Posing from left to right are U.S. Army soldiers Captain Mat

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 06: Posing from left to right are U.S. Army soldiers Captain Matthew Burnette, Staff Sergeant Michael Cruz, Specialist Michael Tyler, Staff Sergeant Brendan Kearns and Staff Sergeant Michael Jackson at Fort Drum, near Watertown, New York, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The soldiers, members of the Army's 10th Mountain Division, are scheduled for deployment in Afghanistan in January. While Iraq has long dominated headlines, Afghanistan will demand more immediate attention, as President-elect Barack Obama becomes the first commander-in-chief since Richard M. Nixon in 1969 to take charge during wartime. (Photo by Michael Okoniewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)