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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Carriers</title>
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		<title>A public apology for barfing on the COD</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/30/a-public-apology-for-barfing-on-the-cod/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/30/a-public-apology-for-barfing-on-the-cod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear VRC-40 “The Rawhides,” I’m just writing to apologize for getting airsick in your C-2A Greyhound. It was certainly unintentional. You handled the plane with steady hands as we flew from Naval Air Station Mayport, Fla., to the carrier Enterprise last week. We even had weather on our side, allowing for a particularly calm flight. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living la dolce vita on a former Soviet carrier</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/16/living-la-dolce-vita-on-a-soviet-carrier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something utterly incongruous about the setup, but a Chinese company is opening a luxury hotel on board a retired Kiev-class Soviet aircraft carrier. That&#8217;s right. One of these: Has bedrooms like these: And lounges like these: Crazy, no? The country that starved or killed millions in the name of communist purity and military dominance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep calm and carry on</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/06/keep-calm-and-carry-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[5th Fleet]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite trash-talk from Iran, the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is keeping its cool. After practicing blockading the Strait of Hormuz, a highway for about 20 percent of the world&#8217;s oil supply, Iranian Army chief Ataollah Salehi pledged consequences if a U.S. aircraft carrier entered the Persian Golf. &#8220;I advise, recommend and warn them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CO vs. sailor&#8217;s mother</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/17/co-vs-sailors-mother/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/17/co-vs-sailors-mother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fight is between blogger and Navy Mom Mary Brotherton and Capt. Brian &#8220;Lex&#8221; Luther, commanding officer of the carrier George H.W. Bush, a ship with ongoing commode problems. Brotherton has a blow-by-blow account of the head troubles on the carrier, complete with accounts from her son, a sailor onboard. It&#8217;s pretty thorough and includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the captain</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/15/remembering-the-captain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The photo says it all:]]></description>
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		<title>Tembe memorial service</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/14/tembe-memorial-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy will hold a memorial service at Naval Station Norfolk Tuesday at 1 p.m. aboard the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower to honor Capt. Tushar Tembe, who died suddenly Nov. 8 after collapsing at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., as he was debarking his ship, the carrier Harry S. Truman. &#8220;For 27 years, Capt. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A nice touch</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/11/a-nice-touch-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capt. Tushar Tembe was an avid golfer and was no doubt looking forward to playing in a local tournament he&#8217;d help plan that would pit golfers from his carrier, the Harry S. Truman, against players assigned to the carriers Dwight D. Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt and Enterprise. Tembe, sadly, collapsed Nov. 8 while debarking the Truman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A flight deck, transformed</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/11/a-flight-deck-transformed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Organizers of the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic game and ESPN were thrilled Thursday that a Pacific storm might hold off any rain until well beyond the basketball game&#8217;s tip-off at 4:15 p.m. Pacific time Friday on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in San Diego. A rainy forecast had threatened to force [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quicken Loans Carrier Classic unis unveiled</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/carrier-classic-unis-unveiled/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/carrier-classic-unis-unveiled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Michigan State and North Carolina men&#8217;s basketball teams will wear school-color camouflage-style uniforms to honor the military during their Nov. 11 Veterans Day clash aboard the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in San Diego. On Monday, the Spartans showed off the camouflage-patterned unis they&#8217;ll wear &#8212; white with a light green pattern and bordered with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A solemn duty</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/23/a-solemn-duty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burial at sea]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It takes place about 20 times each month: The casketed or cremated remains of an eligible individual are buried at sea. It&#8217;s an ancient tradition that&#8217;s probably been practiced as long as people have gone to sea, according to Naval History &#38; Heritage Command. On Saturday, Oct. 22, crew members of the carrier Dwight D. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busy days and nights aboard Ike</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/19/busy-days-and-nights-aboard-ike/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/19/busy-days-and-nights-aboard-ike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carrier qualifications]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Norfolk-based carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is deep into the basic phase of pre-deployment training while underway in the Atlantic. Technically, it&#8217;s taking part in a Tailored Ship&#8217;s Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem, or TSTA/FEP, and conducting carrier qualifications for Carrier Air Wing 7 fliers. Ike will be out for several weeks to come, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy and the budget: What&#8217;s getting cut?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/10/the-navy-and-the-budget-whats-getting-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/10/the-navy-and-the-budget-whats-getting-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy is about to start seeing significant reductions in spending for operations and maintenance, spare parts, new ships and aircraft, research and development, and personnel, all essentially the result of a flagging U.S. economy. In the new Navy Times, analysts and insiders assess the areas at risk, while readers offer suggestions on what they&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Very close call</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/05/very-close-call/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You could just as easily be reading an article about two George Washington sailors who were killed on the carrier’s flight deck. While there was certainly a few sky-high heart rates and a couple of strings of profanity, everything turned out fine after the sailors wandered onto the deck as an F/A-18 Hornet approached for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haze gray and underway</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/27/haze-gray-and-underway/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/27/haze-gray-and-underway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This simple yet atmospheric photo should resonate with anyone who&#8217;s ever been at sea &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>No pain, no gain</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/23/no-pain-no-gain/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/23/no-pain-no-gain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carrier qualifications]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So you want to be a Navy master-at-arms or join a ship&#8217;s security force? Know that this is a hurdle you&#8217;ll have to clear: Yep, that&#8217;s a faceful of Oleoresin Capsicum spray &#8212; a staple of master-at-arms &#8220;A&#8221; school training and part of a requirement for shipboard security force qualification. But you don&#8217;t just get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Down and dirty</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/19/down-and-dirty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway in the Atlantic conducting carrier qualifications for naval aviators, but it&#8217;s the unglamorous and often tedious work below decks that keeps the fliers going. A zillion things can go wrong with an aircraft &#8212; especially aircraft that operate in a maritime environment and bounce onto aircraft carriers. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home after the storm</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/31/home-after-the-storm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2nd Fleet]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 27 ships that sortied out of Hampton Roads in advance of Hurricane Irene&#8217;s arrival last weekend began returning to Naval Station Norfolk and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Tuesday and are continuing to come back throughout the week. Also returning to their berths are some of the 28 ships in various stages of maintenance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A little love for the fleet workhorse</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/18/a-little-love-for-the-fleet-workhorse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lengthy post-availability at-sea period just ended for the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, which blitzed through sea trials, flight deck certification, carrier quals, and 3M (Maintenance Material Management) inspections following nine months of shipyard work that ended in mid-June. During that time, Ike&#8217;s primary lifelines to shore were the reliable Carrier On-Board Delivery planes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good works in Jax</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/29/good-works-in-jax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 40 sailors from the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower spent the morning of July 26 sprucing up a resource center for the homeless in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., during a three-day port call in Mayport that began July 25. The center, called Mission House, offers food and counseling services to the homeless in the Jacksonville [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ike&#8217;s return is on track</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/14/ikes-return-is-on-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is enjoying a noteworthy and productive post-availability period at sea. On July 2, Ike, operating off the Atlantic coast, was the scene of the first fully hands-free carrier landing as an F/A-18D modified to emulate the in-development X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System aircraft touched down under control of an onboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hornets, Vikings and carrier Yorktown (?!) in Disney movie</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/08/hornets-vikings-and-carrier-yorktown-in-disney-movie/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/08/hornets-vikings-and-carrier-yorktown-in-disney-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not just the littoral combat ship Independence that has a cameo in a Disney movie. All sorts of Navy hardware show up for an upcoming release. A carrier and at least a squadron’s worth of Super Hornets are featured in “Planes,” a direct-to-video movie expected in 2013. A frame-by-frame review of the trailer shows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ike gets back to work</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/29/ike-gets-back-to-work/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/29/ike-gets-back-to-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is back in business. After a nine-month availability, the second-oldest Nimitz-class carrier is conducting flight ops and taking on fuel; now there are pictures to prove it. The ship, underway in the Atlantic, is completing carrier qualifications and flight deck certifications in preparation for its next deployment. Ike completed sea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ship that buried bin Laden</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/14/the-ship-that-buried-bin-laden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s gotta be at least a little frustrating. You&#8217;re just wrapping up a highly successful deployment and you&#8217;ve finally got a whole mess of reporters who want to talk to you about it. But they don&#8217;t. They want to talk about that. You know. That guy you buried at sea and now utterly defines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost back in the fleet</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/14/almost-back-in-the-fleet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway for sea trials following a nine-month maintenance availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. Ike&#8217;s planned incremental availability began last summer and was supposed to be done in March. It was extended into June due to major pump overhaul and unexpected winter storms, according to the Navy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It still floats</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/23/it-still-floats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 16:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll let the picture tell the story: The carrier Theodore Roosevelt got underway Saturday for the first time in nearly two years when it left its dry dock at Newport News Shipbuilding and entered James River in southeast Virginia. The move comes in the midst of the carrier&#8217;s ongoing 39-month refueling complex overhaul, which began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back where it belongs &#8230; in the water</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/20/back-where-it-belongs-in-the-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 20:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty months in dry dock will end Saturday, May 21, when the carrier Theodore Roosevelt checks out of Dry Dock 11 at Newport News Shipbuilding (so nice to be able to use the simple name again, though we should note that the yard is a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries &#8230;) to a pierside location [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush to make first-ever overseas deployment</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/05/bush-to-make-first-ever-overseas-deployment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 18:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The vision that began with a January 2001 contract award will be fully realized on Wednesday, May 11, when the carrier George H.W. Bush leaves Norfolk to begin its first-ever combat deployment. The 1,092-foot Bush is the 10th and final carrier of the Nimitz class. Commissioned in January 2009, the carrier, as well as its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another XO video &#8212; but this one&#8217;s G-rated</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/15/another-xo-video-but-this-ones-g-rated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The executive officer of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt has narrated a new ship-produced video that has popped up on YouTube. The Navy&#8217;s probably happier with this video than some other recent ones. Narrated by the XO, Capt. Douglas Verissimo, and featuring his CO, Capt. William Hart, in a walk-on part, the video touts the carrier&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The virtual Navy</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/11/the-virtual-navy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huntington Ingalls Industries must have made a Best Buy run before they set up their stall at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space Exposition. Exhibitors use all sorts of displays to show off their goodies, but HII&#8217;s came complete with video games and a huge 3-D television, which would make  teenage boys everywhere incredibly jealous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elizabeth Taylor and the Carl Vinson</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/24/elizabeth-taylor-and-the-carl-vinson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 28 years ago to the day, the carrier Carl Vinson had a visitor whose death is one of the biggest news stories of the week. Elizabeth Taylor, who died Wednesday, attended the ship’s christening (or maybe commissioning) with her husband, former Navy Secretary and then Virginia Sen. John Warner. The two are shown together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It really is a coalition, folks!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/21/meeting-of-the-minds/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/21/meeting-of-the-minds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is working hard to play down the U.S. role in the airstrikes and no-fly zone operations on and over Libya, with senior officials stressing that the U.S. involvement is &#8220;limited&#8221; and that the operation is a broad-based coalition effort with international participation and Arab League backing &#8212; not a U.S.-led foray into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bracketology and aircraft carriers</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/08/bracketology-and-aircraft-carriers/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/08/bracketology-and-aircraft-carriers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naval Air Forces is using this bracket to determine the best aircraft carrier in the history of the Navy. // Naval Air Forces The month wouldn’t be complete without tournament brackets. And not to be outdone by the NCAA’s basketball showdown, Naval Air Forces has created a competition of its own. But instead of matching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;XO Movie Night&#8217; videos are out &#8230; all of them</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/04/xo-movie-night-videos-are-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you probably know by now, Adm. John Harvey of Fleet Forces Command on Thursday unveiled the results of his investigation into the controversial “XO Movie Night” video skits aired on the carrier Enterprise from 2005 to 2007, recommending that secretarial letters of censure be issued to two admirals and two of the carrier’s former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dripper or the Trickle Down Café?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/02/hellcat-cafe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ronald Reagan has its own cafe. // U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Trevor Welsh On Jan. 31 a new coffee shop opened up on the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. Apparently Hellcat Café, as it&#8217;s called, is popular enough to draw lines several sailors deep.  Cafés on other carriers have also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a name?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/02/whats-in-a-name/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/02/whats-in-a-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy held its &#8220;first cut&#8221; ceremony for the yet-to-be-named CVN 79 last week. Naming a carrier is a big deal and there are plenty of politics involved. Ultimately Navy Secretary Ray Mabus will make the call but he should have the benefit of input from Scoop Deck readers. Leave your suggestions in the comment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy carrier hosts the Stanley Cup (the hardware, that is)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/02/navy-carrier-hosts-the-stanley-cup-the-hardware-that-is/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/02/navy-carrier-hosts-the-stanley-cup-the-hardware-that-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a lifelong hockey fan like Command Master Chief Gregg Snaza, it was a visit to the sport&#8217;s Holy Grail. But he didn&#8217;t have to travel far. On Feb. 25, the famous Stanley Cup was brought to his &#8220;doorstep&#8221; &#8212; the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, undergoing a planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honors: Should he stay, or go?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/02/02/honors-should-he-stay-or-go/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/02/02/honors-should-he-stay-or-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We reported in our print edition this week (dated Feb. 7) that Fleet Forces Command chief Adm. John Harvey has recommended Capt. Owen Honors be detached for cause.  As those in the service know, that&#8217;s not separation from the Navy, but the formal completion of the administrative process of removing him from command of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hornets, Super Hornets to launch Super Bowl</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/28/super-hornets-to-launch-super-bowl/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/28/super-hornets-to-launch-super-bowl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all seen jet fighter flyovers add a patriotic zinger to the National Anthem at big sporting events, but the deafening show of force never loses its cool. If you like &#8216;em too, stay close to the TV and turn up the sound just before kickoff in this year&#8217;s Super Bowl, when four Carrier Air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego carrier could host big-time men&#8217;s hoops game</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/26/san-diego-carrier-could-host-big-time-mens-hoops-game/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/26/san-diego-carrier-could-host-big-time-mens-hoops-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Possibly coming next season to a flattop deck near you (if you&#8217;re stationed in San Diego): That&#8217;s right: If you&#8217;re in the right place at the right time next fall, you could be watching a choice early season matchup between traditional men&#8217;s college basketball powers North Carolina and Michigan State aboard a Navy carrier. Will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firing Honors, pro and con, Week 2</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/10/firing-honors-pro-and-con-week-2/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/10/firing-honors-pro-and-con-week-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adm. John Harvey learned about the controversial, four-year-old shipboard videos co-produced by Capt. Owen Honors on Dec. 31 &#8212; the day before they were published for the first time outside the skin of the carrier Enterprise &#8212; and &#8220;immediately ordered an investigation,&#8221; he says in a Jan. 7 post on his command blog. Harvey also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A tradition of the sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/04/a-tradition-of-the-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/04/a-tradition-of-the-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a cloudy but humid tropical day, several dozen sailors, donning crisp uniforms, gathered on aircraft carrier Carl Vinson’s port side elevator No. 4 as the ship maneuvered in the waters of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. On a table covered with a blue cloth sat urns of different sizes and colors – 43 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support for Capt. Honors</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/03/support-for-capt-honors/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/03/support-for-capt-honors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy didn&#8217;t mince words in its official reaction to Capt. Owen Honors&#8217; role in the creation of what are viewed by many as overly suggestive or inappropriate videos &#8212; meant to be humorous &#8212; that were broadcast aboard the carrier Enterprise during his run as XO back in 2006-2007. &#8220;Those in command &#8230; are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bushtastic holiday spectacular</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/30/bushtastic-holiday-spectacular/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/30/bushtastic-holiday-spectacular/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year the carrier George H.W. Bush took top honors among the big-deck ships at Naval Station Norfolk in the base&#8217;s annual holiday lights contest. Tasteful? Eyesore? It&#8217;s all in the eye of the beholder; you be the judge. If you have pictures of your ship&#8217;s holiday lights, send them along to dlarter_at_navytimes.com with captions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home for the holidays</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/21/home-for-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/21/home-for-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blair Tomlinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a seven-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, pilots from Strike Fighter Squadron 32 are greeted by friends and family members on Dec. 18, during a homecoming ceremony at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in Everett</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/14/christmas-in-everett/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/14/christmas-in-everett/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cheering probably hasn&#8217;t stopped in Everett, Wash. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus was the bearer of glad tidings and Christmas cheer Dec. 9 when he announced that the carrier Nimitz, for the past nine years based in San Diego, would be homeported at Everett Naval Station after 12 months of scheduled maintenance at Puget Sound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pesky Navy screwing up my keyless entry, again</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/06/pesky-navy-screwing-up-my-keyless-entry-again/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/06/pesky-navy-screwing-up-my-keyless-entry-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The electronics on Navy ships are not subtle. They pump out a ton of power on thousands upon thousands of frequencies. So sometimes such pedestrian electronic devices as your keyless car entry remote and garage door openers get jacked up when the Navy comes around. The people of Bremerton, Wash., may have some issues this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carl Vinson heads to sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/01/images-from-the-deploying-uss-carl-vinson/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/01/images-from-the-deploying-uss-carl-vinson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Carl Vinson left Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., on Tuesday for three weeks of training followed by a scheduled deployment. Here are some photos the Navy took as sailors boarded the ship and got under way. (Click for high-resolution versions.)]]></description>
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		<title>Message not received</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/23/message-not-received/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/23/message-not-received/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember all those exercises South Korea held with the U.S. a few months ago to send a message to its pugnacious northern neighbor? You know, the ones that had the carrier George Washington steaming with the South Korean navy? The exercises that drove U.S.-Chinese relations to a low-point earlier this year? Well Kim Jong-Il didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy to the rescue</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/09/navy-to-the-rescue/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/09/navy-to-the-rescue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you hear about a Navy relief effort, you usually don&#8217;t think about the needy deprived of all-you-can-eat midnight buffets with chocolate fondue fountains. But staff writer Gidget Fuentes has a story about the carrier Ronald Reagan&#8217;s mission: supplying a stranded cruise ship packed with 4,500 vacationers and crew members with more 70,000 pounds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French carrier &#8220;not seaworthy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/01/french-carrier-not-seaworthy/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/01/french-carrier-not-seaworthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has been sidelined with a major engineering casualty until at least Christmas, and the time could not be worse for Great Britain, according to the Telegraph. With the U.K.&#8217;s only carrier Ark Royal scrapped, the two historic rivals were expected this week to announce a partnership that would [...]]]></description>
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