Shooter_ The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper - Jack Coughlin [118]
Karbala Gap (Iraq), 163
Kevlar helmet, 93, 265
Khe Sanh (Vietnam), 199
Kipling, Rudyard, 97
Klimp, Jack, 1–3, 5, 9–10
Knickmeyer, Ellen, 191
Koopman, John “Paperboy,” 114, 145–46, 260, 264, 286
Kuhlman, Casey, xi
backround of, 36–37, 46–47
Coughlin described by, 44
as H&S executive officer, 50, 53–54
in Iraq war, 286
award and promotion, 287–88
in Baghdad, 237–38, 244, 248, 265–66, 270–74, 279–80
Baghdad drive, 103–6, 110, 112, 116–21, 126–32, 135, 139–43, 155, 160–65, 168–71, 180–85
Baghdad strike, 190, 192, 196, 201–6, 208–15, 217–23, 233, 235
Basra attack, 84, 88–89, 91–92, 97
Iraqi flag incident, 239, 265–66
on joint patrol, 279–80
Kuwait, 64–66, 68–69, 76, 81
return to Kuwait, 284, 287–88
training, 60, 74
on Okinawa, 43, 45–46
in ProMet war game, 37–38
return to civilian life by, 288
sniper support given by, 61
Kurds, gas attacks on, 83
Kuwait
4th Marines’ jump-off from, 67–77, 79–81
4th Marines’ transfer to, 51, 56–66
4th Marines’ return to, 283–88
Lake City Match ammunition, 87
lasers, in war games, 34
Lewis, Brian, 89, 176, 190, 264
Lima, Roger, 249
looting, 270, 278
loudspeakers for recorded messages in Arabic, 137–38
Lynch, Jessica, 103–4
M9 missile, 53
M16A4 rifle, 243
M40A1 sniper rifle, 63, 86, 158
M88 Hercules tank recovery vehicle, 264, 267
M203 missile, 53
M240G missile, 53
M249 SAW light machine gun, 53
Maas, Peter, 191
McCoy, Bryan P.
assigns author to H&S, 50–51
description of, 44
in Iraqi war
in Baghdad, 237, 240–42, 245–46, 248, 253, 255
Baghdad advance, 114–15, 117, 135–37, 148, 165–66
Baghdad strike, 181, 190, 192, 194, 197, 199–201, 217, 234
Basra advance, 81, 83, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97
pep talks, 67–68, 72
snipers and, 61, 110, 126, 136–37, 185, 197, 199, 214, 237–38, 246
takes out a tank, 98–99
on television, 273
on treatment of prisoners, 189
machine guns
M249 SAW light, 53
RPK light, 7, 86, 125
240-Golf medium, 75
McMillan fiberglass, 63
Mao Tse-tung, 60
March Air Force Base (California), 17, 289
March Up, The (West and Smith), 131
Marine Corps
author’s training in, 14–17
rank insignia not worn in combat by, 3
Scout/Sniper School, 15–16
at 29 Nine Palms, 41–42, 289
Marine Corps Shooting Team, 32
Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, 29–30, 131
Marine Expeditionary Force in Afghanistan, 49
Mark 19 grenade launcher, 61, 75, 120
Marsh, Jerry, x, 76, 105, 120, 184, 215, 263–64
Mattis, James N., 217
Mawhinney, Chuck, 23, 24
Meeks, Eric, 171
MILES gear, 34, 37
Military Operations in Urbanized Terrain (MOUT), 29, 246
missiles
AT4, 53, 92
Hellfire, 88, 115
Javelin, 53, 215
M9, 53
M240G, 53
Patriot, 70
Roland, 92, 239
SMAW, 53
Tomahawk, 77, 93
TOW, 53, 94, 152
Mk-82 bombs, 188
Mobile Sniper Strike Team concept, 22–23, 27, 43, 48, 114, 121, 207, 291
Mogadishu (Somalia)
author as sniper in, 1–10, 23, 30
Rangers dragged through streets of, 244
Mojave Desert, 31
mom-and-pop stores, Iraqi, 193
money given to U.S. troops to spend, 193
MOPP (Mission Oriented Protective Posture) suit, 70–71, 150, 166–67, 180, 196, 202, 206, 210, 216, 218
Moreno, Dino, 114, 155–57, 172, 221–22, 226, 227, 231, 249
Mountain Leaders Course, 51, 54
Mount Suribachi (Iwo Jima), 266
MOUT (Military Operations in Urbanized Terrain), 29, 246
MREs (Meals Ready to Eat), 98, 142, 160, 244, 272, 285
“Muppets, The,” 131
Najaf (Iraq), 101, 163
Navy Achievement Medal, 287
Navy Commendation Medal, 10, 287
Newbern, Clint, x, 75–76, 120, 201, 203, 211, 215
news reporters (“Jackals”), 191, 214, 220, 258, 263
in Baghdad hotels, 245–46, 255, 259, 270, 272–75
broadcast nest, 272–73
Marines’ calls home on phones of, 179
shooting-of-civilians incident reported by, 234
See also Dagnino, Enrico; Koopman, John
New York Times, 191, 279
night vision goggles, 4–5, 236
night warfare, 95
9/11, 42, 44–45, 48, 65