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	<title>Line of Sight &#187; soldier</title>
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		<title>Waiting His Turn</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/10/15/waiting-his-turn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Morones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Ranks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[82nd Airborne Division]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A medic with the 82nd Airborne Division&#8217;s 1st Brigade Combat Team prepares to enter a chamber of tear gas during training on Oct. 3, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C.  Soldiers must periodically show they are proficient at donning and sealing a gas mask under the stress of contact with an irritant such as tear [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1st Battalion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[24th infantry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=4824</guid>
		<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>Oh Yeah</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/07/oh-yeah/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/07/07/oh-yeah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=4348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Canadian soldier sits aboard a plane as he laughs on their way home at Kandahar airbase on July 5, 2011. For Canadian troops leaving Afghanistan for the last time, their smiles and laughter as they filed across the tarmac to board the late-night transporter plane said it all &#8211; they were finally going home. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Touches</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/05/19/final-touches/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/05/19/final-touches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 15:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arlington National Cemetery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[funeral]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=4070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soldiers with 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) at Ft. Myer, Va., finish preparing their uniforms before a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, May 18th, 2010. It can take up to six hours to get their uniforms ready from scratch for ceremonial duties.]]></description>
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		<title>Upwards, Onwards, Best Rangers</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/04/17/upwards-onwards-best-rangers/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/04/17/upwards-onwards-best-rangers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=3923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Competitors in the 28th Best Ranger contest climb a rope &#8220;prusik-style&#8221; on day two of the annual Ft. Benning fracas; the winners of the 60-hour continuous event will be announced at 10am tomorrow&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: We Out (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/21/iraq-we-out-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/21/iraq-we-out-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Faw]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camp Victory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rob Love]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=3665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lt. Col. Rob Love, Deputy J-1 at United States Forces &#8211; Iraq, hits golf balls into the lake across at the Joint Visitor&#8217;s Bureau &#8211; just across from the Al Faw Palace, where the headquarters for the Iraq mission is located. And yes, if you are good, you can hit the palace.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: We Out (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/20/iraq-we-out-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/20/iraq-we-out-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=3669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bye, bye burgers. Read the fine print &#8211; soldiers at Balad Airbase are getting their last fast food orders in&#8230;. After Monday, their food options will be much more limited, like many bases across the country.  And heads up for later this year: 45 days before a base is handed over to the Iraqis, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Valentine</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/16/blue-valentine/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/16/blue-valentine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aerial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Kut]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=3656</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Riding the &#8220;Lighting Express,&#8221; via a Chinook on a ring route from Baghdad to Al Kut, Iraq just after sunset on Valentine&#8217;s Day.]]></description>
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		<title>Goin&#8217; to Church</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/10/goin-to-church/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/10/goin-to-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=3618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spc. Joshua Jacobsen, Bravo Co., 2-7 Cavalry, stands guard in front of a Christian church in Qaraqosh, Iraq, February 9, 2011. They go on daily joint Iraqi/Kurdish/U.S. patrols from Checkpoint #3 on the eastern outskirts of Mosul. These small patrol bases are one of the few places where U.S. military still regularly leaves their bases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Quiet on the QRF</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/07/all-quiet-on-the-qrf/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2011/02/07/all-quiet-on-the-qrf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOB Prosperity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=3600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Jacob Davis, Bravo Battery, 1-148th Field Artillery, Idaho National Guard, works on a puzzle at FOB Prosperity in the International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, February 5, 2011. His team, part of the Quick Reaction Force for what was once called the Green Zone, has had a very quiet time &#8211; they haven&#8217;t been called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 AUSA convention begins</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/10/25/2010-ausa-convention-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/10/25/2010-ausa-convention-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=3172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chief of Staff of the Army, General George Casey, listens to Secretary of the Army John McHugh as he gives the keynote address during the opening ceremony of the 2010 annual Association of the US Army conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 25, 2010. (Sheila Vemmer/staff)]]></description>
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		<title>Shadow Dustoff</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/10/15/shadow-dustoff/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/10/15/shadow-dustoff/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/09/10/riding-shotgun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=2928</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/09/09/damage-inspector/#comments</comments>
		<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>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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		<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>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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		<category><![CDATA[101st Airborne Division]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/08/25/going-back-to-kandy/#comments</comments>
		<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>Stunt Soldier</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/08/17/stunt-soldier/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/08/17/stunt-soldier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Indian Army soldier performs a stunt during India&#8217;s Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Independence Day</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/08/17/indian-independence-day/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/08/17/indian-independence-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=2791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Indian paramilitary soldiers march during Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. India obtained its independence on August 15, 1947 (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)]]></description>
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		<title>Los Fundadores</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/08/17/los-fundadores/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/08/17/los-fundadores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Wires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicentennial]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=2776</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mexican soldiers escort glass crypts containing the bones of Mexican national heroes in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Mexico is displaying the bones of 13 of its founding fathers, and one founding mother, at the National Palace as part of its year-long bicentennial celebration. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)]]></description>
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		<title>Scout retrieval</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/06/30/scout-retrieval/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/06/30/scout-retrieval/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<title>Beachfront Property</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/02/24/beachfront-property/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/02/24/beachfront-property/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[82nd]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne at FOB White, near the pier at Port-au-Prince, eat their meals (all MREs, all the time &#8211; this isn&#8217;t Afghanistan, y&#8217;know) on the beach &#8211; it keeps the rats away from tents.]]></description>
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		<title>Have HEMTT, will tow</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/02/11/have-hemtt-will-tow/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/02/11/have-hemtt-will-tow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[224th Aviation Regiment]]></category>
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		<title>Mwen pwal ede</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/02/08/mwen-pwal-ede/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/02/08/mwen-pwal-ede/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1481</guid>
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		<title>It happens in Haiti, too</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/02/05/it-happens-in-haiti-too/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/02/05/it-happens-in-haiti-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<title>Sleeping while surrounded</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/01/26/sleeping-while-surrounded/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/01/26/sleeping-while-surrounded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1384</guid>
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		<title>From the Ranks: 011210</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/01/12/from-the-ranks-011210/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2010/01/12/from-the-ranks-011210/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Scott Mahaskey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1282</guid>
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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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/05/a-fine-cookie-mist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1189</guid>
		<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>Tell Her About The Coffee</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/03/tell-her-about-the-coffee/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/03/tell-her-about-the-coffee/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/12/02/new-fob-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/30/no-vacancies/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/28/that-was-fast/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/27/happy-thanksgiving/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/25/about-that-time-with-the-hot-sauce/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/24/ruck-up-gentlemen/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/20/wheres-my-bird/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/19/looking-for-the-taliban/#comments</comments>
		<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>The, Uhhh, Jolly Roger</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/17/the-uhhh-jolly-roger/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/17/the-uhhh-jolly-roger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of 3rd platoon, Bravo Co., 4-23 Infantry have decorated their Stryker with a favorite deployment theme &#8211; and as they told me, &#8220;because they like pirates.&#8221; Then the rest of them chimed in, chuckling, to explain further, &#8220;Yeah! Ass pirates!&#8221;]]></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>Don&#8217;t Bet The Mortgage</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/14/dont-bet-the-mortgage/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/14/dont-bet-the-mortgage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1050</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pfc. Israel Lupercio, Pfc. Nicholas Santos, and Spc. Kain Perkins, part of the Route Clearance Patrol &#8211; the anti-IED road sweepers, with the 4th Engineers, 576th Engineer Co., play spades while relaxing before their patrol early the next day.]]></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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/12/are-we-not-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/12/door-number-one/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/11/morning-truck-ride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=1007</guid>
		<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>Cell Phone Man</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/2009/11/10/cell-phone-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While we were on the way to visit the nearby Afghan National Army base, someone spotted a man watching military movements, making calls on a cell phone. The Strykers were quickly diverted, and troops went from one abandoned house to next  to look for him. He was spotted running into a cluster of fruit stands, [...]]]></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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/line-of-sight/?p=983</guid>
		<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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Maddaloni</dc:creator>
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		<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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