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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq ? Chaplain (Maj.) Henry Close takes a moment to reflect on the memorial of fallen firefighter, Staff Sgt. Ray Rangel. Feb. 13 marked the four-year anniversary of Rangel?s death. Close gave the opening benediction to the ceremony honoring Rangel. Rangel, a fire emergency services technician, died Feb. 13, 2005, while attempting to save two Soldiers trapped in an overturned humvee in a canal in northern Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Dilia Ayala)


JBB first-responders remember fallen comrade

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq ? Chaplain (Maj.) Henry Close takes a moment to reflect on the memorial of fallen firefighter, Staff Sgt. Ray Rangel. Feb. 13 marked the four-year anniversary of Rangel?s death. Close gave the opening benediction to the ceremony honoring Rangel. Rangel, a fire emergency services technician, died Feb. 13, 2005, while attempting to save two Soldiers trapped in an overturned humvee in a canal in northern Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Dilia Ayala)