well said, zoomie
I'll be 'zooming' with an M-16 this winter...and spring...and summer...at 48. And it is a good thing I'm a good shot with a pistol - with the way I shoot an M-16, I might as well skip the ammo and go direct to 'club'!
I've argued for years the ground forces needed more folks. That may be the influence of having 2 kids enlist in the Marines/Army. I'm certain that if you gave the American people a checkoff box for the military on their taxes, that we would have more than enough money to get the job done right.