FLYING FIRE — A sailor aboard USS Rainier attaches a "pendant" to a CH-46 during an underway replenishment with USS Abraham Lincoln on March 21. The Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing 14 are conducting combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Gabriel Piper

The Marine Second Tank Battalion advances toward the 
border with Iraq in the dust of an early evening
(AP PHOTO)