Nicole Leeann Gee (née Herrera; May 1, 1998 – August 21, 2021) was a United States Marine Corps Sergeant who was killed in Afghanistan during Operation Allies Refuge.

Rosario Pichardo, and that of the other servicewomen working in the screening of female evacuees saved, on estimation, over 124,000 lives in America's largest airlift operation ever.

[1][14][15] Six days before her death, Gee made a post on social media which included a photograph of her holding an Afghan infant, where she remarked "I love my job.

"[16][7][17][18] Her fellow Marines shared that Gee "worked tirelessly, forgoing sleep and rest to help as many Afghan women and children escape as she could.

"[19] In Tim Kennedy's memoir Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself, he recounted meeting Gee while in Afghanistan, and that she had helped him to search the women who had been rescued before bringing them on the base.

[9] After Gee's death, the photo she had posted on her personal Instagram of her cradling an infant in Afghanistan with the caption "I love my job" went viral.

[10][5][32] In May 2024, the California State Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to dedicate a portion of Interstate 80 as the Nicole Gee Memorial Highway.

[34] In August 2024, President Donald Trump laid a ceremonial wreath in honor of Gee at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and visited her gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery.

We must faithfully abide the solemn responsibility America owes to a fallen soldier: to honor, to memorialize, to never forget, so that Sergeant Gee’s legacy is forever woven into the fabric of our community.