8/27/2012 - Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Alston, the command senior enlisted leader for U.S. Strategic Command, speaks with Airmen assigned to the Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force during an enlisted call in the Joint Space Operations Center here Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2012. Alston talked about U.S. Strategic Command's mission and the important role service members play in providing missile warning, space superiority, space situational awareness, satellite operations, space launch and range operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)