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• 04 Mar 2003: Food on the go!
  CAMP COYOTE, Kuwait (March 04, 2003) -- "Hot chow, hot chow." Ears perk up and bodies appear like hungry wolves. These aren't wolves though; they're the area guard on Camp Coyote and twice a day they know hot food will enter their stomachs.

• 28 Feb 2003: 1/4 comes ashore
  Camp Commando, Kuwait (February 28, 2003) -- Living Support Area 1, Kuwait- Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marines recently came ashore Monday at Living Area Support 1 in northern Kuwait.

• 27 Feb 2003: CJTF-HOA personnel construct food storage facility for Djiboutians
  NADAG, Djibouti (Mar. 4, 2003) -- Service members from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa completed construction of a food storage facility during a four-day civil affairs effort here Feb. 27.

• 27 Feb 2003: 'Army of one' teams up with 'the few and the proud'
  CAMP IWO JIMA, Kuwait (Feb. 27, 2003) -- A 10-foot-tall sand berm divides the two military services, but small groups of soldiers trickle back and forth around the temporary wall of sand.

• 26 Feb 2003: IMEF: prepared for chemical attacks
  CAMP COMMANDO, Kuwait (Feb. 26, 2003) -- President George W. Bush recently declared Saddam Hussein has authorized his military field commanders to use chemical weapons in the event American forces take military action to disarm the Iraqi regime. I Marine Expeditionary Force is ready to fend off any such attacks, according to Marine officials.

• 25 Feb 2003: 15th MEU (S0C) Marines knock off rust, sharpen combat skills
  CAMP BULLRUSH, Kuwait (Feb. 25, 2003) -- Marines from E Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) dusted the sand from their weapons and conducted a live fire training exercise at Udairi Range to refresh their war-fighting skills Feb. 17 and 18.

• 25 Feb 2003: Medical goes mobile
  LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AREA 7, Kuwait (Feb. 25, 2003) -- For the 1st Force Service Support Group's Medical Battalion, saving the lives of Marines is top priority. During Vietnam, Marines were transported and treated rapidly after an injury due to the small and compact battlefield. In comparison, during the Gulf War a spread-out battlefield posed a problem because it took much longer to transport and treat injured Marines due to a swift desert battle.

• 25 Feb 2003: "This is not a drill"
  CAMP COMMANDO, Kuwait (Feb. 25, 2003) -- The dust began to rise moments after Camp Commando's air raid siren began wailing Feb.10 throughout the sprawling compound that houses the command element of I Marine Expeditionary Force and many of its subordinate elements.

• 23 Feb 2003: Klash in Kuwait
  CAMP COMMANDO, Kuwait (Feb. 23, 2003) -- With jarring jabs and hurtful haymakers, Marines at Camp Commando, Kuwait came together for a day of hand-to-hand combat in a boxing "smoker" Feb. 23.

• 23 Feb 2003: 15th MEU (SOC) combat corpsmen uphold proud legacy
  CAMP BULLRUSH, Kuwait (Feb. 23, 2003) -- Ever since the birth of the Corps in 1775, Marines and Sailors have served side-by-side on naval vessels.

• 23 Feb 2003: 15th MEU (SOC) Marine brings southern hospitality to Kuwait
  CAMP BULLRUSH, Kuwait(Feb. 23, 2003) -- "If you look at the Marines who were in combat during Vietnam and Korea and came out alive, those guys were tough, and that's the Marine I want to be," said Sgt. Ben "Tex" Conner, 26, a Newark, Del. native and a team leader with Trailer Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable).

• 22 Feb 2003: Fox up and running, 2d FSSG assets ready
  CAMP FOX, Kuwait (Feb. 22, 2003) -- Nestled in a tent city not far from the Iraqi border, Marines and sailors from 2nd Force Service Support Group call the desert plains home as the global war on terrorism continues.

• 21 Feb 2003: Senators visit Camp Commando
  CAMP COMMANDO, Kuwait (Feb. 21, 2003) -- Four Senators responsible for overseeing America's military dropped in on Marines at Camp Commando Feb. 21.

• 14 Feb 2003: VALENTINE'S DAY IN THE DESERT
  CAMP IWO JIMA, Kuwait (February 14, 2003) -- Even in the desert plains of Kuwait, Cupid's arrows still pierce through a battle-hard Marine's flak-jacket-protected heart.

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