Chief pays final respects to departed hero
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq - Chief Master Sgt. Scott Dearduff, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant, holds Staff Sergeant John T. Self's dog tags to show respect during Staff Sgt. Self's memorial ceremony at the Balad Air Base Town Hall May 18, 2007. Staff Sgt. Self, a Security Forces Defender assigned to Detachment 3, 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, 732nd Air Expeditionary Group, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, died during combat operations May 14, 2007 near Baghdad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Alan Port)