Thanks! Okay guys. I've compiled a list of what I'm going to change in the sample briefing. Tell me if it will work or not, and whether you think you'd like this new version better:

What I'll be changing:
-Get rid of the smell comment, they'd be used to it by now.

-They are in the briefing tent to be briefed for their night's mission. I must make that clear.

-As with most of the "airfields" that the Po-2's of the night witches took off from, they were farmsteads, and large pieces of flat land more often than airfields. (Their training did take place at Engels airfield, though) Therefore, the setting is a farm on a road, which will be used for takeoff like a normal runway. I will set up objects, and it will look good. I promise. The farm, thanks to being on the front lines, will be in disrepair.

-Changing "haven't bathed in many days and nights" to "haven't bathed in several days."

-The girls, instead of crying, save for Irina, will be talking and gossiping about the previous night's mission, a few remain silent, but others chatter wildly. Irina is the only one crying. However, the main character will have been closer to Dusya, thus making it a more emotional mission, a reason to cry.

-Uniforms: By this point many of the women were still wearing male uniforms, but I believe now some may have altered theirs. So the crowd of clothing will be mixed, some will have bad stitch jobs, others will look perfect. Some girls will be wearing hats they made out of the extra fabric, others will have made scarves. Etc... Randomness of the uniforms will add to the atmosphere.

-Still living on the farm will be an elderly couple and their grandchild. The couple's sons and other grandchildren either died in Leningrad or fighting at the front. The squadron gives them company, and the couple cooks meals for them in addition to helping provide shelter. They are also a source of conversation in rough times. The grandchild is a boy no older than 11 years. They live in poor conditions, and every time the women take a look at the decrepid state of their living, it gives them renewed strength, another reason to fight.

-More detail about weather conditions and the target in the briefing. Talk about hearing the clicking and clunking of the mechanics doing their job outside the tent.
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Those are the notes I came up with. If there's anything else I should change, let me know. I should have the edited story up by the end of the day, but as I'm getting sick, (I think I'm getting a cold) It may be another day or two before I can get it up.
So, tell me what you think?