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9/8/2009
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Buddhist Chaplain Is Army First
Author: Bob Smietana, The (Nashville) Tennessean Source: USA Today
Title: BUDDHIST CHAPLAIN IS ARMY FIRST
When Thomas Dyer heads to Afghanistan in December, the former Marine and one-time Southern Baptist pastor won't take a rifle with him. He won't take a Bible, either.
Instead, Dyer, a Tennessean National Guardsman from Memphis and the first Buddhist chaplain in the history of the U.S. Army, hopes to bring serenity and calm, honed by months of intensive meditation.
That preparation, he says, will help him bring spiritual care in the midst of a war zone. "We're going to put it to the test," Dyer said.
Dyer's deployment is another step in the U.S. military's attempt to meet the diverse spiritual needs of America's fighting forces. It's no easy task.
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Draken (Bronx, New York) - Email Me - Web
...and yet the fundies in the Upper Echelon won't approve a Pagan chaplain. Some friends and I were talking about this very topic when I was in the Navy, and I got out over nine years ago. I don't see it happening for at least another 20 years.
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