8/14/2008 - SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq – Private 1st Class Nicholas Fleming (right) takes a last look back at the aircraft that carried the body of fellow Soldier and friend Cpl. James Hale home from Iraq, as Capt. Daniel Gonzales consoles Cpl. Leo Arce. Soldiers from the 978th Military Police Company and Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group gathered to provide patriot honors to Corporal Hale, who was killed July 13 in Baghdad by a roadside bomb. The patriot ceremony marks the beginning of the journey home for service members killed while serving in deployed locations. ( Master Sgt


8/14/2008 - SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq – Private 1st Class Nicholas Fleming (right) takes a last look back at the aircraft that carried the body of fellow Soldier and friend Cpl. James Hale home from Iraq, as Capt. Daniel Gonzales consoles Cpl. Leo Arce. Soldiers from the 978th Military Police Company and Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group gathered to provide patriot honors to Corporal Hale, who was killed July 13 in Baghdad by a roadside bomb. The patriot ceremony marks the beginning of the journey home for service members killed while serving in deployed locations. ( Master Sgt. Brian Davidson)


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