In the military briefings are as common as birds in the sky. You are required to go through most briefings annually, some much more frequently than that. They are often very boring, some include videos, most include PowerPoint. The ones who are unfortunate enough to be the one leading and teaching often have what they say memorized. They like leading the briefings just as much as the people forced to sit through them. It would be the perfect excuse to get a nap in if you didn't have to take a test on it afterward, which forces you to stay awake and attempt to not let your mind wonder. And of course failing the test would include you getting yelled at by your supervisor, and then you have to sit through it again. Most briefings are now conducted on a computer, but some of the more boring ones are still taught by an instructor.
In this briefing it was the latter. Stuck in a cramped little room with nothing but white walls, a screen and desks more uncomfortable than the ones in High School to sit in. The briefings done in person were known to be about an hour long.
Sometimes they were longer than that for "technical reasons"
Sometimes the briefings can be slightly entertaining
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