M61 Gatling guns
225–26
March-Phillips, Sebastian
138
2nd LUP (lying-up point)
87–89
,
90
,
95
3rd LUP (lying-up point)
107
,
112
7th LUP (lying-up point)
142
,
144–45
ambush
147
,
154–55
Arabic lessons
49–50
background
36–37
escape
209
extraction
264
,
267
Ninawa Desert
98–99
rat story
89
McGrath, Mick (“Gunner”)
3rd LUP (lying-up point)
108
7th LUP (lying-up point)
145
8th LUP (lying-up point)
179
,
181–82
,
184
,
192
ambush
160
,
169
,
170
,
178–79
background
37
escape
201–2
,
210
,
215
,
216–17
,
218
,
220–21
extraction
226
,
243
,
247
,
264
,
267
Ninawa Desert
107
Syria
270
McGreavy, Chris (“Dude”)
1st LUP (lying-up point)
80
,
83
2nd LUP (lying-up point)
86–87
3rd LUP (lying-up point)
110
,
117
5th LUP (lying-up point)
133
8th LUP (lying-up point)
188
ambush
148–49
,
153
,
156
,
162
,
163
, see
illustrations
background
17
escape
192
,
193
,
225
extraction
241
,
242
,
249
,
254–55
,
262
,
265
G2
airfield
67–68
Kenya
17–18
,
19
,
22
,
28
,
28
,
31
Lancashire Hotpot
86–87
LZ (landing zone)
71
,
74
,
78
Ninawa Desert
100
,
105–6
,
124–25
McGruff, Andy (“Scruff”)
2nd LUP (lying-up point)
90
3rd LUP (lying-up point)
110
,
111
4th LUP (lying-up point)
119–20
,
121
,
122
5th LUP (lying-up point)
131
,
132
8th LUP (lying-up point)
183
,
188
,
192
ambush
162
background
29
escape
202
,
223
extraction
228
,
229
,
237
,
238
,
247
,
249
Kenya
29
LZ (landing zone)
74
,
76
,
77
Ninawa Desert
125
,
127
Qala-i-Jangi
29
,
42–43
MILAN antiarmor missiles
132–33
N253 road
243
,
256
,
259
Naval Surface Warfare Center
64
NBC (nuclear, biological, and chemical) warfare defenses
50–51
neoprene ski masks
84
night-vision goggles (NVGs)
8
,
25
Ninawa Desert
44–45
,
62
,
113
, see
illustrations
Nisha
, MV
12–13
,
18
,
68–69
, see
illustrations
Northern Alliance
12
,
43
NVGs
66
,
67
,
79
O’Brien, Mike
270
Old Testament
113
Operation Barras
96
Operation Caravan
47–48
Operation Eagle Claw
63
OPSEC (Operational Security)
50
Orion
123–24
Pinkies
5
,
16
,
19–20
,
23–27
,
51
,
64–67
,
67
,
98
,
102–3
,
105–6
,
165
,
177
, see
illustrations
explosive charges
187
,
191
,
199
Qala-i-Jangi
29
,
42–43
quad bikes
37
,
184
,
201–2
, see
illustrations
red illume
79
Republican Guard
60
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin
16
RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades)
154
Sabkhat Albu Ghars
62
Saddler, Dave (“Moth”)
141–42
1st LUP (lying-up point)
80
,
81
,
83
2nd LUP (lying-up point)
5
,
95–96
3rd LUP (lying-up point)
115
5th LUP (lying-up point)
133
7th LUP (lying-up point)
144
8th LUP (lying-up point)
179
,
180
,
182
,
184
,
188
,
189
,
191
ambush
149
,
163
,
164
,
166
,
167
,
168
,
174–76
, see
illustrations
background
16–17