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DVIDS - Images - Artillery training [Image 2 of 7]
The photo above isn't mine, but it's my favorite from the public portfolio of Specialist Hilda Clayton. SPC Clayton was a combat camera attached to my unit in Afghanistan, and she was our unit's only fatality during our 2012/2013 deployment. She lost her life during a training accident that also killed three of the Afghan soldiers she was documenting. I know that Memorial Day means nothing more than a day off of work and a trip to the lake for a lot of people, but it should be a time to reflect on the sacrifice of all my brothers and sisters who didn't come home.
Being a combat camera gives a really unique perspective into the last weeks and months of SPC Clayton's life. You can browse her portfolio (https://www.dvidshub.net/search/?fi...153&filter[type]=image&sort=date#.U37TX_ldVzg) and see what she was working on up until just a few weeks before her death on July 2, 2013.