 Sealed roads ran throughout the camp, and it was also bisected by a cement moat.Camp Rhino was in use from 26 November 2001 to 1 January 2002.At its peak, the camp contained about 1100 U.S. Marines, under command of Brigadier General James Mattis, as well as U.S. soldiers and U.S. Navy Seabees, Australia Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), and dozens of embedded reporters.