Tom Richmond, cartoonist with the MAD Magazine, prepares

Tom Richmond, cartoonist with the MAD Magazine, prepares to place a paper on a portable drawing board to begin drawing a Task Force Lifeliner soldier during the United Services Organizations (USO) tour with the National Cartoonists Society visiting troops downrange, Sept. 4, 2013, at Bagram Air Field, Parwan province, Afghanistan. The NCS come together on a regular basis to entertain through their drawings service members downrange or at military installations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sinthia Rosario, Task Force Lifeliner Public Affairs)