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thedrifter
05-11-03, 07:33 AM
23-hours from Kuwait to Iraq <br />
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Staff Sgt. Jason Huffine <br />
Combat Correspondent <br />
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According to French Army commander Napoleon Boneparte, &quot;An army marches on its stomach.&quot; The logistics used to...

thedrifter
05-11-03, 07:33 AM
Final Stretch
Believe it or not, there are fields with greens along side the road. Nothing like the states, but the farmers seem to do well for an agricultural area that has seen the stress of the Hussein regime.

There’s a color palette. Dark and light browns shadow the horizon, while the foreground speckles the landscape with emerald greens and an occasion spot of red - tomatoes. Blue skies on this day cover it all. It all seems to pretty for an area that’s seen two wars in less than 12 years.
An occasional bystander stands on the road’s shoulder giving a thumbs up. A father and daughter stare motionless at the passing convoy.
The roads are good. No craters. There’s even areas that look like they may have been rest stops at one point.

There’s a blown out tank, a bus, even an overpass. By this time, the Marines are quiet. Mitchell yells down for some water. He says the suns beating down on him. In the distance there’s a turnoff – LSA (logistics, support activity) Viper is around the corner. “Condition four,” Ryals says over the radio. After almost 23 hours on the road, the first part of the trip is over for the group of Marines from 2d Military Police Battalion. The trucks pull into an area where a forklift is waiting to unload them.

Ryals tell the Marines to get ready for the return trip to Kuwait. Devlin lights another Newport.
“My ‘eye-opener,’” he says.

Sempers,

Roger