As the only NCO in his platoon other than his platoon sergeant, SGT Brandon Cleary, a squad leader in the 296th Brigade Support Battalion’s Field Logistics Element (FLE), shoulders multiple duties. He is responsible for the physical security, supply loading, maintenance, planning, and navigation of convoy logistic patrols for the FLE, which supports the 1st Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment out of Forward Operating Base Zangabad, Afghanistan. “If we weren’t here, those guys wouldn’t be getting food, water, ammunition, or any other supplies,” Cleary says. Here, he directs a truck preparing to move containers during a convoy logistics patrol Nov. 4 in Panjwai, Kandahar province. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Nevada Jack Smith, 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) (Hawaii))