My Share of the Task (83 page)

Green (Army special mission unit), 89–92, 96–99

creation of, 96

in Iraq, 89–92, 158, 180, 183

reputation of, 97

Grenada, 45, 51, 60

Gulf War, 51–54, 60, 79, 91

Hadi al-Iraqi, Abdul, 152, 236

Hadley, Steve, 188

Haiti, 61–62

Hall, Brenda, 66

Hall, Jeff, 66

Hall, Mike, 4, 6, 66–67, 290, 301, 304, 313, 335, 394

Halsey, William, 135

Haqqanis, 304, 305, 323

Harvard University, 64–65

Harward, Bob, 348

Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin, 281

Helmick, Frank, 10

Helton, Arthur, 107

Henry V, King, 391

Hibhib, 227–32, 235

Hill, Marvin, 262

Hitler, Adolf, 392

Hobbes, Thomas, 273

Holbrooke, Richard, 337, 351, 357

Hollenbaugh, Don, 136, 137

Holloway, James L., 25

Holtz, Emil, 31

Homage to Catalonia
(Orwell), 87

Homer, 50

Horrigan, Robert (Bob), 182, 192

Horst, Karl, 389–90

House Armed Services Committe 82, 360

Howard, James, 58

Howard, Mike, 304

Huntington, Samuel, 351

IEDs (improvised explosive devices), 160, 185, 238, 265, 283, 289, 321, 337, 386

explosively formed projectile, 252

India, 326–27, 328, 350

Ingram, Michael (Mike), 378, 379

intelligence, 111, 156, 177, 199

intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, 156–57, 177–78

UAVs, 137–40, 142, 145

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 107–8, 120

International Institute for Strategic Studies, 349, 350

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 264, 278, 282, 283, 287, 290, 293–97, 300–301, 305–8, 310–12, 317–18, 321–23, 329–32, 334–38, 341, 343, 347, 349, 352, 365, 383, 384, 386

August 2009 car bomb at headquarters of 335–36

Force Reintegration Cell, 353

Joint Command (IJC), 294, 337, 343, 386

McChrystal appointed commander of, 278, 287–88, 294

number of troops in, 296

Pakistan and, 328

Regional Command-Capital 300

Regional Command–East, 304–5

Regional Command–North, 305, 340–41

Regional Command-South 360, 364, 365

Regional Command–West, 307

Iran, 24, 33, 122, 252–53, 259, 330

hostage rescue mission (Operation Eagle Claw), 23, 24, 25, 34–36, 45, 60

Khazali and, 257–58

Iraq, 79–80, 93, 94, 100–108, 122, 277, 299, 356, 376

Afghanistan compared with, 376–77

air strike planning in, 142

Al Qaeda in,
see
Al Qaeda in Iraq

Al Qaim, 182–83, 185–86, 187, 244

American contractors murdered in, 89–90, 125–26, 130

Anbar Province, 52, 113, 128–30, 141, 147, 148, 158, 159, 170, 177, 183–84, 241, 249, 264

arms cache (Big Ben safe house) discovered in, 139–45, 146, 148, 150, 238, 271

attacks against U.N. and ICRC in, 107–8

Baghdad,
see
Baghdad

Balad base in, 150–51, 156, 168, 201

Basra, 256–57, 262

Coalition forces in, 84, 100, 101–2, 130, 131, 135, 141, 143, 144, 150, 158, 160, 161, 179, 180, 244, 252, 260, 263, 268

elections in, 176–77, 179, 198, 218

Euphrates River Valley, 6, 179–83, 186, 192, 244, 259

F3EA targeting cycle in, 153–54, 155, 157, 177

Fallujah,
see
Fallujah

Fallujah Brigade in, 135–36, 137, 141, 144

foreign jihadist volunteers in, 168, 170, 171–73, 175, 186

Free Iraqi Forces and, 81–82

Governing Council in, 131

government of, 218, 244

Green in, 89–92, 158

Green Zone in, 100

in Gulf War, 51–54, 60, 79, 91

Husaybah mine attack in, 184–85

Iraqi identity in, 122

Israel and, 52–54

Karbala attack in, 253, 257

Kuwait invaded by, 51–54

Marines in, 129–30, 131, 135–36, 137, 141, 159, 160, 179–80, 183, 264

McChrystal's first trip to, 99–107

McChrystal's leaving of, 271–72

McChrystal's notes on strategy for, 106–7

Mosul, 102, 105, 130, 204

Mosul bombing, 167–68, 169, 247–48

Multi-National Force (MNF-I), 147, 173–75, 176, 179, 202, 204, 252, 254, 261

Ramadi, 104, 105, 129, 130, 237–43, 255, 350

Samarra mosque bombing, 204–5, 219, 223, 376

Special Forces attack on Khurmal camp, 83–84

Tikrit, 104–5

troop surge of 2007, 249, 250, 252, 261, 268

U.S. invasion of, 81–84, 92, 94, 100, 101, 192

Wahhabi massacre in, 119–20, 121

Yusufiyah, 203–12, 214, 252

Iraqi insurgency, 112, 121–23, 125–26, 128–32, 135–37, 140–45, 147, 148, 170, 171, 175, 184, 247, 255, 264, 376

in Baghdad, 244

bombings by, 159–60

“clear-hold-build” strategy against, 242

detention and, 208

guest houses used by, 183–84

Lamb's reconciliation program and, 244–46, 259–61

in Ramadi, 237–41

strikes against, 159, 160–61

Sunnis and, 112, 129–31, 135, 136, 144, 148, 171, 195, 225, 236, 247, 252

“Irbil Five”, 253, 257

Ireland, 246

Islamic Courts Union, 249, 271

Israel, 52–54

Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall,” 46

Jafari, Ibrahim al-, 179

Jafari, Mohammad, 253, 259

Jaish al-Mahdi, 132, 252

Jalali, Ali, 334

Jan, Abdul Rahman, 320, 367, 369, 373, 374

Japan, 301

Jerak, Ivica, 184

Jihad and Reform Front, 263

Johnson, Lyndon B., 17, 32

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 78–85, 93–94, 100, 280

Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF), 117–19, 168, 169, 170, 175, 221

Joint Staff (JS), 283–84

McChrystal as Director of, 279–80, 351

Jones, Jim, 306, 307, 316

Jordan, 264

Jutras, Sergeant First Class, 26

Kaczynski, Lech, 383

Kagan, Fred, 317

Kagan, Kimberly, 317

Karamat, Jehangir, 69

Karimi, Sher Mohammad, 300, 386

Karnow, Stanley, 351

Karzai, Ahmed Wali, 320, 382

Karzai, Hamid, 275, 311, 322, 342, 354, 355, 356, 358, 360, 362–63, 377

Akhundzada clan and, 319–20, 373, 374

Atta Mohammed Nur and, 306

as commander-in-chief, 364, 365, 370, 382

in elections, 323, 333, 334, 337, 342–43, 354

in Kandahar, 380–83

Kunduz Province incident and, 339–40, 342

Marjah offensive and, 276, 364–65, 368

McChrystal's meetings with, 276, 297–99

Taliban and, 282, 299, 308, 314, 319, 370–71, 375, 382

in U.S., 385

travels around Afghanistan, 370–71, 372–75

Kayani, Ashfaq, 327, 328–29, 358–59, 385

Kearney, Frank, 10

Keller, Brian, 99

Kelly, Terry, 317

Kennedy, John F., 19, 32, 284

Kennedy, Patrick F., 101

Kerry, John, 354

Kershaw, Mike, 252

Kensinger, Phil, 133

Khalili, Karim, 334

Khalilzad, Zalmay, 234

Khan, Jan Mohammad, 365

Khazali, Laith, 256–59

Khazali, Qais, 256, 257–59

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 24

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 391

Kipling, Rudyard, 54

Kissinger, Henry, 18–19

Knowlton, William A., 12

Koenig, Lyle, 199–200

Kolath, Obediah, 184, 185

Kolenda, Chris, 317, 330

Komer, Bob, 355

Korea, 34, 37, 38, 39, 47

Koster, Samuel, 15

Kuwait, 51–54, 71

Lamb, Graeme, 53–54, 170, 243–46, 260, 262–64, 269, 353

Ansar al-Sunnah and, 247, 248

British nationality of, 262

combat support hospital and, 260

reconciliation program of, 244–46, 247, 259–61, 353–54

Langmack, Steven, 182

Lawrence, T. E., 98, 184–85, 304

leadership, 390–94

Lee's Lieutenants
(Freeman), 95–96

Levin, Carl, 82, 201–2, 279

Levinsohn, James (Jim), 390

Libi, Abu Yahya al-, 265

Lieberman, Joseph, 333

Liepold, Arthur Ken (“Kenny”), 12–13, 14, 17, 359

Lincoln, Abraham, 291

Lodin, Azizullah, 336

Los Angeles Times,
126, 143

Lowery, Shawn, 4, 301, 361, 394

Luck, Gary, 47, 54

Lute, Doug, 352

Lyautey, Hubert, 321

Lyons, Kenneth, 39

MacArthur, Douglas, 13, 301

MacFarland, Sean, 240–41, 242, 243, 252, 255, 350

Magana, Frank, 63

Mahjub, Dr. (Abu Sayyif), 209–10

Maliki, Nouri al-, 218, 234, 241, 246–47, 255, 258–59

briefings of, 266–67

Sadr City firefight and, 268

Mandela, Nelson, 392

Mangal, Gulab, 368, 369–70

Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad al-, 176, 193–94, 196, 197

Marine Corps:

in Afghanistan, 322, 323, 337

in Iraq, 129–30, 131, 135–36, 137, 141, 159, 160, 179–80, 183, 264

Martin, David, 350–51

Martins, Mark, 349

Masri, Abu Ayyub al-, 203, 205, 211, 212, 213, 214, 217

leadership style of, 235

named head of Al Qaeda in Iraq, 235

Zarqawi and, 203, 213

Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 281, 334, 335

Mattis, James, 129, 130, 131, 137, 140, 275

Mauldin, Bill, 46

McCain, John, 333

McChrystal, Annie Corcoran (wife), 5, 20–22, 27, 30–31, 34, 37–39, 41, 44, 50–51, 58–59, 62, 65–68, 78, 85, 93, 94, 111, 162, 165, 182, 184, 187, 233–34, 237, 249, 278, 280, 284, 288, 293, 344, 350, 361, 383, 384, 387, 388

in Afghanistan, 275, 276, 277

protective security for, 344

Stanley's marriage to, 22, 30

Stanley's meeting of, 20

Stanley's retirement and, 390, 394

McChrystal, Herbert Joseph (father), ix, x, 8, 9, 15, 22, 33, 62, 191, 389

Mary's death and, 21

at Pentagon, 78–79

Vietnam service of, 17–18, 21, 390

McChrystal, Mary Gardner (mother), x, 18, 21, 391

McChrystal, Pete (brother), 44, 191

McChrystal, Sam (son), 5, 50, 62, 65, 68, 76, 104, 249

birth of, 44

McChrystal, Stanley:

in 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry, 41–44

as XVIII Airborne Corps chief of staff, 72–76, 79

in 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, 38, 40, 41, 44, 47, 56

in 82nd Airborne Division, 16, 22, 27–32, 38, 40, 47, 55–62, 70–71

in Afghanistan in 2002, 76–78

assumes command of Afghanistan war, 277–78, 294

body armor eschewed by, 301

childhood of, x, 21, 390–91

at Directorate of Plans and Training, 39

as Director of the Joint Staff, 279–80, 351

first trip to Iraq, 99–107

four-star rank of, 293

International Security Assistance Force command assumed by, 287–88

Iraq departure, 271–72

on Joint Chiefs of Staff, 78–85, 93–94, 100, 280

in Korea, 34, 37, 38, 39, 47

London speech of, 349, 350

marriage of, 22, 30

at Naval War College, 50–51

in Rangers, 45–48, 60, 62–64, 65–67

at Ranger School, 25–27, 30

resignation from Afghanistan command, 388

retirement of, 389–90, 394

Senate Armed Services Committee testimony of, 289–90

in Special Forces, 23–24, 31, 32–34, 47

as TF 714 commander, 82, 92–96, 98–100, 107, 109, 110, 151–52, 162, 213, 250

TF 714 departure, 279, 283

at West Point, 8–22, 23, 25

McGuinness, Martin, 246

McHale, Tim, 50

McKiernan, Dave, 283–87, 289, 294, 310, 334

McMaster, H. R., 240

McNeill, Dan, 72, 73, 74, 77, 283

McNulty, Mike, 182

McRaven, William (Bill), 109, 110, 111, 117, 233, 278, 366–67

Meade, George, 191

Mehsud, Baitullah, 358

Meree, Anne, 259–60, 263

Meyer, Edward “Shy,” 96

Michener, James, 297

Miller, Austin “Scott,” 99, 102, 107, 123, 134, 153, 181, 207, 217, 218, 221, 240, 307, 385

Modern Warfare
(Trinquier), 123

Mogadishu, 59–60, 140, 268, 271

Mohammedi, Bismullah “BK” 335, 362

Mohammed, Ali Abdelsoud, 48

Mubassir, Abu, 209, 210–12, 214–21, 223, 224, 233

Mullen, Mike, 279–80, 284, 287, 307, 311, 328, 330, 343–46, 349, 388

Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I), 261

Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I), 147, 173–75, 176, 179, 202, 204, 252, 254, 261

Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES), 40, 64

Musharraf, Pervez, 328

Mustafa, Abu, 261–64

Myers, Richard, 188, 190

Nabhan, Saleh Ali Saleh, 271

Nacy, Jody, 97, 152, 181, 271–72

Nairobi, embassy bombing in, 68–69, 71, 75, 113, 249

Najibullah, Mohammed, 281, 297, 300, 332, 371

National Security Agency, 154

National Security Council (NSC), 83, 352, 356

meeting on Zarqawi, 188–91, 193

NATO, 278, 282, 289, 294, 296, 310, 320, 322, 352, 354, 355, 360, 383, 384

Military Committee conference, 344

Training Mission–Afghanistan, 347

see also
International Security Assistance Force

Natonski, Richard (Rich), 160

Naval War College, 50–51

Negroponte, John, 147

Nelson, Horatio, 148, 155, 163, 392

Newbold, Greg, 78

New Yorker,
69

New York Times,
356

Nicolson, Adam, 155

9/11 attacks, 73–74, 75, 79, 93–94, 114, 280, 281, 300

Nixon, Craig, 108, 132–34

Nixon, Richard M., 18, 19

Noriega, Manuel, 47

North Korea, 79

Nunn, Sam, 62

Nur, Atta Mohammad, 306