They call it the thousand-yard stare: Marine recruits test their mettle during final exercises at Southern California's Camp Pendleton. The three days of obstacle courses and long marches is called "The Crucible."
This winter, U.S. News & World Report photographer Jim Lo Scalzo drove the length of the U.S.-Mexican border from El Paso, Texas, to San Diego, Calif.
(3/10/06)
Yemen, an impoverished Muslim nation on the Arabian Peninsula, became a surprising U.S. ally in the wake of September 11. A look at the country and its people
(3/3/06)