This is my squad hanging out by our humvee. Some of these guys look meaner than they really are. Today we ran around in the Texas desert practicing how we would react to sniper fire while on patrol. We really didn't walk that far, but it sure felt like it with 50 lbs of gear on our backs. One reassuring lesson of the day was that not only are the guns that the insurgents use total garbage, but most of them couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Luckily, I am much less broad than the side of a barn, so I expect I might be even more difficult to hit. Not a fact that I relying on too heavily, but it does make me feel a little better.