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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Chow</title>
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		<title>Gourmet chow</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/17/gourmet-chow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hoskinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was no mistaking the scent of fine food that drew a crowd Monday to the Naval Supply Systems Command booth at the Navy League&#8217;s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium outside Washington, D.C. Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Anthony Catabay was putting the finishing touches on something that wasn&#8217;t the usual Navy fare: chicken saltimbocca with morel asparagus [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<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>Navy cooks vie to be region&#8217;s `Top Chef&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/24/navy-cooks-vie-to-be-regions-top-chef/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least seven teams of Navy culinary specialists from Mid-Atlantic Region are sharpening their knives for Wednesday&#8217;s big 2012 &#8220;Top Chef&#8221; galley cook-off at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek &#8211; Fort Story. (Blog entry aside: Isn&#8217;t that the most ungainly possible name for a military base? Sure hard to fit on the front of an [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=7164</guid>
		<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>Auto dog</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/20/auto-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=6292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Navy Times writer Phil Ewing and I learned a nickname for a popular machine on board the carrier Enterprise recently &#8212; the &#8220;Auto Dog,&#8221; aka the soft-serve ice cream machine. The term has been in the fleet for years, but it was new to me, and it took me almost a full 24 hours to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toddler-flage</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/18/toddler-flage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Schept</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew the Navy Working Uniform came in this size? The Blue Ridge&#8217;s service staff invited sailors and their families to the enlisted galley for a Father&#8217;s Day luncheon.  They served up a photo of the day.]]></description>
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		<title>The chow&#8217;s already great, and it&#8217;s about to improve</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/21/the-chows-already-great-and-its-about-to-improve/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/21/the-chows-already-great-and-its-about-to-improve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The civil-service mariners of Military Sealift Command handle millions of pounds of food every year resupplying Navy warships at sea, so they know about chow. But three ships in particular stand out in terms of excellent food service, according to an announcement this week. The dry cargo and ammunition ship Sacagawea, the oiler Guadalupe and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; the Skipper</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-skipper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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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.  0600 Reveille, reveille! All hands heave out and trice up. Reveille!  Truman’s 65-ton rudders are cutting through some choppier waters. It makes for a gentle rocking motion that invites one to remain in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISAF: Enough of all this nice stuff</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/26/isaf-enough-of-all-this-nice-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re headed for Afghanistan, or you&#8217;re already there, get ready to say goodbye to Orange Julius. The Jules, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen and other Morale, Welfare and Recreation spots across the &#8216;Stan are going away, so U.S. and international forces there can focus on fightin&#8217;. That was the word this week from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The gator that makes you want to lose weight</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/24/the-gator-that-makes-you-want-to-lose-weight/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/24/the-gator-that-makes-you-want-to-lose-weight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Few things create a culture of fitness better than fabulous prizes. Case study: The dock landing ship Harpers Ferry, where the winners of its &#8220;Biggest Loser&#8221; competition were announced this week and awarded &#8212; get this &#8212; round-trip tickets to Hawaii and five-star hotel accommodations when they got there. Scheduled to enjoy those plum prizes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The good eats Navy</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/22/the-good-eats-navy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The question of which commands in the Navy have the best galleys and the best chow has been answered for another year: Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has announced the latest winners of the Ney Awards, brought to you by Naval Supply Systems Command, which you can view here.]]></description>
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		<title>All that sweet, sweet beer!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/03/all-that-sweet-sweet-beer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck doesn&#8217;t mind admitting a weakness for an ice-cold brewski every once in awhile during the off-duty hours, and as such, found this item shocking: The U.S. Army reportedly destroyed 7,000 cans of beer that were the former property of the Royal Navy in Iraq. After the Americans took over a British base in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This year&#8217;s Navy Thanksgiving load-out</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/23/this-years-navy-thanksgiving-load-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can start to tell from the thinning crowds along the elegant boulevards here in the National Capital Region (and in the Christmas music that has already reared its ugly head downstairs in the Cafeteria of Excellence) that the holidays are nigh. This week, Americans will travel home to give thanks for flightless birds; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Navy: It&#8217;s Timmies or nothin&#8217;, eh?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/04/timmies-or-nothin-eh/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/04/timmies-or-nothin-eh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do Canadians love Tim Hortons so much? Good question. Why do boatswain&#8217;s mates wear those funny hard hats? These are mysteries to which there may never be good answers, but their effects are quite plain &#8212; especially that first one. Canadians love their &#8220;Timmies,&#8221; as they call it, in the same way they love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ovens take the work out of chow at sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/27/new-ovens-take-the-work-out-of-chow-at-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/27/new-ovens-take-the-work-out-of-chow-at-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy operates some of the most advanced equipment on the planet, what with all the fighter jets and nuclear reactors and Aegis radars and such, but less so in the galley, where culinary specialists depend as much on their own skill as new technology. That&#8217;s changing, though &#8212; sailors aboard the carrier Abraham Lincoln [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A spicy Fleet Week in the fleet city</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/16/a-spicy-fleet-week-in-the-fleet-city/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/16/a-spicy-fleet-week-in-the-fleet-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you tell when it&#8217;s Fleet Week in the city with the world&#8217;s largest naval base? Although every week is pretty much Fleet Week in Hampton Roads, Va., it has actually been Fleet Week there for the past few days, and the events will wrap up this weekend with an air show at Naval [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who has the best mess in the Navy?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/12/who-has-the-best-mess-in-the-navy/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/12/who-has-the-best-mess-in-the-navy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who do you think gets the best chow in the Navy? Scoop Deck has eaten really well on the guided-missile submarine Georgia; the amphibious assault ship Makin Island; and the cruiser Anzio, but there are many galleys out there and this is the kind of question about which people develop forceful opinions. If it helps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even LPD 21&#8242;s lettuce supplier feels the power</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/26/even-lpd-21s-lettuce-supplier-feels-the-power/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/26/even-lpd-21s-lettuce-supplier-feels-the-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there was any doubt that the amphibious transport dock New York carries an aura unlike any other Navy warship, consider the comments of the guys who supplied it with produce. Dan and Flint Robertson, of Robertson Produce, told Navy Times&#8217; shipmates at The News-Star of Monroe, La., that delivering crates of fruit and vegetables [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The European flavour</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/10/the-european-flavour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN &#8212; Before we arrived on Sunday, people kept telling us this place was like Mos Eisley Cantina in &#8220;Star Wars,&#8221; and it is, kind of &#8212; a Babylon in the scrubland, filled with people in strange uniforms, speaking exotic languages. There are service members here from the dozens of NATO nations that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maybe the chief ate all five vectors</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/23/maybe-the-chief-ate-all-five-vectors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that you couldn&#8217;t swing a dead cat and not hit a Five Vector Model. But it&#8217;s been a few years without a single dead cat/5vM mishap.  Once everywhere, now vapor. Once always in arm&#8217;s reach, now gone on a midnight train to Georgia. Above please find one of the last confirmed sightings of a 5vM, [...]]]></description>
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