Dose anyone know when the 4th ID will arrive, will they come across from the west of Saudi Arabia or have to go all the way around to the port of Umm Qasr?
The 21,000 soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Hood, Tex., could begin arriving at staging areas in Kuwait almost immediately. But the 35 cargo ships laden with the division's heavy armor and equipment will not complete their journey from the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal and Red Sea, and begin arriving in Kuwait until the first week of April at the earliest, defense officials said yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21450-2003Mar24.htmlI read within a week. Possibly quicker if they unload at a Saudi port.