explosion and
leadership of
photo of
Hottest Latinas, debate about
Human intelligence (HUMINT)
Humanity, losing
Husayn
Husayn, Major
Hussaniyah division of
JAM and
market
patrol in
photo of
raid in
and Saba al-Bor compared
sewer politics of
Shias in
Hussayn the Star
Hussein, Saddam
Iran-Iraq War and
statues of(photo)
IA.
See
Iraqi army
IEDs.
See
Improvised explosive devices