Tabitha Brown accepts a flag from Air Force Special Operations Command commander Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel in honor of her husband, Technical Sgt. John Brown, during a funeral ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Aug. 30, 2011.

Brown was one of 30 Americans killed in the Aug. 6, 2011 crash of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in eastern Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tiffany Trojca