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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Historical</title>
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		<title>We should all live so long &#8212; and well</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/31/we-should-all-live-so-long-and-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amphibious operations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reaching 100 years of age is remarkable enough. But the Navy made it extra special for a former Navy Seabee Dec. 2. Retired Capt. James R. Mims, the nation&#8217;s oldest living Seabee, was made an honorary member of Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 by the unit&#8217;s top sailor, Command Master Chief (SCW) Johnny DeSarro, during Mims&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rudy&#8217;s one-liners</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/27/rudy-the-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retired Master Chief Rudy Boesch earned more than a few laughs Friday during his remarks at the East Coast SEALs&#8217; celebration of the SEALs&#8217; 50th anniversary (the West Coast SEALs marked it two weeks ago), both centered around his post-SEAL Team 2 days. The 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act helped spark the 1987 formation of [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
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		<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>Celebrating the Wrights, and naval aviation&#8217;s 100th</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/08/celebrating-the-wrights-and-naval-aviations-100th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation centennial]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[East Coast aviation buffs should mark their calendars for Saturday, Dec. 17, when the 108th Celebration of Powered Flight will be held at the Wright Brothers National Monument in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Well, it&#8217;s probably not exactly the 108th celebration &#8230; no one likely paid any attention to such things for a few decades. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elves in orange vests</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/29/elves-in-orange-vests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seagoing buoy tender Alder has a new mission: spreading holiday cheer. The cutter is carrying hundreds of trees to needy Chicago families as the city&#8217;s &#8220;Christmas ship.&#8221; On Monday, the cutter&#8217;s crew took on the holiday cargo in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The seagoing buoy tender/icebreaker Mackinaw normally does the honors. Its crew delivered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Down Under, memories of another ‘Pearl Harbor’</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/25/down-under-memories-of-another-%e2%80%98pearl-harbor%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor stands out as a critical turning point in our nation’s history. Next month, we mark the 70th anniversary, and the nation will join countless veterans and service members in recalling the sacrifice from that day and the amazing generation that stepped up and answered the nation&#8217;s call. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The sub force&#8217;s first female trailblazers</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/22/the-sub-forces-first-female-trailblazers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With female officers reporting for duty this month to the submarine force, news stories have hailed these trailblazers as the first female submariners. While that may be true, they’re not without forebears, one reader told Navy Times. In the early 1980s, roughly 120 women were recruited into the nuclear Navy to join the submarine force, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haze gray in Charm City</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/16/haze-gray-in-charm-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community relations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, and the Navy is helping the state of Maryland kick off its multi-year commemoration with a two-ship visit to Baltimore&#8217;s beautiful Inner Harbor. The war with Great Britain that gave us the Star-Spangled Banner and &#8220;Don&#8217;t give up the ship!&#8221; was declared on June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A battleship of your very own</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/a-battleship-of-your-very-own/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Battleships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the battleship Iowa being prepared for its debut next year as an interactive museum near Los Angeles, you might be thinking, where&#8217;s my battleship? The car enthusiast website jalopnik.com has the scoop: For a mere $80,000, you can own your own replica of the battleship New Jersey. The ebay auction description notes the ship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy officer and Doritos inventor dies</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/29/navy-officer-and-doritos-inventor-dies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea for Doritos tortilla chips, which brought about a sea change in snacking and became a top seller for Frito-Lay, came from the mind of former Navy man Arch West, who died of natural causes on Sept. 20. He was 97. West joined the Navy in 1943 and served as a gunnery officer onboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New oldest Frogman – and that’s no bull</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/26/new-oldest-frogman-%e2%80%93-and-that%e2%80%99s-no-bull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 23:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admirals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aug. 22 retirement of Adm. Eric T. Olson marked the end of the Navy SEAL officer’s 38-year naval career – and the passing of the title of longest-serving SEAL. Olson, a 1973 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, became a SEAL officer in 1974, an achievement that led to a storied career and command [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That flag</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/02/that-flag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember a 1990-ish visit to a Japanese submarine base and being dumbfounded to see the subs flying the rising sun flag off their stern masts. Dumbfounded, because being, ahem, of a certain age, I associated the flag &#8212; a red disc with red and white &#8220;beams&#8221; extending outward &#8212; with the aggressive World War [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former JAG becomes federal judge</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/12/former-jag-becomes-federal-judge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 14:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy JAG Corps got a nice feather in the cap May 11 when a former Navy JAG and civilian public defender was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a U.S. district judge in Virginia’s Eastern District. Arenda L. Wright Allen of Norfolk, nominated by President Obama in June 2010, becomes the first black female [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silent service turns 111</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/21/silent-service-turns-111/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Happy (belated) birthday, bubbleheads! It was on April 11, 111 years ago, that the Navy purchased its first fully submersible vessel, Holland VI, from inventor John Holland. The 64-ton sub cost $150,000 and was christened the SS-1 Holland. Powered by a gasoline engine, it could make could make roughly 2 knots submerged, had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Realism, circa 1929</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/12/realism-circa-1929/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation centennial]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tucked between displays of what will become the future of naval aviation is a tribute to the previous century of naval flight. An early flight simulator is one of the more interesting attractions. It looks like a really intense kiddie ride, one of those machines found outside of grocery stores that that blare really loud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daly: Amphibious forces are more relevant than ever</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/01/daly-amphibious-forces-are-more-relevant-than-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/01/daly-amphibious-forces-are-more-relevant-than-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deputy commander of Fleet Forces Command used his keynote speech at the decommissioning of the amphibious assault ship Nassau in Norfolk March 31 to stump for continued support for the &#8220;Gator Navy&#8221; and the capability to launch U.S. Marines onto contested shore, arguing that such a capability reduces the need for U.S. bases on [...]]]></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>Ship in the spotlight: The Black (DD-666)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/18/ship-in-the-spotlight-the-black-dd-666/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/18/ship-in-the-spotlight-the-black-dd-666/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears sailors aren&#8217;t that superstitious since the Navy let this hull number slide. The Navy has been around for a while, and there have been a lot of ships in its service with fascinating histories. So it would seem appropriate to highlight a ship and its story from time to time on Scoop Deck. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A piggybacked peek into the future</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/16/a-piggybacked-peek-into-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few lucky travelers passing through Lambert International Airport in St. Louis Dec. 13 may have caught a glimpse of aviation history in the making &#8212; and of military aviation&#8217;s future &#8212; when Boeing&#8217;s Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system hitched a ride on NASA&#8217;s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The flight was a test to check the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do you raise a sunken Soviet sub? Ask the CIA.</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/08/how-do-you-raise-a-sunken-soviet-sub-ask-the-cia/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/08/how-do-you-raise-a-sunken-soviet-sub-ask-the-cia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=7431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1974, the CIA launched an audacious plan to raise the K-129, a Soviet ballistic submarine that sunk in the North Pacific not far from Hawaii. The goal was to recover any information  &#8212; documents, codes &#8212; they could and also find several ballistic missiles that were lost with the sub.  Author Norman Polmar&#8217;s book, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dec. 7, 1941</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/07/dec-7-1941/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 69th anniversary of &#8220;a date which will live in infamy&#8221; &#8212; the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that prompted the U.S. entry into World War II. The Navy regrouped, fought back and, four years later, enjoyed the ultimate payback, hosting the formal Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri. The anniversary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Gulf War?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/02/another-gulf-war/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/12/02/another-gulf-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thankfully, this battle is more semantic than deadly. Thursday morning, the popular-yet-normally-benign Facebook page for the U.S. Navy was hit by cyber activists demanding that a certain body of water be referred to as the &#8220;Persian Gulf.&#8221; The Navy, as you know, calls it the &#8220;Arabian Gulf,&#8221; although not always. The moderator of the Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naval aviation history, brought to life</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/naval-aviation-history-brought-back-to-life/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/naval-aviation-history-brought-back-to-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The skies over the Hampton Roads, Va., region are daily crisscrossed by some of the most modern jets in the U.S. military&#8217;s inventory, from Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets to Air Force F-22s. But at Norfolk Naval Station on Friday, nothing &#8212; nothing &#8212; could top the ultra-retro replica Curtiss pusher biplane piloted by the builder, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The future of naval tacair arrives at Pax River</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/the-future-of-naval-tacair-arrives-at-pax-river/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/the-future-of-naval-tacair-arrives-at-pax-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A seminal event in naval aviation history will be celebrated today at Norfolk Naval Station when officials and dignitaries gather for a (non-public) celebration of civilian flier Eugene Ely&#8217;s gutty Nov. 14, 1910, biplane flight off a makeshift shipboard flight deck &#8212; the first time it had ever been done. Last week, the latest in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Current aircraft, vintage paint schemes for centennial</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/11/current-aircraft-vintage-paint-schemes-for-centennial/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/11/current-aircraft-vintage-paint-schemes-for-centennial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the flight that launched naval aviation is being commemorated Nov. 12 in Norfolk, the Navy will officially celebrate 100 years of naval aviation throughout 2011, as the first naval aircraft were requisitioned 100 years earlier. The year will be filled with events across the country, starting with the Feb. 10 kickoff event in San [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not so fast, power company</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/25/not-so-fast-power-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people have had a suspect power bill a time or two, but $170,000-worth of suspect power bills? The museum ship Salem in Salem, Mass., is haggling with the power company over $170,000 of unpaid electric bills and National Grid is threatening to cut off the lights. The heavy cruiser that once served as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every cruiser in the palm of your hand</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/21/every-cruiser-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/21/every-cruiser-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s fun to geek out on cruisers, especially the Ticonderoga class. They&#8217;re not very subtle: 122 vertical-launched missiles, eight harpoons, six torpedoes and two 5-inch guns surrounded by more than 100 nautical miles of AN/SPY-1 radar coverage. But the Tico is only one class in a long line of big-gun cruisers. There was the 6,000-ton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the new &#8216;Navy&#8217; needed a news-paper</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/13/when-the-new-navy-needed-a-news-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/13/when-the-new-navy-needed-a-news-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our archives department here at Army Times Publishing Co. Gannett Government Media Corp. was doing some research this month into new ways to illustrate how much money service members will get next time around: Giant sacks with dollar signs? Piles of cash? Scrooge McDuck swimming in a warehouse full of gold coins? But instead it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The brass argues: Who gets to nuke the North?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/11/the-brass-argues-who-gets-to-nuke-the-north/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/11/the-brass-argues-who-gets-to-nuke-the-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s AP report about the U.S. military&#8217;s newly declassified nuclear weapons plans for North Korea is an absolute must read. Did you know the infamous Gen. Douglas MacArthur had a plan to hit the North with 30 to 50 nuclear weapons? That the U.S. has seriously considered nuking the North at least six times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A vessel for a voyage to the other side</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/11/a-vessel-for-a-voyage-to-the-other-side/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/11/a-vessel-for-a-voyage-to-the-other-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone with memories of childhood model-making &#8212; and I don&#8217;t mind saying that the MiG 29 kit I built in sixth grade was the greatest achievement in aeronautical engineering up to that time &#8212; will feel like a piker compared to 82 year-old hobbyist Earl Wehner of Dickinson, S.D. With nothing more than a &#8220;small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All the president&#8217;s suds: Faram&#8217;s bath in the Iowa&#8217;s tub</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/27/all-the-presidents-suds/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/27/all-the-presidents-suds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got to talking about the battleship Iowa this morning in our weekly staff meeting here at the Center of Excellence, and I mentioned that, among the ship&#8217;s other historic qualities, it&#8217;s the only U.S. warship in history with its own bathtub &#8212; installed to accommodate President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he rode the ship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland gets cold feet</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/14/portland-gets-cold-feet/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/14/portland-gets-cold-feet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are dark times for the world of naval museum ships: Plans to make the retired carriers Ranger and Saratoga into waterfront attractions seem to be going nowhere; Adm. George Dewey&#8217;s flagship, the cruiser Olympia, is set to close in just a few weeks; and now the latest bid to set up the ex-John F. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy: Instead of a medal, take this sheet of paper</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/24/navy-instead-of-medal-take-this-sheet-of-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/24/navy-instead-of-medal-take-this-sheet-of-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All they wanted up in Lockport, N.Y., was to put up a nice display about a local hero &#8212; Navy Fireman Michael Huskey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1863 for heroically helping to save a Navy river tug under heavy fire from those treacherous Johnny Rebs. Poor Huskey died a year later, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gulf War plus 20</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/17/the-gulf-war-plus-20/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/17/the-gulf-war-plus-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. military entered its modern era in 1990, when it began a campaign that would deliver a devastating, quick and apparently (but not actually) bloodless defeat to an international villain. The force exorcised the demons of Vietnam, proved after decades of nuclear tension that it could win a decisive conventional victory, and did it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome home links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/05/welcome-home-links/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/05/welcome-home-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The destroyer Farragut pulled in to Naval Station Mayport, Fla. this week after a high-profile deployment that included fighting pirates, awesome high-speed runs, and even a time-traveling visit from its namesake. So today&#8217;s links are for DDG 99 baby, as Ice Cube might have said. Remember the mystery of what damaged the oil tanker M [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy&#8217;s new eyes in the sky</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/09/the-navys-new-eyes-in-the-sky/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/09/the-navys-new-eyes-in-the-sky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy&#8217;s experimental airship MZ-3A is everywhere: There are photos of it right now on CNN, it&#8217;s got thousands of Google News hits, and there&#8217;s a fresh set of pix up on the official Navy site this morning. Lighter-than-air craft can&#8217;t pull Immelmann turns or splash MiG 29s, but they can loiter over a patrol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The airstrike that never happened</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/07/the-airstrike-that-never-happened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pacific]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NPR&#8217;s Mike Shuster has an outstanding story this week about the thorny strategic problem of North Korea: Those guys are always doing nasty things that make the world angry, but U.S. and international commanders can seldom respond for fear of sparking off what could become one hell of a tinderbox. Shuster&#8217;s story drew on newly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not for amateurs</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/29/not-for-amateurs/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/29/not-for-amateurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new “Warship 2010” will make certain readers pray for e-mail outages, rainy weekends or sunspots &#8212; anything to free up as much time as possible in which to get lost in this year’s edition. This British annual, which has just reached the United States via the Naval Institute Press, is another dose of pure, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cold War ghost</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/16/a-cold-war-ghost/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/16/a-cold-war-ghost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Less than a day after our distinguished colleague Mark D. Faram reported that the retired carrier Forrestal was under tow and bound for Philadelphia, the Navy has posted some official images of the ur-flattop of the Cold War. Forrestal has seen better days &#8212; take a look at the forward section in the photo above. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merlin helicopter links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/16/merlin-helicopter-links/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/16/merlin-helicopter-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sonar dippin&#8217;, torpedo droppin&#8217;,  medium-lift mission flyin&#8217;, links, with plenty of legroom and no unpleasant hydraulic fluid leaking from the overheads: Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has been called up to the show: The White House wants him to knock off all this silly Navy stuff and start preparing a high-profile, long term Gulf Coast &#8220;recovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Olympia could end up as a reef, or scrap</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/24/the-olympia-could-end-up-as-a-reef-or-scrap/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/24/the-olympia-could-end-up-as-a-reef-or-scrap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 13:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Adm. George Dewey&#8217;s flagship, the cruiser Olympia, could be sunk as an artificial reef for lack of funds to preserve the ship, according to this report, which raises the stakes for the unlucky old war horse. Here&#8217;s another nauseating thought: If no one comes to its rescue, another option is for the Olympia to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ernie&#8217;s house</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/19/ernies-house/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/19/ernies-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost every hack on the military beat, from your big-dog, TV-appearance types to the lowliest pencil on the grind, got her or his start wanting to be Ernie Pyle. I have a G.I. Joe action figure of Ernie Pyle on my desk here at the Center of Excellence, complete with a scale-sized typewriter even a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal Navy denies central sea monster archive</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/17/royal-navy-denies-central-sea-monster-archive/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/17/royal-navy-denies-central-sea-monster-archive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 14:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do the archives of the Royal Navy include volume after gilt-edged volume detailing secret encounters between Her Majesty&#8217;s warships and horrifying sea creatures? Do archivists in catacombs deep below Whitehall maintain stacks of leather-bound books with reports about ships battling giant squid, or sea dragons, or the dreaded kraken? Are there pages upon pages of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The heretofore forbidden precincts&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/12/the-heretofore-forbidden-precincts/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/12/the-heretofore-forbidden-precincts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 21:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So why do Naval Academy plebes pile on top of each other every spring and try to shove their compatriots up a lard-covered granite shaft so one of them can grab a hat? It&#8217;s such a natural activity you may have thought it just randomly happened one day, but it&#8217;s actually the product of decades [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Its power is unlimited&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/10/its-power-is-unlimited/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/10/its-power-is-unlimited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy Memorial announced Monday that over the coming year, it&#8217;s going to host some 120 rarely seen historical movies about the Navy on its video-stream site, Navy TV. The historical footage includes the Navy&#8217;s 1942 battle in the Marshall Islands; a 1952 flick featuring Jacques Cousteau &#8220;demonstrating his revolutionary underwater breathing apparatus known as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Admiral to the end</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/22/the-admiral-to-the-end/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/22/the-admiral-to-the-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the April 26 edition of Time Magazine, ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer answers 10 questions from readers regarding her decades as a journalist. Rome Ibera, of Dumont, N.J., asked “What has been your most difficult interview so far?” Sawyer answered: Admiral Hyman Rickover. He was in his 80s at the time. He&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When small was small</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/20/when-small-was-small/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/20/when-small-was-small/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this era when everybody connected with the Navy is talking about small boats — should the U.S. be building them, how will the Navy fight them, how big is “small” — Osprey Publishing has picked the ideal moment to drop two new books with much to say on the subject. “U.S. Destroyers 1942-45” and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The intersection of past and future</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/20/the-intersection-of-past-and-future/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/20/the-intersection-of-past-and-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday was a day when hope and history shared the same waters at Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Conn. The day opened as sailors assigned to the Pre-Commissioning Unit Missouri raised colors for the first time aboard Missouri, the seventh Virginia-class attack submarine. The crew moved aboard and began bringing the sub’s systems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frigate patrol links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/20/frigate-patrol-links/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/20/frigate-patrol-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smuggler chasin&#8217;, Coast Guard law enforcement detachment carryin&#8217;, unmanned aerial vehicle testin&#8217;, submarine huntin&#8217; links, which can survive anything you throw at them &#8212; from a mine to an Exocet missile &#8212; to bring you the latest info from the Web: The Navy is changing its body fat rules for sailors, and Navy Times wants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Career advice from a Navy legend</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/13/career-advice-from-a-navy-legend/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/13/career-advice-from-a-navy-legend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck spent an awesome morning with retired Capt. (Dr.) Don Walsh, pilot of the bathyscaphe Trieste, which recorded the deepest dive any man has made. He and Jacques Piccard on Jan. 23, 1960 dove 35,797 feet (6.8 miles) into the deepest known part of any ocean, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. (Navy Times [...]]]></description>
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