An Afghan National Army tactical air coordinator (ATAC)

An Afghan National Army tactical air coordinator (ATAC) reads his certificate after completing the first-ever Afghan Tactical Air Coordinators class, Kabul, Afghanistan, May 20, 2014. Twelve soldiers graduated the course taught by U.S. Air Force Capt. Brian Leen, joint terminal attack controller, 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. An ATAC assists the engagement of enemy forces utilizing advanced technologies and weapons systems to coordinate airstrikes in close proximity of enemy forces. Leen, an Albuquerque, N.M., native, is deployed from the 7th Air Expeditionary Air Support Squadron, Fort Bliss, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)