‘Black Hawk Down’ Hero Guest Speaker at First Chapel

Jeff Struecker, a “Black Hawk Down” hero, told University of Mobile students how God taught him faith from the front lines in fear-soaked times during the first chapel of fall semester Aug. 19.

Struecker is an author, pastor and former U.S. Army Ranger who was involved in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993. He has co-authored five published books, including “The Road to Unafraid: How the Army’s Top Ranger Faced Fear and Found Courage through Black Hawk Down and Beyond.”