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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Morale</title>
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		<title>Shellback ceremony, circa 2012</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/18/shellback-ceremony-circa-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 23:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Their ship’s maiden deployment now on the homestretch to San Diego, Calif., after duty in the 5th Fleet region, the crew aboard amphibious assault ship Makin Island took a little time to mark that long-held seagoing tradition of crossing the equator, the Shellback Ceremony. No, it’s not exactly the casting call for the next sequel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new tradition: post-port push-ups</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/15/a-new-tradition-post-port-push-ups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing says welcome back after a port call like the command: “Get on your faces!” That’s exactly how the crew of the destroyer Wayne E. Meyer, now on its first deployment, celebrated being back aboard the ship Nov. 14, after a three-day visit to Phuket, Thailand. Undoubtedly, push-ups with your palms straining on the fo’c’sle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A nice touch</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/11/a-nice-touch-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capt. Tushar Tembe was an avid golfer and was no doubt looking forward to playing in a local tournament he&#8217;d help plan that would pit golfers from his carrier, the Harry S. Truman, against players assigned to the carriers Dwight D. Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt and Enterprise. Tembe, sadly, collapsed Nov. 8 while debarking the Truman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quicken Loans Carrier Classic unis unveiled</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/carrier-classic-unis-unveiled/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/carrier-classic-unis-unveiled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Michigan State and North Carolina men&#8217;s basketball teams will wear school-color camouflage-style uniforms to honor the military during their Nov. 11 Veterans Day clash aboard the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in San Diego. On Monday, the Spartans showed off the camouflage-patterned unis they&#8217;ll wear &#8212; white with a light green pattern and bordered with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another XO video &#8212; but this one&#8217;s G-rated</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/15/another-xo-video-but-this-ones-g-rated/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/04/15/another-xo-video-but-this-ones-g-rated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The executive officer of the carrier Theodore Roosevelt has narrated a new ship-produced video that has popped up on YouTube. The Navy&#8217;s probably happier with this video than some other recent ones. Narrated by the XO, Capt. Douglas Verissimo, and featuring his CO, Capt. William Hart, in a walk-on part, the video touts the carrier&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy carrier hosts the Stanley Cup (the hardware, that is)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/02/navy-carrier-hosts-the-stanley-cup-the-hardware-that-is/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/02/navy-carrier-hosts-the-stanley-cup-the-hardware-that-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hockey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Hockey League]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a lifelong hockey fan like Command Master Chief Gregg Snaza, it was a visit to the sport&#8217;s Holy Grail. But he didn&#8217;t have to travel far. On Feb. 25, the famous Stanley Cup was brought to his &#8220;doorstep&#8221; &#8212; the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, undergoing a planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego carrier could host big-time men&#8217;s hoops game</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/26/san-diego-carrier-could-host-big-time-mens-hoops-game/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/26/san-diego-carrier-could-host-big-time-mens-hoops-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Possibly coming next season to a flattop deck near you (if you&#8217;re stationed in San Diego): That&#8217;s right: If you&#8217;re in the right place at the right time next fall, you could be watching a choice early season matchup between traditional men&#8217;s college basketball powers North Carolina and Michigan State aboard a Navy carrier. Will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firing Honors, pro and con, Week 2</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/10/firing-honors-pro-and-con-week-2/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/10/firing-honors-pro-and-con-week-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adm. John Harvey learned about the controversial, four-year-old shipboard videos co-produced by Capt. Owen Honors on Dec. 31 &#8212; the day before they were published for the first time outside the skin of the carrier Enterprise &#8212; and &#8220;immediately ordered an investigation,&#8221; he says in a Jan. 7 post on his command blog. Harvey also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support for Capt. Honors</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/03/support-for-capt-honors/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/03/support-for-capt-honors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy didn&#8217;t mince words in its official reaction to Capt. Owen Honors&#8217; role in the creation of what are viewed by many as overly suggestive or inappropriate videos &#8212; meant to be humorous &#8212; that were broadcast aboard the carrier Enterprise during his run as XO back in 2006-2007. &#8220;Those in command &#8230; are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What price tunes?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/30/what-price-tunes/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/30/what-price-tunes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a story that came on in legions of Priuses and Volvos yesterday as they inched through traffic back to tastefully decorated, environmentally conscious homes, and it bears revisiting: National Public Radio&#8217;s Robert Siegel pitted a grand old grouch of Washington, WaPo institution Walter Pincus, against Marine Col. Michael Colburn, director of the Marine Corps&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bedbugs? Gross!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/29/bedbugs-gross/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/29/bedbugs-gross/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This whole bedbug thing&#8230; blargh&#8230; it&#8217;s disgusting. Everywhere you turn these days, it&#8217;s bedbugs this, bedbugs that, bedbugs here, bedbugs there &#8212; I thought I&#8217;d find refuge this morning here in the Cubicle of Excellence, but what did I discover instead? A bedbug awareness and mitigation campaign announced this week by Navy Region Southeast, launched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auto dog</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/20/auto-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navy Times writer Phil Ewing and I learned a nickname for a popular machine on board the carrier Enterprise recently &#8212; the &#8220;Auto Dog,&#8221; aka the soft-serve ice cream machine. The term has been in the fleet for years, but it was new to me, and it took me almost a full 24 hours to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual neglect</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/20/virtual-neglect/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/20/virtual-neglect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sailors in San Diego engaged in the purest and, I would argue, greatest form of competition as a part of Surface Line Week on Thursday &#8212; their first-ever video game tournament, which included 65 teams facing off in today&#8217;s top violence title, &#8220;Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.&#8221; Sounds fun, but America&#8217;s video game industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoy the Fourth</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/02/enjoy-the-fourth/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/02/enjoy-the-fourth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your friends here at the Center of Excellence are getting ready to secure for the holiday weekend, and we hope you can get in some good relaxation if you&#8217;ll be off for Independence Day. If you won&#8217;t &#8212; if you&#8217;re at sea or you&#8217;ll be enjoying the summer breezes in Djibouti, Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shake a leg</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/25/gimme-a-p/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/25/gimme-a-p/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gator Navy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This photograph – of amphibious assault ship Peleliu’s mascot showing off some of his (or her?) latest dance moves to the amazement of school children in Timor-Leste – arrived in Scoop Deck’s inbox this week. For the scores of high-res photos that jam our mail servers, this one provided a sunny break from all things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toddler-flage</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/18/toddler-flage/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/18/toddler-flage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Schept</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who knew the Navy Working Uniform came in this size? The Blue Ridge&#8217;s service staff invited sailors and their families to the enlisted galley for a Father&#8217;s Day luncheon.  They served up a photo of the day.]]></description>
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		<title>As hard core as they come</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/17/as-hard-core-as-they-come/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/17/as-hard-core-as-they-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Meet Lt. John Pucillo. This EOD leader lost his left leg above the knee when an IED exploded outside his vehicle in May 2006, in Baghdad. But he didn’t let that hold him back. Pucillo endured nine grueling months of rehab at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, then returned to active EOD service. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/30/seven-in-seven-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:23:56 +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 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>The chow&#8217;s already great, and it&#8217;s about to improve</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/21/the-chows-already-great-and-its-about-to-improve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The civil-service mariners of Military Sealift Command handle millions of pounds of food every year resupplying Navy warships at sea, so they know about chow. But three ships in particular stand out in terms of excellent food service, according to an announcement this week. The dry cargo and ammunition ship Sacagawea, the oiler Guadalupe and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNO wraps up Middle East tour</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/02/cno-wraps-up-middle-east-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead recently visited Africa and the Middle East to strengthen maritime partnerships and spend time with sailors in the region. During his visit to the destroyer Cole, Roughead described the ship as symbol of strength. “Remember the special heritage that this ship has,&#8221; he said. “It represents the resiliency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trading FOD for sod</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/01/navy-air-force-enter-joint-venture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today on its Facebook page, the Navy announced a new and unprecedented partnership with the U.S. Air Force on the next aircraft carrier. According to the release: &#8220;The next Ford class aircraft carrier will be jointly crewed by both Navy and Air Force personnel becoming the first fully joint warship. In the spirit of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solution to the smoking ban?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/31/solution-to-the-smoking-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/31/solution-to-the-smoking-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fewer than 24 hours after Navy Times broke the news that a smoking ban on submarines is in the works, folks in the smokeless tobacco industry have fired up the marketing machines. First out of the gate is Smokefree Innotec, Inc., which provides &#8220;smokefree alternatives.&#8221;  Its press release offers &#8220;the world&#8217;s first totally smokefree hi-tec [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; Biggest Losers</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-biggest-losers/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-biggest-losers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck blogger Lance M. Bacon just completed a 24-hour embark aboard the carrier Harry S Truman. This is the play-by-play.   2130 Walking through Truman’s passageways, it’s not hard to see that today’s Navy is fit. The hanger bay’s dozen treadmills are in constant use. The “seaside gym” has a dozen other machines in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; Unsung Heroes</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-unsung-heroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck blogger Lance M. Bacon just completed a 24-hour embark aboard the carrier Harry S Truman. This is the play-by-play.   1800 Scoop Deck has laid down the challenge. We have a couple of open hours, and we want to spend them with some deck plate leaders, some sailors who are never in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISAF: Enough of all this nice stuff</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/26/isaf-enough-of-all-this-nice-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re headed for Afghanistan, or you&#8217;re already there, get ready to say goodbye to Orange Julius. The Jules, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen and other Morale, Welfare and Recreation spots across the &#8216;Stan are going away, so U.S. and international forces there can focus on fightin&#8217;. That was the word this week from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell us what you think: Atlantic v. Pacific</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/25/tell-us-what-you-think-atlantic-v-pacific/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At lunch in the crew&#8217;s mess last summer aboard the destroyer Decatur, which was guarding the oil platforms in the northern Persian Gulf, something was just&#8230; different. The sailors had the same uniforms as the rest of the Navy, their ship was basically identical to the scores of other destroyers in the fleet, but there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All you need to know about Fleet Week. Except the ships.</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/18/all-you-need-to-know-about-fleet-week-except-the-ships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navy Region Mid-Atlantic burst onto the scene Thursday with a multi-platform social networking explosion designed to start the hype for this year&#8217;s Fleet Week up in New York &#8212; yes, the one made infamous by &#8220;Sex and the City.&#8221; There&#8217;s a Web site, there&#8217;s a Facebook page, there&#8217;s a Flickr page; you can even look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flag matters</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/16/flag-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re sitting by the window when the plane lands at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, you can see ruined parts of the city, some old junked helicopters, and a big Canadian maple leaf flag flying in the breeze. That was the only flag Scoop Deck saw on a visit March 1, but according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come on down!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/12/come-on-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Schept</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Host Drew Carey celebrates the 500th episode with him as host on the CBS&#8217;s Emmy Award-winning, &#8220;The Price Is Right.&#8221; //Photo: Mark Davis/CBS Vincent Romeo, come on down! You&#8217;re the next contestant on &#8216;The Price is Right!&#8217;&#8221; Those were the happy words that Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Apprentice Vincent Romeo heard when he and 44 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity council to meet in San Diego</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/11/diversity-council-to-meet-in-san-diego/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 11th semi-annual Fleet Diversity Council will be held April 7 in sunny San Diego. The event is part of the Navy&#8217;s diversity initiatives. It is open for all interested military government personnel, with a strong emphasis on regional naval bases such as Point Loma, San Diego, Coronado, NAS North Island and Balboa medical center. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A chance to meet the legends</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/11/a-chance-to-meet-the-legends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are in Manhattan this weekend, the hot spot will be the Intrepid Sea, Air &#38; Space Museum, which will host the welcome home event for the “Legends of Aerospace Tour.” The tour has brought famous aviators and astronauts to visit military stationed in Europe and Southeast Asia. Participants include Neil Armstrong and Gene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>InSurv on a big deck: Let the good times roll</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/22/insurv-on-a-big-deck-let-the-good-times-roll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The crew of the amphibious assault ship Peleliu got a special early Valentine this year: A visit from the Board of Inspection and Survey! Peleliu &#8212; aka &#8220;The Iron Nickel,&#8221; given that it&#8217;s LHA 5 &#8212; got to host the Navy&#8217;s favorite guests at the beginning of the month, according to this announcement, and one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GW amuses visiting NFL cheerleaders</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/11/gw-amuses-visiting-nfl-cheerleaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a bruising 5-11 season, things must&#8217;ve been pretty heavy around Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for the Oakland Raiderettes, whose sideline dances and pom-pom manipulation clearly proved insufficient in spurring their squad to victory. So six of the cheerleaders got in a plane to Japan, where they visited the carrier George Washington in time to watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy&#8217;s latest battle: Sailors v. school children</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/02/the-navys-latest-battle-sailors-v-school-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest trial for the salty crew of a mighty U.S. warship, sailors from the amphibious transport dock Green Bay are getting ready to take on their biggest challenge yet &#8212; middle school kids. Scoop Deck&#8217;s corporate cousins at the Green Bay Press Gazette report that sailors from  Green Bay, the amphib, will take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A thank you, from the top</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/29/a-thank-you-from-the-top/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/29/a-thank-you-from-the-top/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Schept</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen took time out Thursday to give Coast Guardsmen a well-deserved pat on the back for being the first responders after the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. The Coast Guard deployed 1,000 service members, eight cutters, five planes and five helicopters over the past two weeks.  The service also stood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Avatar&#8217; not anti-military, director tells military</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/29/avatar-not-anti-military-director-tells-military/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judging by the box office receipts, every human being on the planet has now seen &#8220;Avatar&#8221; at least once, so there&#8217;s no worry about spoilers: In the far-off sci-fi planet where the movie takes place, gruff men with high-and-tight haircuts and digital camouflage uniforms really do a number on the planet&#8217;s indigenous population of Native [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;CAPT Titus ROCKS!!!!&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/18/capt-titus-rocks/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/18/capt-titus-rocks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Tilghman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some friends of a fired CO are rallying support online. Check out this Facebook page named &#8220;Support Capt. John Titus,&#8221; in honor of the commanding officer of the Navy Supply Corps School who was relieved of command on Jan. 8. The page creators want people to send letters of endorsement to the chief of naval [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mullen plays it straight on &#8216;Daily Show&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/07/mullen-keeps-it-straight-on-daily-show/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/07/mullen-keeps-it-straight-on-daily-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Schept</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adm. Mike Mullen took a break Jan. 6 for a taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in New York City. The comedian wasted no time with his first question. (Click here for the video.) “Obviously without giving away too much, when are we going to bomb Yemen?” Stewart asked, referring to the country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And you thought your duty was tough</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/31/and-you-thought-your-duty-was-tough/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/31/and-you-thought-your-duty-was-tough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign navies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it seems like U.S. ship builders are spitting out subs at breakneck speed, it is with good reason. They are. Lawmakers put the Navy on a 60-month construction span by the end of the Block II contract, which calls for two $2 billion submarines each year starting in 2011. Basically, they want subs better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognition for a Navy disaster</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/29/recognition-for-a-navy-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/29/recognition-for-a-navy-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From our colleagues up in The Show comes an interesting story about a piece of naval history finally recognized: This fall, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial became a full-fledged member of the National Park System, meaning park rangers, more funding, and the whole treatment for the site of the Navy&#8217;s worst home-front disaster. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday warships</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/21/holiday-warships/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/21/holiday-warships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you enjoy looking at photographs of cruisers and destroyers &#8212; one of Scoop Deck&#8217;s favorite pastimes &#8212; you might be interested in this photo-set on Naval Surface Forces&#8217; Facebook page, which shows the ships in this year&#8217;s &#8220;holiday lighting competition&#8221; at Naval Station San Diego. All the ships are dressed up with festive lights, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogs go silent to support a comrade</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/16/blogs-go-silent-to-support-a-comrade/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/16/blogs-go-silent-to-support-a-comrade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you get right down to it, there isn&#8217;t much bloggers can do except write what we think. You may think that&#8217;s not much (although tell that to Dan Rather) but whatever it is, it&#8217;s all we have. So when bloggers withhold posts, it&#8217;s like Procter &#38; Gamble withholding Tide, or Starbucks withholding coffee, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware, sucka MCs, Petraeus spits hot fire</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/15/beware-sucka-mcs-petraeus-spits-hot-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/15/beware-sucka-mcs-petraeus-spits-hot-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You learned here a few weeks ago that Gen. David Petraeus, head of Central Command, likes to use his visits with the Navy as a chance to cut loose a little bit, but you probably didn&#8217;t know that he also uses them to push rhymes like weight. According to the Navy, Petraeus gave a &#8220;spirited&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>These guys think of everything</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/15/these-guys-think-of-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/15/these-guys-think-of-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:07:33 +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=3055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Scoop Deck is fortunate enough to spend a little time underway aboard a Navy warship, it doesn&#8217;t take long to discover what didn&#8217;t make the trip: Toothbrush? Towels? Life-saving insulin? Actual sailors, however, go to sea not only with a full complement of their own gear, but apparently have a knack for thinking of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wheel of (Military) Fortune!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/14/wheel-of-military-fortune/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/14/wheel-of-military-fortune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Schept</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s &#8220;Heroes&#8217; Week&#8221; on Wheel of Fortune from Dec. 14 to 18. Of course, every service is represented, but Scoop Deck thought you might want to know more about the sailors and Coasties playing. Here are the bios released by Wheel of Fortune: Coast Guard Health Services Technician 2nd Class Amber Barrick, stationed at Coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy defeats Army to reach 8-year streak</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/12/navy-defeats-army-to-reach-8-year-streak/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/12/navy-defeats-army-to-reach-8-year-streak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA &#8212; The Naval Academy Midshipmen defeated their arch-nemesis Army Black Knights on a cold but clear afternoon here Saturday, overcoming an early offensive drought to win 17 to 3 and bring their streak of victories over Army to eight in a row. Despite a groundswell of hype about Army&#8217;s defense, and speculation that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Royal Navy put its own auxiliaries out of business?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/09/will-the-royal-navy-put-its-own-auxiliaries-out-of-business/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/09/will-the-royal-navy-put-its-own-auxiliaries-out-of-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This could be nothing, or it could be huge &#8212; the Royal Navy used one of its aircraft carriers, the Ark Royal, to refuel and re-supply a frigate at sea last month. It could be just another training evolution, or it could be the first step to privatizing the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Britain&#8217;s equivalent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Petraeus visits, it&#8217;s a party</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/04/when-petraeus-visits-its-a-party/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/04/when-petraeus-visits-its-a-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:30:44 +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=2985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You get the sense that Gen. David Petraeus, head of Central Command, really enjoys when he can escape the cube-farm at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., or the Iraqi sands, or the Afghan dust, and get out to catch some cool breezes on a Navy warship. When he came aboard the destroyer Bainbridge this summer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All that sweet, sweet beer!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/03/all-that-sweet-sweet-beer/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/03/all-that-sweet-sweet-beer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck doesn&#8217;t mind admitting a weakness for an ice-cold brewski every once in awhile during the off-duty hours, and as such, found this item shocking: The U.S. Army reportedly destroyed 7,000 cans of beer that were the former property of the Royal Navy in Iraq. After the Americans took over a British base in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A sailor surge in Afghanistan?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/02/a-sailor-surge-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/02/a-sailor-surge-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[individual augmentees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first blush, it might not seem like the Navy would be much affected by President Obama&#8217;s announcement last night that he is sending 30,000 more troops to land-locked Afghanistan by next year. But there are thousands of mountain sailors across Afghanistan, and it seems likely that more could begin deploying there as part of [...]]]></description>
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