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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface xvii
Introduction xxi
A Campaign of Liberation xxii
The Army: On Point in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM xxiii
A Campaign of Firsts xxiv
Themes of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM xxv
Issues and Implications xxviii
Book Structure xxix
Chapter 1: Operation DESERT STORM to ENDURING FREEDOM- The
Army's Continuing Evolution 1
Before and After the "Storm" 2
The 1990s: Describing the World and Redefining the Future Army 4
The Domestic and International Environment 4
Managing Downsizing and Setting the Stage for Transformation 5
Adapting AirLand Battle to Full-Spectrum Operations 6
Developing the Doctrinal Foundation for Change 6
Organizations and Training: Experimenting with the Force 8
Digitizing the Force: Enabling Force XXI 9
A Digitally Linked Battle Command System 9
The Army in the New Global Context 10
Somalia, Haiti, and Rwanda-A Painful Education Process 10
Somalia 11
Haiti 11
Rwanda 11
The Balkans 12
Bosnia 12
Kosovo 12
Fielding Force XXI 13
Institutionalizing the Lessons 13
Evolution of the Joint Community-The Army in a New DOD Context 15
Joint and Service Vision and Doctrine 15
Training Together 15
Service Enabling Investments 16
The Army's Transformation 19
11 September 2001 21
Operation ENDURING FREEDOM 22
Conclusion 24
Chapter 2 26
Prepare, Mobilize, and Deploy 26
Prepare-Building the Theater Infrastructure 28
RSOI Infrastructure Improvements 29
Port Operations and Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 32
Aerial Port Operations 36
Pre-positioned Equipment 37
CONUS Facility Improvements 38
European Command 38
Prepare-Building the Command and Control Relationships 39
Filling the CFLCC's Empty Chairs 40
Staff Organization 41
Prepare-Planning the Campaign 41
Planning Considerations 43
General Scheme of Maneuver 44
Baghdad-Planning for an Urban Fight 45
Systems-Based Planning 47
Prepare-Training the Staffs and Soldiers 51
Training Exercises 51
BCTP Training Support 54
Unit and Soldier Training 56
Prepare-Equipping the Force 57
Fielding New Systems 57
Fielding Information-Age Battle Command and Control 58
Tactical Communications and Battle Command on the Move (BCOTM) 60
Blue Force Tracking and the Common Operational Picture 61
Prepare-Additional Considerations 61
Theaterwide Support 62
Support to I MEF 62
Theater Missile Defense Employment 62
Military Intelligence (MI) Preparation 64
National, Joint, and Army Intelligence 64
US Army Europe 65
V Corps 66
Military Police and Enemy Prisoner of War Planning 67
Preparing for the Worst: Task Force Restore Iraqi Oil (RIO) 69
Free Iraqi Forces 69
Mobilizing the Reserves 70
Deployment to Theater 71
Deployment Planning 71
Deployment Execution: Planes, Trains, Ships, and Automobiles 72
"Fort to Port"-Deployment 73
"Port to Foxhole"-RSOI 73
Soldiers on the Move 74
3rd Infantry Division 74
101st Airborne Division 75
4th Infantry Division 76
82nd Airborne Division 78
Prelude to War: "Final Planning and Preparation" 78
Chapter 3: The Running Start 81
Summary of Events 81
Major Combat Operations of the Running Start 83
Breaching the Berm 83
Seizing Tallil and Crossing Sites over the Euphrates 83
Isolating As Samawah 84
The Darkest Day 84
Supporting and Parallel Operations 85
Triggering the Running Start 85
Making the Call-Starting Phase III: Decisive (Ground) Operations 86
A True "Running Start" 88
Securing the Oil 89
Enemy Response-TBMs and Patriots 91
Terrain Description 92
The Enemy Disposition 92
Southern Iraq: Kuwait to Baghdad 94
Irregulars and Popular Forces 94
Conclusion 95
Crossing The Berm 98
Reducing the Berm 99
Destroying Iraqi Border Opposition 101
Artillery and PSYOP Support 102
Shaping Operations 103
Securing Lanes 104
Passing Follow-on Forces 106
Extending Aviation's Reach 107
Attacking North to Tallil Air Base 109
The Battle of Tallil Air Base 110
The Approach 111
The Attack 113
Consolidation 114
Handling the Enemy Prisoners of War (EPWs) 114
The Battle of As Samawah 116
The Approach 120
The Attack 120
The Fight Disrupts the LOCs 125
Transition of As Samawah to 3rd BCT 125
Better Intelligence 127
Transition to 82nd Airborne Division 128
Chapter 4 157
The March Up-Country 157
Summary of Events 157
Logistics-Setting the Conditions to Win 161
Deserts and Rivers-the Terrain 165
The Mother of All Sandstorms 166
Enemy Disposition 167
The 507th Maintenance Company 169
Moving Out 170
Missing the Turn 172
Entering An Nasiriyah 173
Running the Gauntlet 174
The Final Moments 175
The Rescue of Private First Class Lynch 176
Moving North 177
The 2nd BCT at Objective RAMS 178
Long-Range Surveillance Teams 179
1st BCT to Objective RAIDERS 181
3-7 CAV-Ambush Alley 184
Countering Iraqi WMD And Ballistic Missile Strikes 186
Sensitive-Site Exploitation 187
Communicating or Not 190
National Guard and US Army Reserve Troops 191
Conclusion 193
Army Attack Aviation-The 11th Attack Helicopter Regiment and 101st Attack Aviation 193
The 11th AHR Attack 194
The Plan 195
The Preparation 199
The GO/NO GO Decision 200
The Execution 201
Enemy Battle Damage 205
Repairing the Apaches 205
Adaptations 205
The 101st Goes Deep 207
Planning 207
Execution 209
The Battle of An Najaf: 25-28 March 2003 210
Setting the Cordon-1st BCT in the North at Objective JENKINS 213
Setting the Cordon-3-7 CAV in the East 218
Relieving 3-7 CAV 221
101st and 82nd relieve 3rd ID, 29-30 March 224
Securing the Lines of Communication 224
Leaning Forward 226
The 82nd Airborne Division Isolates As Samawah 227
101st Airborne Division Contains An Najaf 230
2nd ACR to the Lines of Communication 234
Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Support to the Fight 235
173rd Airborne Operations 238
Planning 238
Preparation 239
Jumping 242
Consolidating 243
Operations 244
Sustainment 245
Chapter 5: Isolation of the Regime 249
Summary of Events 249
CFLCC Conference at Jalibah 252
Five Simultaneous Attacks 253
The Karbala Gap 253
Isolating Baghdad 255
Cleaning Up to the South 256
Parallel and Supporting Combat Operations 257
Close Air Support 258
JSOTF-North, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and the Kurds 258
JSOTF-West and TEAM Tank 261
Rolling Phase IV Transition 262
Iraqi Actions 264
Conclusion 266
V Corps' Five Simultaneous Attacks 267
The 2nd BCT, 3rd ID Attacks Objective MURRAY (30 March - 1 April) 271
The Approach 272
Attacking to MURRAY 273
Artillery Support 275
The 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division clears An Najaf (30 March - 4 April) 275
The Approach: Isolating An Najaf 276
Entering the Town: Clearing An Najaf 277
Joint Fires Support 282
The 101st Airborne Division Feints toward Al Hillah (31 March) 283
Task Organization and Planning 283
The Feint 284
The 101st Airborne Division Armed Recon South of Bahr al-Milh Lake (31 March - 1 April)
287
The 82nd Airborne Division Clears As Samawah (31 March - 6 April) 288
The Approach 289
The Attack 290
Squeezing As Samawah 291
Seizing the Bridges 291
Setting the Baghdad Cordon 292
Breaching the "Red Zone": Karbala Gap (2-3 April) 293
Launching the Attack 295
Exploiting Success 296
Crossing the Euphrates: Objective PEACH (2 April) 298
Sealing the South: Objective SAINTS (3-4 April) 304
Sealing the West: Objective LIONS (3-5 April) 308
Accelerating the Attack 309
The Approach 311
Attacking Through LIONS 313
Clearing the Airport and Surrounding Areas 318
3-7 CAV Blocking at Objective MONTGOMERY 319
Sealing the North: Seizing Objective TITANS (6-7 April) 321
Receiving the Order 322
Moving Out 324
First Contact 325
Chapter 6: Regime Collapse 331
Summary of Events 331
The Plan for Baghdad 333
Actions Elsewhere 335
Logistics and Communications Status 335
Rolling Transition and Sensitive Site Exploitation 336
Actions at Baghdad 336
Thunder Runs 337
Toppling the Statue-Army PSYOP Supports I MEF 338
Caring for the Fallen 340
Transition to Peace Operations (10 April-1 May 2003) 340
Conclusion 342
Thunder Run of 5 April 342
Scheme of Maneuver-Armor, Only Armor 344
Mission Execution-Penetrating the City 344
Mission Completion-Linking Up at LIONS 347
Thunder Run of 7 April 348
Going Downtown: A Study in Battle Command 349
Scheme of Maneuver 351
Going Downtown 351
TOC Strike 355
The Decision to Stay 361
Securing the LOC 361
Task Organization 361
Receiving the Order 363
Execution 363
Objective CURLEY 364
Objective LARRY 369
Objective MOE 371
Resupplying the Brigade 373
The Counterattack 373
The Final Fighting in Baghdad-3rd BCT In TITANS 376
Chapter 7: Implications 382
The Contemporary Operating Environment (COE)-Embedded or Not 383
Command and Control 389
Battle Command-Enabling Commanders to Lead from the Front 392
Aids to Command 392
Battle Command on the Move and Dispersed 393
Operation and Organization of Command Posts 394
Echelonment 394
Combined Arms Operations 396
Joint Integration and Support: Effectiveness, not Efficiency 398
Army Support to the Joint Team 398
Theater Air and Missile Defense 399
Special Forces and Conventional Forces Integration 400
Air Power: Flexible, Responsive, and Central to Decisive Joint Operations 402
Effecting Joint Integration 403
Deployment and Sustainment 403
Deploying Troops: Issues and Possible Solutions Across the Department of Defense 403
Operational Maneuver from Strategic Distances 404
Sustainment Operations 405
Logistics Issues 405
Logistics Successes 408
Setting the Conditions for Early Deployment of Logistics Units 408
Information and Knowledge 411
Toward Netcentric Warfare 412
Information Operations 415
Information Operations in the Campaign 416
Near-term Implications of Army Information Operations in OIF 417
The Future of Army Information Operations 418
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 418
The Way Ahead for Considering Implications 420
Chapter 8: Transition 423
About the OIF-SG Team 432
Glossary 435
Table of Figures
Figure 1: Regional Orientation of Iraq 2
Figure 2: Spectrum of Military Operations ("Full-Spectrum Operations") 8
Figure 3: US Navy fast sealift ship 16
Figure 4: US Navy LMSR 17
Figure 5: US Army TSV 17
Figure 6: US Air Force C-17 Globemaster 18
Figure 7: Army pre-positioned stocks 18
Figure 8: Army path to the future force 20
Figure 9: Ground scheme of maneuver in Iraq 27
Figure 10: Key coalition camps and locations 30
Figure 11: Sea port of debarkation bed-down facilities, 30
Figure 12: Troop housing complex, Arifjan, Kuwait 31
Figure 13: Supply storage facility, Arifjan, Kuwait 31
Figure 14: Kuwait pipeline and fuel infrastructure 32
Figure 15: Sea port of debarkation facilities, As Shuaybah, Kuwait 32
Figure 16: Kuwait Naval Base supporting US Army vessels 33
Figure 17: Tern delivers Army watercraft 34
Figure 18: The 331st Transportation Company (Causeway) in operation in Kuwait 34
Figure 19: Joint Venture and Spearhead at Kuwait Naval Base 35
Figure 20: Sea port of debarkation operations, Kuwait 36
Figure 21: Aerial port of debarkation operations, 37
Figure 22: Army pre-positioned stocks, Arifjan, Kuwait 38
Figure 23: CFLCC to V Corps training and preparation schedule- 42
Figure 24: V Corps objectives 46
Figure 25: Saddam's systems of control over Baghdad and Iraq 48
Figure 26: Map of Baghdad with V Corps' urban operations overlay 49
Figure 27: V Corps command and control seminar, 26-28 August 2002 51
Figure 28: V Corps VICTORY STRIKE summary 52
Figure 29: VICTORY SCRIMMAGE, V Corps training exercise summary 54
Figure 30: V Corps urban operations seminar, 4-6 November 2002 55
Figure 31: TF 1-30 IN practicing bunker clearing training, Kuwait 57
Figure 32: Soldiers posing with D9 armored bulldozers 58
Figure 33: V Corps assault command post with command vehicles 60
Figure 34: 18th MP Brigade headquarters, Baghdad 67
Figure 35: Udairi Airfield, Kuwait 75
Figure 36: CH-47 helicopters and assorted rolling stock 76
Figure 37: 4th Infantry's route was to take it through the Mediterranean Sea and Turkey to attack into
Iraq from the north. 77
Figure 38: Landing Craft Utility at sea 81
Figure 39: Running Start sequence of events 82
Figure 40: Running start maneuver overview 82
Figure 41: CFLCC common operational picture, D-day (19 March 2003) 86
Figure 42: PSYOP leaflets distributed to protect the oil fields 90
Figure 43: LT-1974 USAV Champagne Marne, second vessel from left 90
Figure 44: Patriot missile launchers protecting key facilities 92
Figure 45: Comparison of Iraqi ground forces in ODS and OIF 93
Figure 46: The Iraqi initial disposition 94
Figure 47: CFLCC common operational picture, D+2/G-day (21 March 2003) 98
Figure 48: Kuwait-Iraq berm cross-section 98
Figure 49: Berm to first tank ditch, Kuwait-Iraq border 99
Figure 50: 3rd ID border breach scheme of maneuver 99
Figure 51: Iraqi border lanes and observation posts 100
Figure 52: PSYOP capitulation leaflet 103
Figure 53: Crossing sign, 2nd BCT, 3rd ID, entering Iraq 105
Figure 54: RRP EXXON and FARP SHELL concept. 108
Figure 55: 101st Airborne Division FARP operations 108
Figure 56: Final Iraq-wide FARP disposition 109
Figure 57: Tallil and An Nasiriyah 110
Figure 58: The 3rd BCT scheme of maneuver, Tallil Air Base 112
Figure 59: The 3rd BCT at Objective FIREBIRD, blocking positions set 113
Figure 60: The 274th Medical Detachment (Forward Surgical Team) located near An Nasiriyah 115
Figure 61: Division Central Collection Point HAMMER 115
Figure 62: EPWs being cared for early in war 116
Figure 63: Distance from Objective FIREBIRD to Objective CHATHAM 117
Figure 64: As Samawah prepared defenses 118
Figure 65: Downtown As Samawah with US annotations 118
Figure 66: As Samawah where Highway 8 turns north, with US annotations. 119
Figure 67: Routes of march north to As Samawah 119
Figure 68: Location of 3-7 CAV fight 121
Figure 69: Drawing, C/3-7 CAV actions at As Samawah 122
Figure 70: Location of bypass to Route ROVER 125
Figure 71: 3rd BCT assumes control of As Samawah 127
Figure 72: Soldiers in the sandstorm 128
Figure 73: Specialist Avila receives Purple Heart from General Eric Shinseki. 129
Figure 74: Isolation of Baghdad sequence of events 250
Figure 75: Objectives in the vicinity of Baghdad 251
Figure 76: Objectives in the vicinity of Baghdad 252
Figure 77: JSOTF-North operations along the Green Line 259
Figure 78: Enemy disposition in the north 260
Figure 79: US and Iraqi positions during the Battle of Debecka Ridge, 6 April 2003 260
Figure 80: Hadithah Dam 261
Figure 81: Iraqis welcoming the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division 263
Figure 82: A 101st Airborne Division soldier distributes humanitarian aid 263
Figure 83: Sample district council identification card 264
Figure 84: Soldiers examine an Iraqi air defense artillery piece hidden in a palm grove 265
Figure 85: Iraqi forces reposition in response to coalition maneuver to Karbala 266
Figure 86: V Corps' five simultaneous attacks 268
Figure 87: Objective MURRAY 272
Figure 88: Enemy and friendly disposition in Objective MURRAY 274
Figure 89: Scheme to isolate An Najaf 277
Figure 90: 101st Airborne Division's attacks into An Najaf 278
Figure 91: 101st Airborne soldiers, south of Baghdad 279
Figure 92: Engineers clear the streets with a D9 armored bulldozer 279
Figure 93: Supporting fires south of An Najaf, 31 March 2003 280
Figure 94: The 101st Airborne Division "Thunder Run" in An Najaf 282
Figure 95: Lieutenant General William Wallace (left) and Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Ingram,
commander, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, standing in formation for a ceremony. 284
Figure 96: The 101st Airborne Division's attack to Al Hillah 285
Figure 97: An Apache from 101st Airborne Division over Al Hillah 286
Figure 98: 82nd Airborne attacks in and around As Samawah 289
Figure 99: The scheme for the isolation of Baghdad 294
Figure 100: Scheme of maneuver from Karbala Gap through Objective PEACH 295
Figure 101: V Corps' plan to breach the Karbala Gap 296
Figure 102: V Corps' Scheme of maneuver, Objective PEACH to Objective SAINTS 298
Figure 103: TF 3-69 AR's attack toward Objective PEACH 299
Figure 104: Aerial photograph of Objective PEACH 300
Figure 105: Engineers surveying bridge at Objective PEACH 301
Figure 106: Engineer clearing demolitions from bridge at Objective PEACH 301
Figure 107: TF 3-69 AR attacks to seize Objective PEACH and expand the bridgehead 302
Figure 108: Floating bridge emplaced to support additional crossings just north of Objective
PEACH. 303
Figure 109: 2BCT attacks to SAINTS 305
Figure 110: The 2nd BCT disposition on Objective SAINTS, displayed on an overhead photograph
306
Figure 111: Iraqi tank burning in tree line at Objective SAINTS 307
Figure 112: Objectives in the vicinity of Baghdad 310
Figure 113: 1st BCT, 3rd Infantry Division's approach to BIAP 312
Figure 114: Civilian aircraft destroyed on Objective LIONS, with UH-60L in foreground. 313
Figure 115: A 3rd ID HMMWV on Objective LIONS 315
Figure 116: A 3rd ID Bradley on Objective LIONS 316
Figure 117: Sergeant First Class Paul Smith 317
Figure 118: V Corps Soldiers moving onto Objective LIONS 319
Figure 119: 3-7 CAV attacks to Objective MONTGOMERY 320
Figure 120: Platoon leaders of Apache Troop, 3-7 CAV. (From left-to-right: Second Lieutenant
Fritz, First Lieutenant Wade, Second Lieutenant Devlon, First Lieutenant Lithwait, and First
Lieutenant Garrett) 321
Figure 121: 3rd BCT's move from Karbala to Objective TITANS 322
Figure 122: The 3rd BCT Objectives in TITANS 323
Figure 123: The 3rd BCT scheme of maneuver through Objective TITANS 325
Figure 124: Informal memorial to Private Gregory Huxley (note hole under "I" where the round
penetrated the vehicle armor). 326
Figure 125: The 3rd BCT disposition on Objective TITANS, 6 April 2003 328
Figure 126: Regime collapse sequence of events 332
Figure 127: Attack to Baghdad 333
Figure 128: Key locations and objectives in downtown Baghdad 334
Figure 129: Photos of toppling the Saddam statue 339
Figure 130: 54th Quartermaster Company caring for a fallen soldier's remains 340
Figure 131: Bomb-damaged bridge, Baghdad 341
Figure 132: The 5 April thunder run route 343
Figure 133: Colonel David Perkins, commander, 2nd BCT, 3rd ID 344
Figure 134: TF 1-64 AR conducting casualty air MEDEVAC, 5 April 2003 347
Figure 135: The 7 April thunder run route 349
Figure 136: Surface-laid hasty minefield in Baghdad 350
Figure 137: Soldiers clearing hasty minefield 352
Figure 138: V Corps real-time display of unit positions in central Baghdad, 0659, 7 April 2003. 353
Figure 139: TF 1-64 AR movement into downtown Baghdad, 7 April 2003 353
Figure 140: The 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID at VIP parade field, Baghdad, 7 April 2003 354
Figure 141: The 2nd BCT disposition in downtown Baghdad, 7 April 2003 355
Figure 142: The 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID TOC burning after Iraqi strike, with empty red rice bags
strewn around the impact area 356
Figure 143: The 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID TOC on fire from strike 356
Figure 144: Destroyed HMMWV and brigade plans truck, at the 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID TOC. 357
Figure 145: Impact point, 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID TOC 357
Figure 146: The 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID reestablishing the TOC 358
Figure 147: TF 3-15 IN disposition along the LOC, 7 April 2003 362
Figure 148: Mortar platoon vehicles of TF 3-15 IN on Objective CURLEY, 7 April 2003. 365
Figure 149: Command Sergeant Major Robert Gallagher, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, engaging
Iraqis while being treated for a leg wound. 367
Figure 150: The Iraqi counterattack into downtown Baghdad, 8 April 2003 374
Figure 151: The Iraqi counterattack against 3rd BCT, 7-8 April 2003 376
Figure 152: Iraqi woman signaling to US soldiers 378
Figure 153: Sergeant First Class Susan Pasarcik (front left) with finance team members, leading a
study session for an upcoming promotion board 380
Table of Call Out Boxes
The SIPRNET Revolution 10
"The Best I Have Ever Seen" 37
Ripple Effects 43
CFLCC EPW Capture Rate Estimate 68
An Unlikely Flotilla - The Army at Sea 81
Yes. I'm sure. 86
Intelligence Supporting Operational Decisions 87
Ordering the Early Start 89
Patriot saved the 101st. 91
Missiles Strikes on the Headquarters 92
Camp PENNSYLVANIA - The Alleged Murder of Two Officers 97
Preparing to Breach the Berms 101
Sometimes even a Nonlethal Attack can be Lethal 102
Crossing the Line of Departure 103
Soldiers looking out for Soldiers 105
Trafficability Past the Berm-the 603rd ASB's Story 107
Ghosts of 1991 107
If I had tried this attack at the NTC, I would not survive the after-action review. 111
Tanks! Out. 114
Two Shots - One Kill 124
Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs in support of 3rd BCT Operations 127
Rangers lead the Way: Specialist Manuel Avila 129
Saved by the Helmet 157
Civilians on the Battlefield 177
The Iraqi Defense at Objective RAMS 179
Long-Range Surveillance Team Insertions 179
LRS Team Compromise-10 Feet Away 180
212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Attack 181
Ground Surveillance Radars and the Sandstorm 184
Dodging RPGs 185
M88A1 Recovery Vehicles 186
Soldiers Caring for Soldiers 186
A Failure of Imagination 200
They Would Not Be Denied 201
Making the Abort Decision 205
True Combined Arms Forces 214
Hunter-Killer Teams 218
3-7 Fighting in An Najaf 219
TeleEngineering 220
Negative Illumination 223
Decisive FRAGO 224
The Will to Get Into the Fight 227
RPG Showers 233
Mortars at Checkpoint Charlie: 234
The American Soldier's View of Senior Officers 234
Jumping the Red Light 242
"Can Do" Battalion Takes Bloom as One of Its Own 247
The Threat at Karbala 255
Regime Isolation 255
I've Got A-10s 258
V CORPS FRAGO 149M 268
Lieutenant General Wallace on the Five Simultaneous Attacks 270
Feint 271
Overrated-Underrated 275
Printing Maps at Battalion Level 277
The Weak, the Stupid, and the Brave 280
Take a Knee 281
Those Guys Were Awesome! 287
Challenges of Templating the Enemy 294
Finding the Way 297
Just like Vietnam 298
TeleEngineering and Bridge Expansion 302
The Smoke Mission at Objective PEACH 304
Waiting at PEACH 304
A Classic Commander's Dilemma 305
Have a Good Fight - The Decision to Seize the Baghdad Airport 311
Essayons: Sergeant First Class Paul Smith 317
Soldiers Led the Way 318
Airport Ministry 319
Mortars Under Attack: Enemy Action on Objective LIONS 329
Seeing the Elephant - The Human Dimension of Combat 335
Close Contact on Thunder Run I 346
Are You Okay? 348
Going Downtown 350
The mission was to bypass and not get into a pitched battle. 354
Tanks at the Mall 354
2nd BCT Recovering from the Strike 359
Field-expedient Surgery 361
The Pros from Dover- Special Forces on CURLEY 365
Shimmering in the Sun 366
Command Sergeant Major Robert Gallagher 368
I owe my life to that ACE driver! 370
Clicking On The Same Cylinder- Engineers at Objective MOE 372
The 8 April Counterattack 375
The Power of Tanks 375
Silver Star Recommendation Specialist Dwayne Turner HHC/3-502nd, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault) 379
Leading From the Front 391
Generating SOF-like Qualities 398
Special Forces in Action 400
A Short Discussion of the 507th 410
I Guess I Made an Impression 426
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Iraq War, 2003 Campaigns, Iraq War, 2003 Personal narratives, American, United States, Army History 21st century