U.S. Army Second Lt. Mark Lucas, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, briefs his soldiers before a logistics resupply mission July 8, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Arian, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

Mission briefs are mandatory for every soldier who will take part in the mission.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod, Task Force 1-82 PAO