Elizabeth Jacobson

Jacobson was born and raised in Florida. She resided in the Riviera Beach area and attended Palm Beach Gardens and Gold Coast high schools. Elizabeth lived with her parents, David M Jacobson and Marianne Earhart, in California until she was 15 when she returned to live with her grandparents, Cos Cosimano and Sondra Millman, Riviera Beach, Florida and then joined the Air Force. == Career ==

Jacobson enlisted in 2003, and completed basic military and security forces training in Texas in 2004. On September 28, 2005, while Jacobson was guarding a convoy originating from Camp Bucca, Iraq, the vehicle she was riding in was hit by an improvised explosive device near the Iraqi town of Safwan. The explosion killed her and U.S. Army sergeant Steve Morin Jr., 34 years old, from Arlington, Texas. A third soldier who was manning the vehicle's turret weapon was injured but survived the attack. At the time of her death, she was assigned to the 17th Security Forces Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas and deployed to Iraq as part of the 586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. Jacobson had been in the Air Force for two years and was deployed to Iraq for more than three months. Jacobson is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Pompano Beach, Florida. == Legacy ==

The U.S. Air Force has established the Elizabeth N. Jacobson Award for Expeditionary Excellence which is given to airmen for outstanding performance during a deployment. A street on Ali Al Salem Air Base running from entry control point "Echo 4" to the Republic of Korea Air Force (South Korean Air Force) compound was renamed "Jacobson Avenue" in her honor. Goodfellow Air Force Base renamed the base main gate Jacobson Gate. The Eagle Chapter of the Air Force Security Police Association created a challenge coin to honor Jacobson. At Lackland Air Force Base, there is the Jacobson Training Complex for Security Forces members. The library located inside the facility has numerous mementos from Jacobson. The base museum also holds her in a position of honor. The Travis Air Force Base First Term Airman's Center is named after Jacobson. == Assignments ==

• 2003 – 2004, 17th Training Wing, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas • 2004 – 2005, 17th Security Forces Squadron, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas • 2005 – 2005, Camp Bucca, Iraq == Awards and decorations ==