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1st SOSFS honors fallen defenders

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  • By Senior Airman Krystal M. Garrett
  • 1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
HULRBURT FIELD, Fla. --  Two Security Forces Air Commandos raised money and spent time putting together a fallen defender memorial wall at the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron on Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 16.

Tech. Sgt. Timothy Lloyd, 1st SOSFS security manager, and Staff Sgt. Toni Dudley, 1st SOSFS desk sergeant, came up with the fallen defender memorial wall and design while one day reminiscing about fellow defender Airmen they had lost in action.

"We wanted to keep their memory alive," said Lloyd.

Overall, the project which consists of photos of fallen defenders, dog tags with the defenders' name, death date and death place, a narrative, and the heroic actions, took a month to accomplish.

The wall doesn't only recognize Air Commando defenders, but all Air Force defenders.

In order for the project to be a success, Lloyd and Dudley raffled off leadership parking spots in order to raise money. The 1st SOSFS Defender Association also donated money.

Lloyd and Dudley utilized the Security Forces Center to obtain defenders killed in action since 9/11.

"The memorial was a way to pay homage to the fallen heroes in the Security Forces career field and to give passage for us as defenders to remember the true sacrifice they gave," Dudley said.