Capt. Bryon Kroger and 1st Lt. Carlo Viray, review combat applications in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 13, 2017. The officers, who are part of the Air Operations Center Pathfinder acquisition program run out of Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., work with coders in an open workspace environment with civilians who train them on the techniques used by Silicon Valley’s best software programmers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Berry)