BRIEF:  The most common use of this term is "getting information."  To be "briefed" is to be told something in detail.  To be "briefed in" is to have been told something and supposedly to know what is going on.  If you paid attention, this should be true.  A "briefing" is a meeting, and can be held anywhere.  You can brief a flight standing next to an airplane, and you can brief the "beer plan"  when you walk into the bar.  The "Briefer" calls the shots.  The "Briefer" is anyone who is leading that event.  So, here's what it might sound like: "OK.  Here's the brief.  We go in, we sit at the bar and we order Warbirds on draft.  Any questions?"  That is a good, simple, clear brief.  Everyone appreciates a good brief.  See also DEBRIEF.

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