Free Republic

<p>CAMP NEW JERSEY, Kuwait -- After a week, life for the soldiers of the 101st Airborne has settled into a windy, sandy, exhausting routine.</p> <p>Each morning, well before dawn, long lines of young infantrymen shuffle through a thick desert haze to the live-fire ranges where they practice shooting, breaching Iraqi trenches and waging urban warfare.</p> <p>Each afternoon, as the heat of the day turns their faces deep red, they train in battlefield first aid, combat rules of engagement and the evacuation of surrendering prisoners of war.</p>