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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Officers</title>
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		<title>A new Old Salt</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/15/a-new-old-salt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chief of naval operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fleet Forces Command]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk Naval Station]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By custom, the surface warfare officer with the earliest Officer of the Deck qualification is recognized as the Navy&#8217;s &#8220;Old Salt&#8221; &#8212; an award initiated in 1988 by the Surface Navy Association. On Friday, that distinction will be bestowed on Adm. John Harvey, commander of Fleet Forces Command, in a ceremony aboard the amphibious transport [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crowston comes out</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/21/crowston-comes-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-gay slurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commanding officers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Proposing call signs like “Fagmeister” and “Gay Boy” &#8212; and the winner, &#8220;Romo&#8217;s bitch&#8221; &#8212; one can only assume that at least a few of Lt. Steve Crowston&#8217;s fellow officers in Strike Fighter Squadron 136 felt pretty sure the unit&#8217;s administrative/legal officer and avid Dallas Cowboys fan was a homosexual. But Crowston, who filed multiple [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Advice from a guy who has done it before</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/13/advice-from-a-guy-who-has-done-it-before/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/13/advice-from-a-guy-who-has-done-it-before/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tailhook Reunion and Symposium hosted a winging ceremony, a first for the annual meet-up. Two Navy and two Marine Corps officers received their wings. But before things were made official for Lt. j.g. Erik Michael Sink, 1st Lt. Jeffrey C. Monroe, Lt. j.g. Gregory Brett Maters and 1st Lt. Reid Savid, retired Adm. Tim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a real FRUKUS</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/21/its-a-real-frukus/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/21/its-a-real-frukus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Counter-piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign navies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No, we haven&#8217;t lost our sense of decorum here at Scoop Deck. FRUKUS 2011 is an invitational naval exercise now underway off the Virginia coast involving ships from Russia, France, the U.K. and the U.S. Navy. &#8220;FRUKUS&#8221; is an acronym for all four nations &#8212; we&#8217;re guessing it rhymes with RUCKUS, which means a commotion [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=8460</guid>
		<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>Top ship-driver chosen</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/02/top-jo-ship-driver-chosen/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/02/top-jo-ship-driver-chosen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 19:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a San Diego, Calif. trainer, over rounds of virtual underway replenishments, man overboards, and pierside moorings, the Navy’s top junior officer shipdriver emerged from a field of 28 finalists, the Navy announced Friday. And the 2010 winner is… Lt. j.g. Nicole Lobecker, assistant combat systems officer on cruiser Port Royal. “It was surreal,” Lobecker, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;XO Movie Night&#8217; videos are out &#8230; all of them</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/04/xo-movie-night-videos-are-out/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/04/xo-movie-night-videos-are-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admirals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=7905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you probably know by now, Adm. John Harvey of Fleet Forces Command on Thursday unveiled the results of his investigation into the controversial “XO Movie Night” video skits aired on the carrier Enterprise from 2005 to 2007, recommending that secretarial letters of censure be issued to two admirals and two of the carrier’s former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honors: Should he stay, or go?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/02/02/honors-should-he-stay-or-go/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/02/02/honors-should-he-stay-or-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We reported in our print edition this week (dated Feb. 7) that Fleet Forces Command chief Adm. John Harvey has recommended Capt. Owen Honors be detached for cause.  As those in the service know, that&#8217;s not separation from the Navy, but the formal completion of the administrative process of removing him from command of the [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=7541</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>139</slash:comments>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=7108</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>You really &#8216;like&#8217; me (social media edition)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/28/you-really-like-me-social-media-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/28/you-really-like-me-social-media-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=6878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Petty officers are likable folks. You name it, they&#8217;ve got it: Bravery, work ethic, patriotism &#8212; even lovely singing voices. Now there&#8217;s even a Facebook page to prove it. As of this writing, the group dedicated to &#8220;liking&#8221; petty officers has north of 14,000 &#8220;likers,&#8221; with the goal of hitting a cool million. As for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bahrain networks CO fired over &#8216;inappropriate relationship&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/21/bahrain-networks-co-fired-over-inappropriate-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/21/bahrain-networks-co-fired-over-inappropriate-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=6044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The officer responsible for the Navy&#8217;s computer networks across the Middle East was fired on Saturday after an investigation discovered she was carrying on &#8220;inappropriate relationships&#8221; with other people in her command, the service announced. Cmdr. Mary Ann Giese, of Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Bahrain, was relieved of command by Rear Adm. Edward Deets, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5410</guid>
		<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>Now, Navy PAOs can take their game to the next level</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/26/now-navy-paos-can-take-their-game-to-the-next-level/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/26/now-navy-paos-can-take-their-game-to-the-next-level/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Officers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These poor public affairs officers. Reporters are always calling them up on the phone and being all, like, &#8220;hey, answer my questions and deal with my crabby attitude, and be quick about it!&#8221; Their bosses are always all, &#8220;hey, don&#8217;t let those scum-suckers in the press write anything bad about me or the admiral!&#8221; It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/07/seven-in-seven-5/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/07/seven-in-seven-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<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>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>North Korea’s meritorious promotion program?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/26/north-korea%e2%80%99s-meritorious-promotion-program/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/26/north-korea%e2%80%99s-meritorious-promotion-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, former North Korean four-star Kim Myong Guk was seen wearing only three stars on his collar. Most analysts believed he had been held accountable for North Korea&#8217;s loss to South Korea in a naval skirmish off the west coast in November. But North Korean television footage and photographs released over the weekend find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Admiral to the end</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/22/the-admiral-to-the-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the April 26 edition of Time Magazine, ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer answers 10 questions from readers regarding her decades as a journalist. Rome Ibera, of Dumont, N.J., asked “What has been your most difficult interview so far?” Sawyer answered: Admiral Hyman Rickover. He was in his 80s at the time. He&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; the Skipper</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-skipper/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-skipper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:42:55 +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.  0600 Reveille, reveille! All hands heave out and trice up. Reveille!  Truman’s 65-ton rudders are cutting through some choppier waters. It makes for a gentle rocking motion that invites one to remain in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; the XO</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-xo/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-xo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:01:11 +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. Truman&#8217;s XO knows it’s the sailors who make the difference, and he has some strong initiatives to take care of them, their families and their Navy. (Photo by Lance M. Bacon) 2030 Fresh out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; Pri Fly</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-pri-fly/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-pri-fly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:32:25 +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.  Cmdr. William Bulis is Truman&#8217;s new Air Boss. He&#8217;s the one who keeps the chaos under control. (Photo by Lance M. Bacon) 1715 We’re one deck above the bridge, and six stories above the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; the CAG</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-cag/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-cag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:29:57 +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. Capt. Jay “Spock” Bynum talks with Scoop Deck as closed circuit TV gives live feed of an F/A-18 trap over his shoulder. (Photos by Lance M. Bacon) 1630 Scoop Deck is in the office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; Ready Room 7</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-ready-room-7/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-ready-room-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:35:58 +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.    The view from the Mini Boss&#8217; seat in Pri Fly as Rockhound launches from catapult 1. (Photo by Lance M. Bacon) 1400 Scoop Deck has copped a squat in Ready Room 7, home of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling with the CNO &#8212; The return home</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/24/traveling-with-the-cno-the-return-home/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/24/traveling-with-the-cno-the-return-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck blogger Lance M. Bacon took a day trip with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead this week. This is the play-by-play report. 1915 Dinner time. CS1 Russell Allison served up a field green salad with citrus vinaigrette that opened the festivities, followed by spinach and feta stuffed chicken breast with white wine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They&#8217;ve got mail!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/03/theyve-got-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/03/theyve-got-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck just spent an awesome week with the hard-working staff at Navy Personnel Command in Millington, Tenn. You’ll be seeing the fruit of this visit in coming editions of Navy Times. In the meantime, here are a few comments that really caught our attention: “We receive and process 7 million record updates annually.” – [...]]]></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>
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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>Combination covers, combined</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/08/combination-covers-combined/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When admirals from 100 different navies gather, they need a place to stack their covers. This was the pile-up outside a meeting of the International Seapower Symposium at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. on Oct. 7.  Scoop Deck usually has a sharp eye for detail but this one is a tough nut. Good luck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is there a separate Facebook for officers?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/22/is-there-a-separate-facebook-for-officers/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/22/is-there-a-separate-facebook-for-officers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was only a matter of time. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead has a Facebook page. He also has a Twitter account.]]></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>
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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>
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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>Is VCNO like an XO but with stars?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/24/is-vcno-like-an-xo-but-with-stars/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/24/is-vcno-like-an-xo-but-with-stars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Adm. Jonathan Greenert turned over command of U.S. Fleet Forces to Adm. John Harvey Jr. aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman on the Norfolk waterfront. Harvey comes from the Pentagon where he ran the Navy staff and Greenert goes to the Pentagon to become the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Fleet Forces is the mother of all type commands. Headquartered [...]]]></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>
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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>
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		<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>It&#8217;s take 3 for space shot</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/07/10/its-take-3-for-space-shot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  It&#8217;s probably a good thing that NASA&#8217;s pool of astronauts include quite a few military officers. Who better to understand the &#8220;hurry up and wait&#8221; lifestyle that is the military? We told you last month about preparations for the planned June 13 launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, whose seven-member crew of space sailors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Squared away or sloppy. You decide.</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/26/squared-away-or-sloppy-you-decide/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/26/squared-away-or-sloppy-you-decide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, then-Surface Force Master Chief (SW/AW) Michael Schanche put out a message (second item) about a trip to the waterfront in San Diego that left him &#8220;professionally embarrassed&#8221; for the first time in his career. He expressed dismay at an overall lack of military bearing, courtesies and good appearance. A year has passed and Navy Times decided to [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=857</guid>
		<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>SecNav answers the question on everyone&#8217;s mind</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/18/secnav-answers-the-question-on-everyones-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/18/secnav-answers-the-question-on-everyones-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As he introduced Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates wasted no time getting to the topic we&#8217;ve all been dying to learn more about. During Mabus&#8217; time in the Navy, as an officer aboard the cruiser Little Rock, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt relaxed some of the service&#8217;s attitudes [...]]]></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>
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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>Business trips or junkets?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/11/business-trips-or-junkets/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/11/business-trips-or-junkets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Tilghman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of times when Navy officials travel, they don’t actually pay for the trips. Instead, it&#8217;s business, associations and foreign governments that pick up the tab. Check out this site here that shows all the trips taken by Navy officials and who paid for them. Just plug in &#8220;Navy&#8221; or &#8220;Naval&#8221; in the &#8220;Base or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New admirals, arriving</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/11/new-admirals-arriving/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/11/new-admirals-arriving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago Scoop Deck asked about the delayed release of the O-7 list. It&#8217;s coming out today, we are told. See story on our website.]]></description>
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		<title>Two-word transformation</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/08/two-word-transformation/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/08/two-word-transformation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, MD. &#8212; Even though Naval Academy graduates have flown in space, commanded fleets in battle and gone on to become commander in chief, they&#8217;ve never technically been &#8220;leaders&#8221; &#8212; until Monday. Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Jeffrey Fowler unveiled the change that will make midshimen into &#8220;leaders&#8221; at a Board of Visitors meeting in Alumni [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military space geeks, take note</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/05/military-space-geeks-take-note/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/05/military-space-geeks-take-note/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the final week counting down to the scheduled launch of space shuttle Endeavour, whose seven-member crew of space sailors is yet another &#8220;purple&#8221; multi-service representation, including a Navy SEAL. Endeavour is scheduled for a 7:17 a.m. EDT liftoff on Saturday, June 13, from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The 16-day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sloppy or squared away?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/05/sloppy-or-squared-away/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/05/sloppy-or-squared-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago we began asking for opinions and observations from throughout the Navy with an eye toward sailors, chiefs and officers who do not seem to care about fitness, their uniform or simple military courtesies.  The curiosity was inspired by a message sent a year ago by then-Force Master Chief (SW/AW) Mike Schanche of Naval Surface Forces, expressing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who are the new admirals?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/04/who-are-the-new-admirals/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/06/04/who-are-the-new-admirals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year the active-duty line one-star list came out on April 1. In 2007 the list came out on April 27, in 2006 it was May 4, in 2005 it was April 2 and so on.  It&#8217;s now into June and the coming year&#8217;s list of captains making flag rank has still not hit the streets. [...]]]></description>
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