Airman First Class (A1C) Leebernard E. Chavis, assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, was killed by enemy gunfire on October 14, 2006 in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq.
A1C Chavis, age 21, was performing duties as a member of a U.S. military police training team supporting Iraqi police at the time of his death.
Jose J. Sanchez, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Defender Magazine, is a U.S. Air Force veteran who served in the Presidential Honor Guard, Bolling AFB, Washington DC, the 416th Security Police Squadron, Griffiss AFB, NY, and the 89th Security Forces Squadron, Andrews AFB, MD