Louis DiMarco - Concrete Hell

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ADArmored Division

AIAmnesty International

AOArea of Operations

AQIAl Qaeda of Iraq

ARVNArmy of the Republic of Vietnam

ASUActive Service Unit

BCTBrigade Combat Team

BPCBataillon de parachutistes coloniaux (colonial parachute battalion)

CFCoalition Forces

COPCombat Outpost

DMZDemilitarized Zone

DRVDemocratic Republic of Vietnam

EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal

FOBForward Operating Base

HRWHuman Rights Watch

HUMINTHuman Intelligence

IDFIsraeli Defense Force

IEDImprovised Explosive Device

INLAIrish National Liberation Army

IRAIrish Republican Army

KPANorth Korean People’s Army

LAWLight Antitank Weapon

LVTLanding Vehicle Tracked

MACVMilitary Assistance Command Vietnam

MLRSMultiple-Launch Rocket System

MNFWMultinational Forces West

MSRMain Supply Route

NICRANorthern Ireland Civil Rights Assocation

OIFOperation Iraqi Freedom

PAPalestinian Authority

PAVNPeople’s Army of Vietnam

PIRAProvisional Irish Republican Army

RCTRegimental Combat Team

REPRégiment Étranger de Parachutistes (Foreign Legion parachute regiment)

RIRAReal Irish Republican Army

ROKARepublic of Korea Army

RPCRégiments de Parachutistes Coloniaux (colonial para regiment)

RUCRoyal Ulster Constabulary

RVNRepublic of Vietnam

SASSpecial Air Service

SEALSea Air Land Team

SURCSmall Unit Riverine Craft

TACPTactical Air Control Party

TFTask Force

UAVUnmanned Aerial Vehicle

UDRUlster Defence Regiment

UFFUlster Freedom Fighters

UKUnited Kingdom

UNUnited Nations

UNRWAUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency

USUnited States

UVFUlster Volunteer Force

VBIEDVehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device

VNMCVietnamese Marine Corps

Louis DiMarco retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army in 2005 after more than 24 years of active service. His civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science Degree from the US Military Academy, a Masters in Military Art and Science from the US Army Command and Staff College, a Masters of Arts Degree in International Relations, and a PhD in History. Currently LTC DiMarco works on the faculty of the Army Command and Staff College, where he teaches military history and elective courses on the history of modern urban warfare and modern warfare in the Middle East. LTC DiMarco has authored several key Army doctrinal manuals including FM 3-06, Urban Operations (2002). He was a contributing author to the US Army’s Counterinsurgency Manual, FM 3-24 (2006). Other written projects include the Army’s Scout Platoon Field Manual (1994), the first work in the Combat Studies Institute’s Global War on Terror series entitled Traditions, Changes, and Challenges: Military Operations and the Middle Eastern City (2004); and the book War Horse: A History of the Military Horse and Rider (2008). LTC DiMarco has written and lectured on a variety of military topics including urban warfare and counterinsurgency.

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