TimBatchelder

U.S Marines run during a training excercise in the Kuwaiti desert near the Iraqi border Friday, Dec. 20, 2002. Hundreds of troops from the Charly company, 15th infantry regiment, have set up a command center in the desert of Kuwait. About 12,000 troops, including more than 7,000 Army soldiers, are deployed in the desert at multiple army and Air Force bases. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)