United States Army infantry, from the Fort Stewart, Georgia-based Alpha Company, 3-7 Infantry of Task Force 4-64 Armored, assault a mock enemy base during a live fire exercise in the north Kuwait desert December 21, 2002. There are some 12,000 U.S. troops in Kuwait for training, many within just five kilometers of the Iraqi border. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
United States Army soldier, from the Fort Stewart, Georgia-based Alpha Company, 3-7 Infantry of Task Force 4-64 Armored, gives a thumbs up after assaulting a mock enemy base during a live fire exercise in the north Kuwait desert December 21, 2002
United States Army Staff Sergeant Shane LeMaster, from the Fort Stewart, Georgia-based Alpha Company, 3-7 Infantry of Task Force 4-64 Armored, leads an assault on a mock enemy base during a brigade live fire exercise in the north Kuwait desert December 21, 2002
U.S. soldiers leave a Bradley fighting vehicle, south of the Iraqi border, in Kuwait Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002. The U.S. Army launched its biggest maneuver in the Kuwaiti desert since the Gulf War on Saturday, throwing thousands of soldiers and hundreds of armored vehicles into live-fire exercises to sharpen their skills ahead of a possible new war with Iraq. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)