Port Dawgs finish their memorial run at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 24, 2021. The Port Dawg Memorial Run is an annual event held by the transportation community to pay respect to fallen port dawgs from the previous year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Serrano)

The family of Tech. Sgt. Curtis E. Eccleston walk along the track during the Annual Port Dawg Memorial Run at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 24, 2021. Eccleston, previously stationed here, lost his life in 2011. In 2013, the Port Dawgs in Kadena Air Base held the first ever 5K memorial run in honor of Eccleston. The event has since become an annual event held across the entire career field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Serrano)

Tie-down devices hang from a chain stretched across two forklifts during the Annual Port Dawg Memorial Run at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 24, 2021. Each tie-down device upon the chain represents the 12 fallen aerial porters who lost their lives in 2020. Each year the event is held in honor of Port Dawgs who lost their lives the previous year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Serrano)

Port Dawgs being their memorial run at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 24, 2021. The Port Dawg Memorial Run is an annual event held by the transportation community to pay respect to fallen port dawgs from the previous year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Serrano)

A U.S. Air Force Airman places the final tie-down device on a chain stretched across two forklifts during the opening ceremony of the Annual Port Dawg Memorial Run at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 24, 2021. Each tie-down device upon the chain represents fallen aerial porters who lost their lives the previous year. In 2020 the air transportation community lost 12 Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Serrano)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Kaylee McLean, 305th Aerial Port Squadron commander, provides opening remarks at the Annual Port Dawg Memorial Run at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 24, 2021. The event is held by the transportation community to pay respect to fallen port dawgs from the previous year. In 2020 the air transportation community lost 12 Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Serrano)