Picture by: Ahmad Terry © News

M-16 rifles sit propped up together in the Kuwaiti desert Wednesday night while the 1st Battalion of the 8th Infantry gets read to go to Iraq. The battalion is working on a 19-hour on, five-hour off schedule.

Picture by: Ahmad Terry © News
Sgt. Sean Burns, of Louisiana, at left, signals a driver to move a vehicle Wednesday night in Kuwait as the 1st Battalion of the 8th Infantry from Fort Carson works through the night preparing to move into Iraq.