Air Force Airman 1st Class Jake Pullen, a space control operator with the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, receives a phone call from Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, 2016. Pullen is deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility where he supports Operation Silent Sentry, which monitors and helps to protect U.S. satellite communications assets. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson