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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; merchant ships</title>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t drink and steer?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/02/dont-drink-and-steer/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/02/dont-drink-and-steer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who watches television or looks at billboards has, at some point, been told how stupid it is to drink and drive. It&#8217;s one of those things you just know not to do. If driving a car is a bad idea after drinking, then driving a 600-foot freighter down Juan de Fuca Strait, near the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whales and speed don&#8217;t mix</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/21/whales-and-speed-dont-mix/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/21/whales-and-speed-dont-mix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=6736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard is trying to juggle traffic flow into San Francisco&#8217;s busy port and pressure from environmentalists about its impact on marine sanctuaries where mammals feed. San Francisco&#8217;s ABC affiliate reported earlier in the day that traffic is picking up into the Port of San Francisco and ships are zipping to and from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Righting the ship</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/27/righting-the-ship/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/27/righting-the-ship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=6126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After months of waiting, the Merchant Marine Academy got a new superintendent this week &#8212; Rear Adm. Philip Greene, formerly of the Navy&#8217;s &#8220;irregular warfare&#8221; office. He&#8217;s a Kings Point alumnus and a licensed master (oceans, any gross tonnage). By all appearances, he&#8217;s got his work cut out for him. The campus of the Merchant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What damaged the M Star? Here&#8217;s what it wasn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/29/what-damaged-the-m-star-heres-what-it-wasnt/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/29/what-damaged-the-m-star-heres-what-it-wasnt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Submarines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Middle East]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5786</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another high-seas mystery: The oil tanker M Star docked in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday after it had been damaged somehow during a transit through the Strait of Hormuz. That much we know. What we do not know is causing a buzz in maritime circles online. Maybe it hit some floating wreckage, or, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brothers and sisters of the blueberry</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/17/brothers-and-sisters-of-the-blueberry/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/17/brothers-and-sisters-of-the-blueberry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uniforms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5058</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Capt. Joseph Kuzmick of the carrier John C. Stennis got ready to conduct a Navy Working Uniform inspection last week on the flight deck of his ship, but the U.S. Navy isn&#8217;t the only fan of this ensemble. The &#8220;tactical blueberry&#8221; or &#8220;aquaflage&#8221; uniform has fans in the maritime profession even outside the military &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A giant Lego base at sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/23/a-giant-lego-base-at-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/23/a-giant-lego-base-at-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of containers and seabasing, here&#8217;s an interesting concept that could change the way sailors live in tomorrow&#8217;s long-term offshore operations: Those crazy scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are looking for ways to assemble bases at sea from ISO containers, to build what they call a Tactical Expendable Maritime Platform, which would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week in seabasing</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/04/this-week-in-seabasing/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/04/this-week-in-seabasing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military Sealift Command]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursdays get pretty hectic here at the Center of Excellence, what with looming deadlines for the print edition of Navy Times, but every week we rely on one thing to provide an oasis of calm: Naval Sea Systems Command&#8217;s regular email round-up of official press releases, known affectionately as the &#8220;NavSea News Wire,&#8221; which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The pirate fightin&#8217; manual</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/04/the-pirate-fightin-manual/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/04/the-pirate-fightin-manual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pirates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Middle East]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans who grew up at a certain time may remember the cartoon characters Goofus and Gallant, of Highlights magazine fame, who represented the worst and best ways, respectively, to do anything.  Gallant might be shown holding the door open for a little old lady to enter a church, for example, while Goofus would be shown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a big job</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/02/its-a-big-job/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/02/its-a-big-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seabees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti &#8212; Seabee Capt. Cliff Maurer, who has been helping oversee the efforts to get this harbor operating after its docks and cranes were wrecked by January&#8217;s earthquake, summed up the basic cause of all its problems: &#8220;This is all really poor-grade fill material,&#8221; he said, pointing to the harbor&#8217;s north pier, which was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At last, a Shackleton at the South Pole</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/10/at-last-a-shackleton-at-the-south-pole/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/10/at-last-a-shackleton-at-the-south-pole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton tried thrice to reach the South Pole and was thrice denied, but all his American descendant had to do to get there was step off a plane. Cmdr. Scott Shackleton, a U.S. Navy reservist, flew to Antarctica on Jan. 26 as part of a mission to resupply McMurdo Station [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberty in Phuket? Never fear &#8212; &#8216;ladyboys&#8217; under control</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/02/liberty-in-phuket-never-fear-ladyboys-under-control/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/02/liberty-in-phuket-never-fear-ladyboys-under-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pacific]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We turn again to our favorite Thai newspaper, the Phuket Wan, which has been covering this week&#8217;s port visit of the carrier Nimitz as only it could. When last we left Phuket and its great online daily, the site was covering the plague of &#8220;ladyboys&#8221; &#8212; yes, they&#8217;re what they sound like &#8212; who were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book deal, casting call: Pirates, SEALs and a DDG</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/29/book-deal-casting-call-pirates-seals-and-a-ddg/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/29/book-deal-casting-call-pirates-seals-and-a-ddg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pirates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week the Center of Excellence got a truckload of &#8220;advance uncorrected proofs&#8221; of &#8220;A Captain&#8217;s Duty,&#8221; a forthcoming memoir by Richard Phillips, the merchant captain saved by the Navy last year after he was taken hostage by Somali pirates. In his cover photo, Phillips wears a command baseball cap (although not a Pirate Brigade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The perils of being a pirate</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/19/the-perils-of-being-a-pirate/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/19/the-perils-of-being-a-pirate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign navies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pirates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Middle East]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it&#8217;s dangerous to get what you want. In piracy the maritime risk-adjustment industry, for example, the goal is to get as much money as possible for the crews, vessels and cargo you seize. When you succeed, however, there can be unforeseen consequences &#8212; as when two pirates enjoying a good day at the office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Haitian port that still works</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/18/the-haitian-port-that-swill-works/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/18/the-haitian-port-that-swill-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military Sealift Command]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At least three ships &#8212; the cruiser Bunker Hill and Military Sealift Command&#8217;s salvage ship Grasp and survey ship Henson &#8212; are on their way to Port-au-Prince to survey the earthquake damage to the port facilities there. The damage to piers and cranes from last week&#8217;s earthquake is complicating the delivery of U.S. and international [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SNA: Not if, but when</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/13/sna-not-if-but-when/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/13/sna-not-if-but-when/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mine warfare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retired Adm. Harry Ulrich, a former commander of Naval Forces Europe, gave a bleak prognostication during a panel discussion a few moments ago. A major maritime calamity is coming, he warned: &#8220;If you like the way people almost blow up airplanes &#8212; how are we doing with our seaports? Does anybody in this room know? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The other kind of pirates</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/07/the-other-kind-of-pirates/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/07/the-other-kind-of-pirates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy is growing accustomed to dealing with a certain kind of pirate: A Somali ex-fisherman and a few buddies in a small boat with a ladder, maybe an old RPG-7, and some Kalashnikovs. Paul Puntland isn&#8217;t the only kind of modern-day pirate, however &#8212; he has a cousin named Wally Whale. Media-savvy, ecologically minded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For sale: Custom pirate-fightin&#8217; vessel. Never used.</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/04/for-sale-custom-pirate-fightin-vessel-never-used/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/04/for-sale-custom-pirate-fightin-vessel-never-used/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[merchant ships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tired of driving a desk? Want to be your own boss? Do you yearn for dangerous, high-seas adventure in a legal gray zone? With not one, but two developments reported around the Internet, today is your lucky day. Item one: The private-security firm formerly known as Blackwater is selling its pirate-huntin&#8217; ship, the McArthur.  That&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A rare year-end &#8220;honor&#8221; for LCS 1 and 2</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/29/a-rare-year-end-honor-for-lcs-1-and-2/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/29/a-rare-year-end-honor-for-lcs-1-and-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you love ships but you don&#8217;t follow the indispensable Ugly Ships blog, you&#8217;re missing out on some of the world&#8217;s most&#8230; ah&#8230; distinctive&#8230; vessels, including weird work boats, garish cruise ships and, our obvious favorite, warships. A couple of familiar ones have been &#8220;honored&#8221; on Ugly Ships&#8217; year-end list of most-clicked links: the littoral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under-ice operations links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/11/under-ice-operations-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Silent runnin&#8217;, enemy SSBN huntin&#8217;, upward-looking sonar pingin&#8217;, Ice Station Zebra findin&#8217;, &#8220;Nautilus 90-North&#8221; sendin&#8217; links, ordering you to surface the ship and for all hands to prepare to carry these headlines topside, onto the pack: PACOM commander Adm. Robert Willard says he thinks China will field its first aircraft carrier by 2015 &#8212; coincidentally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polar icebreaker links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/30/polar-icebreaker-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign navies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ice-crushin&#8217;, channel clearin&#8217;, back-and-forth rockin&#8217;, long voyage takin&#8217;, high visibility links, breaking a path to you for the latest stories and updates on the Web: Pirate attack: Somali hijackers have seized a Greek oil tanker, the Maran Centaurus, bound for New Orleans with a full cargo. Last word was that a Greek frigate is shadowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High-seas rescue</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/19/high-seas-rescue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:14:56 +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=2863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy&#8217;s new slogan may have gotten a mixed reception internally, but there are three Yemeni fishermen, at least, who would probably agree it really is a global force for good. The cruiser Chosin spotted the men on Tuesday clinging to a piece of wood in the Gulf of Aden, and sent a launch to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collision at sea: Aftermath</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/28/collision-at-sea-aftermath/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/28/collision-at-sea-aftermath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The photos appearing from Japan this week are enough to unnerve any seafarer &#8212; a destroyer&#8217;s bow crunched, burned, gone after its collision with a freighter at sea. Six Japanese sailors aboard the destroyer Kurama were hurt in the accident, but no one aboard the South Korean container ship Carina Star was injured. The latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VBSS Team links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/24/vbss-team-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:58:41 +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=1900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pilot-ladder climbin&#8217;, rigid-hull inflatable boat drivin&#8217;, shotgun-carryin&#8217;, vessel-inspectin&#8217; links, ordering you to heave to and prepare to be boarded by these interesting tidbits: Not everyone in Japan was pleased that the carrier Nimitz is paying a visit this week. Kansas City&#8217;s business and city fathers are sending donations to help out with the commissioning ceremony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life on an oil tanker: Pirates and hecklers</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/20/life-on-an-oil-tanker-pirates-and-hecklers/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/20/life-on-an-oil-tanker-pirates-and-hecklers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=1847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ABOARD AL BASRA OIL TERMINAL IN THE PERSIAN GULF &#8212; If there is one thing that really scares mariners these days, it&#8217;s the risk of hijackers off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden. For Capt. Baig, the Pakistani skipper of the 21-year-old Korean-built very large crude carrier M.T. Dorado, his list of [...]]]></description>
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