Recently I interviewed Chaplain (Captain) Timothy Meier over the phone as he serves in Iraq. He is a Roman Catholic priest, a Jesuit, who is originally from the Detroit area.

Father Meier has spent a lot of time in school. In addition to his theological training, he holds a doctorate in Molecular Neuro Biology and works with the Undergraduate Biology Honors program at Stanford University. He helps out with local Catholic parishes and for the past couple of years has served with the California Army National Guard. That is what brought him to Iraq.
It’s clear to me that Fr. Meier is a dedicated man who takes his calling seriously, all the while appreciating others around him. He spoke so highly of his chaplain assistant, SFC McGee, as they together form a pastoral team to visit often neglected troops “outside the wire.”... Read more here

I recently “met” Chaplain Tim Meier by phone (see excerpt of an interview with him). As we talked about his experiences serving in Iraq, I asked him what the hardest part of his deployment had been. He told me that he had been the first chaplain to arrive at the scene of the clinic shootings in mid-May. He shared with me how this was the hardest thing he had to face in his nearly one year in Iraq.... Read more here