Events
: Southern Baptist Chaplains
Luncheon
Southern
Baptist Chaplains Luncheon
Chaplain (Capt.) Jeff
Struecker will address
the chaplain's luncheon,
slated for 11:30 a.m.-1
p.m. Monday in Mission
103B on the street level
of the convention center.
Struecker, a former Army Ranger,
was a central figure in the
book and movie Black Hawk
Down as part of Operation
Gothic Serpent in Mogadishu,
Somalia. Struecker has recounted
his various life experiences
in The Road to Unafraid with
coauthor Dean Merrill.
In addition to Somalia, Struecker's
combat experience includes
multiple tours in Operation
Iraqi Freedom and Operation
Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan,
plus participation in Operations
Iris Gold in Kuwait and Just
Cause in Panama. He enlisted
in the Army in September
1987 and was called to the
ministry while serving with
the 75th Ranger Regiment
at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Struecker holds a master of
divinity degree from Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary
in Louisville, Kentucky.
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