Birthday Candles?

Forget normal birthday cake and candles when you are in Afghanistan's high desert.  Undaunted, our hero scheduled mortar practice for his platoon to celebrate his birthday...or was that another TCU win?  While the Queso Dip (thanks Mary Noel!) and bean dip (without the benefit of chips) had to replace the birthday cake, he had a good birthday.  Here is a picture he took of mortar practice:

After seeing the picture I can't get Rat Patrol out of my mind.  Anyone else remember the old World War II series?