Members of the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (Kingpin) render a salute as the colors are raised during a memorial ceremony at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, May 13. Kingpin's annual ceremony was in honor of Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr., a squadron warrior who was killed by an improvised explosive device as the 728th ACS convoyed from Kuwait to Baghdad, May 13, 2003. Kingpin executes tactical command and control for Operation Iraqi Freedom.