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	<title>Line of Sight &#187; Kandahar</title>
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		<title>Maintenance at KAF</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/01/maintenance-at-kaf/</link>
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		<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>Shadow Dustoff</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/10/15/shadow-dustoff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, we&#8217;ll publish the story on our nearly month long embed with Shadow Dustoff in Kandahar during the start of Operation Dragon Strike &#8211; here is an outtake from the edit. U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, near COB Terra Nova, Arghandab valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, carry an ANA soldier who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding Shotgun</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/09/10/riding-shotgun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spc. Nathan Webster, a door gunner on a B/6-101st Avn Rgt &#8220;chase&#8221; Blackhawk helicopter, scans the ground of a hot LZ in the Arghandab valley where a medievac picks up a wounded U.S. soldier.]]></description>
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		<title>Damage Inspector</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/09/09/damage-inspector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back at Kandahar Airfield, C/6-101st Avn Rgt CW3 Robert Ware helps investigates a medievac helicopter after a mission where it received gunfire during multiple pickups in hot LZs. The bullet (hole can be seen on the lower left, circled) sent shrapnel flying into the crew cabin.]]></description>
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		<title>Over Arghandab</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/09/08/over-arghandab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A C/6-101st Avn Rgt medievac Blackhawk helicopter flies back to Kandahar Airfield hospital carrying a U.S. soldier who had been shot twice from a hot LZ in the Arghandab valley.]]></description>
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		<title>On The Road</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/09/07/on-the-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunrise over Highway One near Kandahar city. Easy to name &#8211; and easy to find &#8211; it&#8217;s the only one in the country &#8211; the 2200 km supply route for NATO and the country&#8230;. and how safe it is depends on you ask, and literally where you stand.]]></description>
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		<title>Air Ambo</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/09/05/air-ambo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=2882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. 1st Class Richard Miller (L), with  C/6-101st Avn Rgt, keeps an eye on a Afghan man with a severe bullet wound to his lower leg, which had three tourniquets to stop the bleeding, on the way to the local hospital near Kandahar Airfield. Sometimes the team has detailed information about their patients, and sometimes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple Deployments</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/09/04/multiple-deployments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=2877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[C/6-101 Avn Rgt pilot Lt. Terry Hill finishes adding his name to a bible (lower left, below flag) after completing his first dustoff mission. The bible has been carried by four generations of his family &#8211; originally issued in WWII and carried into D-Day, it also was brought to Korea and in more than 50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting For The Call</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/09/03/waiting-for-the-call/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ping-pong table, just yards from the flight-line, of Charlie Co., 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade&#8217;s medievac unit &#8211; which is on standby 24-hours a day for any dust-offs calls that may come through for the area. And it&#8217;s a rare day that isn&#8217;t busy.]]></description>
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		<title>Going Back to Kandy</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/08/25/going-back-to-kandy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelly Kennedy and I will be reporting from Kandahar and RC South all next month &#8211; more posts to follow&#8230;. For more from my last trip there, featuring scenic FOB Ramrod pictured above &#8211; start here.]]></description>
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		<title>The Dahla Dam</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/09/the-dahla-dam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dahla Dam on the Argandab River, which was built with help from the West in the 50&#8242;s, feeds a long network of canals, irrigating the former breadbasket of the country. Eighty percent of Kandahar’s population near some aspect of this system &#8211; and after years of war, the irrigation system works a significantly reduced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Fine Cookie Mist</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/05/a-fine-cookie-mist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soldiers clutch a newly arrived mail shipment as a helicopter takes off for its return leg to Kandahar airfield. Those cookies mom sent? That&#8217;s why they ended up like that.]]></description>
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		<title>Nomad Camp, Argandab</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/04/nomad-camp-argandab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Kuchi herder &#8211; Pashto nomads &#8211; tends to his flock of sheep outside of Rajan Kala, near the Argandab valley, during the closing night of Eid Al-Adha, the Muslim holiday that marks Abraham&#8217;s sacrifice &#8211; and ends up being a kind of Thanksgiving feast.]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Her About The Coffee</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/03/tell-her-about-the-coffee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Staff Sgt. Jason Hughes, Squad Leader, 1st Platoon, Charlie Co., 1-17 Infantry, writes a letter home to his grandmother at the Baba Saheb district center in Kandahar. He often takes up to three days to write a letter, taking his time to figure out what he wants to say. I&#8217;d suggest he could let her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New FOB #2</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/02/new-fob-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After scouting some new desolate hills about 1000 yards away from the last compound, Staff Sgt. Matthew Sanders, Charlie Co., 1-17 Infantry, takes in his newly assigned patrol base, an empty hilltop outside of town. Who needed walls or buildings anyway for the winter? C-wire is just as good.]]></description>
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		<title>That Was Fast, Yet Again</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/01/that-was-fast-yet-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So that new FOB that 4th platoon just secured, and built up guard defenses, a proper bathroom with a door (minus some walls), dug up an entrance path for the Strykers, and whatnot for two days? Four hours after he visits the FOB with no official name, the battalion commander decides the site is no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Vacancies</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/30/no-vacancies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[4th Platoon, Charlie Co., 1-17 Infantry&#8217;s sleeping arrangements &#8211; and the sole building on the compound? Those warm spots are reserved for a few cows that the landlord owns, part of the rental agreement. Now I know where we stand, cheers.]]></description>
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		<title>That Was Fast</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/28/that-was-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After about an hour and half break from building the FOB, it&#8217;s back to work for 4th Platoon, Charlie Co., 1-17 Infantry. Their Thanksgiving meal is quickly worked off by digging out an entrance for the Strykers, filling sandbags, and building guard towers on the compound.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/27/happy-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of 4th Platoon, Charlie Co., 1-17 Infantry, eat their Thanksgiving meal after taking over a compound for a brand new FOB near the Argandab valley in Kandahar. Most of the troops said the dinner was decent enough &#8211; although there was one loud dissent, &#8220;the mashed potatoes taste like shit! And that&#8217;s the best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About That Time With The Hot Sauce&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/25/about-that-time-with-the-hot-sauce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Ryan Sharp, 21, from Brookfield, Wi. (C), shows the rest of 1st Platoon, Bravo Co., 1-17 Infantry, his share of videos and pictures of the unit before turning in for the night &#8211; ranging from their training almost 3 years ago in Ft. Lewis, to their current deployment in the Argandab valley in Kandahar, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ruck Up, Gentlemen</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/24/ruck-up-gentlemen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spc. Brandon Trentham, Bravo Co., 1-17 Infantry, prepares to leave COB Outlaw in the Argandab valley in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The company generally rotates out to another FOB a kilometer away every five days, always on foot. He estimates that his bag weighs around 50 lbs. &#8211; and with his 240 and body armor, he&#8217;s probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Forest Planet</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/23/the-forest-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/23/the-forest-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Jason Hawkins, Bravo Co., 1-17 Infantry, watches the perimeter on patrol shortly after sunrise in the dense orchards and vineyards of the Argandab valley in Kandahar, Afghanistan. During the summertime, the foliage is so dense that visibility is only around 40 ft. when you&#8217;re kneeling. Grunts from across several operating areas have compared it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s My Bird?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/20/wheres-my-bird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of 1st Platoon, Blackwatch Co., 2-1 Infantry, look for a downed &#8220;Raven&#8221; UAV from another battalion near Hutal village, along Highway One, in Kandahar. The Raven is rather small &#8211; it weighs a only few pounds, and has a four foot wingspan, and is particular useful with infantry operations.]]></description>
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		<title>Looking For The Taliban</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/19/looking-for-the-taliban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lt. Nicholas Privette leads members of 1st platoon, the &#8220;Roughnecks,&#8221; on cordoned search through nearby Hutal village, looking for insurgents that may be holed up in the area.]]></description>
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		<title>The Roughnecks</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/18/the-roughnecks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1081</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spc. Anthony Hernandez sets up his 240 in a wagon at the entrance of an alleyway while on patrol with 1st platoon, the &#8220;Roughnecks,&#8221; Blackwatch Co., 2-1 Infantry, near COP Rath in western Kandahar. (On a semi-related note, these kind gentlemen in the Roughnecks, gave me a warm room in a genuine building last night. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To The Bastions Of Maywand</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/16/to-the-bastions-of-maywand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1056</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Timothy Guichard (right) prepares to leave on a patrol, going to a nearby village to ask locals about IEDs that have been planted in the area. I think Mr. Fury would be proud.]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Not Men?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/12/are-we-not-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The sign posted (lower left) at one of the gyms on FOB Ramrod: THE MANS GYM -Open to the public -Open 24 hrs Rules -No posing -No standing around chatting while real men lift -No whining about lack of equipment, real men make do -Profanity highly encouraged -Grunting and gutteral sounds of pain highly encouraged]]></description>
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		<title>Door Number One</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/12/door-number-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Mikael Barrow, with 2-1&#8242;s Blackwatch Company, exits a nomad&#8217;s hut after searching it on a patrol with Afghan police in Maywan district, Kandahar. And, yes, mustaches are basically required in this unit.]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Truck Ride</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/11/morning-truck-ride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spc. Michael Holt, with 2-1&#8242;s Blackwatch company, prepares to mount his Stryker before an early morning mission in western Kandahar.]]></description>
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		<title>Sound System</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/08/sound-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the village of Luy Karez, searching compound to compound &#8211; an IED hotspot for the area.]]></description>
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		<title>Tatooine</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/07/tatooine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan is a complicated place, and although grammar police may hate mixed metaphors, this place is rife with &#8216;em&#8230; Last time, in Zabul, I keep thinking of the Wild West. But western Kandahar is definitely all Star Wars. About four people today on the patrol with the 2-1&#8242;s Blackwatch all mentioned Tatooine to me. Take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pack Your Bags</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/04/pack-your-bags/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/04/pack-your-bags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soldiers move their bags in the middle of the night from storage to prepare for deployment to another FOB &#8211; as one of them put it succinctly, &#8220;They don&#8217;t tell me where! They just tell me to move.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Zabul Redux: Stay Calm, Boys</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/10/19/zabul-redux-stay-calm-boys/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/10/19/zabul-redux-stay-calm-boys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[06/11/09: Hundreds of new members of the ANP graduate from a 16-week long training course at Camp Scorpion in Kandahar. They are issued new weapons, a Hungarian rifle similar to AK-47&#8242;s.]]></description>
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		<title>Blocked!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/08/13/blocked/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/08/13/blocked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A U.S. vs. Afghanistan military volleyball game in the boardwalk area of Kandanhar Air Field.]]></description>
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		<title>The Graduates</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/06/14/the-graduates/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/06/14/the-graduates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of new members of the ANP graduate from a 16-week long training course at Camp Scorpion in Kandahar.]]></description>
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		<title>Flying Over Kandahar</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/06/13/flying-over-kandahar/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/06/13/flying-over-kandahar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aerial]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Near KAF via Blackhawk &#8211; this is pretty dense by Afghanistan standards.]]></description>
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