IFC-PAC Supper with Jeff Struecker
(Black Hawk Down)
February 18th, 2025
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This event has sold out every year!
Join the Iowa Firearms Coalition for an engaging & personal evening, interacting with Major Jeff Struecker. Maj. Struecker is a retired US Army Ranger with 17 combat deployments & was portrayed in the movie Blackhawk Down, as well as a Chaplain and award-winning author.
Don’t miss this unique chance to connect with a true Iowa hero while enjoying some delicious barbecue from Smokey D’s and listening to live music from local artist Ben Puttmann.
Jeff Struecker was a decorated soldier. At age 18, he enlisted in the United States Army as an Infantryman and retired as a chaplain with over 22 years of active federal service. In 2017, he was inducted into the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame.
He served for ten years in the 75th Ranger Regiment in positions from Private to Platoon Sergeant. While serving in this unit, Jeff competed in and won the David L. Grange Best Ranger Competition in 1996. He taught ROTC at the University of Louisville and was recognized in 1998 as the US Army ROTC, Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. Jeff spent his final ten years in the US Army serving as a chaplain in Airborne and Ranger units.
Throughout his career, Jeff has attended numerous professional military schools and has received many awards and commendations. Some of his awards include the Ranger Tab, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Master Parachutists Wings, Military Freefall Master Parachutist Wings, several foreign jump wings and the Combat Action Badge. He has been awarded other commendations and decorations throughout his military career.
His combat experience includes participation in the invasion of Panama, Operation Desert Storm, Black Hawk Down in Somalia, and more than a dozen combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. Jeff has been awarded medals for valor in combat and has received many medals as recognition for his service in the US Army.
Jeff holds a Ph.D. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. He also has several other earned and honorary degrees. He is the lead pastor of 2 Cities Church in Columbus, Georgia. He is an award-winning author with five books in print. He and his wife, Dawn, have five children and four grandchildren.
5:50 PM – 7:00 PM – Doors open, Drinks, Live Music, Raffle entries, etc.
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM – Supper meal from Smokey D’s
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM – Meet & Greet with Jeff Struecker & IFC Leadership
8:30 PM – 9:00 PM – Raffle drawings & door prizes
