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FYI Chaplin killed in Afgan...

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by exscentric, Sep 3, 2010.

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  1. exscentric

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    News you probably didn't hear.

    Army Chaplain First to Die in Combat Since Vietnam
    Religion News Service reports that a Baptist minister from Oregon who was killed in Afghanistan on Monday is the first Army chaplain to die in combat since Vietnam. Capt. Dale Allen Goetz, 43, died in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan's Arghandab River Valley. He had been in Afghanistan less than a month. Four other Fort Carson, Colo., soldiers were also killed in the attack. Goetz is the 124th service member with strong ties to Oregon to die in Afghanistan or Iraq. But as a chaplain, he was a noncombatant and unarmed. The more than 400 Army chaplains in Iraq or Afghanistan are military officers. Their job is to reach soldiers on the battlefield, to provide religious support and to perform services or rites, said Lt. Col. Carleton Birch, a spokesman for the Army Chief of Chaplains. Goetz attended Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Watertown, Wis. He completed his Master of Divinity degree at Central Baptist Theological Seminary, which is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA.
     
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    I heard about this the other day from a chaplain's wife. So tragic but it just goes to show that these men are willing to lay down their lives in service for the Lord. May God be with his family and comfort them during this difficult time.
     
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    Military chaplains go into the muck right alongsize their infantry brethren. I pray for peace for his family. Additionally, each chaplain is assigned a Chaplain's Assistant whose job, in part, it is to protect the chaplain. This person IS armed and is there to protect the chaplain. Hopefully his assistance survived this attack. However, he will have to deal with the grief of not being able to do his job and save his boss. Sadness all around.
     
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