U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Rick Uribe pulls in his parachute after completing a 1,250 foot jump from a C-130 Hercules cargo plane into a drop zone near Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, on Dec. 5, 1997. Uribe and other Marines of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit are participating in Exercise Eager Mace 98. Eager Mace 98 is a joint, combined, amphibious, ground, air, and naval training exercise with U.S. and Kuwaiti armed forces. Uribe is from Hacienda Heights, Calif.