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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; The deckplates</title>
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		<title>Gay sailors coming forward in wake of DADT</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/20/gay-sailors-coming-forward-in-wake-of-dadt/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/09/20/gay-sailors-coming-forward-in-wake-of-dadt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The law banning gays from serving openly ended Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. Now that it’s history, gay sailors are coming forward in ways ranging from showy to subtle. Others are simply blunt. One of them is Master-at-Arms Seaman Casie Jude, who&#8217;s posted in Italy. In a Facebook update on Tuesday she wrote, “Dear Navy: I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This will be your life, cont&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/05/this-will-be-your-life-contd/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/05/this-will-be-your-life-contd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To follow up on a discussion from earlier in the week about Navy recruiting commercials, it seemed necessary to illustrate the point with this week&#8217;s bored sailor video. Remember a few years ago when the Navy purchased the rights to Godsmack&#8216;s then-hit song Awake? Despite the jokes about the commercials, the heavy guitar riff soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attention recruits: this will be your life</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/03/attention-recruits-this-will-be-your-life/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/03/attention-recruits-this-will-be-your-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Larter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navy recruiting ads are something of a running joke in the fleet, especially among junior enlisted personnel. The commercials invariably show sailors performing the most exciting and extraordinary tasks they perform throughout the world every day. Often those commercials are backdropped by a soundtrack of either shredding guitar or Saving Private Ryan-esque rolling snare drums [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<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>Mesa Verde plays pinch hitter</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/10/15/mesa-verde-plays-pinch-hitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amphibious transport dock Mesa Verde, which just returned from a deployment to the Middle East in August, will head back out to the 5th Fleet area again this summer, taking a spot that was supposed to be filled by its older sibling, the San Antonio. San Antonio&#8217;s latest repairs probably won&#8217;t be finished in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual neglect</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/20/virtual-neglect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sailors in San Diego engaged in the purest and, I would argue, greatest form of competition as a part of Surface Line Week on Thursday &#8212; their first-ever video game tournament, which included 65 teams facing off in today&#8217;s top violence title, &#8220;Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.&#8221; Sounds fun, but America&#8217;s video game industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy&#8217;s leisure landscape</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/26/the-navys-leisure-landscape/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/26/the-navys-leisure-landscape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then: Now: Our distinguished colleague Andrew Tilghman has a great write-up this week about how the way sailors spend their time off duty has changed over the past few decades. Gone are the old-fashioned clubs for people to gather on base, replaced by &#8220;eatertainment&#8221;-themed &#8220;liberty centers,&#8221; where sailors get a slice of pizza and surf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lily, Rosemary, the Jack of Hearts and MCPON</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/21/mcpon-dont-follow-leaders-watch-the-parking-meters/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/21/mcpon-dont-follow-leaders-watch-the-parking-meters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re lost in the rain, in Juarez, and it&#8217;s Easter time too, you still need to remember to use operational risk management. And you may have many contacts among the lumberjacks to get you facts when someone attacks your imagination &#8212; but if you want the real gouge, go to Master Chief Petty Officer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The civilized way to go to sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/15/the-civilized-way-to-go-to-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOARD THE HMS ARK ROYAL &#8212; In my many happy years as an alcohol enthusiast, I have never had a beer as refreshing as the pint of John Smith&#8217;s Extra Smooth I enjoyed in the wardroom after a day of inhaling Harrier exhaust and clambering over almost every inch of this ship, from keel to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MMs are losing steam &#8212; or are they?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/14/mms-are-losing-steam-or-are-they/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/14/mms-are-losing-steam-or-are-they/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My eminent colleague Mark D. Faram and I had a story in the print edition of Navy Times last week about what it could mean for Navy engineers if Congress goes through with its requirement that the Navy keep around many more ships than it now plans. Basically, if the fleet has to keep the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting their hands dirty</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/06/04/getting-their-hands-dirty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=5308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June isn&#8217;t just the one-year blogiversary of Scoop Deck. Twelve months ago, Navy Times ran a cover story about a scathing inspector general&#8217;s report that uncovered systemic problems with the Navy&#8217;s computer-based training, which had equaled or exceeded the amount of real, hands-on instruction in the fleet. Many sailors never saw the actual equipment they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The PT is virtual, but the sweat is real</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/26/the-pt-is-virtual-but-the-sweat-is-real/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/26/the-pt-is-virtual-but-the-sweat-is-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 15:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy&#8217;s top medial officer, Vice Adm. Adam Robinson, isn&#8217;t personally acquainted with the video games these kids play today &#8212; your crazy golfing games, or your yoga things they have now, and such &#8212; but he said last week he could see the Navy using them to help new recruits get into shape. Robinson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The green-green team</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/28/the-green-green-team/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/28/the-green-green-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Absolutely no disrespect meant here, but isn&#8217;t it funny to think about the Navy and Marine Corps &#8212; an immense, mechanized bureaucracy built around the basic goals of killing and destruction &#8212; as a crunchy-granola, hippie-dippie, save-Mother Earth commune? That&#8217;s the picture the Navy tried to paint as Earth Day came and went last week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/22/seven-in-seven-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:45:15 +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 the Green Hornet on Thursday took to flight – the fighter jet, not the super hero. The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet was powered by a 50/50 blend of biofuel and JP-5. That same day, a U.S. military jury cleared a Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy birthday, chiefs!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/01/happy-birthday-chiefs/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/04/01/happy-birthday-chiefs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Master Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Covington, command master chief of U.S. Fifth Fleet, kicks off the Southwest Asia Chief Petty Officer Association picnic. (Photo by MC2 Class Jason T. Poplin) Maybe he made you scrub the deck for no apparent reason. Maybe he has a permanent scowl on his face. But it&#8217;s the chief&#8217;s 117th [...]]]></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; Unsung Heroes</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-unsung-heroes/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-unsung-heroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck blogger Lance M. Bacon just completed a 24-hour embark aboard the carrier Harry S Truman. This is the play-by-play.   1800 Scoop Deck has laid down the challenge. We have a couple of open hours, and we want to spend them with some deck plate leaders, some sailors who are never in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; Cat 3 is down!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-cat-3-is-down/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-cat-3-is-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:25:47 +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.   HT2 Anthony Picillo and his team stands in front of the 10-foot hydraulic line that shut down Cat 3 &#8212; but for only two hours, thanks to the ship&#8217;s metal shop. (Photo by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day aboard Truman &#8212; The flight deck</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/30/a-day-aboard-truman-the-flight-deck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:26:02 +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.   ABCS (AW/SW) Ernest Taylor (left) gives Scoop Deck a full tour of the flight deck during flight ops (Photos by Lance M. Bacon) 1445 Scoop Deck has hooked up with ABCS (AW/SW) Ernest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy photo seek-&#8217;n-find</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/23/navy-photo-seek-n-find/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/23/navy-photo-seek-n-find/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: What&#8217;s wrong with this picture? Maybe &#8220;wrong&#8221; is too strong a term &#8212; but what is unusual about this photograph of the crew of the littoral combat ship Freedom manning the rails March 19 as the ship pulled into Cartagena, Colombia, for a port visit? The answer after the jump. A: There&#8217;s a coffee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;d you do in the Navy today? Answer carefully</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/18/whatd-you-do-in-the-navy-today-answer-carefully/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/18/whatd-you-do-in-the-navy-today-answer-carefully/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a slow start, the Navy is all about social networking these days &#8212; top decision-makers are on Twitter; you can check out videos on YouTube in which sailors walk really fast, then normal, then really slow; and, of course, the fleet is on Facebook. And as part of its outreach to the &#8216;Bookoisie, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pimp your ship, the haze gray way</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/10/pimp-your-ship-the-haze-gray-way/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/10/pimp-your-ship-the-haze-gray-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a bandwagon Scoop Deck is glad to jump on: The maritime blog gCaptain is asking for suggestions from its professional mariner audience about how they would &#8220;pimp their ships&#8221; and we want to hear how you, our audience of sailors, would pimp your warships. European-navy style bar with beers, wines and spirits? Military Sealift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California needs the blue-green team to tame its kids</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/03/california-needs-the-blue-green-team/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/03/california-needs-the-blue-green-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The skills learned by sailors and Marines &#8212; keeping cool under intense stress; learning to master impenetrable bureaucracies; enduring the daily threat of personal danger &#8212; make them great teachers, California state officials say. Well, they didn&#8217;t say that exactly, but California and the Defense Department are promoting the idea that sailors and Marines become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crash and smash</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/02/crash-and-smash/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/02/crash-and-smash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Damage Controlman Fireman Alicia Asbell, Damage Controlman Fireman Matthew Barrera and Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Gustavo Alzate wore their game faces for a &#8220;crash and smash&#8221; firefighting drill aboard the dock landing ship Harpers Ferry on Monday in the South China Sea.]]></description>
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		<title>The good eats Navy</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/22/the-good-eats-navy/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/22/the-good-eats-navy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question of which commands in the Navy have the best galleys and the best chow has been answered for another year: Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has announced the latest winners of the Ney Awards, brought to you by Naval Supply Systems Command, which you can view here.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Operation New Dawn:&#8221; Thoughts?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/19/operation-new-dawn-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/19/operation-new-dawn-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re heading out to the sandbox as an individual augmentee, or your ship is going to be up in the Persian Gulf supporting operations in Iraq, you&#8217;ve got to get in as many references as you can to &#8220;Operation Iraqi Freedom,&#8221; because that&#8217;s going away. Oh-Eye-Eff, as we colloquially say, will become Oh-Enn-Dee &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom&#8217;s other unmanned systems</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/16/freedoms-other-unmanned-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOARD THE FREEDOM &#8212; Yeah, yeah, we all know about the unmanned surface vessel that will troll its sonar for enemy submarines, or the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter &#8212; what unmanned systems made the biggest splash with the reporters who visited this ship today? Its cleaning-bots. To help keep the passageways tidy and help out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GW amuses visiting NFL cheerleaders</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/11/gw-amuses-visiting-nfl-cheerleaders/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/11/gw-amuses-visiting-nfl-cheerleaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a bruising 5-11 season, things must&#8217;ve been pretty heavy around Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for the Oakland Raiderettes, whose sideline dances and pom-pom manipulation clearly proved insufficient in spurring their squad to victory. So six of the cheerleaders got in a plane to Japan, where they visited the carrier George Washington in time to watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy&#8217;s unmanned (war)ship</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/03/the-navys-unmanned-warship/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/03/the-navys-unmanned-warship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maritime operations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In keeping with the long-term trends in the fleet, this was only a matter of time: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to build a completely unmanned surface ship that will cruise the oceans looking for submarines. DARPA has a request for proposal out this week on an &#8220;Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy&#8217;s latest battle: Sailors v. school children</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/02/the-navys-latest-battle-sailors-v-school-children/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/02/the-navys-latest-battle-sailors-v-school-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest trial for the salty crew of a mighty U.S. warship, sailors from the amphibious transport dock Green Bay are getting ready to take on their biggest challenge yet &#8212; middle school kids. Scoop Deck&#8217;s corporate cousins at the Green Bay Press Gazette report that sailors from  Green Bay, the amphib, will take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need to sharpen that killing edge? Try video games!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/27/need-to-sharpen-that-killing-edge-try-video-games/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/27/need-to-sharpen-that-killing-edge-try-video-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All you oldsters just never understood, did you &#8212; with your &#8220;fresh air,&#8221; &#8220;outdoor activities&#8221; and your &#8220;socializing&#8221; and such &#8212; the younger generation hasn&#8217;t been wasting time inside playing &#8220;Halo&#8221; all these years. It&#8217;s been developing itself into a legion of stone-cold killers! Such is the conclusion from an Office of Naval Research scientist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Admiral to sailors: Bravo Zulu</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/18/admiral-to-sailors-bravo-zulu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice Adm. D.C. Curtis, commander of Naval Surface Forces, complimented the ships and sailors responding to the crisis in Haiti in a message sent Saturday, a copy of which was obtained by Scoop Deck. Here&#8217;s what he wrote: Godspeed and fair winds as you respond to this important mission in Haiti&#8217;s hour of need.  You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trimaran questions answered</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/11/trimaran-questions-answered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many months ago, back before the days of the Deck, Navy Times reporters and editors speculated about the future crew dynamic aboard the littoral combat ship Independence, which then existed only as an unfinished aluminum shell in its shipyard in Mobile, Ala. Knowing sailors, one reporter surmised, he wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if the ship&#8217;s crew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>These guys think of everything</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/15/these-guys-think-of-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/15/these-guys-think-of-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Scoop Deck is fortunate enough to spend a little time underway aboard a Navy warship, it doesn&#8217;t take long to discover what didn&#8217;t make the trip: Toothbrush? Towels? Life-saving insulin? Actual sailors, however, go to sea not only with a full complement of their own gear, but apparently have a knack for thinking of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready to fly&#8230; and swim&#8230; and shoot (updated)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/14/ready-to-fly-and-swim-and-shoot/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/14/ready-to-fly-and-swim-and-shoot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amphibious assault ship Makin Island is back from a cruise in the Pacific in which it spent some quality time with Navy and Marine Corps aviators, according to the Navy &#8212; in fact, we can break it down exactly: The ship had 38.5 hours of flight deck time, including 288 helicopter takeoffs and landings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy asks for responses &#8212; and gets them</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/10/navy-asks-for-responses-and-gets-them/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/10/navy-asks-for-responses-and-gets-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8217;ve you heard about these websites where you can connect with other people, sharing photos and stories and tacos and what-not? They&#8217;re calling it &#8220;social networking,&#8221; and it&#8217;s running on computers now; you can tell people 25 &#8220;interesting&#8221; things about yourself, post images of your friends from elementary school; or explain why you think the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying your own gear</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/01/buying-your-own-gear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navy Times heard from many sailors with stories about buying their own supplies and equipment out of pocket, and the correspondence hasn&#8217;t dried up since the story appeared in the newspaper. Now it&#8217;s online &#8212; check it out here &#8212; and readers are still telling us about this apparently common aspect of Navy life that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This year&#8217;s Navy Thanksgiving load-out</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/23/this-years-navy-thanksgiving-load-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can start to tell from the thinning crowds along the elegant boulevards here in the National Capital Region (and in the Christmas music that has already reared its ugly head downstairs in the Cafeteria of Excellence) that the holidays are nigh. This week, Americans will travel home to give thanks for flightless birds; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Navy Term</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/16/a-new-navy-term/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Tilghman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the Navy has coined a new term. I heard it for the first time a couple of months ago when I was out on the Truman and talking to Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, the strike group&#8217;s commander. He was explaining how they would remain ready despite a six-month gap between the JTFX and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembrance</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/11/remembrance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Veterans Day, or as we also like to call it, Armistice Day. We&#8217;ll be thinking today about everyone who has served and fought.]]></description>
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		<title>New ovens take the work out of chow at sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/27/new-ovens-take-the-work-out-of-chow-at-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy operates some of the most advanced equipment on the planet, what with all the fighter jets and nuclear reactors and Aegis radars and such, but less so in the galley, where culinary specialists depend as much on their own skill as new technology. That&#8217;s changing, though &#8212; sailors aboard the carrier Abraham Lincoln [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New blog After Action brings you the world of mil-sports</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/20/new-blog-after-action-brings-you-the-world-of-mil-sports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sports are often compared to war &#8212; linemen &#8220;battle&#8221; for the gridiron; bad pitchers get &#8220;shelled;&#8221; and in the backfield, the secondary provides &#8220;optimized, time-critical network-centric support for the joint defense.&#8221; So it&#8217;s no surprise that the military is chock-full of great athletes and, generally, that the services are permeated by a culture of sports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy: 234 years young</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/13/the-navy-234-years-young/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy wasn&#8217;t always a terrifying wall of steel coming straight at you from over the horizon. Back in the day &#8212; 234 years ago today, as a matter of fact &#8212; all the Continental Congress wanted was two wooden sailing ships, each crewed by about 80 sailors and armed with 10 guns apiece. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who has the best mess in the Navy?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/12/who-has-the-best-mess-in-the-navy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who do you think gets the best chow in the Navy? Scoop Deck has eaten really well on the guided-missile submarine Georgia; the amphibious assault ship Makin Island; and the cruiser Anzio, but there are many galleys out there and this is the kind of question about which people develop forceful opinions. If it helps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to decelerate your life, become a force for good</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/30/time-to-decelerate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re thinking of joining the Navy, be advised: When you enlist, your life will proceed at the same speed at which it&#8217;s currently traveling. But on the other hand, you will go from being a neutral recruit to a global force for good. That&#8217;s right: The Navy is pulling back &#8220;Accelerate Your Life&#8221; as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Achieve full military cleanliness with WASHEX 09</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/23/achieve-full-military-cleanliness-with-washex-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Navy work is dirty work. Whether you&#8217;re elbow-deep in a gas turbine or handling delicate china teacups at a black-tie embassy reception in Jakarta, it&#8217;s gonna get messy out there. That, presumably, is what spurred the creation of this video demonstrating how you should wash your hands &#8212; the Navy way. &#8216;Cause you&#8217;ve been doin&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brace for impact: Reagan arrives in Phuket (updated)</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/22/brace-for-impact-reagan-arrives-in-phuket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Phuket Wan newspaper, of Phuket, Thailand, is quickly becoming an indispensable source for WestPac naval coverage &#8212; and you can&#8217;t help but like a newspaper that runs this headline: US Warships Anchor! Phuket&#8217;s All Set to Rumble So the fleet&#8217;s in, so to speak, and Phuket boosters are expecting a $1 million-per-day boost to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The regular blue-light blue team</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/22/the-regular-blue-light-blue-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Air Force&#8217;s top enlisted leader, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Roy, paid a visit to the amphibious transport dock Mesa Verde this week as it was docked in Panama, congratulating crew members and airmen stationed nearby on the work they&#8217;re doing as part of the international PANAMAX exercise that takes place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Because America can&#8217;t get enough &#8216;NCIS&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/25/because-america-cant-get-enough-ncis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for CBS&#8217;s fall-season buildup for its new spin-off, &#8220;NCIS: Los Angeles,&#8221; the Navy has posted several generic images that illustrate the mission of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. NCIS agents are called in when sailors stand in dark rooms looking through disorganized secret files, for example; they respond to situations in which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toon-smiths, arriving</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/24/toon-smiths-arriving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, maybe it&#8217;s not the same as a visit from the Dallas Cowgirls cheerleaders, but the crew of the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard got a much more unusual break from its work on Friday when the ship took aboard eight cartoonists who amused sailors with  funny drawings. The toon-smiths, including Scoop Deck&#8217;s shipmate Jeff [...]]]></description>
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