The day begins with an informal pep talk from platoon leader, 2nd Lt. Crockett Colbert, for 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers. This platoon is engaging in a rigorous live-fire exercise featuring an assault on a simulated enemy position during Combined Resolve III, Grafenwoehr, Germany, Nov. 17, 2014. Combined Resolve III is a U.S. Army Europe-led, multi-national exercise at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr and Hohensfels training areas in Germany. The exercise focuses on maintaining and enhancing interoperability during unified land operations in a decisive action-training environment. (Photograph by Army Sgt. William A. Parsons, 214th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment/Released)