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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Naval Academy</title>
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		<title>Naval Academy&#8217;s &#8216;South Pacific&#8217; is a secret</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/24/naval-academys-south-pacific-is-a-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/24/naval-academys-south-pacific-is-a-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Close]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Morrison]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next month, Naval Academy midshipmen will perform possibly the most nautical musical ever to hit Broadway &#8212; but you wouldn&#8217;t know it by reading the school&#8217;s announcement of tickets for the winter musical. It&#8217;s South Pacific, but &#8220;licensing restrictions prohibit releasing the name of the production in this announcement.&#8221; The story is set on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do the academies measure up?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/01/how-do-the-academies-measure-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Laster</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Naval and Coast Guard academies — as you might expect — aren’t the first colleges to consider when you’re looking for a party school. But alongside ranking high as a “stone-cold sober” school in this year’s Princeton Review rankings, the two academies got high marks for accessible professors, low marijuana use and “running like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mids win top honors at sub race</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/11/mids-win-top-honors-at-sub-race/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/11/mids-win-top-honors-at-sub-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Naval Academy midshipmen captured top honors at the 11th International Submarine Race, held in late June, with their entry, S.S.H. 11 Mighty Mid. Mighty Mid, a two-man fiberglass sub built by the academy team, sported waving fins that can be powered by pedaling, which they adapted from use on some kayaks. Mighty Mid hit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early stumbles didn&#8217;t sink admiral&#8217;s career</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/15/early-stumbles-didnt-sink-admirals-career/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/15/early-stumbles-didnt-sink-admirals-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admirals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  If your career seems rocky, consider this one: He was nearly booted from college, graduated in the bottom third of his class, and only a few years into his naval career, he struck a buoy with his ship. That lackluster start belongs to Adm. Mike Mullen, now the military’s top officer. Mullen recounted his early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 years ago, a Navy pioneer</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/05/50-years-ago-a-navy-pioneer/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/05/50-years-ago-a-navy-pioneer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 23:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admirals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tip of the hat to the Navy and its Facebook notifications for the reminder that today marked the 50th anniversary of an event frozen in the minds of many Americans of a (ahem!) certain age: the day Navy Cmdr. Alan Shepard became the first American launched into space. His feat captivated the nation, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intestinal bug crashes swim meet at USNA</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/08/intestinal-bug-crashes-swim-meet-at-usna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something crashed a swim meet at the Naval Academy’s pool. More than 800 swimmers, ages 8 to 17, gathered there over the weekend for the Maryland Swimming Championship meet, held at Lejeune Hall on the academy’s campus when an intestinal bug struck, reports The Annapolis Capital. The pool soon became a sick ward, with enough swimmers vomiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland teen accused of stealing from USNA baseball team</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/maryland-teen-burglarized-naval-academy-baseball-team/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/maryland-teen-burglarized-naval-academy-baseball-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A star high school baseball player from Maryland is accused of stealing bats, gloves, spikes and more from the Naval Academy baseball team this fall and turning around and selling it on eBay, according to court records released this week. The loot, allegedly stolen in mid-September from the locker room and coach&#8217;s office at Bishop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ensign Seeks Release from Subs on Religious Grounds</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/05/ensign-seeks-release-from-subs-on-religious-grounds/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/05/ensign-seeks-release-from-subs-on-religious-grounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Ohio-class ballistic submarine on strategic patrol in the Atlantic Ocean. // U.S. Navy Would you push the button and launch a nuclear missile, if ordered to? By the time Ensign Michael Izbicki was asked this question in a routine psychological screening at nuclear power school, he had had a religious awakening. He had read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The mids are back in town</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/24/the-mids-are-back-in-town/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/24/the-mids-are-back-in-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Mike Miller welcomed the Brigade of Midshipmen on Monday for another meritorious year in Annapolis, although, in one respect, it&#8217;s is already looking like an uphill battle: Despite doing well in several unofficial preseason rakings, Navy will not start in this AP Top 25 this year. But as one commenter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flying high in Annapolis</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/17/flying-high-in-annapolis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Naval Academy was silent about its place on the Princeton Review&#8217;s unhappiest students rankings, but now it&#8217;s got a new list to crow about. U.S. News &#38; World Report, America&#8217;s ground-breaking, risk-taking college-rankery (it discovered three tiny new schools for this year&#8217;s top spots: Harvard, Princeton, Yale) has included the Naval Academy in several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unhappy mids, unhappy cadets</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/09/unhappy-mids-unhappy-cadets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something that&#8217;s either disturbing or meaningless, depending on your point of view: All three of America&#8217;s maritime service academies &#8212; the Naval Academy, the Coast Guard Academy and the Merchant Marine Academy &#8211;  are on the Princeton Review&#8217;s list of &#8220;least happy students,&#8221; according to its recent rankings. It&#8217;s disturbing if you wonder, &#8220;if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the new boss</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/04/meet-the-new-boss/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/04/meet-the-new-boss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. &#8212; The &#8220;instructions&#8221; in the folders given to the hacks here Tuesday were explicit: &#8220;Media will remain in place during the arrival and honors portion of the ceremony;&#8221; &#8220;Vice Adm. [Jeffrey] Fowler and Vice Adm. [Mike] Miller will not be available for media interviews following the ceremony;&#8221; &#8220;only INVITED GUESTS can attend the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picking up the pieces in Annapolis</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/15/picking-up-the-pieces-in-annapolis/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/15/picking-up-the-pieces-in-annapolis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A  three-star nuke thrown out of the Navy. A pathbreaking command master chief admonished over lavish parties and wild spending. Blacklisted midshipmen offered a chance at redemption. It&#8217;s already been a whirlwind summer for the Naval Academy, and the new class of plebes haven&#8217;t even been midshipmen for a month. How will all this change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Annapolis</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/01/welcome-to-annapolis/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/01/welcome-to-annapolis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An incoming Naval Academy freshman &#8212; or &#8220;plebe,&#8221; in Annapolis parlance &#8212; underwent style modification operations Thursday during the school&#8217;s yearly induction day. Some 1,247 plebes were expected to show up, hug their parents goodbye, and begin their Navy careers as part of the class of 2014.]]></description>
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		<title>Learning about life under the sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/09/learning-about-life-under-the-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/09/learning-about-life-under-the-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This photograph of Naval Academy midshipmen learning about a simulator that lets sailors train to sail ballistic missile submarines &#8212; we call them &#8220;boomers,&#8221; pupils! &#8212; brought to mind a classic message-board subject: &#8220;How to simulate life aboard a submarine.&#8221; If you&#8217;re a young midshipman or a civilian who&#8217;s never gone to sea on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AH-1W Super Cobra links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/02/ah-1w-super-cobra-links/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/02/ah-1w-super-cobra-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whip-whip whip-whip whip-whip whip-whip whip-whip whip-whip &#8212; twin-rotor spinnin&#8217;, Hellfire missile slingin&#8217;, big-deck gator launchin&#8217; links, coming in low out of the haze, straight at you, with no question about who they are or what they&#8217;re capable of: The Norfolk-based cruiser San Jacinto is the latest warship on a pirate tear. There&#8217;s a petition in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So what happens to all those hats?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/so-what-happens-to-all-those-hats/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/so-what-happens-to-all-those-hats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 19:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. &#8212; We&#8217;ve all seen many iterations of the Naval Academy&#8217;s iconic celebratory hat toss, in which the newly commissioned officers mark their arrival in the fleet by all throwing their hats in the air. Except they aren&#8217;t their hats, in the strictest sense&#8230; they&#8217;re hats specifically acquired for the purpose of celebratory throwing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whoooooooooooooooosh!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/whoooooooooooooooosh/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/whoooooooooooooooosh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. &#8212; A heavy overcast above Navy-Marine Corps Stadium meant the Blue Angels weren&#8217;t as much blue on Friday as they were loud, fast black cutouts against the sky.]]></description>
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		<title>Almost as if the people down there are their own kids</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/almost-as-if-the-people-down-there-are-their-own-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/almost-as-if-the-people-down-there-are-their-own-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. &#8212; Quick correction: The Marine Super Stallion we saw fly over was apparently not carrying Vice President Joe Biden, after all &#8212; he buzzed the stadium shortly ago in a more traditional VH-3 Sea King. We&#8217;ve kind of dropped into a lull waiting for him and the kickoff of the speeches and what-not, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The midshipmen file in</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/the-midshipmen-file-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. &#8212; After &#8220;Victory at Sea&#8221; and &#8220;Pomp and Circumstance,&#8221; the Brigade of Midshipmen has filed into the stadium &#8212; still no rain, but still no sun. A Marine CH-53 helicopter flew over a moment ago, and we presume it carried Vice President Joe Biden, who is set to deliver the commencement address. Now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The big day</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/28/the-big-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 11:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. &#8212; The crowds are trickling in to a soggy Navy-Marine Corps Stadium and the rain is holding off &#8212; so far. In just a few hours, the Naval Academy will commission a new corps of young ensigns and second lieutenants into the naval services; in the audience today are future admirals, generals, politicians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See for yourself: Mids scale a (dry) Herndon</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/24/see-for-yourself-mids-scale-a-dry-herndon/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/24/see-for-yourself-mids-scale-a-dry-herndon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it would appear that when a 21-foot granite monument isn&#8217;t smeared with lard, it&#8217;s a lot easier to scale. Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Jeffrey Fowler ordered a dry climb for this year&#8217;s class of plebes out of concern over the safety of the ritual. It&#8217;s also an unsubtle message that Fowler, despite the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/21/seven-in-seven-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<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;We&#8217;re at war right now&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/20/were-at-war-right-now/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/20/were-at-war-right-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 14:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your plebe year at the Naval Academy isn&#8217;t all dancing lessons and etiquette courses and doilies and finger bowls. Sometimes you have to deal with unpleasantness, if you can imagine. Case in point: Sea Trials, the capstone training event depicted in the latest great video from our shipmate Colin Kelly.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The heretofore forbidden precincts&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/12/the-heretofore-forbidden-precincts/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/12/the-heretofore-forbidden-precincts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 21:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So why do Naval Academy plebes pile on top of each other every spring and try to shove their compatriots up a lard-covered granite shaft so one of them can grab a hat? It&#8217;s such a natural activity you may have thought it just randomly happened one day, but it&#8217;s actually the product of decades [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In their own words: The supe on the Herndon climb</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/12/in-their-own-words-the-supe-on-the-herndon-climb/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/12/in-their-own-words-the-supe-on-the-herndon-climb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 19:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. &#8212; Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Jeffrey Fowler convened a year-in-review meeting with reporters here Wednesday in a conference room high in Nimitz Library. As sailboats and pleasure craft cruised the tranquil Severn River outside, he described why he is no fan of the academy&#8217;s annual Herndon Monument climb and why he thinks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/07/seven-in-seven-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<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>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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		<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>Career advice from a Navy legend</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/13/career-advice-from-a-navy-legend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck spent an awesome morning with retired Capt. (Dr.) Don Walsh, pilot of the bathyscaphe Trieste, which recorded the deepest dive any man has made. He and Jacques Piccard on Jan. 23, 1960 dove 35,797 feet (6.8 miles) into the deepest known part of any ocean, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. (Navy Times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great models, just don&#8217;t smash the Enterprise</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/08/great-models-just-dont-smash-the-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/08/great-models-just-dont-smash-the-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. &#8212; It was a warm, clear morning here on the Yard today when Scoop Deck strolled past Preble Hall on the way to Gate 3 &#8212; the very spot, as you may remember, where Jack Ryan fought IRA terrorists in the documentary &#8220;Patriot Games.&#8221;  But on the way, something caught our eye: the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight night</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/05/fight-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you couldn&#8217;t make it to Annapolis for the Naval Academy&#8217;s brigade boxing championships last month, this is the next best thing &#8212; check out this outstanding video by our shipmate Colin Kelly.]]></description>
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		<title>Help the Midshipmen expand their dominance online</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/05/help-the-midshipmen-expand-their-dominance-online/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/05/help-the-midshipmen-expand-their-dominance-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you support Naval Academy competitive endeavors? What about when they involve besting the U.S. Military Academy in some way? Do you have a Facebook account? If you answered yes to these questions, Navy needs your help beating Army in the greatest struggle in the history of organized sport &#8212; the race to a million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzou to Mids: Sorry we acted unsportingly</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/06/mizzou-to-mids-sorry-we-acted-unsportingly/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/06/mizzou-to-mids-sorry-we-acted-unsportingly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Deck has mused before about the additional x-factor that attends the Naval Academy Midshipmen when they play football against civilian-college teams. You can&#8217;t deny that opponents&#8217; public deference to the Mids has at least some effect &#8212; but when adrenaline is pumping out on the gridiron, that also can backfire. This seems to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy&#8217;s football advantage</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/28/navys-football-advantage/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/28/navys-football-advantage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you pay any attention to Naval Academy football you&#8217;ve heard both fans and critics of the Midshipmen say a version of this: &#8220;Oh, isn&#8217;t it great/terrible that Navy plays so well even though it can&#8217;t attract the same caliber athletes who opt for a University of Florida, say, or a Louisiana State.&#8221; Dissuaded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick yourself out of the Army-Navy crowd</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/16/pick-yourself-out-of-the-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/16/pick-yourself-out-of-the-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Were you at the Army-Navy Game this weekend in Philadelphia? Do you know someone who was? Do you enjoy really cool things? If you answered &#8220;yes&#8221; to any of those questions, tell the boss you can&#8217;t take any more work today, close your email and check this out &#8212; we&#8217;ve got a set of super [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Morale]]></category>
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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>Mids at the World Series. Too bad Army&#8217;s not playing</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/29/mids-at-the-world-series-too-bad-armys-not-playing/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/29/mids-at-the-world-series-too-bad-armys-not-playing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halloween is this weekend, the skies are turning iron and giant flocks of migrating birds are doing touch-and-goes outside on the Parking Lot of Excellence. In short, autumn is hitting its stride, and yet thanks to the greed generosity of America&#8217;s TV networks, baseball season still hasn&#8217;t ended. Wednesday night was game one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stranded on a sub in the Chesapeake Bay (updated)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/26/stranded-on-a-sub-in-the-chesapeake-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/26/stranded-on-a-sub-in-the-chesapeake-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOARD THE FAST ATTACK SUBMARINE ANNAPOLIS – After a pleasant but brief visit to this sleek black shark, lurking incongruously amid the sails gliding across the shimmering Chesapeake Bay, it was time to leave. The Annapolis’ skipper, Capt. Mike Holland, said our launch would be arriving any moment — plus Scoop Deck had asked to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air-sea battle scheduled for Saturday</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/02/air-sea-battle-scheduled-for-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Air Force Academy Falcons football squadron comes to Annapolis this weekend to renew what has been a comparatively low-observable rivalry with the Naval Academy Midshipmen. Navy&#8217;s big marquee nemesis is Army, but in recent years Air Force has been the Mids&#8217; biggest competitor for the coveted Commander-in-Chief&#8217;s trophy. Not too recent, though &#8212; Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The deadliest football in the world</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/01/the-deadliest-football-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/01/the-deadliest-football-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Navy Midshipmen take on the Army Black Knights this December in Philadelphia, one of the game balls they&#8217;ll use will have more combat experience than most of the players on the field. On Tuesday Cmdr. Max McCoy, the executive officer of VFA 86, the &#8220;Sidewinders,&#8221; carried the ball aboard his F/A-18 Hornet on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What might have been: Army-Navy in Indianapolis?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/15/what-might-have-been-army-navy-in-indianapolis/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/15/what-might-have-been-army-navy-in-indianapolis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck was just a wee slip of a blog when it told you about the next few years&#8217; venues for the Army-Navy Game, announced all those months ago, and now here&#8217;s an interesting thought experiment: Naval Academy athletic director Chet Gladchuk gave a presentation at the school&#8217;s Board of Visitors meeting Monday in which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill the Goat goes up against America&#8217;s finest</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/31/bill-the-goat-goes-up-against-americas-finest/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/31/bill-the-goat-goes-up-against-americas-finest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Naval Academy Midshipmen are starting off their football season with a bang this year &#8212; and not just because they&#8217;re taking on the pride of Central Ohio for their first game. The Mids&#8217; beloved mascot, Bill the Goat, is taking part in this year&#8217;s National Mascot of the Year contest, and he&#8217;ll need votes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mids: It&#8217;s OK, Buckeyes, boo if you must</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/26/mids-its-ok-buckeyes-boo-if-you-must/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/26/mids-its-ok-buckeyes-boo-if-you-must/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:17:39 +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=1964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a tip if you ever find yourself in Central Ohio: If you need to shop for groceries, get your oil changed, or do anything else for which you hate crowds and waiting in line, do it on a Saturday afternoon in the fall. From Springfield to Newark, the Columbus metropolitan area will be shut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VBSS Team links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/24/vbss-team-links/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/24/vbss-team-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<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>Chow for the brigade</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/22/chow-for-the-brigade/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/22/chow-for-the-brigade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s class of freshmen, or &#8220;plebes,&#8221; has already begun its its plebe summer at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and it&#8217;ll spend a few weeks relaxing, going to amusement parks, and just bumming around until the school year resumes with upperclassmen this fall. When it does, midshipmen will have to deal with some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A pregnant midshipman graduates: What do you think?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/21/a-pregnant-midshipman-graduates-what-do-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/21/a-pregnant-midshipman-graduates-what-do-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=1383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People on and off the web are talking about this Naval Academy story from last week: A midshipman was granted a waiver to graduate in May and be commissioned as an ensign, even though she was pregnant at the time. That&#8217;s normally against the rules: No midshipman is permitted to be married or be responsible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy lift ship links (updated)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/29/heavy-lift-ship-links/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/29/heavy-lift-ship-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve got more links than sense this morning here on the Deck &#8212; we had to engage a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel to handle them all. Here&#8217;s what the longshoremen have unloaded so far here at the Center of Excellence: Interesting quick historical piece about the Navy&#8217;s former submarine shipyard. Profile of a former Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skelton: Let&#8217;s keep mil-colleges around</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/19/skelton-lets-keep-mil-colleges-around/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/19/skelton-lets-keep-mil-colleges-around/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, added his two cents today to a discussion that flared up a few months ago in the mil-blogosphere, about whether America should do away with its service academies and military colleges. No, Skelton said, in a speech to graduates Friday at the Naval War [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summertime in the fleet</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/12/summertime-in-the-fleet/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/12/summertime-in-the-fleet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again. Yes, it&#8217;s summer and that means it&#8217;s time for midshipman cruises. All season, they&#8217;re out with the fleet learning the ropes and charting a course for what kind of Navy or Marine Corps officer they might become. Or not. Got a good sea story from when you were a mid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The rivalry comes to the District</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/10/the-rivalry-comes-to-the-district/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/10/the-rivalry-comes-to-the-district/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Service academy sports fans here in the National Capital Region will be pleased to hear that the yearly gridiron classic known as the Army-Navy Game &#8212; although with the record of the last few match-ups, maybe it should be called the Navy Beats Army Game &#8212; is coming to Washington, D.C. Not until 2011. But [...]]]></description>
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