INDEX
Barnes, Eric 35
Camp Lejeune 43
Camp Pendleton 20, 28, 30, 32
cooperationwith other special
forces 12, 14, 15, 16, 23, 41
Corey, Russell 9
early Force Recon history 9, 11,
12, 14
amphibious reconnaissance
units 9, 12
Ellis, Earl H. “Pete” 11
Finlayson, Andrew 35, 36
Gulf of Aden 39
Gulf War 14
Iraq 14, 30, 36, 38
KoreanWar 12, 28
Marine Special Operations
Command (MARSOC) 15,
16, 24, 40
media portrayals 27, 28, 30, 32, 33
books and comics 27, 28, 30, 32
films and television 27, 28, 30,
31, 32, 33
video games 27, 30
missions 12, 14, 16, 22, 23, 24, 35,
36, 38, 39–40
black operations 23, 24
green operations 23, 24
Key Hole 12, 14, 23
and Killer Kane unit 35, 36
Magellan Star
rescue 39–40
Sting Ray 12, 14, 16, 23
organizational structure 12, 14,
15, 16, 22, 24, 28, 30, 38, 39
battalions 12, 30
companies 12, 15, 16, 22, 30
personnel 15, 16, 24
platoons 16, 28, 30, 38, 39
teams 14, 16
responsibilities 11, 12, 14, 16, 23,
24, 35, 36, 38, 40
amphibious operations 12, 23
calling in air strikes 24, 36, 38
calling in artillery strikes 14,
35, 38
intelligence gathering 16, 35
reconnaissance 11, 14, 23, 36,
40
Visit, Board, Search, and
Seizure (VBSS) 16, 24
training 12, 17, 19–20, 22, 23, 28,
30, 32, 40
Basic Reconnaissance Course
(BRC) 20, 22
helicopter rope suspension
techniques (HRST) 17, 20, 22
parachuting 12, 22
recon screening 19–20
specialized training programs
22, 23
water tests 19, 20, 22
U.S. military operations 12, 14, 16,
30, 32, 36, 38–39
Desert Storm36, 38
Iraqi Freedom14, 30, 32
Second Battle of Fallujah
38–39
U.S. Special Operations
Command (SOCOM) 14, 15
Varus (Roman general) 11
vehicles 12, 22, 38, 39
VietnamWar 12, 14, 16, 22, 35, 36
weaponry 7, 14, 16, 19, 24, 36, 38
WorldWar I 11
WorldWar II 8, 9, 11, 12, 35
Tinian invasion 8, 9, 11, 12
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