Melissa Watkins (right) and her two children thank the crowd for their participation in the Run for the Fallen Half-Marathon/5K, Nov. 14, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. In 2003, her husband, Lt. Col. William R. Watkins III, an F-15E weapons systems officer, was killed in the initial phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Proceeds from the event benefited the Air Warrior Courage Foundation, which paid for the children’s education in light of the family’s tragic loss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittain Crolley)
<dl><dd>Unit: 4th Fighter Wing, Air Combat Command</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base; half-marathon; Run for the Fallen; 5K</dd></dl>
Airman 1st Class Brittain Crolley
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