Sgt. Xochi Risco, a chaplain’s assistant from 42nd

Sgt. Xochi Risco, a chaplain’s assistant from 42nd Regional Support Group, follows along in a prayer book during a Seder meal at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center in Baghdad April 30, 2016. Risco, a member of the New Jersey National Guard, volunteered for the Passover mission as a chaplain’s assistant even though she isn’t Jewish. Combined Joint Force Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve chaplains requested for a rabbi deploy to Iraq to support service members and their right to freely exercise religion. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Katie Eggers/Released)