Forests of Steel

Academy action Afghan Afghanistan Airborne Al Hillah ambush American armored Army’s artillery assault attack Baghdad battalion Battle for Grozny battlefield battlespace Bjelina bombs Brigade building casualties Caucasus Charlie Company Chechen Chechnya city fighting civilians Coco Solo combined arms commanders crowds Defense deployed Dudayev enemy fighters firepower Grau grenade ground headquarters helicopters HMMWV Hue City Ibid indirect fire infantry insurgents intelligence IPTF Iraq Iraqi Kabul Khafji killed kilometers Lieutenant Colonel located machine guns Marine military mission Mogadishu mortar Mosul moved Mujahideen National officer Perfume River platoon police population positions radio reconnaissance Regiment River road rocket Russian Army Russian forces Saudi second platoon Serbs SFOR Somalia Soviet Soviet-Afghan War squad Stryker tactical tanks targets Task Force teams terrain town troops trucks U.S. Army U.S. forces units urban areas urban combat urban guerrillas urban operations urban warfare vehicles weapons