Douglas Dietrich: The "Aquino Was A Satanic Chaplain and Wrote US Army Chaplains Handbook" Lie

Douglas Dietrich has often made the claim that Michael Aquino was a Satanic US Army Chaplain.  This is a complete falsehood and is a contradiction to Aquinos' actual, documented service history. The claim that Aquino was the author of what Dietrich calls "The Chaplains Handbook" for the entire US Military is also untrue.

Reference to Aquinos' US Army qualifications, education, and assignments do not include being a US Army "Satanic" Chaplain. https://xeper.org/pub/pub_resources.html
https://xeper.org/maquino/nm/AquinoVitae.pdf

Aquinos' involvement in the US Army manual:  Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains  Office of the Chief of Chaplains, United States Army, (October, 2001) was limited to an addition to a previous version of the manual which gave only a mentioning of the Temple of Set (ToS). 

All versions of the manual were organized by a group of Chaplains and others and prepared under the direction of the Office of Chaplains, Department of the US Army

"This Handbook has been prepared for the Office of Chaplains, Department of the Army, in order to provide information useful for chaplains on the beliefs and practices of certain 'religious' groups."

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• Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Defense, Dept. of the Army, Office of the Chief of Chaplains (1980)

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Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains  Office of the Chief of Chaplains, United States Army, (October 2001)

U.S. Army Chaplains Handbook - Temple of Set

Introduction to this File - by Michael A. Aquino  Lt. Colonel, USAR-Ret February 6, 2002.

In 1978 the U.S Department of the Army contracted the Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR) to produce DA Pamphlet 165-13: Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups - A Handbook for Chaplains. The first edition appeared in 1978 and included the Temple of Set only by mention of its name. In 1992 ISAR revised and updated the Pamphlet, this time with input from the Temple of Set. 

The “DA Pamphlet” designation was not included on the cover, and a “disclaimer of Army policy” was added to the title page, but the fact remains that this is an official Department of the Army publication distributed by the Chief of Chaplains to all command chaplains. Its contents may not be disregarded by commanders in consideration of the religious beliefs and affiliations of personnel in their units. This file consists of extracts from the revised Pamphlet pertinent to the Temple of Set, being the general introduction, the introduction to the section of the Pamphlet in which the Temple of Set description is contained, and the Temple of Set description itself. The Pamphlet’s entire table of contents is also included as a matter of interest

Until recently the entire Pamphlet was available for download from the Internet at: http://www-cgsc.army.mil/chap... but as of this date is for an unknown reason no longer accessible, though it is listed there. Of related interest at that same website - and still accessible - is DA Pamphlet 600-75: Accommodating Religious Practices. The Department of the Army is, of course, a subordinate component of the U.S. Department of Defense. Interestingly the governing Department of Defense Directive 1300.17: Accommodation of Religious Practices within the Military Services Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains. Published in 1992 as an additional supplement to DA PAM 165-13 and DA PAM 165-13-1 by the Office of the Chief of Chaplains, WASH DC 20310-2700 is still very much alive and available for download from the DoD official publications website at: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives

RELIGIOUS REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES OF CERTAIN SELECTED GROUPS: A HANDBOOK FOR CHAPLAINS 

The work involved in developing and producing this handbook was performed pursuant to contract number MDA903-90-C-0062 with the Department of Defense by The Institute for the Study of American Religion J. Gordon Melton, Project Director James R. Lewis, Senior Research Associate DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310-2700 Nothing herein shall be construed to reflect the official position, policy or endorsement of the Department of the Army, or of the Chief of Army Chaplains regarding the organization, beliefs, or doctrine of the religious groups described in this manual. It contains information on these selected religious groups provided by the groups themselves. Errors or changes may be reported through official channels to the Chief of Army Chaplains.

NOTE: The Temple of Set does not participate in, or accept representation by the Corps of Chaplains in any branch of the armed forces of any nation. 

Aquino's contribution to the manual:  http://www.alleeshadowtradition.com/pdf/army_chaplain_handbook.pdf