Balad Airmen honor fallen on Memorial Day: More than 300 Airmen from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/332nd_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" class="extiw" title="en:332nd Air Expeditionary Wing">332nd Air Expeditionary Wing</a> share a moment of silence in front of the Fallen Airman Memorial May 28 at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balad_Air_Base" class="extiw" title="en:Balad Air Base">Balad Air Base</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>. Thirty-three Airmen's names are inscribed on the memorial, including the wing's most recent loss, Staff Sgt. John Self. The sergeant, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Security_Forces" class="extiw" title="en:Air Force Security Forces">security forces</a> defender with the Det. 3, 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Camp Liberty, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" class="mw-redirect" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, was killed May 14 while conducting a combat patrol in the Rasheed District of Baghdad.
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