Air Force chaplain celebrates Mass for Romanians in Italian
Chaplain (Maj.) Timothy Hirten reads a prayer while Warrant Officer Ionut Gabriel Mittelbrun, left, and Lt. Col. Marian Popa, follow along with the reading Dec. 5 at the Romanian chapel on Ali Base, Iraq. Chaplain Hirten volunteers his time to help lead a Catholic Mass for coalition forces at the Romanian camp. The chaplain is assigned to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group Chapel and is deployed from Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Warrant Officer Mittelbrun and Colonel Popa are both assigned to the Romanian Army. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder)