SSgt T J. Lobraico, Jr., served with the 1051h Security Forces Squadron at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, NY His parents still serve there, as his mother swore him in. TJ is remembered as serving for the Reapers in Afghanistan that would track and engage the enemy using dogs. On one night, TJ and bis dog, interrupted an IED team setting an ambush. His team would have been killed, but TJ took the first hit, alerted his team, and paid the price. He volunteered for this particular role regardless of the danger, but he loved working with dogs too.