Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus, right, talks to Col. Joseph Anderson outside the 502nd's Tactical Operations Center (TOC) after the commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault visited the 2nd Brigade at Camp New York in Kuwait on Sunday, March 23, 2003. Rob Curtis, Army Times

A line of AH-64 Apache helicopters wait on the flight line at Camp Udairi, Kuwait, Sunday, March 23, 2003, as a group of helicopters fly over carrying the infantry troops from 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division into combat in southern Iraq. The 101st, which can drop an entire brigade with all their equipment behind enemy lines, conducted its first air assault today. AP Photo/U.S. Army, Pfc. James Matise

Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters head toward Iraq after taking off from Camp Udairi, Kuwait on Sunday. The soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, will set up a forward fuel resupply point to allow the division to conduct further air assaults deep into Iraq. The 101st conducted its first air assault mission on Iraq Sunday, March 23, 2003. AP Photo/U.S. Army

CH-47 Chinook helicopter crewmembers of the 101st Airborne Division converse on the flight line shortly before flying across the border into Iraq, while AH-64 Apache helicopters wait to take off Sunday, March 23, 2003. The 101st Airborne Division commenced its first air assault into Iraq Sunday. U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. James Matise

Col Frederick B. Hodges, commander of the 327th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division was slightly wounded in the leg and arm after an American soldier threw grenades in the HQ sleeping tents. The attack killed one and wounded 15 others. Hodges said he was "not hurt too badly". John Partipilo, The Tennessean

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment wait for word after two grenades were set off at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait. The attack, by another American soldier, killed one and wounded another 15.

Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, rest in fox holes by their convoy in a staging area in the Kuwaiti desert Friday, March 21, 2003. AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju

Spc. Tim Green, 22, of Bell Port, NY, waits for soldiers to paint vehicle identifiers on the side of his humvee as the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) assembles its vehicles at Camp New York, Kuwait. Rob Curtis/Times staff

Drivers wait for soldiers to paint identifiers on the side of their vehicles as the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) assembles its vehicles at Camp New York, Kuwait. Rob Curtis/Times staff

Eric Whitmer, 20, of Indiana and Spc. Jereme Harrfis, 22, of Pennsylvania load TOW missiles into their humvee as the 1-327 Infantry Regiment gets ready to move into Iraq. John Partipilo, The Tennessean

Sgt. 1st Class Marco Garcia, 31, of Corpus Christi, Texas, (left) instructs Spc. Rip McBee, 27, of Alabama (right) on proper sighting of a Tow missile launcher Friday, March 21, 2003, in Kuwait. The men are part of 1-327 Delta Company humvee weapons system. John Partipilo, The Tennessean