Christmas worship Iraq and Afghanistan

By VariousDecember 30, 2009

Christmas worship in a war zone
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2 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ronnie Mays sings "Silent Night" during a candlelight service Christmas Eve in the Chapel at Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 24. Mays is from Macon, Ga. and serves with the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army N... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Christmas worship in a war zone
3 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – On a dark and not so silent night following a Christmas Eve chapel service, members of the Forward Operating Base Farah congregation and other base patrons who decided to join them, led by 4-73rd Calvary Chaplain, U.S. Army Capt. Light Shin with the ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Christmas worship in a war zone
4 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team sing during a candlelight Christmas service at Forward Operating Base Falcon's chapel, Dec. 24. The evening service ends with one candle lighting the all the others in the chapel. The chaplain lights one... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Christmas worship in a war zone
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6 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Pfc. Patrick Quirino, cavalryman with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, takes communion from Chap. U.S. Army Lt. Col. Matthew Atkins after attending an Advent Christmas service, Dec. 20, a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Christmas worship in a war zone
7 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad's Lt. Col. Barbara Sherer, chaplain, provides a Protestant service Christmas Day to members of A Troop, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Christmas worship in a war zone
8 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division's Maj. Tyson Wood, chaplain, provides a Catholic mass Christmas Day to Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, MND-B at Joint Service Statio... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Christmas worship in a war zone
9 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Chaplain Capt. Carl Subler, 5th Stryker Brigade, provides the Catholic Eucharist to Staff Sgt. Stephen Marshall, Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment awaiting transportation at the helicopter loading zone on Forward Operatin... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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