Mohammad Sherrif, District Governor for Sangin, salutes the battlefield cross for U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ralph E. Pate Jr., an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician with 8th Engineer Support Battalion in support of 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, during a memorial ceremony held at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Jackson, Sangin, Afghanistan July 11, 2011. Pate was killed in action while conducting combat operations in the district on June 26, 2011. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Logan W. Pierce)
