I have seen some amazing pictures in Gulf War II with our troops using the M16 and or several derivatives. I even saw a soldier with a hold over his head downward pointing an M4 into a trash bin.
That is the beauty of the M16. It really is a great weapons system. Very handy and versatile.
It was one of those things that struck me during Iraqi Freedom, the ever present image and sillouette of the M16. Someday, I think, an icon of freedom in the word will be the M16, in direct opposite of the icon of oppression that is the AK47.