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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Chiefs</title>
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		<title>Shipping over in style</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/14/shipping-over-in-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a favorite re-enlistment ceremony? Maybe a family member or VIP swore you in. Maybe the location was historically significant. Or maybe you were being circled by sharks at the time. Although he wasn&#8217;t defying death while raising his hand, Senior Chief Aviation Electrician&#8217;s Mate (AW) Mukunda-Krishna Tyson of Patrol Squadron 1 likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McFaul&#8217;s new chiefs beat the crowd</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/15/mcfauls-new-chiefs-beat-the-crowd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Norfolk-based destroyer McFaul broke ranks Thursday and pinned its five new chief petty officers day earlier than the rest of the Navy. There was a good reason for that. McFaul did so to accommodate a scheduled deployment. So even when a short-notice delay changed that deployment date, the ship held the ceremony so as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There must be more than meets the eye</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/02/07/there-must-be-more-than-meets-the-eye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior Chief Master-at-Arms Michael Toussaint had an anniversary of sorts Feb. 5: It marked one year since his Retirement Grade Determination Board met in Norfolk, Va., to decide which grade he would take into forced retirement after having his re-enlistment request denied by Adm. Gary Roughead, the chief of naval operations, and being censured by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caramel macchiato pairs well with 0600-1200 watch</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/02/caramel-macchiato-pairs-well-with-0600-1200-watch/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/02/caramel-macchiato-pairs-well-with-0600-1200-watch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ace reporter and newest Center of Excellence fellow Sam Fellman last week blew the lid off of the burgeoning gourmet coffee dependence among thousands of carrier crew members. The story, posted on the Navy Times website, exposed that carriers throughout the fleet were training SHs to run espresso machines, opening gourmet coffee shops and offering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations, chief</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/20/congratulations-chief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First came the chief&#8217;s list, and now the inevitable follow-up: Tons of photos of new chiefs pinning on their anchors and donning their combination covers for the first time. It can be an emotional experience, as Chief Information Systems Technician Joseph Valencia shows in this outstanding shot by MC2 James Evans. More here, here, here, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy birthday, chiefs!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/01/happy-birthday-chiefs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Master Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Covington, command master chief of U.S. Fifth Fleet, kicks off the Southwest Asia Chief Petty Officer Association picnic. (Photo by MC2 Class Jason T. Poplin) Maybe he made you scrub the deck for no apparent reason. Maybe he has a permanent scowl on his face. But it&#8217;s the chief&#8217;s 117th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; The flight deck</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-flight-deck/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-flight-deck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck blogger Lance M. Bacon just completed a 24-hour embark aboard the carrier Harry S Truman. This is the play-by-play.   ABCS (AW/SW) Ernest Taylor (left) gives Scoop Deck a full tour of the flight deck during flight ops (Photos by Lance M. Bacon) 1445 Scoop Deck has hooked up with ABCS (AW/SW) Ernest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MC-Pong</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/09/mc-pong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;All right, shipmate, let me show you how we do in the submarine force &#8212; maybe I&#8217;ll come atcha up high &#8212; just like a Tomahawk we can launch through the vertical launch tubes, son &#8212; or maybe I&#8217;ll sneak &#8216;er over the net real low, just like we might use a torpedo, get me?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MCPON: &#8220;Boom!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/07/mcpon-boom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (SS/SW) Rick West greeted Aviation Boatswain&#8217;s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Nikita Boles on Wednesday in the hangar bay aboard the carrier Nimitz in the North Arabian Sea. Will West begin asking sailors to &#8220;hit the rock,&#8221; much as he has made &#8220;hoo-yah&#8221; his catchphrase? His belief in muscle-display [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A name for DDG 1002</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/20/name-for-ddg-1002/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/20/name-for-ddg-1002/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s that a three-hull class of advanced ships raises the stakes. Maybe it&#8217;s that there will be so many Arleigh Burke-class destroyers that they all start to blend together. Or maybe it&#8217;s that, with 51 more littoral combat ships that will carry only names of  &#8220;medium-sized town names&#8221; (for now, anyway) people are worried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airborne early warning links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/11/airborne-early-warning-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bow catapult launchin&#8217;, air-searchin&#8217;, combat air patrol-vectorin&#8217;, friend-or-foe identifyin&#8217; links, orbiting high above the strike group to alert you in advance about these items on the Web: The reef-ization of the destroyer Arthur W. Radford, which you learned about awhile ago here on the Deck, is reportedly going to be &#8220;a big deal&#8221; for Maryland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peace through superior slapshot</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/13/peace-through-superior-slapshot/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/13/peace-through-superior-slapshot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The San Diego-based carrier Ronald Reagan boasts a number of sports teams, including an actual ice hockey team. They are in a competitive league back in home port and they played two games during a recent port visit in the Persian Gulf.  They lost the first game 12-0 against the Abu Dhabi Scorpions but came roaring back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in SecNav&#8217;s day</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/04/back-in-secnavs-day/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/04/back-in-secnavs-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAMA, BAHRAIN &#8212; Navy Secretary Ray Mabus was about halfway through an all-hands call here in an auditorium packed with sailors and Marines when a new questioner approached the microphone. In Mabus&#8217; opening remarks, the officer said, Mabus had mentioned the Navy over which he now presides was very different from the one in which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The muscles of MCPON</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/08/the-muscles-of-mcpon/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/08/the-muscles-of-mcpon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (SS/SW) Rick West thought he was on a tour of Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, and as part of that, he thought he was going to meet sailors at the base&#8217;s Far East Cafe, but it turned out that, really, he was going to a gun show.]]></description>
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		<title>Squared away or sloppy. You decide.</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/26/squared-away-or-sloppy-you-decide/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/26/squared-away-or-sloppy-you-decide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, then-Surface Force Master Chief (SW/AW) Michael Schanche put out a message (second item) about a trip to the waterfront in San Diego that left him &#8220;professionally embarrassed&#8221; for the first time in his career. He expressed dismay at an overall lack of military bearing, courtesies and good appearance. A year has passed and Navy Times decided to [...]]]></description>
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