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	<title>Line of Sight &#187; Army</title>
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		<title>Friendly Visit</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/05/06/friendly-visit/</link>
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		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[82nd Airborne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOB Arian]]></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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sgt. Major of the Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UH-60]]></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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mlb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[softball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warrior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wounded]]></category>

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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>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[728 MP Battalion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8th MP Brigade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schofield Barracks]]></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>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homecoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oklahoma]]></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>Southbound Trooper</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/05/southbound-trooper/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/05/southbound-trooper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Pickett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rappelling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT PICKETT, Va. &#8211; Two Canadian Army soldiers from the 36th Canadian Brigade Group out of Nova Scotia, Canada, jump off the side of a rappelling tower with the encouragement of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew T. Woyansky, an infantry air assault instructor from Colonial Heights, Va., assigned to 1st Battalion, 183rd Regiment, Regional Training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow Patrol</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/04/snow-patrol-3/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/04/snow-patrol-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota National Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Minnesota National Guard along with Norwegian instructors are seen ski marching to their next training location.  Minnesota National Guard personnel were in Norway from February 9, 2012 to February 23, 2012 participating in the 39th Annual United States/Norwegian Troop Reciprocal Exchange.  (National Guard photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Ralph J. Kapustka)]]></description>
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		<title>Funeral for Army Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/01/funeral-for-army-brig-gen-terence-j-hildner/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/03/01/funeral-for-army-brig-gen-terence-j-hildner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington National Cemetery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Army Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A riderless horse, left, leads a caisson carrying the remains of Army Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner, during a burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Hildner died of apparent natural causes Feb. 3 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hildner, 49, took command of 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Aug. 19, 2010.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HALO Exercise</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/02/25/halo-exercise/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/02/25/halo-exercise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C-130]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ft bragg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A U.S. Air Force jumpmaster practicing a high-altitude, low-opening jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft lands on the ground during a joint operational access exercise (JOAX) at Pope Field, N.C., Feb. 9, 2012. A JOAX is a joint airdrop exercise designed to enhance service cohesiveness between U.S. Army and Air Force personnel, allowing both services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incoming</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/02/25/incoming/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/02/25/incoming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[paktya provincial reconstruction team]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Air Force Capt. Tyler Johnson, from San Antonio, Texas, who is a lead engineer for the Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team, Task Force Spartan, flings a snowball during an epic snowball fight with Paratroopers of the 509th Infantry Regiment on Forward Operating Base Gardez Feb. 20. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/02/24/173rd-airborne-brigade-combat-team/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/02/24/173rd-airborne-brigade-combat-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, conducts a mass airdrop of paratroopers from the U.S.  Army&#8217;s 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, out of Vicenza, Italy, Feb. 10, 2012. More than 300 paratroopers were dropped to commemorate 70 years of combat airlift abilities for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equine Therapy</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/02/07/equine-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/02/07/equine-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equine Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horses for Heroes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Guard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert MacTamhais, a National Guard veteran who was a medic in Iraq in 2008, gives a goodbye hug to Mel after his equine assisted therapy session, at Rocky Top Therapy Center, in Keller, Texas.  The center recently received a grant for its new Horses for Heroes program to work with veterans and their families to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tug of War</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/01/28/tug-of-war/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2012/01/28/tug-of-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military working dogs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pier, a military working dog, plays with his handler, Staff Sgt. Marque Daniels, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, during a MWD capabilities demonstration here Jan. 19, 2012. Military working dogs deploy to the AOR for six months at a time. In that time, they work with a handler to provide base defense. Daniels is deployed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Military Photos of the Year</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/22/2011-military-photos-of-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/22/2011-military-photos-of-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military times]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[photos of the year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POY]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PHOTO OF THE YEAR: Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2011 after Gaeta&#8217;s ship returned from 80 days at sea. It&#8217;s a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings &#8211; one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Road Out</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/19/on-the-road-out/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/19/on-the-road-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[withdrawal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The last remaining U.S.military forces drove across the Iraqi border per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31. Since 2003, more than one million airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines have served in Iraq. (Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo/USAF)]]></description>
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		<title>The War in Iraq Through the Lens of Military Times</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/16/the-war-in-iraq-through-the-lens-of-military-times/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/16/the-war-in-iraq-through-the-lens-of-military-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While by no means a complete history of the war in Iraq, here are a handful of images as Military Times photographers covered the 2003 invasion as well as various assignments through 2011. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>President and First Lady Visit Fort Bragg</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/14/president-and-first-lady-visit-fort-bragg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First lady Michelle Obama hugs a soldier in the 440th Structural Maintenance Hangar at Fort Bragg, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. President Obama and the first lady traveled to Fort Bragg to pay tribute to soldiers returning from Iraq. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)]]></description>
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		<title>Blackhawk over Nasiriyah</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/04/blackhawk-over-nasiriyah/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/04/blackhawk-over-nasiriyah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter flies over the desert on Dec. 1, 2011, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. The U.S. military continues its pullout of the country by the end of this year, after eight years of war and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Spear</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/01/tip-of-the-spear/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/12/01/tip-of-the-spear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[drill team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Active U.S. Army servicemen from the U.S. Army Drill Team practice a routine ahead of the British Military Tournament at Earls Court  on Dec. 1, 2011, in London, England. Around 700 participants, including active servicemen from the Army, Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, will perform at the The British Military Tournament, which includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home for the Holiday</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/28/home-for-the-holiday/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/28/home-for-the-holiday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sgt. Sharon Stallworth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Sharon Stallworth greets family and friends upon arrival at Sacramento International Airport, in Sacramento, Calif., for leave from Iraq for Thanksgiving with her family. At left is her daughter, Shaymyia Stallworth, 12, and at rear right is her mother, Joyce Smith. (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Renee C. Byer)]]></description>
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		<title>Home for Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/24/home-for-thanksgiving/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/24/home-for-thanksgiving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valerie McElwaney, 51, McDonough, hugs her son, Spc. Miles Crook, 22, of Kennesaw, Ga., as members of the Georgia Army National Guard Dragon Masters (1-171st Aviation Regiment) arrive home from a yearlong duty in Iraq just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday at the Clay National Guard Center at Dobbins Air Base Nov. 23. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Guard Comes Home</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/23/wisconsin-guard-comes-home/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/23/wisconsin-guard-comes-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homecoming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Aaron Grudich of Oakfield walks back to the car with his family after returning back from Iraq at the West Bend Armory on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, in West Bend, Wis. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Aviation Support Battalion returned home from Iraq. After 51 weeks, the last Wisconsin National Guard Unit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring the Fallen</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/17/honoring-the-fallen-2/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/11/17/honoring-the-fallen-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington National Cemetery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[buriel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam war]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Honor Guard firing party march into position for the burial services of three soldiers missing in action from the Vietnam War, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. The ceremony was for the entire crew of an OH-6A reconnaissance helicopter that was shot down over Thua Thien-Hue province [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing a Drink</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/24/sharing-a-drink/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/24/sharing-a-drink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[COP Mizan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Martin Ratkowski, Combined Team Zabul K-9 handler, gives his K-9, Tosca, water during a patrol to a local village in the district of Mizan, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. Sergeant Ratkowski is deployed from the 9th Security Forces Squadron at Beale Air Force Base and is originally from Buffalo, N.Y. (Senior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PRT Visit</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/19/prt-visit/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/19/prt-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[air recon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Provincial Reconstruction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5071</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/19/time-out-for-cricket/#comments</comments>
		<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>Rough Recovery</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/14/rough-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/14/rough-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ANA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FOB Sweeney]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shinkai]]></category>
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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>Night Light</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/13/night-light-3/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/13/night-light-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Warrior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ft. Lee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. 1st Class Michael Prigge, assigned to the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence, observes the finale to the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition 2011 night fire range on Fort Lee, Va., Oct. 5, 2011. During the event, Prigge was one of many pyrotechnic technicians responsible for the simulated battlefield explosions surrounding the warriors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Will they Issue the Laser Rifle?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/07/when-will-they-issue-the-laser-rifle/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/07/when-will-they-issue-the-laser-rifle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=5004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across this 1964 archive photo on the Associated Press showing a demo of a &#8220;Laser Rifle&#8221; that promised to be a weapon of the near future for the Army. Notice the not-so-small power supply the soldier would need carry to power the laser. I guess they are still working out the bugs on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airborne!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/06/airborne-2/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/06/airborne-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade jump out of a military airplane during a training in Hohenfels, southern Germany, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Some 1,500 US paratroops have jumped over the Hohenfels training area in a massive airborne training operation. The exercise Wednesday pitted soldiers from the Vicenza, Italy-based 173rd Airborne Brigade against a battalion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise Homecoming</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/28/surprise-homecoming/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/28/surprise-homecoming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alabama National Guard Master Sgt. Catina Hyatt, surprises her daughter, Erykah Hyatt, during the Constitution Day Parade at Dannelly Elementary School in Montgomery, Ala on Monday Sept. 26, 2011. The school postponed the parade till Monday so that Hyatt could surprise her daughter on Erykah&#8217;s birthday. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh)]]></description>
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		<title>Bull Fight</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/16/bull/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/16/bull/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[25th ID]]></category>
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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>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[77th Field Artillery Regiment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M-777 Howitzer]]></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>Smoke and Fire</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/03/smoke-and-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/09/03/smoke-and-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POCHEON, SOUTH KOREA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 01:  U.S. M1A2 SEP Abrams battle tanks fire live rounds during the United States and South Korean Joint live fire Exercise at Rodriguez Range on September 1, 2011, in Pocheon, South Korea. The U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division demonstrated the digital and tactical capabilities of its new vehicle fleet at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bailing Out After Irene</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/28/bailing-out-after-irene/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/28/bailing-out-after-irene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spc. Caleb Lowery with the Army National Guard Unit 1st C.A.B., 120th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Co., helps clean out a homeowners hot tub after if flooded in the wake of Hurricane Irene in the Kennels Beach section of Arapahoe, Pamlico County, N.C. on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/The News &#38;amp; Observer, Chris Seward)]]></description>
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		<title>Happy To Be Home</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/23/happy-to-be-home/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/23/happy-to-be-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Rhode Island National Guard&#8217;s 1207th support company deplane upon their return from a one year deployment in Kuwait, where their unit oversaw security for convoys moving in and out of Iraq, in North Kingstown, RI., Friday afternoon, Aug. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)]]></description>
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		<title>Homeward Bound</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/13/homeward-bound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spc. Christopher Aust, 25, of Harrison, Ark., with the U.S. Army&#8217;s 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., takes a picture of a rainbow at the Transit Center in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, while riding out a layover on the way home after completing a deployment in Afghanistan Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shells</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/01/shells/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/08/01/shells/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1st Infantry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spent shell casings pile up as a soldier fires his weapon down-range during weapons qualification on Fort Riley, Kansas, July 26, 2011. The soldier is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division&#8217;s Combat Aviation Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Roland Hale]]></description>
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		<title>Helpful Push</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/19/road-service/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/19/road-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISKANDARIYA, IRAQ &#8211; JULY 16: U.S. soldiers with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment push a stranded Iraqi vehicle while on patrol July 16, 2011 in Iskandariya, Babil Province Iraq. As the deadline for the departure of the remaining American forces in Iraq approaches, Iraqi politicians have been increasingly pressured to meet in order to give [...]]]></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>
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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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		<title>SFC Leroy Petry Receives the Medal of Honor</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/13/sfc-leroy-petry-receives-the-medal-of-honor/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/13/sfc-leroy-petry-receives-the-medal-of-honor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Army Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry  is awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony on July 12, 2011.  (J.Lee / Staff) President Barack Obama shakes the prosthetic hand of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Pain No Gain</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/06/no-pain-no-gain/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/06/no-pain-no-gain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jody Kyzar endures the pain of a periodic Anthrax vaccination given by Staff Sgt.  Joshua Fernandez, and earns a free lollipop for being a &#8220;good&#8221; patient. Both are members of the Mississippi Army National Guard&#8217;s 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command currently deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation enduring Freedom. (Photos by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/30/surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/30/surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[18th Infantry Regiment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canton, Ill., High School graduate Wayne Decker, a specialist with the U.S. Army&#8217;s 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, lifts his one-year old son Ethan to share a smile together after he surprised his children on a return to Peoria, Ill., after a deployment in Iraq, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Peoria Journal Star, Ron Johnson) &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Flood Duty</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/28/flood-duty/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/28/flood-duty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Dakota Army National Guard Sgt. Chris Franck naps in the Burlington, N.D., fire hall, about nine  miles northwest of Minot, N.D., after a shift on flood duty on Friday, June 24, 2011. The National Guard was helping flood victims in the North Dakota community of Burlington, where at least one-third of its 1,000 residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaning Into the Rotorwash</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/22/leaning-into-the-rotorwash/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/22/leaning-into-the-rotorwash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri National Guard soldier Joshua Graham leans forward to keep from getting knocked over by the rotorwash from a Blackhawk helicopter Tuesday June, 21, 2011, while airlifting sandbags along a levee near near Rock Port, Mo. (Photo/Dave Weaver)]]></description>
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		<title>Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/21/army-reserve-best-warrior-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/21/army-reserve-best-warrior-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A drill sergeant watches as competitors get ready to start the 2-mile run portion of the Army Physical Fitness Test at the Army Reserve Best Warrior competition at Fort McCoy, Wis., Monday, June 20, 2011. (Sgt. 1st Class Marisol Hernandez/US Army photo) &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Thumbs-Up</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/20/thumbs-up/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/20/thumbs-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Army PFC Shawn Williams of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division based in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, gives the thumbs-up to members of his unit as he is evacuated after being injured by a roadside bomb, June 17, 2011, in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. Williams was transported to the Role 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Best Friend</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/18/new-best-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/06/18/new-best-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Lessig</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army Spc. James Dennis plays with his new dog Harley on the floor Wednesday afternoon, June 15, 2011 at the Green River Correctional Complex in Central City, Ky. He and several other wounded warriors from Fort Campbell were recipients of dogs that were trained by inmates over the past few months at the facility. (AP [...]]]></description>
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