Talking Air Power

U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller, Senior Airman Cristobal Galindo, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Squadron, and native of San Bernardino, Calif., talks to Capt. Brandon Mott, commander, U.S. Army Alpha Troop, 2nd Squad, 38th Calvary, Ft. Hood, Texas, during an operations near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan on Oct. 13, 2011. Mott and Galindo are coordinating plans for use of combat air support during a mission designed to clear an area suspected of housing insurgents. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Pulling security

U.S. Air Force radio operator maintainer and driver, Senior Airman Davis Fredregill, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Squadron, and native of Pueblo, Colo., provides cover for a team clearing a building suspected of housing homemade explosives near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on Oct. 13, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Setting up the gear

U.S. Air Force radio operator, maintainer and driver, Senior Airman Davis Fredregill, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Squadron, and native of Pueblo, Colo., configures the satellite communications equipment in a mine-resistant ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle while on an operation near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on Oct. 13, 2011. Fredregill works with the JTAC to control and coordinate air combat support assets operating in the area. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Preparing for another day at work

U.S. Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller, Senior Airman Cristobal Galindo, 807th Expeditionary Air Support Squadron, and Native of San Bernardino, Calif., prepares the radios in a mine-resistant ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle before a mission on Oct. 12, 2011. JTACs embed with and provide Army ground maneuver units expertise in planning and controlling combat air resources. On this mission, Galindo will provide ground commanders with direct communications to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and combat close air support aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

1st Lt. John Grucella

U.S. Air Force 1st lt. John Grucella, a joint terminal attack controller, is currently deployed to Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Salanitri)

Senior Airman Cristobal Galindo

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cristobal Galindo, a joint terminal air controller, is currently deployed to Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Salanitri)