Chaplain Timothy Meier (left), a native of Northville, Mich., who serves as a chaplain with 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, and Sgt. 1st Class Matthew McGee, from Lawton, Okla., who serves as Meier's assistant, stand in front of their unit's guidon and the California state flag that hangs in their office inside 4th Inf. Div. and MND-B headquarters, Oct. 28, 2008. Both men serve with the 142nd Chaplains Detachment, California Army National Guard, currently attached to the chaplain's office, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B. Meier is a Catholic priest, who was commissioned an officer at the age of 50.