Alejandro Alvarado, 47th Contracting Flight contract officer, writes out plans on his board on April 2, 2019 at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Alvarado’s role as a contracting officer involves numerous tasks, topmost of which is soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, and awarding contracts, furnishing products and services to the Federal Government. He partakes in much analyzing, administration, planning developing strategy and dealing with the kinks in between. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anne McCready)