While preparing to leave for active duty with his unit, Army Reserve Sgt. Dana Gonser holds his 7-month-old daughter Ember Dawn in Kalispell, Mont., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003. His detachment is a suply unit which specializes in handing and purifying drinking water. They are being deployed as part of operation Enduring Freedon and the military buildup before a possible war with Iraq. (Robin Loznak/Daily Inter Lake)