732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron 732 ESFS / Detachment 3 and 732 ESFS / Detachment 2 was a United States Air Force Security Forces unit sent to support Police Transition Teams in Baghdad , Iraq from 2005 until July 31 , 2010 . It was a " Request for Forces " ( RFF ) # 619 or " In Lieu Of " agreement between the United States Air Force and United States Army . Rff 619 earned multiple unit awards and its members receiving individual awards as the Army Combat Action Badge , Air Force Combat Action Medal , Purple Heart , and the Bronze Star . The 732 ESFS is one of the most highly decorated and regarded Air Force units that participated in OIF . Organization . RFF 619 is the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces . The 732nd ESFS was part of the 732nd Air Expeditionary Group under the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing , headquartered at Balad Air Base , Iraq . Det - 3 was a subordinate unit of the 1 - 1 Cavalry and the 336 MP Battalion . In January 2009 , Detachment 2 was formed and deployed to join the PTT efforts in Iraq . They were based initially at FOB Mahmudiyah in the middle of the " Triangle of Death . " Det 1 , 4 , and 5 were tasked with Law & Order missions on their respective FOBs at Speicher , the IZ , and Adder / Tallil . Det 6 was used both as a Police Transition Team in Tikrit based at Speicher and as a Law Enforcement Detachment on the FOB in Taji . 732nd ESFS MWD Handlers were assigned to Army units at FOBs throughout the AOR . Mission . Performs combat patrols to Iraqi Police stations . Trains , mentors and coaches the Iraqi Police in arguably Baghdad ' s worst districts to include Al Rashid , Karadah , Kadhimiya , Mansour and Abu Ghraib . Its main objective is to restore faith and legitimacy to the Iraqi Police . Det - 3 has also performed Protective Services Detail for high - ranking Army , Air Force , and civilian officials into such cities as Ramadi and Fallujah . History . When deployed in June 2006 , RFF 619 was renamed 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron ' s Detachment 7 . A majority of the members and the core leadership originated from the 824th Security Forces Squadron , Moody AFB , Georgia . Other airmen from 204th Security Forces Squadron El Paso , Texas and the 23rd Security Forces Squadron , Moody AFB augmented the 824th SFS . In Nov 2006 , Security Forces volunteers from over 65 different bases relieved the 824th Security Forces Squadron . Shortly thereafter , the Air Force re designated Det - 7 as Det - 3 . This unit ( call sign : Wildcards ) would become the very first year long PTT tour conducted by Security Forces . Det - 3 would be assigned to the 92nd MP Battalion deployed to Camp Liberty in Baghdad . In September 2007 , a multi - million dollar compound was constructed on Sather Air Base . It would be named " Camp Defender " in honor of fallen members A1C Lee Bernard Chavis and SSgt John T . Self . The area contains living quarters , a Base defense operations center , Armory , and a motor pool . In early 2008 Det - 3 Shadow Company was relocated to Forward Operating Base Falcon , Baghdad Iraq . Det 3 runs missions from several camps , forward operating bases , and joint security stations around Baghdad . The " Praetorian " detachment of 2010 was tasked to work the largest operating environment ( OE ) across the Baghdad Province in the history of the Det 3 mission as US Army MP units departed and the OE grew . Det - 3 includes several Army medics , communications techs , mechanics , administration personnel , and an intelligence team . [ 7 ] Det 3 was inactivated on July 3 , 2010 at Camp Taji , Iraq . 732 ESFS , Det 2 was officially " Off Mission " and relieved of duty on 26 July 2010 by the Army ' s 94th MP Company at Camp Stryker , Iraq . W . I . A and K . I . A . On September 22 , 2006 Airman 1st Class Jeremy Birchfield an 824th Security Forces Squadron turret gunner was hit by a sniper during patrol operations . He was presented with the Purple Heart at Camp Victory , Iraq Sept . 24 , 2006 . On October 14 , 2006 , A1C Lee Bernard Chavis was killed by small arms fire in the Karadah District of Baghdad . A1C Chavis was mortally wounded while securing the site of a suspected improvised explosive device . A1C Chavis was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart posthumously . On April 15 , 2007 , SSgt Scott Lilley was injured when the team he was with was attacked by insurgents and his vehicle hit by an Improvised Explosive Device ( IED ) . On April 25 , 2007 , Wildcard 2 - 1 , Charlie vehicle , was stuck by an IED while traveling down route Ash where local national interpreter Ahmed was critically wounded and A1C Jonathan Higgins sustained minor burn injuries , and was later diagnosed with a Traumatic Brain Injury . A1C Higgins received the Purple Heart medal and Air Force Combat Action Medal in February 2008 . On May 14 , 2007 , SSgt John T . Self was killed and three airman were wounded . SrA Joshua Brooks and SrA Melanie Manley sustained critical injuries , and SSgt Brian Breen sustained minor injuries when an IED hit the Humvee they were traveling in the Al Rashid district of Baghdad . The Squad was traveling down route Vernon and had just passed route Steelers en route back to the VBC complex when there Humvee was struck by an IED . On July 3 , 2007 , Wildcard 1 - 3 ; SSgt Daniel Peña , SrA Lawrence Taylor and SrA Mark Brown , were injured when their vehicle was hit by an IED . The squad was traveling on Route Vernon and was en route to Al Bayaa , Baghdad Police Station in the Al Rashid district . On April 3 , 2008 , SSgt Travis Griffin was killed by an IED that detonated near his vehicle while on patrol . SrA Tony Maffei , SrA Joseph Ronchetto , and Spc . Curtis Worthy were also injured in the blast . On September 8 , 2009 , 1st Lt Joseph D . Helton was killed when an IED hit the Humvee he was traveling in the Al Rashid district of Baghdad . He was the first KIA for Det 2 after previously serving 9 months as a Flight Commander for Det 3 . Also WIA were SrA Victor Wise and SrA Jon Gally . On September 15 , 2009 , SrA Philip Newlyn , A1C Eddy Kelley and SSgt Justin Stubbs were injured after an IED hit their Humvee while traveling in the Al Rashid district of Baghdad . In Media . In August 2006 , a Det - 3 M1114 turret shield was found utilizing what now has become the infamous slogan " Iraqi Photo ' s " . The picture has made its way through email and various humor sites . The Valdosta , Georgia based band " Killed by the Clue Knife " wrote the song entitled " Doc Schrope and His Long Hair " about an Air Force medic from Det - 7 . In Sept 2006 several music videos were released depicting Det - 7 in Baghdad . The videos were posted on Myspace and YouTube and are also shown at the 343rd Training Squadron . In honor of SSgt . Travis Griffin , a workout was established on the popular exercise site Crossfit .