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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Photos</title>
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		<title>Rough day at Bold Alligator</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/02/06/rough-day-at-bold-alligator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amphibious operations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between rolling blackouts and very limited connectivity, the press gaggle I was with out on Wasp and Kearsarge this weekend had a devil of a time getting on line long enough to transmit stories back to land. Timing is everything. I finally managed to get one sent Sunday night from Kearsarge that was posted Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We should all live so long &#8212; and well</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/31/we-should-all-live-so-long-and-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amphibious operations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reaching 100 years of age is remarkable enough. But the Navy made it extra special for a former Navy Seabee Dec. 2. Retired Capt. James R. Mims, the nation&#8217;s oldest living Seabee, was made an honorary member of Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 by the unit&#8217;s top sailor, Command Master Chief (SCW) Johnny DeSarro, during Mims&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rudy&#8217;s one-liners</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/27/rudy-the-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Don't ask]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - Fort Story]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retired Master Chief Rudy Boesch earned more than a few laughs Friday during his remarks at the East Coast SEALs&#8217; celebration of the SEALs&#8217; 50th anniversary (the West Coast SEALs marked it two weeks ago), both centered around his post-SEAL Team 2 days. The 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act helped spark the 1987 formation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirate station DJ gives new meaning to &#8220;air traffic&#8221; rating</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/19/pirate-station-gives-new-meaning-to-air-traffic-rating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air Traffic Control]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A retired Navy air traffic controller was arrested in December for operating a pirate radio station he ran out of his Fort Myers, Fla., home, AP reported Monday. According to the AP, community activist Albert Knighten now faces a felony charge of operating a radio station without a license &#8212; ahead of the government taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not-so-fair winds at farewell</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/17/not-so-fair-winds-at-farewell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deployment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The temperature would rise to near 60 in Hampton Roads Tuesday, but winds gusting to 37 mph made it feel 45ish &#8212; and it always feels colder down at the Naval Station Norfolk waterfront, where the frigate Nicholas left around 10 a.m. How windy was it? The line handlers had to go hatless: The chop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living la dolce vita on a former Soviet carrier</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/16/living-la-dolce-vita-on-a-soviet-carrier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something utterly incongruous about the setup, but a Chinese company is opening a luxury hotel on board a retired Kiev-class Soviet aircraft carrier. That&#8217;s right. One of these: Has bedrooms like these: And lounges like these: Crazy, no? The country that starved or killed millions in the name of communist purity and military dominance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for new job &#8230; and country?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/01/12/looking-for-new-job-and-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Recruiting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy is obviously downsizing and by many accounts losing some darn good sailors in the convoluted process &#8212; all due to the ongoing economic downturn and pressure on overall defense spending. Staunch ally Great Britain is facing the same sorts of pressures and trimming its forces. Meanwhile, the military of another strong ally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rescue swimmers &#8230; are awesome</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/19/rescue-swimmers-are-awesome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amphibious operations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what the service, military rescue swimmers are a pretty remarkable bunch. In addition to being skilled at their normal rating duties, they&#8217;re able &#8212; and willing &#8212; to be lowered into some pretty hair-raising situations that most normal folks would regard as out of the realm of possibility. The Atlantic waters looked to [...]]]></description>
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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>
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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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		<title>Celebrating the Wrights, and naval aviation&#8217;s 100th</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/08/celebrating-the-wrights-and-naval-aviations-100th/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/08/celebrating-the-wrights-and-naval-aviations-100th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naval aviation centennial]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[East Coast aviation buffs should mark their calendars for Saturday, Dec. 17, when the 108th Celebration of Powered Flight will be held at the Wright Brothers National Monument in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Well, it&#8217;s probably not exactly the 108th celebration &#8230; no one likely paid any attention to such things for a few decades. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of an era</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/06/end-of-an-era/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[6th Fleet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 7, 1970, the Beatles released their last single: &#8220;The Long and Winding Road.&#8221; Last week, the amphibious transport dock Ponce, launched 13 days after the song and commissioned in July 1971, completed its own long journey, coming home for the last time after four decades of service. Those years were filled with significant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy&#8217;s fingers are crossed on this one</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/21/navys-fingers-are-crossed-on-this-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Board of Inspection and Survey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sixth San Antonio-class ship completed its acceptance trials last week, and the Navy is sure hoping that the future USS San Diego can jump out of the gates after its December delivery without the problems that have plagued the rest of the class. Dock Landing Ship 22 has something going for it: It wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haze gray in Charm City</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/16/haze-gray-in-charm-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community relations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, and the Navy is helping the state of Maryland kick off its multi-year commemoration with a two-ship visit to Baltimore&#8217;s beautiful Inner Harbor. The war with Great Britain that gave us the Star-Spangled Banner and &#8220;Don&#8217;t give up the ship!&#8221; was declared on June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the captain</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/15/remembering-the-captain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The photo says it all:]]></description>
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		<title>Tembe memorial service</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/14/tembe-memorial-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy will hold a memorial service at Naval Station Norfolk Tuesday at 1 p.m. aboard the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower to honor Capt. Tushar Tembe, who died suddenly Nov. 8 after collapsing at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., as he was debarking his ship, the carrier Harry S. Truman. &#8220;For 27 years, Capt. [...]]]></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>Dive for that loose ball!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/09/dive-for-that-loose-ball/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/09/dive-for-that-loose-ball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Navy agreed to hold an NCAA basketball game on the flight deck of the carrier Carl Vinson, one probably could have gotten decent odds against the prospect of rain in San Diego on Veterans Day. Now there&#8217;s an 80 percent chance, and it&#8217;s looking like the highly anticipated North Carolina-Michigan State game could [...]]]></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>A battleship of your very own</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/a-battleship-of-your-very-own/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/a-battleship-of-your-very-own/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Battleships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the battleship Iowa being prepared for its debut next year as an interactive museum near Los Angeles, you might be thinking, where&#8217;s my battleship? The car enthusiast website jalopnik.com has the scoop: For a mere $80,000, you can own your own replica of the battleship New Jersey. The ebay auction description notes the ship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quarters K closes up shop</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/quarters-k-closes-up-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/quarters-k-closes-up-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arlington National Cemetery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve worked at the Pentagon, you&#8217;ve probably bought gas at Quarters K. The Navy Exchange gas station and Quikmart near the Navy Annex in Arlington, Va., closed for good Friday, as part of a plan to expand neighboring Arlington National Cemetery. Quarters K served military members, retirees and drivers of government vehicles, as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A solemn duty</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/23/a-solemn-duty/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/23/a-solemn-duty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burial at sea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It takes place about 20 times each month: The casketed or cremated remains of an eligible individual are buried at sea. It&#8217;s an ancient tradition that&#8217;s probably been practiced as long as people have gone to sea, according to Naval History &#38; Heritage Command. On Saturday, Oct. 22, crew members of the carrier Dwight D. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busy days and nights aboard Ike</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/19/busy-days-and-nights-aboard-ike/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/19/busy-days-and-nights-aboard-ike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carrier qualifications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Norfolk-based carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is deep into the basic phase of pre-deployment training while underway in the Atlantic. Technically, it&#8217;s taking part in a Tailored Ship&#8217;s Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem, or TSTA/FEP, and conducting carrier qualifications for Carrier Air Wing 7 fliers. Ike will be out for several weeks to come, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy women meet in Norfolk</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/18/navy-women-meet-in-norfolk/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/18/navy-women-meet-in-norfolk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norfolk Naval Station]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SURFLANT hosted an all-day symposium for Navy women today in Norfolk, an event &#8220;designed to provide an interactive forum addressing the challenges that affect women in the surface force.&#8221; The idea was to provide a forum for women in the surface force and other communities along with discussion opportunities and interaction with successful surface force [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I wonder what this button does?!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/06/i-wonder-what-this-button-does/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/06/i-wonder-what-this-button-does/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[7th Fleet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We couldn’t help but smile at the faces of these Russian boys, who got the chance to play sailor aboard the destroyer Fitzgerald during an outing from Parus Nadezhdy Children’s Rehabilitation Center in Vladivostok.  If we only knew what they were saying&#8230; The Yokosuka, Japan-based Fitzgerald wrapped up a four-day visit to Russia’s Pacific Fleet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haze gray and underway</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/27/haze-gray-and-underway/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/27/haze-gray-and-underway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This simple yet atmospheric photo should resonate with anyone who&#8217;s ever been at sea &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>No pain, no gain</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/23/no-pain-no-gain/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/23/no-pain-no-gain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carrier qualifications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you want to be a Navy master-at-arms or join a ship&#8217;s security force? Know that this is a hurdle you&#8217;ll have to clear: Yep, that&#8217;s a faceful of Oleoresin Capsicum spray &#8212; a staple of master-at-arms &#8220;A&#8221; school training and part of a requirement for shipboard security force qualification. But you don&#8217;t just get [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<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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		<title>Down and dirty</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/19/down-and-dirty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carrier On-Board Delivery plane]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway in the Atlantic conducting carrier qualifications for naval aviators, but it&#8217;s the unglamorous and often tedious work below decks that keeps the fliers going. A zillion things can go wrong with an aircraft &#8212; especially aircraft that operate in a maritime environment and bounce onto aircraft carriers. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McFaul&#8217;s new chiefs beat the crowd</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/15/mcfauls-new-chiefs-beat-the-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/15/mcfauls-new-chiefs-beat-the-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chiefs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Norfolk-based destroyer McFaul broke ranks Thursday and pinned its five new chief petty officers day earlier than the rest of the Navy. There was a good reason for that. McFaul did so to accommodate a scheduled deployment. So even when a short-notice delay changed that deployment date, the ship held the ceremony so as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mabus makes good on winning pitch</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/14/mabus-makes-good-on-winning-pitch/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/14/mabus-makes-good-on-winning-pitch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy&#8217;s top official visited the National League Central Division&#8217;s top team Tuesday as Navy Secretary Ray Mabus threw out a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game at Miller Park, part of a day-long celebration of Littoral Combat Ship 5 being given the name Milwaukee. The original announcement was made March 18. The Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York, New York</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/13/new-york-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/13/new-york-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2nd Fleet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Navy amphibious warship returned to its figurative and literal source Sunday, as the crew of the amphibious transport dock ship New York spent Sept. 11 in the Big Apple taking part in events throughout the city honoring victims and responders of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The transport dock ship was named for the city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home after the storm</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/31/home-after-the-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/31/home-after-the-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2nd Fleet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 27 ships that sortied out of Hampton Roads in advance of Hurricane Irene&#8217;s arrival last weekend began returning to Naval Station Norfolk and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Tuesday and are continuing to come back throughout the week. Also returning to their berths are some of the 28 ships in various stages of maintenance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A little love for the fleet workhorse</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/18/a-little-love-for-the-fleet-workhorse/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/18/a-little-love-for-the-fleet-workhorse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carrier On-Board Delivery plane]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lengthy post-availability at-sea period just ended for the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, which blitzed through sea trials, flight deck certification, carrier quals, and 3M (Maintenance Material Management) inspections following nine months of shipyard work that ended in mid-June. During that time, Ike&#8217;s primary lifelines to shore were the reliable Carrier On-Board Delivery planes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2,000 Tomahawks and counting</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/05/2000-tomahawks-and-counting/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/05/2000-tomahawks-and-counting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Combat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy today commemorated its 2,000th Tomahawk cruise missile combat launch during a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk aboard the destroyer Barry, which took part in the March air strikes on Libyan military facilities in support of U.N. Resolution 1973 and was credited with the 2,000th launch. Check this great pic of a launch from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That flag</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/08/02/that-flag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember a 1990-ish visit to a Japanese submarine base and being dumbfounded to see the subs flying the rising sun flag off their stern masts. Dumbfounded, because being, ahem, of a certain age, I associated the flag &#8212; a red disc with red and white &#8220;beams&#8221; extending outward &#8212; with the aggressive World War [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good works in Jax</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/29/good-works-in-jax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 40 sailors from the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower spent the morning of July 26 sprucing up a resource center for the homeless in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., during a three-day port call in Mayport that began July 25. The center, called Mission House, offers food and counseling services to the homeless in the Jacksonville [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mason, arriving</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/27/mason-arriving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Norfolk-based destroyer Mason finally made it home today, bringing up the rear of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group, most of which arrived at home ports or bases July 15. One of the happy sailors was Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Eugene Andal, who was selected to debark and receive the traditional first kiss from his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ike&#8217;s return is on track</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/07/14/ikes-return-is-on-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is enjoying a noteworthy and productive post-availability period at sea. On July 2, Ike, operating off the Atlantic coast, was the scene of the first fully hands-free carrier landing as an F/A-18D modified to emulate the in-development X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System aircraft touched down under control of an onboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a real FRUKUS</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/21/its-a-real-frukus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, we haven&#8217;t lost our sense of decorum here at Scoop Deck. FRUKUS 2011 is an invitational naval exercise now underway off the Virginia coast involving ships from Russia, France, the U.K. and the U.S. Navy. &#8220;FRUKUS&#8221; is an acronym for all four nations &#8212; we&#8217;re guessing it rhymes with RUCKUS, which means a commotion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home for Dad&#8217;s day</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/18/home-for-dads-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ballistic missile defense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The destroyer Stout came home to Norfolk Saturday following a Med cruise in support of theater security operations and ballistic missile deterrence &#8230; &#8230; and just in time for Father&#8217;s Day: Stout took part in the coalition strikes on Libyan forces that began in mid-March. Stout was the first ship on station and fired multiple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sea spray and sea trials</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/15/sea-spray-and-sea-trials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SURFLANT and the San Antonio wanted to tout what officials are calling a successful second phase of sea trials for the much-troubled ship, so they invited me and five other reporters and photogs to ride out from Rudee&#8217;s Inlet in Virginia Beach aboard an 11-meter RHIB Wednesday morning and conduct interviews on board as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ship that buried bin Laden</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/14/the-ship-that-buried-bin-laden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s gotta be at least a little frustrating. You&#8217;re just wrapping up a highly successful deployment and you&#8217;ve finally got a whole mess of reporters who want to talk to you about it. But they don&#8217;t. They want to talk about that. You know. That guy you buried at sea and now utterly defines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost back in the fleet</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/14/almost-back-in-the-fleet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway for sea trials following a nine-month maintenance availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. Ike&#8217;s planned incremental availability began last summer and was supposed to be done in March. It was extended into June due to major pump overhaul and unexpected winter storms, according to the Navy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom fades from gray to black</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/13/freedom-fades-from-gray-to-black/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s wrong with this picture? Freedom, the first littoral combat ship, has been in service for only two and a half years. But it’s lost that new ship shine.  Exhaust blackens the superstructure and the hull in this photo, taken June 7 while Freedom landed a helicopter as part of a joint maritime exercise. More [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One for the history books</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/10/one-for-the-history-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, it&#8217;s not a doctored photo. That&#8217;s two &#8212; TWO &#8212; San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships operating simultaneously. To be fair, two of the other three commissioned ships in the class are also at sea. Mesa Verde and Green Bay are deployed. New Orleans just completed sea trials following a scheduled maintenance period. New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Antonio trials, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/06/08/san-antonio-trials-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The oft-troubled amphibious transport dock ship San Antonio continues its journey from reclamation project to fleet-ready this week during the second phase of special sea trials following an extended maintenance period. The ship, the first in its class but deployed only once in its five years in the fleet due to widespread mechanical and electrical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m thinkin&#8217; that&#8217;s Lincoln</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/31/im-thinkin-thats-lincoln/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An eagle-eyed reader named &#8220;Mike&#8221; wrote us over the weekend to make an interesting point about the Navy&#8217;s photo illustration released the day the Navy announced that the second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier will be named in honor of John F. Kennedy. His point? That ain&#8217;t no Ford. &#8220;There’s plenty of renderings of the Ford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It still floats</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/23/it-still-floats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 16:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll let the picture tell the story: The carrier Theodore Roosevelt got underway Saturday for the first time in nearly two years when it left its dry dock at Newport News Shipbuilding and entered James River in southeast Virginia. The move comes in the midst of the carrier&#8217;s ongoing 39-month refueling complex overhaul, which began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back where it belongs &#8230; in the water</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/20/back-where-it-belongs-in-the-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 20:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty months in dry dock will end Saturday, May 21, when the carrier Theodore Roosevelt checks out of Dry Dock 11 at Newport News Shipbuilding (so nice to be able to use the simple name again, though we should note that the yard is a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries &#8230;) to a pierside location [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former JAG becomes federal judge</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/05/12/former-jag-becomes-federal-judge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 14:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy JAG Corps got a nice feather in the cap May 11 when a former Navy JAG and civilian public defender was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a U.S. district judge in Virginia’s Eastern District. Arenda L. Wright Allen of Norfolk, nominated by President Obama in June 2010, becomes the first black female [...]]]></description>
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