The World : U.S., Egypt in War Games

U.S. and Egyptian military forces launched their biggest-ever joint exercise--a week of air, sea and land operations in Egypt’s western desert that is to include a Marine landing along the Mediterranean coast. About 9,000 U.S. military personnel joined Egyptian forces in the maneuvers, code-named Bright Star 85, which will include naval games off the Egyptian coast and live ammunition training in the desert northwest of Cairo. A U.S. source in Cairo said Gen. Robert Kingston, commander of the Central Command, formerly called the Rapid Deployment Force, is in Egypt to supervise the war games.