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		<title>Not-so-fair winds at farewell</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/17/not-so-fair-winds-at-farewell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The temperature would rise to near 60 in Hampton Roads Tuesday, but winds gusting to 37 mph made it feel 45ish &#8212; and it always feels colder down at the Naval Station Norfolk waterfront, where the frigate Nicholas left around 10 a.m. How windy was it? The line handlers had to go hatless: The chop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of an era</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/06/end-of-an-era/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 7, 1970, the Beatles released their last single: &#8220;The Long and Winding Road.&#8221; Last week, the amphibious transport dock Ponce, launched 13 days after the song and commissioned in July 1971, completed its own long journey, coming home for the last time after four decades of service. Those years were filled with significant [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Carrier On-Board Delivery plane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation]]></category>
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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>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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/18/a-little-love-for-the-fleet-workhorse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carrier On-Board Delivery plane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Class A mishaps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flight deck certification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logistics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8937</guid>
		<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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helicopters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pearl Harbor]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8793</guid>
		<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>Good works in Jax</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/29/good-works-in-jax/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/29/good-works-in-jax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNATRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community relations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8768</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/14/ikes-return-is-on-track/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flight deck certification]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8702</guid>
		<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>It&#8217;s a real FRUKUS</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/21/its-a-real-frukus/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/21/its-a-real-frukus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counter-piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign navies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime interdiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No, we haven&#8217;t lost our sense of decorum here at Scoop Deck. FRUKUS 2011 is an invitational naval exercise now underway off the Virginia coast involving ships from Russia, France, the U.K. and the U.S. Navy. &#8220;FRUKUS&#8221; is an acronym for all four nations &#8212; we&#8217;re guessing it rhymes with RUCKUS, which means a commotion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home for Dad&#8217;s day</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/18/home-for-dads-day/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/18/home-for-dads-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballistic missile defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homecoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SURFLANT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Med]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The destroyer Stout came home to Norfolk Saturday following a Med cruise in support of theater security operations and ballistic missile deterrence &#8230; &#8230; and just in time for Father&#8217;s Day: Stout took part in the coalition strikes on Libyan forces that began in mid-March. Stout was the first ship on station and fired multiple [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Admirals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8074</guid>
		<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>Got pirates?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/02/21/got-pirates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gator Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=7807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest hijacking an American couple aboard their yacht Quest by Somali pirates is capturing more of the public’s attention than have dozens of other acts of piracy on the high seas, notably off east Africa where pirates are finding gold in the ransoms sought for their captured vessels ranging from large container ships to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take that, Kim Jong-il</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/01/take-that-kim-jong-il/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/01/take-that-kim-jong-il/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballistic missile defense]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=6993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese destroyer JS Kirishima shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a joint exercise with the Navy. Read about it here.]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell, Saturn</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/28/farewell-saturn/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/28/farewell-saturn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ordnance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=6876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There may not have been many of you &#8212; the former supply ship Saturn&#8217;s crew of 160 never included many more than 40 sailors during its 25-year run with Military Sealift Command &#8212; but here&#8217;s a respectful nod to you and your old ride, which was sunk in the Atlantic Wednesday after the George H.W. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tying things up</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/15/tying-one-off/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/15/tying-one-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=6265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sailor worked the lines as the aircraft carrier Enterprise returned to port in Norfolk, Va. after six-week cruise on Thursday, September 9, 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Off you go, then</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/23/off-you-go-then/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/23/off-you-go-then/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=6049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After what must have felt like a long interlude as guests of the U.S. Navy, eight Iranian seafarers are &#8212; one presumes &#8212; on their way home again. Helicopters from the carrier Harry S. Truman rescued the men last week after their vessel caught fire in the Arabian Sea, and the Americans sailors fed, clothed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The invasion force</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/06/the-invasion-force/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/06/the-invasion-force/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strikegroupsploitation! Only this time, it&#8217;s amphibious-ready-groupsploitation, aka ARGsploitation! A rumor that has apparently been simmering for weeks in the Patchouli-scented Baja hoodie corner of the Web burst into the mainstream this week: Huffington Post columnist Nikolas Kozloff warns that &#8220;a massive flotilla&#8221; of &#8220;46 warships&#8221; and &#8220;7,000 Marines&#8221; is bound for tiny Costa Rica, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After the frigates are gone</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/04/after-the-frigates-are-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/04/after-the-frigates-are-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Navy story didn&#8217;t include any quotes from a trio of Spanish boaters who were rescued by the frigate Taylor on Monday, but it&#8217;s a safe bet they were really glad to see that big white &#8220;50&#8243;  on the horizon after they&#8217;d been adrift off Gibraltar for 24 hours in an open boat. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy&#8217;s Haiti mission continues</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/03/the-navys-haiti-mission-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/03/the-navys-haiti-mission-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima and a Marine Corps special purpose MAGTF arrived in Haiti late last month, as part of the latest humanitarian deployment to South America. Haiti is bouncing back from its devastating earthquake earlier this year, but it still needs help with ongoing medical care &#8212; especially surgeries &#8212; and certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s something very unusual about this photo</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/21/theres-something-very-unusual-about-this-photo/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/21/theres-something-very-unusual-about-this-photo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A photo of the littoral combat ship Freedom taking on fuel is like a photo of a cow grazing &#8212; highly predictable behavior from a creature that needs lots and lots of sustenance. That&#8217;s not what&#8217;s unusual about this picture. Can you spot what is? The answer is after the jump. It&#8217;s a little blurry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power projection points to pending problems</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/17/power-projection-points-to-pending-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/17/power-projection-points-to-pending-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, all four guided missile subs are deployed to an AOR. We’re not talking about being underway at the same time, and sea trials don’t count. We’re talking about being on the tip of the spear. For you strategists out there, that equals a combined 616 Tomahawk cruise missiles on station, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A tricky situation</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/02/a-tricky-situation/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/02/a-tricky-situation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The American military presence in the Western Pacific may have a stabilizing effect on the security of the region, but it can have a decidedly destabilizing effect politically. Case in point: the resignation this week of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, whose career was undone, in part, by the never-ending debate over the Marine Corps&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advanced Gun System hits milestone</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/advanced-gun-system-hits-milestone/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/advanced-gun-system-hits-milestone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An artist&#8217;s rendition of the the AGS at work. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead in an interview with Navy Times last month voiced his commitment to providing Marines precision littoral fire support. We&#8217;re looking at rounds that give us extended range and are compatible with 5-inch guns. Precision is going to be key. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tensions build, rumors fly</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/25/tensions-build-rumors-fly/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/25/tensions-build-rumors-fly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Internet rule number one: In the absence of accurate information, make stuff up. This dictum, which applies in any situation, is in full effect for the showdown on the Korean Peninsula over the sinking by the North of the South&#8217;s patrol ship Cheonan. South Korean investigators say they found traces of explosives, parts of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/21/seven-in-seven-6/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/21/seven-in-seven-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been another busy week for the Navy. Here are seven stories in seven minutes from the past seven days that are worthy of notice: 1. Defense Bill passes HASC. This bill has tons of important stuff – far too much to put in this blog. You can check Monday’s edition of Navy Times for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Sorry, chief, I&#8217;m not qualified in metric line-handling&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/19/sorry-chief-im-not-qualified-in-metric-line-handling/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/19/sorry-chief-im-not-qualified-in-metric-line-handling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 18:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; or maybe it&#8217;s not that different after all &#8212; when the Royal Navy carrier Ark Royal docked for a port visit in Norfolk on Friday, these American sailors discovered you don&#8217;t seem to need any special skills to handle lines for a foreign warship. Ark Royal is in the U.S.  as part of Operation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporter&#8217;s Notebook: CNO @ Heritage Foundation</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/14/reporters-notebook-cno-heritage-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/14/reporters-notebook-cno-heritage-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Date: May 13, 2010 Location: Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C. Subj: CNO comments In a speech and response to questions offered at the Heritage Foundation Thursday, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead urged fiscal responsibility yet downplayed talk of further cuts to Navy ships and programs. He agreed with Defense Secretary Robert Gates&#8217; call for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ike is on a roll!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/07/ike-is-on-a-roll/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/07/ike-is-on-a-roll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 16:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower maintained its five-star status in April, with more than 500 combat sorties and 4,147 flight hours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The crew marked 92 days on station in the Persian Gulf with a visit to Dubai at month&#8217;s end. Then on May 1, Capt. Samuel “Pappy” Paparo, deputy commander [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/07/seven-in-seven-5/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/07/seven-in-seven-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Defense Secretary Robert Gates dropped the bomb of the week. In his first invitation to the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space symposium, Gates suggested a need for cutting carriers, sinking SSBN(X) and eliminating Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles. You can read Gates&#8217; speech here,  and find out how this affects you in Monday’s edition of Navy Times. Speaking of amphibious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranians filming the Eisenhower?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/04/iranians-filming-the-eisenhower/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/04/iranians-filming-the-eisenhower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Tilghman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So what was that Iranian aircraft doing buzzing over the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower last week? Filming it, according to the Iran&#8217;s naval chief. TEHRAN &#8211; An Iranian navy plane that came close to a US aircraft carrier in the Gulf was filming the vessel, the Fars news agency quoted Iran’s naval chief as saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/30/seven-in-seven-4/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/30/seven-in-seven-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy nabbed a lot of headlines again this week. Leading the way is news that subs are now officially open to women. In other career news, the active duty master chiefs list was released. The Coast Guard is holding its ground in the oil spill – and against critics. and the Army cancelled the Non-Line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eyeball to eyeball</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/29/eyeball-to-eyeball/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/29/eyeball-to-eyeball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4844</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As recently as Monday, we were asking which navy was going to take the place of Russia as the world&#8217;s aggressive high-seas bad boy &#8212; China is a contender, and now Iran wants to play, too. An Iranian navy maritime patrol plane last week decided to trip the light fantastic in the airspace above the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot-dogging in the Chinese fleet?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/26/hot-dogging-in-the-chinese-fleet/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/26/hot-dogging-in-the-chinese-fleet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the bad old days, Soviet pilots used to tease American carrier battle groups &#8212; that&#8217;s what we called &#8216;em &#8212; by edging close to their airspace, flying attack-style dives toward the carrier and trying other kinds of mischief. A generation of F-14 Tomcat pilots, in fact, spent kind of a lot of time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In their own words: Fire Scout on the hunt</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/26/in-their-own-words-fire-scout-on-the-hunt/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/26/in-their-own-words-fire-scout-on-the-hunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, a Fire Scout unmanned helicopter flying from the frigate McInerney helped with its first real-life drug bust at sea. You read the official version of events and you saw the video here on the Deck. Here&#8217;s something else you won&#8217;t find elsewhere: A first-hand account by the captain of the McInerney, Cmdr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEALs tighten ties with India</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/26/seals-tighten-ties-with-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this  month, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead visited the naval forces of India to strengthen the maritime partnership. Now, the SEALs are getting in on that action. The Indian newspaper The Telegraph reported today that the cruiser Shiloh, destroyers Chaffee and Lassen, frigate Curts, attack submarine Annapolis, two P3C Orions and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A hand from your friendly neighborhood gator</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/26/a-hand-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-gator/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/26/a-hand-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-gator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good thing the people of the United States pay hundreds of billions of dollars for the  greatest fleet of warships in the world, and the skilled professionals who sail them &#8212; or these two guys would&#8217;ve had to call Boat U.S. Fortunately for them, they happened to run out of gas within reach of American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/22/seven-in-seven-3/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/22/seven-in-seven-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy nabbed a lot of headlines again this week. Leading the way is news that the Green Hornet on Thursday took to flight – the fighter jet, not the super hero. The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet was powered by a 50/50 blend of biofuel and JP-5. That same day, a U.S. military jury cleared a Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunting subs in shallow water is difficult</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/21/hunting-subs-in-shallow-water-is-difficult/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/21/hunting-subs-in-shallow-water-is-difficult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In these strange times of ours, when everybody&#8217;s talking about &#8220;irregular warfare&#8221;; and teaching small navies how to launch boats; and sailors getting duty in land-locked Afghanistan &#8212; isn&#8217;t it pleasant to know that a destroyer somewhere is still training to hunt submarines? It&#8217;s Navy-mission comfort food, but that doesn&#8217;t make it easy. As part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The softer side of seapower</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/21/the-softer-side-of-seapower/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/21/the-softer-side-of-seapower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Gordon Brown&#8217;s critics have called it a publicity stunt, Britain&#8217;s ferry operators have complained it cuts into their business, but it&#8217;s happening &#8212; Dunkirk 2 is on. The Royal Navy amphibious transport dock Albion picked up 300 Britons this week who had been stranded in Spain by the enormous no-fly zone created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geek Squad takes on whole new meaning</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/20/geek-squad-takes-on-whole-new-meaning/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/20/geek-squad-takes-on-whole-new-meaning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As further evidence that the Geek Squad provides the best pickings for tomorrow’s Navy, we turn to the latest news out of the Naval Academy. For the Class of 2015, cyberwarfare and cybersecurity will be right up there with the traditional instruction of all things nautical. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to the latest [...]]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4713</guid>
		<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>Freedom comes home to a home it&#8217;s never seen</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/19/freedom-comes-home-to-a-home-its-never-seen/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/19/freedom-comes-home-to-a-home-its-never-seen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like Odysseus returning to Ithaca, the littoral combat ship Freedom is scheduled to tie up for the first time this week in San Diego, which has been the intellectual and spiritual &#8212; but not physical &#8212; home of LCS since it began. You&#8217;ll be able to read more when it happens because our senior shipmate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal Navy to the rescue in Dunkirk 2: Electric Boogaloo</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/19/royal-navy-to-the-rescue-in-dunkirk-2-electric-boogaloo/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/19/royal-navy-to-the-rescue-in-dunkirk-2-electric-boogaloo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has sortied the fleet &#8212; three Royal Navy ships are on their way to rescue the throngs of Britons trapped in Europe by Mount Doom Eyjafjallajokull, which, as you&#8217;ve been hearing, has created an air-travel nightmare on the continent. The aircraft carrier Ark Royal and the amphibious ships Ocean and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zumwalt&#8217;s rich, Russian cousin</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/16/zumwalts-rich-russian-cousin/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/16/zumwalts-rich-russian-cousin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4663</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At Scoop Deck, we don&#8217;t need many luxuries underway: As long as CS3 sets out the chocolate cheesecake in the chow line, there&#8217;s a good diverting movie on like &#8220;Punisher: War Zone&#8221; or &#8220;Behind Enemy Lines,&#8221; and the ship doesn&#8217;t roll so much it throws you out of the rack, what else do you want? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/16/seven-in-seven-2/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/16/seven-in-seven-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy nabbed a lot of headlines again this week. Leading the way is news that the Navy’s 10th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock will be named for Rep. John Murtha – a story first reported by Scoop Deck’s own Phillip Ewing. An unfortunate T-39 crash killed four in Georgia also made headlines, as did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the admiral doesn&#8217;t care to elaborate</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/15/when-the-admiral-doesnt-care-to-elaborate/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/15/when-the-admiral-doesnt-care-to-elaborate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Instructions for torturing Pentagon reporters: 1. Bring in four-star admiral &#8212; say, Naval Forces Europe commander Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, for a very rare sit-down with the Puzzle Palace hackoisie. 2. Have someone ask him a question about uses for the Navy&#8217;s guided-missile submarines, or SSGNs (or &#8220;goomers,&#8221; as we tried, and failed, to get people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In their own words: LCS 1 refueling at sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/12/in-their-own-words-lcs-1-refueling-at-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/12/in-their-own-words-lcs-1-refueling-at-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cmdr. Randy Garner, captain of the littoral combat ship Freedom, had a conference-call chat on Monday with a few defense hacks, and he touched on many interesting points of the ship&#8217;s &#8220;trial deployment&#8221; in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. In addition to discussing Freedom&#8217;s first airborne-use-of-force drug interdiction, Garner also described what it has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/09/seven-in-seven/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/09/seven-in-seven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy kicked off the month by kicking pirate butt in three foiled attacks. The stories that nabbed most other headlines this week included the Nuclear Posture Review, which was all the talk in the beltway; F-35 training, which continues despite problems getting the jets; the Fire Scout, which scored its first drug bust;  the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delays must be contagious</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/09/delays-must-be-contagious/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/09/delays-must-be-contagious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems ours is not the only Navy that must contend with shipbuilding delays. New Zealand today took possession of its offshore patrol vessel Otago – two years late. A range of issues delayed delivery, most notably the failure of both engines as the ship was about to leave on its maiden voyage. The ship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See for yourself: UAV smuggler take-down</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/09/see-for-yourself-uav-smuggler-take-down/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/09/see-for-yourself-uav-smuggler-take-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You read about it here on the Deck, and now you can see it for yourself &#8212; hot off SIPRNET, here&#8217;s the raw video from the Fire Scout that spotted and tracked a suspected drug rendezvous in the Eastern Pacific last week. A few viewing notes: It&#8217;s a familiar FLIR small-boat show until about 3:33, [...]]]></description>
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