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		<title>Marine Kissed A Girl</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/25/marine-kissed-a-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 19:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fleet Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katy Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Marine seizes the opportunity to kiss singer, Katy Perry, on stage during the opening night block party for Fleet Week New York. Fleet Week is an opportunity for Marines, sailors, and coast guardsmen to show the people of New York woh the Nave, Marine and Coast Guard team are, what they do, and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flags In at Arlington National Cemetery</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/24/flags-in-at-arlington-national-cemetery/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/24/flags-in-at-arlington-national-cemetery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington National Cemetery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ceremony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memorial day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Guard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Craig Green (left) and Sgt. Cody Donaldson of Delta Company of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) place flags during the annual &#8220;Flags In&#8221; ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery on May 24, 2012. Approximately 220,000 flags will be placed on grave markers in the Annual event that occurs the week prior to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Home for Strike Fighter Squadron 81</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/23/welcome-home-for-strike-fighter-squadron-81/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/23/welcome-home-for-strike-fighter-squadron-81/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oceana Naval Air Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strike Fighter Squadron 81]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USS Carl Vinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Deputy Wing Commander Captain Jeffrey Winter, center, is mobbed by two of his children, Julia, 11, and Jackson, 13, behind him, upon the return of Strike Fighter Squadron 81 to Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va., on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. The F/A -18E Super Hornet squadron returned Wednesday after a six-month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Force Sniper</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/22/air-force-sniper/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/22/air-force-sniper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[99th Ground Combat Training Squadron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M-24]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alyssa Gomez, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron, peers down the scope of her M24 Sniper Weapon System May 11, 2012, at the Nevada Test and Training Range. Gomez graduated a 19-day sniper course at Fort Bliss, TX. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes)]]></description>
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		<title>US Naval Academy Sea Trials</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/21/us-naval-academy-sea-trials/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/21/us-naval-academy-sea-trials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midshipman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plebe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 15, 2012) A first-year midshipman, or plebe, is splashed with mud while participating in the annual Sea Trials at the U.S. Naval Academy. Sea Trials is modeled after the Marine Corps Crucible and the Navy&#8217;s Battle Stations recruit programs. It is a capstone event for the fourth class midshipmen and serves as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KC-10 Extender</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/14/kc-10-extender/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/14/kc-10-extender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[305th Air Mobility Wing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KC-10]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A KC-10 Extender refuels another KC-10 during a training mission over the Atlantic Ocean on May 3, 2012. The two aircraft were conducting aerial refueling operations to maintain proficiency for worldwide duties. Both aircraft are from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (Tech. Sgt. Edward Gyokeres/Air Force)]]></description>
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		<title>Mud Run</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/14/mud-run-4/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/14/mud-run-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FORT CARSON, Colo. &#8212; Col. John Keenan, deputy garrison commander, trudges through waist-deep mud during the Military Sprint Spartan Race on May, 6, 2012. (Wayne Barnett/Fort Carson)]]></description>
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		<title>Prize-Winning AP Photographer Horst Faas Has Died</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/11/prize-winning-ap-photographer-horst-faas-has-died/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/11/prize-winning-ap-photographer-horst-faas-has-died/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Horst Faas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the AP: Horst Faas, a prize-winning combat photographer who carved out new standards for covering war with a camera and became one of the world&#8217;s legendary photojournalists in nearly half a century with The Associated Press, died Thursday May 10, 2012. He was 79. Faas won one of his two Pulitzer Prizes for covering the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matching Moustaches</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/09/matching-moustaches/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/09/matching-moustaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homecoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitsap-bangor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGOR, Wash. (May 6, 2012) Electrician&#8217;s Mate 1st Class Matthew Stonehocker, assigned to the Blue Crew of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743), reunites with his wife and son at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor after Louisiana&#8217;s return from a strategic deterrent patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early)]]></description>
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		<title>High-Flying Salute</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/09/high-flying-salute/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/09/high-flying-salute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airshow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leap frogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parachute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salute]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (May 4, 2012) Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 1st Class Thomas Kinn, assigned to the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, salutes as he steps off the ramp of a C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing of Missouri Air National Guard during the Sound of Speed Air Show rehearsal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fast Rope</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/08/fast-rope/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/08/fast-rope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 18:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[11th MEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast rope]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Marine assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit fast ropes from the back of a helicopter onto the aircraft elevator of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island with embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hover Spray</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/07/hover-spray/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/07/hover-spray/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 07:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hovercraft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marines]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5880</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Navy hovercraft with Assault Craft Unit 5 depart USS Makin Island carrying 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit vehicles and personnel here May 1. The units are deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, currently a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendly Visit</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/06/friendly-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/06/friendly-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 06:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[82nd Airborne Division]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Joshua Smith, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division&#8217;s 1st Brigade Combat Team, chats with an Afghan boy during an Afghan-led clearing operation April 28, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The soldier studied the Pashtun language prior to his deployment to southern Ghazni.  (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)]]></description>
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		<title>Push to the Finish in Warrior Games</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/05/push-to-the-finish-in-warrior-games/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/05/push-to-the-finish-in-warrior-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 07:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado Springs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  (May 1, 2012) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Angelo Anderson lends a helping hand to retired Navy Aviation Machinist&#8217;s Mate 2nd Class Oswald Gould during the cycling event at the 2012 Warrior Games. More than 200 wounded, ill or injured service members from the U.S. and British armed forces are scheduled to compete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cadet Wave</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/04/cadet-wave/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/04/cadet-wave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 08:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Force Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cadets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado Springs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gen. Martin Dempsey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey waives to Air Force Cadets before lunch at the Air Force Academy, Apr. 30, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></description>
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		<title>Creek Leap</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/03/5875/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/03/5875/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 21:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corpsman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helmand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Valdez (left), a corpsman with 1st Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 30-year-old native of Waipahu, Hawaii, extends a helping hand to Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Mireles, a team leader and 23-year-old native of Austin, Texas, as Mireles jumps a stream during a security patrol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USS Constitution Sailors Furl the Topsail</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/03/uss-constitution-sailors-furl-the-topsail/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/03/uss-constitution-sailors-furl-the-topsail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 21:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlestown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (April 30, 2012) Sailors assigned to USS Constitution furl the topsail on the main mast of the ship. Sailors assigned to Constitution routinely work to improve seamanship skills in preparation for possibly sailing the ship for the bicentennial of the War of 1812. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist William J. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marines Lead &#8220;Parade&#8221; through Sangin&#8217;s Green Zone</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/30/marines-lead-parade-through-sangins-green-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/30/marines-lead-parade-through-sangins-green-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James J. Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infantry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANGIN, Afghanistan &#8212; Senior Writer Dan Lamothe and I made it down to Forward Operating Base Shamsher this weekend, joining Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines. Today, we joined a patrol with 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, through through Sangin&#8217;s &#8220;Green Zone,&#8221; an agricultural area that runs adjacent to the Helmand River. The patrol rolled out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Kim Jong Un and His Little Soldiers</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/27/big-kim-jong-un-and-his-little-soldiers/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/27/big-kim-jong-un-and-his-little-soldiers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea&#8217;s new commander in chief, Kim Jong Un is displayed on a giant screen during a concert on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean army in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)]]></description>
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		<title>Rainy Day Patrol in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/25/rainy-day-patrol-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/25/rainy-day-patrol-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff Sgt. Joshua Devoe and other paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team return from a patrol in the rain, April 20, 2012, in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province.  This platoon is part of the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, based on Forward Operating Base Arian.  (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commander-in-Chief Trophy Ceremony</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/24/commander-in-chief-trophy-ceremony/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/24/commander-in-chief-trophy-ceremony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Force Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama strikes the Heisman pose after accepting a football from quarterback Tim Jefferson, left, during the Commander-in-Chief Trophy presentation to the U.S. Air Force Academy football team in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2012. The Air Force team beat Army and Navy teams in 2011 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Hazzard</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/22/water-hazzard/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/22/water-hazzard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USS Makin Island]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marines  unwind with a bucket of balls at the &#8220;driving range&#8221; while deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, which is a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy&#8217;s 5th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Headed to the Turkey Shoot</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/21/headed-to-the-turkey-shoot/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/21/headed-to-the-turkey-shoot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[F-15E Strike Eagles of the 4th Fighter Wing perform an &#8220;Elephant Walk&#8221; as they taxi down the runway during a Turkey Shoot training mission on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., April 16, 2012. The wing generated nearly 70 aircraft to destroy more than 1,000 targets on bombing ranges across the state to commemorate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marines in Afghanistan pass the rainy day playing Monopoly</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/20/marines-in-afghanistan-pass-the-rainy-day-playing-monopoly/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/20/marines-in-afghanistan-pass-the-rainy-day-playing-monopoly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James J. Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the rain poured on the mud brick compound that Marine Corps Times writer Dan Lamothe and I shared with Marines from Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, and the Afghan National Civil Order Police, I began to worry about the walls and ceiling falling in. Hey, it happens, as evidenced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African Lion 2012</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/20/african-lion-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/20/african-lion-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marines from 4th Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, Calif., clean their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, April 10, after a day of training during Exercise Africa Lion 2012. AL-12 is a U.S. African Command-sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led exercise involving various types of training including command post, live-fire and maneuvering, peace keeping operations, an intelligence capacity building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendly Wave</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/20/friendly-wave/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/20/friendly-wave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiguided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) a]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[INDIAN OCEAN (Apr. 16, 2012) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) wave at passing Indian Ships during a Malabar 2012 exercise. Halsey is participating in Malabar, a regularly scheduled naval field training exercise conducted to advance multinational maritime relationships and mutual securities with the Indian Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goose Stepping</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/19/goose-stepping/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/19/goose-stepping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goose step]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korean soldiers take part in a mass military parade in Pyongyang&#8217;s Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)]]></description>
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		<title>Best Seat in MRAP</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/17/best-seat-in-mrap/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/17/best-seat-in-mrap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James J. Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1st Battalion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8th Marines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; On a convoy between locations in Kajaki, I was once again awestruck by Marine ingenuity. The guys from the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Motor Transport Platoon had built a wag bag toilet into the back of their MRAP. The gunner, Corporal Brandon Szopinski explained that life on the roads of Afghanistan often meant long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog kisses in Kajaki</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/13/dog-kisses-in-kajaki/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/13/dog-kisses-in-kajaki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James J. Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OBSERVATION POST SHRINE, Afghanistan – I miss my dog, but I didn&#8217;t realize how much until I met Camo, an improvised explosive detection dog. This little position on a hill overlooking the Taliban-held area of Zamindawar is referred to as a &#8220;static ambush position,&#8221; so Camo doesn&#8217;t get much of a chance to do her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liftoff</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/12/liftoff/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/12/liftoff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Capel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Maj. of the Army Ray Chandler and International Security Assistance Force Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Capel aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter depart from Combat Outpost Bari Alai north-east of Jalalabad April 3. The 14th Sergeant Major of the Army presented combat infantryman badges and combat action badges to members of 1st Battalion, 12th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry Bird Frag</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/11/angry-bird-frag/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/11/angry-bird-frag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great use of an &#8220;Angry Bird&#8221; stuffed animal as a &#8220;grenade cover&#8221;. I came across this posted on Facebook and Twitter and thought I&#8217;d share it on our blog. Personally, I&#8217;d have chosen the Mighty Eagle since it destroys all of your enemies when it explodes,  but Red Bird looks a bit more aggressive. Either [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maintenance by Moonlight</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/07/maintenance-by-moonlight/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/07/maintenance-by-moonlight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USS Carl Vinson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[120405-N-DR144-475 INDIAN OCEAN (April 5, 2012) Aviation Electrician&#8217;s Mate 3rd Class Chelsea Prufer, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Jamie Wolfe, right, both assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, finish up maintenance on the wing of an F/A-18F Super Hornet as the moon rises over the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>F/A-18D Crashes in Virginia Beach</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/06/fa-18d-crashes-in-virginia-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/06/fa-18d-crashes-in-virginia-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[f/a-18D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hornet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter user Kandice Angel (@kandidrops) posted this photo of the fuselage of an F/A-18D Hornet burning after it crashed into a residential building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6, 2012. Both pilots, from VFA 106, managed to eject though no life-threatening injuries have been reported. See Navy Times for the story.]]></description>
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		<title>Cadets Attempt Jump Record</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/06/cadets-attempt-jump-record/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/06/cadets-attempt-jump-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cadets with the Wings of Blue Parachute Demonstration Team form up while attempting to break the largest formation collegiate record with a 46-person formation above Gila Bend, Ariz. The formation involved nine sophomores, 22 juniors and 15 seniors. One of the team members was 25-year-old Cadet 1st Class Shawn Johnson, who was making his 901st [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wounded Warriors Play at Nats Park</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/04/wounded-warriors-play-at-nats-park/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/04/wounded-warriors-play-at-nats-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<title>Range Time</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/03/range-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USS New Orleans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit maritime raid force await instruction before firing their rifles aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18), March 26, 2012, while under way in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The unit is deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, a U.S. Central Command theater reserve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tall Ship</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/02/tall-ship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USS Constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTOWN, Mass.&#8211; Sailors place the sail on the yard of the mizzen mast aboard USS Constitution. Sailors assigned to Constitution routinely work to improve seamanship skills in preparation for possibly sailing the ship for the bicentennial of the War of 1812. (U.S. Navy photo by Sonar Technician (Submarine) 2nd Class Thomas Rooney/Released)]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise Solid Curtain</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/04/01/exercise-solid-curtain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exercise Solid Curtain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORFOLK (March 22, 2012) Sailors and members of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emergency Service participate in a simulated improvised explosive device drill as part of Exercise Solid Curtain and Citadel Shield 2012. The anti-terrorism force protection exercise is being conducted on naval bases and installations throughout the continental United States March 19-24. (U.S. Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s Waldo?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/31/wheres-waldo/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/31/wheres-waldo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group photos can be one of the toughest shots for a photographer to make. Sometimes, you just don&#8217;t see that &#8220;one&#8221; guy in the crowd that&#8217;s messing with you. Marines sit inside of a plane before their departure to Afghanistan from the US transit center Manas, 30 km outside the Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s capital Bishkek, on March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready to Refuel</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/30/ready-to-refuel/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/30/ready-to-refuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A U.S. Airman with the 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii flies an F-22 Raptor aircraft, March 27, 2012, during a refueling mission over the Hawaiian Islands. During this refueling mission, Air Force Academy cadets on spring break received a familiarization flight to give the cadets a  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smile!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/30/smile/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/30/smile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[728 MP Battalion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A smiley face adorns a Humvee during the 558th Military Police Company, 728th MP Battalion, 8th MP Brigade from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, during the units field exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, March 23, 2012. (Spc. Marcus Fichtl/Army)]]></description>
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		<title>Family Hug</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/29/family-hug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sweet embrace of loved-ones awaited the more than 170 members of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team that returned to Oklahoma, March 29, 2012, after spending more than eight months in Afghanistan. (Maj. Geoff Legler/Army)]]></description>
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		<title>Obama at the DMZ</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/29/obama-at-the-dmz/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/29/obama-at-the-dmz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, President Barack Obama visited Observation Post Ouellette during a trip to the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near Panmunjom on the border between North and South Korea. While at the DMZ, the President stood behind a thick wall of bullet-proof glass and was able to look across the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riverine Training</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/17/riverine-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (March 13, 2012) A Sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 fires a dual-mounted .50 caliber machine gun at a target aboard a Riverine Command Boat off the coast of Virginia during a live-fire exercise. RIVRON 2 is conducting unit level training in order to certify for upcoming deployments. (U.S. Navy photo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forget The Nukes, Iran Has Ninjas!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/16/forget-the-nukes-iran-has-ninjas/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/16/forget-the-nukes-iran-has-ninjas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iranian female Ninjutsu athletes practice in their sports club in Karaj, 21 miles (35 kilometers) west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 15, 2012. About 10,000 athletes train in Ninjutsu in Iran, while 3,500 of them are women. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)]]></description>
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		<title>India-U.S. Army Exercise</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/14/india-u-s-army-exercise/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/14/india-u-s-army-exercise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian and US soldiers rappel from an Indian Air Force helicopter as they participate in the Yudh Abhyas 2012 military exercise at Mahajan on March 13, 2012. The five-day India-US army exercise was aimed at improving bilateral defense and diplomatic relations between the two countries. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)]]></description>
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		<title>Dad&#8217;s Home</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/14/dads-home/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/14/dads-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homecoming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army Sgt. Shane Ely embraces his daughter, Shelby, at Rose Drive Elementary after being stationed in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Yorba Linda, Calif. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Jebb Harris)]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Drill</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/13/fire-drill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILIPPINE SEA (March 13, 2012) Sailors aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) participate in a helicopter firefighting drill. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven Khor/Released)]]></description>
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		<title>Air Force Special Operations Training</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/12/air-force-special-operations-training/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/12/air-force-special-operations-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CH-47]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force Special Operations Weather Teams (SOWT) participate in a training scenario on a CH-47 Chinook during Emerald Warrior, Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 7, 2012. The primary purpose of Emerald Warrior is to exercise special operations components in urban and irregular warfare settings to support combatant commanders in theater campaigns. (Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster/U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autograph</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/12/autograph/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/12/autograph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama signs the prosthetic arm of Marine Corps Sgt. Carlos Evans after greeting wounded warriors during their tour of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2012. First Lady Michelle Obama met Evans, who was injured in Afghanistan while on his fourth combat deployment, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical [...]]]></description>
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