Jack Gruber | Photojournalist Army Spc. Brian Sowards, 22, and his wife Army Spc. Guadalupe Sowards, 20, sleep on board an R&R flight heading home from Iraq to the United States. The two were married a short time before deploying to different areas in Iraq. The newly weds were able coordinate 15-day R&R leave back to the states over Christmas visiting each of their family and friends in Florida and Texas. © 2004 USA TODAY