Tue Mar 25,10:54 AM ET
U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division troops from the A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment weather the elements as a sandstorm at dusk turns the desert blood red near Karbala Tuesday, March 25, 2003. The sandstorm grounded many US-led forces bombing overflights over Iraq (news - web sites) and slowed U.S. military progress in the area near Karbala Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Moore)
Iraqi militias man a sandbag position in Baghdad Tuesday, March 25 2003, as a fierce sandstorm casts a yellow pall over the city. More security and police officers were seen around the city, and residents said members of Saddam Hussein feared intelligence agencies were also posted on the streets.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Photo by Jud McCrehin, Navy Times Staff
Navy corpsmen and Marines with battery M and headquarters battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment work on a lance corporal who was injured Wednesday during a patrol mission.
Photo by Jud McCrehin, Navy Times Staff
Cpl. Patrick Rivera, 21, of Glendale , Calif., and 1st Sgt. Henry Prutch, 40, of Dubuque, Iowa, with battery M, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, hold down an Iraqi civilian non-combatant who was trying to walk through the artillery position Thursday morning in central Iraq.