Aviation ordnance specialists on the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, maneuvering in the Arabian Sea, watch aircraft launch off the flight deck March 21.
Lance Cpl. John McMurrin, 18, of San Diego, with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, guards fellow Marines changing a tire on a 155mm howitzer March 21 in southern Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Kevin Coleman, 21, of New Orleans, with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, a powder man for a 155mm howitzer, takes a nap in his sleeping hole at their artillery position in southern Iraq March 22.
The last of two Air Force B-52 bombers takes off from RAF Fairford in western England March 23 for a mission over Iraq.
Soldiers from the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment watch as a target inside the village of As Samawah, Iraq, goes up in flames March 23. The cavalry is in the process of taking the village and is receiving some resistance from Iraqi fighters.
Marines with the 15 Marine Expeditionary Unit fire a shoulder-launched Javelin missile during a battle with Iraqi troops at the port city of Umm Qasr, Iraq, March 23.
A Marine with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force stands guard at a burning oil well in Iraq March 23. Retreating Iraqi troops set several oil wells on fire in the Rumeila area, the second largest offshore oil field in Iraq, near the Kuwaiti border.
A Tomahawk missile is launched from the guided missile cruiser Cape St. George in the eastern Mediterranean Sea March 23 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Army's 3rd Battalion, 69th Regiment Armor Task Force climbs a one-lane road and takes the high ground as air support destroys numerous Iraqi trucks and vehicles at the guard station March 23.
Marines with Task Force Tarawa attack the military garrison of the Iraqi 23 infantry brigade March 24 in Nasiriyah, Iraq. The Marines have had running gun battles over the past two days with resistance forces in and around the city.