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Last Updated:  Monday, 10 March, 2003, 13:14 GMT
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In pictures: Life in the Desert
 Soldier from US 82nd Airborne Division helps unload equipment used to rebuild airstrips
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Wave upon wave of forces - US and British - have been arriving in Kuwait with their equipment
Soldiers train with their rifles
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Endless military convoys take them to the sprawling desert camps
Gym facilities at the US army's Camp Pennsylvania on army handout photo
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Training helps to keep fitness up in the new environment
US soldiers practise their howitzers
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And live-fire practice hones military skills in the tough conditions
Soldiers out on motorbikes during a sandstorm
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Sandstorms are a fact of life in the region at this time of year ...
Capt. Gabe Marriott, attached to the US Army¿s 101st Airborne Aviation Brigade, reads a book while resting in a tent at Camp Udairi in northern Kuwait
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The new climate challenges equipment and soldier alike
Army handout photo of 101st Airborne Division soldier playing baseball in the desert
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At the moment there is still time for some recreation
Washing hanging out to dry
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And for life's less glamorous chores
US and UK soldiers share a joke
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The combined troop strength in the region is about 300,000


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