Are Reformed Baptists Truely Reformed?

I remember some years ago standing in formation with my fellow marines as information was gathered from us for some new dog tags that were being made for us before a deployment to the Middle East. One by one our names were called out by our Gunnery Sgt. when finally mine was called . . .
"Sgt. Fales!"
"Here, Gunny!"
"Blood type?"
"0+, Gunny."
"SSN?"
"--- -- ----, Gunny."
"Religion?"
"Reformed Baptist, Gunny."
"What!? You mean Baptist?"
"No, Gunny, there is a distinctive."
"What the *$#@ are you talking about Sgt."
I then took it as an opportunity to simply share the Gospel, not just with the Gunny, but with all of my troops that had heard me tell it to them so many times before.
Tonight I do not remember this story because of the differences I may have with other Baptist denominations, but because of a distinct similarity I share with other Christan brothers, the Reformed.
For hundreds of years Reformed or Particular Baptists have been challenged by those of the Reformed faith as to being genuinely "Reformed." Typically this debate for the Reformed has hinged on one point, the difference of Baptism.
It appears that this discussion has begun, or continue of late with Dr. James White and Dr. Scott Clark, with support for White's position being added to by Dr. Michael Haykin. You can follow these discussions at these links:
White
Haykin

Great comments from both of these men and I agree with them. I also want to point out the importance of Dr. Whites final point about the understanding of the newness of the covenant. I think we find right there the true hinge or difference between the two camps. Its not so much baptism, signs, but of what the New Covenant really is about. As he stated, you can not read Hebrews (and the rest of the NT) without seeing that with the advent and death and resurrection of Jesus Christ something has changed, something better, something new has arrived.
At no other time in the History of Salvation has the announcement been make that the Kingdom of God had come. Only with the Advent of Jesus do we see this. So, the covenant He came to ratify was the covenant, not of this earth or of an earthly kingdom or nation, but a covenant of the Kingdom of God. One only has to look at the New Covenant's description in Jer. 31 to realize the truth of this. The members of this New Covenant would be those who had the kingdom rule written upon their hearts. So then, the question is not a matter of who are baptism, but of covenant?
Today were I standing in formation with those Marines and the Gunny were to ask me, "Sgt. Fales, religion?" my response my be something like:
"New Covenant Reformed Baptist."
lol. OK, so you will benefit much more from reading the articles posted then what you just read here, sooo, go read them. :)