Photo by Airman 1st Class Aubrey White | 4th Fighter Wing | 06.14.2013
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Department of North Carolina Past Presidents Parley present U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kimberly Pate, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) NCO in-charge of operations, with an award at a convention in Raleigh, N.C., June 14, 2013. According to the legion, Pate was recognized as the North Carolina Servicewoman of the year for her......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Aubrey White | 4th Fighter Wing | 06.13.2013
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kimberly Pate, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) NCO in-charge of operations, maneuvers a robot at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., June 13, 2013. EOD teams use robots for reconnaissance and keeping distance between personnel and explosives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aubrey White/Released)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Aubrey White | 4th Fighter Wing | 06.12.2013
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kimberly Pate, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) NCO in-charge of operations, smoothes out a photo blanket on her bed at her home in Kinston, N.C., June 12, 2013. The blanket, given as a gift from her sister, contains Pate's favorite photos of her and her late husband. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aubrey White/Released)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Aubrey White | 4th Fighter Wing | 06.12.2013
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kimberly Pate, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) NCO in-charge of operations, flips through a book of EOD service member tattoo stories and photos at her home in Kinston, N.C., June 12, 2013. In the book, Pate displayed several of her tattoos which match those of her late husband. Both she and her husband got matching cartoon bomb tattoos......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Aubrey White | 4th Fighter Wing | 06.12.2013
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kimberly Pate, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) NCO in-charge of operations, sits on her motorcycle outside her home in Kinston, N.C., June 12, 2013. Pate was named North Carolina Servicewoman of the Year by the American Legion Auxiliary Past Presidents Parley for her "dedicated support, contribution and commitment to serving in the Armed......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Aubrey White | 4th Fighter Wing | 06.12.2013
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kimberly Pate, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) NCO in-charge of operations, relaxes with her dog, Art, at her home in Kinston, N.C., June 12, 2013. Pate and Art are each other's biggest supporters since her husband died supporting combat operations in Afghanistan in 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aubrey White/Released)...
Photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson | Combat Camera Afghanistan | 05.01.2010
U.S. Army Pvts. Jacob Dunn, Michael Pate and Daniel Brown, cannoneers, load a 155mm round into a 198 Howitzer, being observed by Spc. Zachary Suarez, the assistant gunner, during a support fire mission at Forward Operating Base Boris. These soldiers are from 2nd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320 Field Artillery located at FOB Boris, Paktika province, Afghanistan, May 1....
Photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson | Combat Camera Afghanistan | 05.01.2010
U.S. Army Pvt. Jacob Dunn, cannoneer, fires a 155 mm round from a 198 Howitzer, during a support fire mission at Forward Operating Base Boris. He is from 2nd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320 Field Artillery located at FOB Boris, Paktika province, Afghanistan, May 1....
