Jeff Struecker
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Jeff Struecker is a U.S. Army Chaplain notable for his involvement in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993. He also participated in the 1989 invasion of Panama (Operation Just Cause) and in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.
In 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia Stuecker was 24 year old Sergeant and squad leader assigned to the unit Task Force Ranger. Today he speaks about his experiences and about his Christian faith. He became a Christian at age 13. He believes that "[a]s a Christian, no matter what happens to me in this life, if I live or die, I am firmly in God's hands."
He is portrayed in the movie Black Hawk Down by Brian Van Holt.
