[Kathy in Alaska]

Photographer David Hume Kennerly took this picture of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at 6:22 a.m. on Oct. 22, 2002. Rumsfeld is hard at work en route to the Pentagon. He's driven by security personnel and receives a daily news briefing, which he absorbs on his 20-minute ride to the office. Photo by Rudi Williams

Coast Guard recruits wait for their eggs to finish cooking at the training center at Cape May, N.J. Photographer Al Diaz wrote that as part of the rigors of their 17-hour day, recruits are required to eat breakfast in silence and always appear clean-shaven - even if it means shaving twice or three times a day. Photo by Rudi Williams

[Kathy in Alaska]

On Oct. 22, 2002, photographer Arthur Grace, a former Marine lance corporal, revisited boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. One picture he captures shows Staff Sgt. Charles A. Joseph providing extra incentive to a focused recruit. Photo by Rudi Williams

Photographer Donald R. Winslow shot Navy recruits at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Ill., after they'd been surprised by a fire drill, which sent them out into the pre-dawn cold. Winslow said from the time the alarm sounded, the women had 90 seconds to form up in the parking lot outside their barracks. Photo by Rudi Williams

[tomkow6]

Boy, does THAT picture bring back memories! And that's EXACTLY the way it looked to me! LOL! **sigh**