Memorial service honors fallen team leader

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4/6/2009 - KABUL, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- Servicemembers and civilians deployed to International Security Assistance Force Regional Command-South gathered to pay final respects to a fallen Airman April 6 in the base chapel of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Myers, 30, was killed April 3 by an improvised explosive device while conducting military operations with the 755th Air Expeditionary Group Explosive Ordinance Disposal Operational Location Bravo near Musa Qal'eh in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan.

Those gathered at the service remembered Sergeant Myers for his humility as a leader. Capt. Robert Scott, the 755th AEG/EOD OL-B officer in charge, reflected on the former EOD team leader describing him as a "shining example of selfless leadership and heroism."

"He was a man who took great care to educate team members," he said. "The impression he left people with was awe and he personified excellence and took great pride in his team's successes."

Sergeant Myers, who hailed from Hopewell, Va., was deployed from the 48th EOD Flight at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. He was the recipient of the 2008 U.S. Air Force Lupia Civil Engineer NCO of the Year Award.

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Capt. Robert Scott renders his final salute at the memorial service for fallen explosive ordnance device team leader Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers April 6 at the base chapel at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Myers was killed by an improvised explosive device April 3 during an EOD operation in Musa Qal'eh in the Helmand Province of Southern Afghanistan. Captain Scott is the 755th Air Expeditionary Group Explosive Ordinance Disposal Operational Location Bravo officer in charge. (International Security Assistance Force photo/U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aramis X. Ramirez)

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