Face that has seen it all

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Dickey, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller, is currently deployed to Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. Dickey has deployed five times in Support of Operatin Enduring Freedon and Operation Iraqi Freedon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Salanitri)

Ready to fight

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Perran, a joint terminal attack controller, is currently deployed to Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. Tactical Attack Control Party members provide assistance and expertise in planning and controlling combat air resources. They also operate and supervise communication nets to support Army ground maneuvers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Salanitri)

Contact!

Staff Sgt. Joshua Dickey, Joint Terminal Attack Controller assigned to Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, talks to aircraft as his unit receives direct enemy fire (tracer rounds shown), Oct. 9, 2011 in Sping Boldak, Afghanistan. Dickey's units received zero casualties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Salanitri)

Airmen Secure the Airfield

Staff Sgt. Timothy Butler, 407th Expeditionary Security Forces Flight member, patrols the Ali Base flight line, Aug. 28, 2011, in Iraq. Butler is deployed from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and is from Long Beach, Calif. (U. S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

Airmen Secure the Airfield

Airman 1st Class Rafael Mauricio, 407th Expeditionary Security Forces Flight member, guards aircraft on the Ali Base flight line, Aug. 28, 2011, in Iraq. Mauricio is deployed from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and is from the Bronx, N.Y. (U. S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

Mass Re-enlistment in Iraq

Senior Airman Chuck Broadway, middle, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq public affairs journalist, shakes the hand of Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, left, after receiving a coin and a re-enlistment certificate, while Command Sgt. Maj. Earl Rice, right, looks on during the mass re-enlistment ceremony at an oasis on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2011. Helmick is the U.S. Forces-Iraq deputy commanding general-operations. Rice is his Command Sgt. Maj. Broadway is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and is from Apopka, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)