SSgt Myers Memorial Service

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Air Force Capt. Robert Scott, 755th Air Expeditionary Group Explosive Ordinance Disposal Operational Location Bravo officer in charge, renders his final salute at the memorial service for fallen EOD team leader Air Force Staff Sergeant Phillip Myers at the base chapel at Kandahar Air Field April 6. Myers was killed by an IED on April 3 during an EOD operation in Musa Qal'eh in the Helmand Province of Southern Afghanistan. (ISAF photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aramis X. Ramirez)

Memorial service honors fallen EOD team leader

Published April 6, 2009

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Service members and civilians deployed to International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Regional Command-South (RC-South) gathered in the base chapel of Kandahar Air Field April 6 to pay final respects to fallen Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers.

Sergeant Myers was killed April 3 by an improvised explosive device while conducting military operations with the 755 Air Expeditionary Group Explosive Ordinance Disposal Operational Location Bravo near Musa Qal'eh in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan.

Those gathered at the service remembered Sergeant Myers for his humility as a leader. Capt. Robert Scott, 755th AEG/EOD OL-B officer in charge, reflected on the former EOD team leader describing him as a "shining example of selfless leadership and heroism."

"He was a man who took great care to educate team members," he said. "The impression he left people with was awe and he personified excellence and took great pride in his team's successes."

Sergeant Myers, who hailed from Hopewell, Va., was deployed from the 48th EOD Flight at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom. He was the recipient of the 2008 U.S. Air Force Lupia Civil Engineering NCO of the Year award.