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	<title>Line of Sight &#187; Afghanistan</title>
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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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		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[1/7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1st Battalion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7th marines]]></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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1st BCT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[504th Parachute Infantry Regiment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5843</guid>
		<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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kajaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[op shrine]]></category>
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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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		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[C-17]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kyrgyzstan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5741</guid>
		<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>Family Hug</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/29/family-hug/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/29/family-hug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homecoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Guard]]></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>Night Ranger</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/12/night-ranger/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/12/night-ranger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[3rd Battalion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[75th rangers regiment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rangers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment and a multi-purpose canine pause during a nighttime combat mission in Afghanistan. (US Army photo)]]></description>
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		<title>Man&#8217;s Best Friend</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/07/mans-best-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/07/mans-best-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAFAR BAZAAR, Afghanistan - U.S. Marine Cpl. Kyle Click, a 22-year-old improvised explosive device detection dog handler with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Grand Rapids, Mich., shares a moment with his dog Windy while waiting to resume a security patrol on Feb. 27. (Cpl. Reece Lodder/USMC)]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking Down Barriers</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/01/13/breaking-down-barriers/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/01/13/breaking-down-barriers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[9th esb]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cpl. James Hernandez, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Goodyear, Ariz., uses an electric saw to dismantle a HESCO barrier at Firebase Saenz, Helmand province, Dec. 13. FB Saenz is the first of several patrol bases being demilitarized by the Marines of 9th ESB throughout the month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Nap</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/01/10/winter-nap/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/01/10/winter-nap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helmand Province]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5435</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. Matthew Scofield (left), 19, from Syracuse, N.Y., and Jarrett Hatley, 21, from Millingport, N.C., a squad automatic weapon gunner and an improvised explosive device detection dog handler with 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, rest next to Hatley&#8217;s dog Blue after clearing compounds with Afghan National Army soldiers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow Day At Bagram</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/01/09/snow-day-at-bagram/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/01/09/snow-day-at-bagram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[177th Fighter Wing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Rice operates a snowblower next to an F-16C Fighting Falcon at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2012. Rice is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and is deployed from the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, which is based at Atlantic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Photographer Searches For Wounded Marine</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/29/ap-photographer-searches-for-wounded-marine/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/29/ap-photographer-searches-for-wounded-marine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, photo, injured United States Marine Cpl. Burness Britt reacts after seeing pictures of his evacuation laid out on his bed in the Hunter Holmes Medical Center in Richmond, Va. Britt is facing a long recovery after a large piece of shrapnel from an IED in Afghanistan in June 2011 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Friends</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/06/making-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/06/making-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[3/3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3rd battallion 3rd marine regiment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Sgt. Marcus Martin, a 32-year-old squad leader with Guard Force Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and native of Charlottesville, Va., practices Pashto with Afghan boys while providing security outside the district center on Nov. 28. Guard Force isn&#8217;t a traditional infantry platoon. It&#8217;s a melting pot of Marines from various occupational specialties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helmand Pie</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/01/helmand-pie/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/01/helmand-pie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pfc. Joshua Reed (right), a motor transportation operator with 2nd Radio Battalion, Task Force Belleau Wood, eats his cherry pie during the pie-eating competition at the TFBW Praetorian Challenge aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Nov. 26. Over 50 coalition troops took part in the event, which consisted of teams from different units within TFBW competing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Posthumous Bronze Star</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/26/posthumous-bronze-star/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/26/posthumous-bronze-star/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GULFPORT, Miss (Nov. 17, 2011) Rear Adm. Mark Handley, commander of 1st Naval Construction Division, presents a Bronze Star with Valor medal to the 12-year-old son of Chief Builder Raymond Border during a memorial service in honor of the fallen Seabee at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport. Border was killed-in-action Oct. 19 by an improvised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring the Afghan Fallen in Garmsir</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/24/honoring-the-afghan-fallen-in-garmsir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Matthew J. Palma, the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and native of Bristol, R.I., receives the prayer of a mullah, or local religious leader, in honor of fallen District Chief of Police Lt. Col. Sayfullah Khan Rashidi during his funeral here, Nov. 13. Sayfullah died after his vehicle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunrise Over Helmand</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/27/sunrise-over-helmand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A V-22 Osprey flies over Camp Leatherneck as the sun rises over Helmand province, Oct. 23. The V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission military aircraft combining both vertical takeoff and landing, and short takeoff and landing capability. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dignified Transfer</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/23/dignified-transfer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Air Force officer watches as the transfer case containing the remains of Army Spc. Michael Elm, 25, of Phoenix, Ariz., moves across the tarmac in a Transfer Vehicle at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. The Department of Defense announced that Elm died Oct. 14 in Khowst, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handing Out Supplies</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/20/5080/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff Sgt. Adan Alfaro, a squad leader assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company attached the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, supplies a student in Ad-Drebash, Iraq on Oct. 17, 2011. Alfaro is a native of Corpus Christi, Texas. (Spc. Bailey Jester/U.S. Army)]]></description>
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		<title>PRT Visit</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/19/prt-visit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young boy leans over a wall trying to get the attention of U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jayson Allen, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, as he hands out school supplies to a group of children while on a patrol in Mehtar Lam district, Laghman province, Oct. 14. The PRT traveled to the village of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Out For Cricket</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/19/time-out-for-cricket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Roderick Hodo, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team sergeant major, plays a game of cricket with some Afghan boys while on a patrol in Mehtar Lam district, Laghman province, Oct. 14. The PRT traveled to the village of Deh E Ziarat to meet with the village elder and the people to talk about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrol Stop</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/18/patrol-stop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Josh Coldwell, an assistant patrol leader with Mobile Assault Platoon 4, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment and native of Berlin, Mass., collects information from Afghan villagers during a patrol in the southern portion of the Washir district, Helmand province, Oct. 4. The Marines of Weapons Company, 1st Bn., 25th Marines have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Support</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/16/fire-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[12th Marine Regiment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An M777 howitzer kicks rocks and dust into the air after firing during a recent mission at Fire Base Fiddlers Green. The Marines with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, remain undaunted as they listen to the recorder to see if they have another mission. (Cpl. Jeff Drew/U.S. Marine Corps)]]></description>
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		<title>Rough Recovery</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/14/rough-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Reynolds, Security Forces squad leader attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, fights racing water while holding onto a tow strap attached to an Afghan National Army vehicle stuck in the Lurah River in Shinkai district, Afghanistan, Oct. 12. The ANA asked PRT Zabul for assistance because of the PRT&#8217;s vehicle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maintenance at KAF</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/01/maintenance-at-kaf/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/01/maintenance-at-kaf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cpl. Michael Garetz, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 ordnance technician and Comstock, Texas native, inspects flares loaded aboard one of the squadron&#8221;s AV-8B Harriers on the flight line at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 29. (Pfc. Sean Dennison/US  Marine Corps)]]></description>
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		<title>Monkeys Prefer Cubans</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/01/monkeys-prefer-cubans/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/01/monkeys-prefer-cubans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pet monkey examines a cigar while sitting on top of  U.S. Army 1st Lt. John Pleasants from 127th Military Police Company during a Key Leader Engagement in Marawarah district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2011.  (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tia Sokimson)]]></description>
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		<title>Night Light</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/27/night-light-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PFC Greg Zecher and PFC Nicholas Roberts, machine gunners with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, illuminate the night sky by firing tracer rounds and then reloading their weapons during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 3 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 21, 2011. (Cpl. Reece Lodder. US Marine Corps)]]></description>
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		<title>3/2 Returns Home</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/23/32-returns-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, NC,  returned home Sept. 19, from a seven-month deployment in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. Geoffrey Gascoigne holds his daughter and kisses her for the first time after being deployed to Northern Helmand province. (U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bull Fight</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/16/bull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2nd Lt. Andrew Ferrara, 23, of Torrance, Calif., with the U.S. Army&#8217;s Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment, based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, is confronted by a charging cow while trying to secure the landing zone for an incoming helicopter during a mission for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outgoing</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/09/outgoing/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/09/outgoing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[25th Infantry Division]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pfc. Chad Payton, 21, of Louisville, Ky., and Pfc. Jacob Wallace, 21, foreground,  of Champaign, Ill., with the U.S. Army&#8217;s Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, fire a 120mm high explosive round at an insurgent target after the base came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running Down a Devil</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/08/running-down-a-devil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A U.S. Army Soldier from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry runs towards a dirt devil in Qalat, Afghanistan, on Aug 13, 2011. The soldier is at a firing range in Qalat to zero in weapons with his Company. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)]]></description>
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		<title>Billy the Four-Legged Photobomber</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/07/billy-the-four-legged-photobomber/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/07/billy-the-four-legged-photobomber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[25th Infantry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billy, a mountain goat taken in by soldiers with the U.S. Army&#8217;s Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, sneaks into a scenic snapshot with Capt. Tim Benedict, 31, of Mufreesboro, Tenn., left to right,  Capt. John Sharp, 30, of New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/07/fire/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/07/fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[77th Field Artillery Regiment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan&#8211;Private first class Erik Park from San Mateo, California, fires his M-777 155mm howitzer, Sep. 3.  Park &#8212; who is in 3rd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade &#8212; is the number one man on the five-man numbered team that operates the massive weapon system.  He was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Altitude Tractor Pull</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/07/high-altitude-tractor-pull/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/07/high-altitude-tractor-pull/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[27th Infantry Regiment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[OBSERVATION POST MUSTANG, AFGHANISTAN &#8211; SEPTEMBER 02:  U.S. Army soldiers from the 27th Infantry Regiment pull a bobcat tractor out of the mud at their mountaintop position on September 2, 2011, at Observation Post Mustang in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. The area, in northeastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, is a major infiltration route by Taliban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking the Beat</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/26/walking-the-beat/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/26/walking-the-beat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Lane Edward Morrow, of Susanville, CA, of  3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3/4 Marines, walks during an early morning guard shift at a vehicle checkpoint near Patrol Base 302, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)]]></description>
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		<title>New Hat</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/15/new-hat/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/15/new-hat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paktika]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Army 1st Lt. Shane Smith, right, with the Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), places his advanced combat helmet on an Afghan boy during a visit to Kala Hagi Azgar village in Sharana, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2011. The PRT visited the village to assess living conditions and provide help if needed. (U.S. Air Force photo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McClung Memorial Run</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/15/mcclung-memorial-run/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/15/mcclung-memorial-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[camp leatherneck]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marines and coalition troops cross the Maj. Megan McClung 5-kilometer memorial run finish line at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Aug. 13. &#8220;It&#8217;s always great to run in memory of someone,&#8221; said Master Sgt. Michael Noble, the senior enlisted advisor for Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2. &#8220;The amount of people that ran today for her is great.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat Ceremony</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/12/retreat-ceremony/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/12/retreat-ceremony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[camp etchberger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airman 1st Class Arron Fairfax (left) and Senior Airman Ryan Adkins, Detachment 1, 73rd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, fold the flag during the daily retreat ceremony at Camp Etchberger, Afghanistan. Airmen at the camp perform reveille and retreat ceremonies everyday during their deployment.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)]]></description>
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		<title>Paddle-Out Memorial</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/11/paddle-out-memorial/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/11/paddle-out-memorial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CH-47 shootdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kraig Vickers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=4583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On August. 9, 2011, local surfers in Virginia Beach, Virginia memorialize Navy bomb technician and local resident Kraig Vickers, who died in the Afghanistan helicopter crash on Aug. 6, by forming a giant circle, interlocking hands and paddles in a ceremony called a paddle out.  Vickers was a surfer and stand up paddle boarder originally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Added Weight</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/09/added-weight/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/09/added-weight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Specialist Collin Rand from Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team plays with Afghan children during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers at Kandalay village in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on August 8, 2011 while US troops launched missile attacks on Taliban targets in nearby Kelawai village killing at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So Long, Sharana</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/09/so-long-sharana/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/09/so-long-sharana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[101st Airborne Division]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Master Sgt. Jose Johanson, left, 54, of Lima Peru, waves goodbye to fellow soldiers of the U.S. Army&#8217;s 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., heading to an airstrip to begin their trip home upon completion of a deployment Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Light</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/08/first-light/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/08/first-light/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2-87 infantry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army Specialist Joshua Schonert from 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team lights a cigarette as he prepares for the day following earlier attacks by Taliban insurgents on their checkpoint in Kandalay village, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan on August 5, 2011. US troops together with forces from Afghan National Army  repelled Taliban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding Home in Style</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/05/riding-home-in-style/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/05/riding-home-in-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Marines, SSgt. Jeff Liddic (left) and LCpl. Thelonious Riddick (right), escort Hayatullah, a seven year old Afghan boy, back to his village on a V-22 Osprey on August 2, 2011. Hayatullah was injured and flown to the Camp Bastion medical center where he received treatment for his injuries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paying Respect</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/03/paying-respect/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/03/paying-respect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mohammad Sherrif, District Governor for Sangin, salutes the battlefield cross for U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ralph E. Pate Jr., an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician with 8th Engineer Support Battalion in support of 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, during a memorial ceremony held at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Jackson, Sangin, Afghanistan July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing From the Rough</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/29/playing-from-the-rough/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/29/playing-from-the-rough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hospital Corpsman Luke Rhoades, 22, of Cold Water Mich., with the 2nd Battalion 12th Marines based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, winds up for a swing at a golf ball Thursday, July 28, 2011 at Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)]]></description>
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		<title>Helmand Watermelon Championships</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/25/helmand-watermelon-championships/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/25/helmand-watermelon-championships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S Marine Sgt. Benjamin Piper, 25, of Cummings, Ga., left, and Sgt. Christopher Kellner, 27, of Little Egg Harbor N.J., with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., have a watermelon eating contest at Patrol Base Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 23, 2011. (AP Photo/David Goldman)]]></description>
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		<title>Bags are Packed</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/17/bags-are-packed/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/17/bags-are-packed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A U.S. soldier with Task Force Red Horse jumps off from the top of their packed  laggages out side of customs office at the U.S. base in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 14, 2011. U.S. The first groups of the U.S. soldiers left, Afghanistan as President Barack Obama announced last month that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quiet Time</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/16/quiet-time-2/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/16/quiet-time-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[27th Infantry Regiment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spc. Jacob Green, 22, of Shreveport, La.,  with the U.S. Army&#8217;s 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Hawaii, reads a book overlooking the Cherigal Valley  at Observation Point Mustang in Kunar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman) &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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