Hmmm, wonder who his muse is...?

September 8, 2006 Soldiers from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, pause at the end of a patrol near Wynot, Iraq. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.

Interesting mix of weapons in the picture. Back in my early days there'd have been nothing but M16s and 1 M203. Wonder how long after this war winds down it will be back to something like that... because the budget drives all - and then the people who carp about the budget being to large turn around and carp about the force being under-equipped when committed - and *never, ever* understand, much less accept responsibility for, "you go to war with the Army you have, whether or not it's the Army you want or need."