The Rev. Martha Kester, a chaplain in the Iowa National Guard and rector at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Des Moines, Iowa, was stationed in Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan for an 8-1/2 month deployment Nov 201 to July 2011. She will share her experiences as the first woman chaplain in the Iowa National Guard.
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