U.S. Marine Nicole Gee, 23, Killed in Afghanistan Terrorist Attack

(8/2021) United States Marine Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, has been identified as one of the 13 U.S. service members who was killed in Thursday’s terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Gee became known to the world as a hero when she posted an August 20 picture of her on Instagram caring for a baby in Kabul, saying “I love my job.” Less than a week later, she would be killed in a heinous suicide bombing perpetrated by members of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), ISIS’s Afghanistan affiliate.

Gee, from Roseville, California, was a maintenance technician with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. As Stars and Stripes reported, Capt. Karen Holliday said of Gee that “She was doing God’s work…..a warrior...helping Afghan women and children (who were) trying to get out of country."