The Road to Safwan: The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 ...

Basra Highway: 161, 163,
166–168, 172–174
Breech: 118, 125, 128, 130
Combat Command Carter:
83, 85–87, 89
Departure to Saudi Arabia:
36
M113 repair: 187
Objective Norfolk: 135, 136,
149–151, 153, 155, 157
Organization: 6, 12
Post war operations: 215,
219, 221,
Preparations for ground
war: 108–110
Safwan: 193, 194, 198, 200
Security operations: 61,
68–70, 74, 75, 78
Recovery operations: 208
Return home: 238
TAA Operations: 54, 58, 61
Tank repair: 189
Task Force Iron: 96, 103
Tanks: 23, 44, 47, 268
Baker, SPC, Rollen: 151
Ball, Crystal: 31
Ball, SSG, William: 28, 29,
36, 37, 125, 187
Basra Highway: 159–161,
163, 165–171, 173, 175–177,
183–185, 188, 189
Basra Pocket: 185, 194
Battle of Medina Ridge: 160
Battle of 73 Easting: 140, 142
Beaumont, TX: 27, 29
Bedouins: 71, 72
Berms
Border: 64
Breeching: 98
Index 299
Defensive: 150, 155, 165
Big Red One. See Infantry
Division
Bills, CPT, Michael
Basra Highway: 161, 172,
175, 178, 183, 184
Breech operations: 120, 125,
130
Change of Command: 12
Command Style: 244
Gunnery: 19
Objective Norfolk: 137, 139,
143, 149–151, 153
Port: 44
Post Desert Storm: 245
Postwar operations: 218,
233
Redeployment to U.S.: 234
Safwan: 198–200
Security Operations: 68–72,
77, 78
TAA: 62, 64, 65
Tanks: 23
Task Force Iron: 102, 110
Bradley, M2/M3 fighting
vehicles: 1, 12, 17, 21,
27–29, 40, 44, 45, 64, 66, 71,
72, 74, 76, 77, 82, 84, 85, 89,
97, 104, 108, 112, 143, 147,
148, 156, 166, 168, 172, 174,
195, 200, 221
Ammo effects: 96, 122, 123,
157, 168, 170, 178,
Crews: 144, 146, 201
Damage: 110, 128, 138, 148
Breeching Operations
Execution of: 115–27
Planning for: 60, 82, 107–9
Training for: 124