Fallen Tampa Bay native returns home
Chaplain (Capt.) John Choi, 6th Air Mobility Wing, walks with the parents of Army Spc. Brittany B. Gordon, St. Petersburg Assistant Police Chief Cedric Gordon and Brenda Gordon after greeting the remains of Spc. Gordon, 24, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 24, 2012. Gordon suffered fatal wounds on Oct. 13 in Kandahar Afghanistan after enemy forces attacked her unit with an improvised explosive device. Gordon was assigned to the 572nd Military Intelligence Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shandresha Mitchell/Released)