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A soldier sleeps on a convoy in Iraq

(Steve Liewer/Stars and Stripes)

Highway 1, Iraq, March 22, 2003: Spc. Stacy Miller of the Illesheim-based 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment grabs a few winks as the convoy of 11th Aviation Regiment units stops along Highway 1, near An Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. There were few opportunities for soldiers to sleep during the three-day trip from Camp Udairi, Kuwait, to 11th Aviation’s new base in central Iraq, so they slept where and when they could.

Read the story on the convoy here.

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