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Air Force Chaplain Hayden Vavarek conducts a Catholic Mass for joint service members.
Air Force Chaplain Hayden Vavarek conducts a Catholic Mass for joint service members at Naval Air Station New Orleans, La., on Sept. 11, 2005. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Maj. Vavarek is assigned to the 315th Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.