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1. Briefing slides shared with author
2. Chris Starling, interview with author
3. Ibid.
4. Stephen Davis, interview with author
5. Frank Diorio, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Interviews with sheikhs in Awakening, Vol IIIA
9. Multiple interviews and journal entries
10. Ryan Brummond, interview with author
11. Chris Nothstine, journal entry
12. Gary Hess, interview with author
13. Frank Diorio, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. My Share of the Task, Gen Stanley McChrystal
22. The 2005 Iraqi Sunni Awakening: The Role of the Desert Protectors Program, Joint Special Operations University, Oct 2015, p40.  
23. Multiple interviews with author 
24. Chris Starling, interview with author
25. Frank Diorio, interview in Awakening, Vol IIIA
26. Ibid.
27. Luis Maxwell, interview with author
28. Chris Reith, interview with author
29. Luis Maxwell, interview with author
30. Derrick Herndon, interview with author
31. Ryan Brummond, interview with author
32. Chris Reith, interview with author
33. Derrick Herndon, interview with author
34. Joey Habay, interview with author
35. Chad Martin, interview with author 
36. Peter Macko, interview with author
37. Chad Martin, interview with author
38. Luis Maxwell, interview with author
39. Derrick Herndon, interview with author
40. Chris Reith, interview with author
41. Ryan Brummond, email to author
42. Ibid.