In the context of this artwork, analyze the Description of the Production.
On a life-and-a-half scale, the 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) bronze statue is 16 feet (4.9 m) tall, including a 3 feet (0.91 m) tall granite plinth. The base bears the sculpture's  title, "America's Response Monument." The statue is subtitled De Oppresso Liber, which is Latin for 'to liberate the oppressed', the motto of the Green Berets.It depicts a male Army Green Beret operator wearing a boonie hat on horseback leading the invasion into Afghanistan. His right hand is holding field glasses. An M4A1 carbine equipped with picatinny rails around the gun barrel with the upper receiver, an ACOG 4x rifle sight at the upper receiver, an AN/PEQ-2 laser sight at the right side of the barrel, a 30 round STANAG magazine, an attached M203 grenade launcher under the barrel, and attached to a sling is slung under his right shoulder. An outline of a wedding band is visible under the glove of the soldier's left hand. Blumberg said, "That's my way of tipping my hat to wives, marriages, and the strain on families. It's to acknowledge the stresses caused by multiple deployments." Blumberg created the sculpture's face without using a model or photos. It does not represent the face of a specific individual.The small, Afghan "Lokai" horse shows "Tersk" breeding, indicating a horse of Eastern European heritage descended from horses brought in by the Soviets in the 1980s. In the Afghan culture, the soldiers only ride stallions into battle. The horses could be difficult to control, and the statue depicts the horse rearing back. The horse tack depicted by Blumberg is traditional to the Afghani people. A tasseled breast collar helps keep the flies off the chest and legs. The statue's base reflects the steep, precipitous slopes that the soldiers often traveled on horseback.
AN/PEQ-2 Lokai Latin Green Beret sling STANAG magazine Soviets M4A1 carbine plinth Army Green Beret Tersk field glasses picatinny rails Green Berets De Oppresso Liber ACOG 4x rifle sight boonie hat M203 grenade launcher left laser sight