patgund | More about the "Baptism for Baths" Chaplain

Still not sure if this is real, (as someone who had wanted to be a
chaplain, I can't believe one would be that clueless). However, that
article has showed up on a lot of the wires.

So I did some checking on Google.

While I would wish the story about the "Baths for Baptism" chaplain was
a myth, there's a disturbing amount of evidence that tends to suggest it's
not.

First off, The Military Pagan Network has been following this matter

http://www.milpagan.org/wwwboard/milpagan/messages/6/991.html?1049784665

When you look at the news article, there's some data that can be checked.

The article calls him "Army chaplain Josh Llano of Houston", and then
later calls him a "Southern Baptist evangelist"

The Newsletter for the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
(http://www.swbts.edu/) mentions in their Winter 2003 newsletter a Army
Chaplain 2nd Lt. Josh Llano (MDivBLChp2002) that serves at Fort Benning,
Georgia.

PDF file of the newsletter at:

http://www.swbts.edu/happenings/southwesternnews/pdf/winter2003/militarychap
lains.pdf

A copy of their campus newsletter reports a "Josh Llano, a master of
divinity in biblical languages student from Houston, Texas, is president of
the seminary's military chaplaincy fellowship.

PDF file of that newsletter at:

http://www.swbts.edu/happenings/scroll/pdf/01/nov/11-06-01.pdf

As for DoD public records, MILPER (Military Personnel) Message Number:
02-170 shows a "LLANO, JOSH L." on the Army chaplain's promotion list to
Captain, said list to expire July 04, 2003

http://perscomnd04.army.mil/milpermsgs.nsf/6d5c46c09f4d4e7285256985004f0108/
e6c2ced0dfebf7c485256bce003a99f5?OpenDocument

So, the evidence suggests that there is a Josh Llano currently serving
as a chaplain in the US Army, is an ordained Southern Baptist minister, and
is from Houston, Texas. And the unit he's assigned to is in the Middle
East right now.