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		<title>Sights from the annual Herndon Monument climb</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/22/sights-from-the-annual-herndon-monument-climb/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/22/sights-from-the-annual-herndon-monument-climb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some images from Tuesday&#8217;s Herndon climb. Midshipman 4th Class Andrew Craig, 19, of Tulsa, Okla., was this year&#8217;s top plebe. Here&#8217;s video of the start from the Naval Academy&#8217;s YouTube page.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: &#8216;Battleship&#8217; numbers could sink studio&#8217;s bottom line</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/21/report-battleship-numbers-could-sink-studios-bottom-line/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/21/report-battleship-numbers-could-sink-studios-bottom-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 22:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Lilley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battleship movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Mabus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There were special screenings for sailors stateside and promotional events abroad. There was a massive marketing campaign that involved sandwich shops and soda makers. There was a positive review from Military Times&#8217; octoplex guru. There was a cameo by the Navy Department&#8217;s top civilian. Despite all that, and despite an overseas box office take worth [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>New crackerjacks approved!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/21/new-crackerjacks-approved/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/21/new-crackerjacks-approved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uniforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chief of naval personnel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crackerjacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dixie cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dress blues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dress whites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jumper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy Times]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The wait is over: New crackerjacks are coming. The Navy’s top officer has approved the long awaited overhaul of the iconic dress uniform, a modernization that officials say will make them more comfortable and functional. Both dress whites and dress blues, worn by E-6 and below, have been updated after a six year trial-and-error effort. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shellback ceremony, circa 2012</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/18/shellback-ceremony-circa-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/18/shellback-ceremony-circa-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 23:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traditions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Their ship’s maiden deployment now on the homestretch to San Diego, Calif., after duty in the 5th Fleet region, the crew aboard amphibious assault ship Makin Island took a little time to mark that long-held seagoing tradition of crossing the equator, the Shellback Ceremony. No, it’s not exactly the casting call for the next sequel [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A tale of two ships</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/18/a-tale-of-two-ships/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/18/a-tale-of-two-ships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3rd Fleet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7th Fleet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s face it: Once you step into a new car – or even a previously-owned vehicle, as used-car dealers say – it’s just not exciting to drive older wheels. Classic rebuilt cars, the exception of course. Trading down just isn’t fun. So we can feel for the sailors and officers of amphibious assault ship Essex, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood, this is a sailor, not a &#8220;soldier&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/18/hollywood-this-is-sailor-not-a-soldier/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/18/hollywood-this-is-sailor-not-a-soldier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Battleship director Peter Berg dropped the S-bomb. Unfortunately, he dropped the wrong one. In a promotional clip, he twice referred to sailors as &#8220;soldiers,&#8221; a major gaff since nobody in the Navy identifies as a soldier. He said his affinity for the service created a good relationship with the Navy and got his movie the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>USNA official says &#8220;Indian Run&#8221; offensive</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/17/usna-official-says-indian-run-offensive/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/17/usna-official-says-indian-run-offensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the term “Indian run” offensive? Master Chief Engineman (SW) Christopher Gary, an equal opportunity adviser at the Naval Academy, thinks so and he’s sent an email urging officers and chiefs at the academy to consider changing the name of the exercise, The Washington Free Beacon reported. An Indian run involves midshipmen running in a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Killed by careless shipmates</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/14/killed-by-careless-shipmates/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/14/killed-by-careless-shipmates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[7th Fleet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mishaps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mishap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regan Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tragedy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our cover story on newsstands this week focuses on the accidental death of Personnel Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Regan Young, who was killed Nov. 23, 2011, aboard the amphibious assault ship Essex. That day, Essex was anchored off Bali, Indonesia, and Young had been sitting beneath a NATO Sea Sparrow launcher all the way aft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticking to tradition</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/09/sticking-to-tradition/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/09/sticking-to-tradition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hoskinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerald R. Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy secretary]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Navy Secretary Ray Mabus &#8212; under fire for some of his past ship-naming choices &#8212; is winning praise from even his toughest critics for the latest one: The USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for which the Navy awarded a construction contract in February. Hudner, 87, was a Navy aviator patrolling near the Chosin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Navy veteran proposes to Marine boyfriend&#8230;and he says yes!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/09/gay-navy-veteran-proposes-to-marine-boyfriend-and-he-says-yes/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/09/gay-navy-veteran-proposes-to-marine-boyfriend-and-he-says-yes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DADT repeal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cory Huston liked it so he put it a ring on it. Huston, a Navy veteran who was other-than-honorably discharged in 2006 after a chief found out he was gay, proposed to his boyfriend Avarice Guerrero, a Marine who just returned from Afghanistan, at Camp Pendleton according to San Diego LGBT Weekly. It was the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aussie Navy is hiring</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/08/aussie-navy-is-hiring/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/08/aussie-navy-is-hiring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiriing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interested in sailing with the Royal Australian Navy? The U.S. Navy may be cutting jobs, but the Australian Navy is adding new ships — and seeking former U.S. sailors and officers to crew them. “The Royal Australian Navy welcomes enquiries from both officers and sailors who are interested in a new career and new life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After delay, Mercy leaves fired up for a mission of help</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/04/after-delay-mercy-leaves-fired-up-for-a-mission-of-help/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/04/after-delay-mercy-leaves-fired-up-for-a-mission-of-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Partnership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the “global force for good” in mind, some 400 military service members, many of them trained and skilled in the medical and health professions, boarded the hospital ship Mercy at San Diego Naval Base, Calif, on the morning of May 1 for a mission to Southeast Asia. Joining them that day were scores of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mullen: Don&#8217;t politicize bin Laden raid</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/01/mullen-dont-politicize-bin-laden-raid/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/05/01/mullen-dont-politicize-bin-laden-raid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hoskinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval special warfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEALs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[al-Qaida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bin Laden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen says he&#8217;s worried that the SEAL raid in Pakistan which killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden a year ago is becoming an election-year political football. &#8220;I do worry a great deal that this time of year that somehow this gets spun into election politics,&#8221; Mullen told [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sleep deprived? Join the club</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/27/sleep-deprived-join-the-club/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/27/sleep-deprived-join-the-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently it’s not just the Navy that has a sleep problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 41 million American workers aren’t getting enough Zzzzs. That’s nearly one in three workers. “Not surprisingly, workers who work the night shift are more likely to not get enough sleep,” according to Dr. Sara Luckhaupt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFL hopeful shows creative side</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/26/nfl-hopeful-shows-creative-side/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/26/nfl-hopeful-shows-creative-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eric kettani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new england patriots]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lt. j.g. Eric Kettani&#8217;s release from the Navy was approved so he could go follow his dream to play in the NFL with the Patriots. However, the former Naval Academy running back seems to have another passion: painting. The NFL hopeful tweeted that he just shipped one of his paintings, &#8220;Limitless,&#8221; to the American Heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LGBT leaders push for next ship to be named Harvey Milk</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/24/lgbt-leaders-push-for-next-ship-to-be-named-harvey-milk/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/24/lgbt-leaders-push-for-next-ship-to-be-named-harvey-milk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Don't ask]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy secretary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An upcoming addition to the Navy’s fleet may  be the USS Harvey Milk if Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., and other San Diego gay rights leaders have their way about it. The GLBT Historic Task Force of San Diego County and Filner sent letters to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training video got Navy vet Bob Barker&#8217;s goat</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/24/training-video-got-navy-vet-bob-barkers-goat/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/24/training-video-got-navy-vet-bob-barkers-goat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animal rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PETA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Navy veteran Bob Barker, the price is never right when it comes to using goats to train Navy and Coast Guard medical personnel. He&#8217;s written a letter to both Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urging them to replace training on live animals with lifelike human simulators. Barker’s letter comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Katy Perry kisses a mid</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/23/katy-perry-kisses-a-mid/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/23/katy-perry-kisses-a-mid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katy Perry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pop star Katy Perry portrayed a Marine in her newest video, but when she performed at the Naval Academy last Friday night, it was all about playing sailor. Perry, who said she was fighting a fever, performed in a sailor get-up. In this YouTube video she proceeds to recreate the iconic World War II-era image [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote now on Battleship advanced screenings</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/23/vote-now-on-battleship-advanced-screenings/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/23/vote-now-on-battleship-advanced-screenings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to see Battleship on a big screen at your base? Eventful Inc., is holding a “Battle of the Bases” campaign to bring sneak previews of the movie Battleship to 10 military bases across the country before the film opens everywhere May 18. Family, friends and servicemembers can vote online at http://eventful.com/battleship. The 10 military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For one easy payment this stealth boat could be yours!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/23/for-one-easy-payment-this-stealth-boat-could-be-yours/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/23/for-one-easy-payment-this-stealth-boat-could-be-yours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stealth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Submarines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government is getting rid of the Navy&#8217;s experimental Sea Shadow stealth boat. And if you got the goods, this sweet ride could be yours. But there&#8217;s a catch: you have to scrap the boat. The 164-foot-long craft is up for auction by the General Services Administration and has a $10,000 minimum bid, that, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy learns its lesson old school</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/19/navy-learns-its-lesson-old-school/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/19/navy-learns-its-lesson-old-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the Navy is making sure a Twitter goof-up like the one on Wednesday never happens again. This photo was accompanied by the following Tweet from the official U.S. Navy Twitter feed.]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy edges out the Air Force</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/18/the-navy-edges-out-the-air-force/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/18/the-navy-edges-out-the-air-force/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Joint Base Andrews emphasizing its jointness. The water tower alongside the Capital Beltway has long referenced the Air Force, but today it also includes the Navy. Scaffolding and &#8220;NAV&#8221; and the outline of a &#8220;Y&#8221; were spotted on the structure. It may be a few more days until it&#8217;s done &#8211; it rained today and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academy QB resigns</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/18/academy-qb-resigns/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/18/academy-qb-resigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A billet for a starting quarterback has opened up at the Naval Academy. The Capital newspaper in Annapolis reports that Kriss Proctor has resigned with 22 games, including 14 starts, rushing for 1,441 yards over two seasons of varsity action. &#8220;Midshipman Proctor has submitted a resignation that is currently under review,&#8221; The Capital quoted Commander [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy Twitter Blooper</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/18/navy-twitter-blooper/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/18/navy-twitter-blooper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[#oops. The U.S. Navy Twitter account, which is run by CHINFO, posted an accidental tweet Tuesday morning about closed-minded people who profess to be open, before apologizing for it. @USNavy: I find it amusing when people show how close-minded they are while simultaneously boasting of their open-mindedness. The tweet, which was retweeted by the Navy&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This robot could be your new shipmate</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/17/this-robot-could-be-your-new-shipmate/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/17/this-robot-could-be-your-new-shipmate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hull crawler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QinetiQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the hull crawler. Think Roomba robot, but for your ship’s hull &#8212; a remote rover that could keep sailors from having to squeeze into tight spaces or going over the side. It’s a shoe-box-sized robot that clings to a ship’s hull with magnets, a device initially built to scout out the underwater mines divers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon portrait of Navy captain a prank</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/17/pentagon-portrait-of-navy-captain-a-prank/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/17/pentagon-portrait-of-navy-captain-a-prank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pentagon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon’s halls are adorned with artifacts, paintings and portraits that herald each of the service’s illustrious histories. Walking from one wing to another visitors and staff pass portraits of military greats like Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, Gen. George S. Patton, and Adm. Chester Nimitz. One portrait, however, was a mystery that turned out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sea, Air and mostly Space, the main (unscheduled) event</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/17/sea-air-and-mostly-space-the-main-unscheduled-event/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/17/sea-air-and-mostly-space-the-main-unscheduled-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Air Space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Space travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea-Air-Space 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shuttle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest attraction at the Navy League&#8217;s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium Tuesday was not on the day’s agenda. Just before 10 a.m., the crowd at the convention center south of Washington began to thin out. People headed outside and looked toward the Potomac River. Soon enough, the space shuttle Discovery flew by, piggy-backing on a modified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gourmet chow</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/17/gourmet-chow/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/17/gourmet-chow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hoskinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amphibious operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gator Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - Fort Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea-Air-Space 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was no mistaking the scent of fine food that drew a crowd Monday to the Naval Supply Systems Command booth at the Navy League&#8217;s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium outside Washington, D.C. Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Anthony Catabay was putting the finishing touches on something that wasn&#8217;t the usual Navy fare: chicken saltimbocca with morel asparagus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swapping out in Sasebo</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/13/swapping-out-in-sasebo/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/13/swapping-out-in-sasebo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[7th Fleet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amphibious operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pacific]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard arrived in Sasebo, Japan, on April 8 for the Navy&#8217;s planned &#8220;hull swap&#8221; this spring with its older sibling, Essex. The BHR, as many call it, left San Diego in February for the cross-Pacific trek, carrying utility craft and about 800 Marines headed to South Korea for bilateral training exercises. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the Philippines?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/13/back-to-the-philippines/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/13/back-to-the-philippines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[7th Fleet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pacific]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s getting more jittery in the Pacific. North Korea&#8217;s failed launch of a missile April 12 gives them more drive to conduct their next nuclear underground test, if nothing but to show the world that its new leader, Kim Jong Un, is just as tough and threatening as his paternal predecessors, defense analysts say. All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailors near bottom of &#8216;best jobs&#8217; list</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/12/sailors-near-bottom-of-best-jobs-list/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/12/sailors-near-bottom-of-best-jobs-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The deckplates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job ranking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worst jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In their annual career survey, an online job bank ranked one of the nation’s toughest, proudest and most critical occupations as the third-worst job to have: sailor. In fact, the CareerCast.com survey didn’t appear to appear to distinguish between the services; the category was named “enlisted military soldier,” but the photo accompanying it features four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 112th, undersea warriors!</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/11/happy-112th-undersea-warriors/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/11/happy-112th-undersea-warriors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Submarines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holland IV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hooyah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Submarine Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 11 marks the 112th anniversary of the date the Navy bought its first fully submersible vessel, Holland IV, and the web is lighting up with birthday greetings, official and unofficial. The official video above was released by Naval Submarine Forces and features sailors from across the force. Operation Homefront, a nonprofit that provides financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capt. Rick Hoffman’s Battleship Boot Camp</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/04/capt-rick-hoffmans-battleship-boot-camp/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/04/capt-rick-hoffmans-battleship-boot-camp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Battleships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battleship movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liam Neeson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Berg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rihanna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood just went to boot camp — surface Navy-style. The task of getting the cast of the forthcoming movie Battleship to look and speak Navy fell to the retired Navy captain who served as the film’s technical adviser. It was no easy task. “Is that your war face? What kind of a face is that!” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intel leak? Chinese, Russian moviegoers get first glimpse at &#8220;Battleship&#8221; in IMAX</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/04/intel-leak-chinese-russian-moviegoers-get-first-glimpse-at-battleship-in-imax/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/04/intel-leak-chinese-russian-moviegoers-get-first-glimpse-at-battleship-in-imax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Lilley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Battleships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battleship movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooklyn Decker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMAX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liam Neeson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Berg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rihanna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nations including China and Russia will get an inside look at some of the U.S. Navy&#8217;s most advanced tactics. Specifically, how the Navy would deal with an alien invasion. If Liam Neeson ran Pacific Fleet. And if the director of &#8220;Friday Night Lights&#8221; ran everything. It might not be much of an intel edge, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad in Bahrain on the newsstand</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/02/bad-in-bahrain-on-the-newsstand/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/04/02/bad-in-bahrain-on-the-newsstand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[5th Fleet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahrain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTF 53]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Geisler]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=10440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our cover story this week focuses on how a hard-partying, hard-drinking commanding officer warped the morale and authority lines of the Bahrain-based task force he led. He attended a string of parties at a subordinate&#8217;s apartment over the summer of 2011, where heavy drinking frequently led to public indecency, a highly inappropriate spectacle in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska&#8217;s second bridge to nowhere would require the carrier Enterprise</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/28/alaskas-second-bridge-to-nowhere-would-require-the-carrier-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/28/alaskas-second-bridge-to-nowhere-would-require-the-carrier-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the carrier Enterprise gets closer to the end of its last deployment, questions about the fate of the world&#8217;s most famous warship are surfacing. Well, people in Southeast Alaska have an idea: Use it as a bridge to connect Ketchikan and Gravina Island. As a bonus, it&#8217;s a floating power plant, tourist attraction and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USS Constitution display shows visitors ship&#8217;s history</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/26/uss-constitution-display-shows-visitors-ships-history/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/26/uss-constitution-display-shows-visitors-ships-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[national museum of the united states navy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interactive exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy lets visitors learn about all the sailors who have commanded the USS Constitution. The exhibit, which will soon be available in the USS Constitution Museum in Boston and online as well, includes a timeline, a quiz and biographies of former commanders of the ship. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s just a drill: USS Princeton target in mock attack</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/23/its-just-a-drill-uss-princeton-target-in-mock-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/23/its-just-a-drill-uss-princeton-target-in-mock-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gidget Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Base San Diego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buoyed by some Hollywood hype, the Navy’s weeklong large-scale training exercise “Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield” generated a bit more excitement today than the annual security drill tends to muster around the Navy town of San Diego. Naval security boats gave chase to a motorboat with gun-toting men racing through San Diego Bay that came dangerously close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy League jumps into debate over fleet size</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/20/navy-league-jumps-into-debate-over-fleet-size/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/20/navy-league-jumps-into-debate-over-fleet-size/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hoskinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget cuts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy League of the United States has jumped into the fleet size debate, saying in its annual Maritime Policy Statement that a minimum of 305 ships are needed &#8220;to continue to deliver disaster aid and humanitarian assistance, deter aggression, maintain freedom of the seas and, if necessary, win wars. These are the capabilities upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stosz selected as St. Patty&#8217;s Day Grand Marshal</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/16/stosz-selected-as-st-pattys-day-grand-marshal/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/16/stosz-selected-as-st-pattys-day-grand-marshal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Klimas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coast Guard Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coast guard academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daryl finizio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new london]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rear Adm. Sandra Stosz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st. patrick's day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coast Guard Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz will be leading the fifth annual New London, Conn., Irish Parade on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, as one of the grand marshals. Stosz was recently named one of Newsweek’s “150 Women Who Shake the World.” She will be joined by New London&#8217;s mayor, Daryl Finizio. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney looking to hire veterans</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/15/disney-looking-to-hire-veterans/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/15/disney-looking-to-hire-veterans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blair Tomlinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Walt Disney Company is looking to hire 1,000 veterans over the next three years. Company President and CEO Bob Iger announced the company wide initiative called &#8220;Heroes Work Here&#8221; on Tuesday, March 13th. There is much more to the new program than just hiring vets. Disney will hold career fairs, offer training and volunteer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunting narco-subs remains a challenge, officials say</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/14/narco-subs-remain-a-challenge-officials-say/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/14/narco-subs-remain-a-challenge-officials-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Submarines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug sub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narco-sub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug cartels rely on trucks, small planes, ships and speed boats to smuggle narcotics into the United States. And in recent years, they’re building increasingly sophisticated submarines, some of which can travel submerged.  These drug-running subs are proving to be an issue for the Navy and the Coast Guard, a top official acknowledged Tuesday. “It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Torah for Our Troops&#8217; supporter nominated for 2nd star</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/13/torah-for-our-troops-supporter-nominated-for-2nd-star/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/13/torah-for-our-troops-supporter-nominated-for-2nd-star/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admirals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herman Shelanski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A flag officer who has led the effort to supply all aircraft carriers with Torah scrolls just got nominated for a second star. Rear Adm. Herman Shelanski is commander of Carrier Strike Group 10. Shelanski also will receive the Jewish Military Leadership Award at the JCCs of North America Biennial in May 7. In its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-sailor dreams of making it big on NBC&#8217;s &#8216;Fashion Star&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/13/ex-sailor-dreams-of-making-it-big-on-nbcs-fashion-star/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/13/ex-sailor-dreams-of-making-it-big-on-nbcs-fashion-star/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elle Macpherson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicole Richie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reality series &#8220;Fashion Star,&#8221; which debuts Tuesday night on NBC, features 14 fashion-designer hopefuls competing to launch their brands. Among the contestants is former sailor Ronnie Escalante. According to his bio on the show&#8217;s website: &#8220;Growing up in the Philippines, Ronnie Escalante spent most of his days on an agricultural province. At a young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mullen honored at SWO School</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/07/mullen-honored-at-swo-school/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/07/mullen-honored-at-swo-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenn Rafael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admirals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief of naval operations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[He may have retired in September, but retired Adm. Mike Mullen&#8217;s legacy lives. An auditorium was dedicated in his name March 1 before a graduation ceremony at Surface Warfare Officers School in Newport, R.I. In speaking to Department Head Class 215, Mullen reflected on his own department head graduation and the training he received throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scholarships for children of Navy enlisted medics</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/06/scholarships-for-children-of-navy-enlisted-medics/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/06/scholarships-for-children-of-navy-enlisted-medics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College scholarship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospital corpsman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fleet Reserve Association today announced that it has established scholarships for the children of enlisted Navy medics. The Colonel Hazel Elizabeth Benn Scholarship Fund provides a $2,000 scholarship &#8220;to an unmarried, dependent child of those who have served or are now serving&#8221; in the Navy &#8220;as enlisted medical personnel with the U.S. Marine Corps. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reserve applicants being sought for joint jobs</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/05/reserve-applicants-being-sought-for-joint-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/05/reserve-applicants-being-sought-for-joint-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deployment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Transportation Command wants reservists trained in the planning and execution of joint military operations to apply to work at its Joint Planning Support Element, headquartered in Norfolk, Va. The JPSE has recently expanded following the 2011 disestablishment of U.S. Joint Forces Command and its Standing Joint Force Headquarters and is expecting &#8220;an increase in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security Department duty = a faceful of pepper spray</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/02/security-department-duty-a-faceful-of-pepper-spray/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/03/02/security-department-duty-a-faceful-of-pepper-spray/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OC spray]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pepper spray &#8220;familiarization&#8221; is old hat for master-at-arms sailors. But I&#8217;m guessing that not all those who volunteer for security department duty know what they&#8217;re getting into when they raise their right hand. At some point during the training, it looks something like this: Given the message on the shirt, Chapman knew what was coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8216;Like&#8217; From John Paul Jones?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/02/29/a-like-from-john-paul-jones/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/02/29/a-like-from-john-paul-jones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Navy is switching to a re-vamped Facebook format that shows everything important that has ever happened in the service&#8217;s history. Gone will be the standard page. Instead, information will be in the &#8220;Timeline&#8221; format, which allows visitors to see every photo, comment and &#8216;like&#8217; ever posted on the Navy&#8217;s page. It also allows the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Navy in Leap Year: WWII, Vietnam and the modern sub inventor&#8217;s birthday</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/02/29/the-navy-in-leap-year-not-much-to-note/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2012/02/29/the-navy-in-leap-year-not-much-to-note/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leap Year]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every four years, Leap Year adds one day to the calendar to keep our timekeeping in alignment with the Earth&#8217;s revolutions around the sun.  I thought it&#8217;d be neat to find an event in naval history to highlight and mark the unusual day. Unfortunately, there aren&#8217;t any of those major anniversaries that one would normally [...]]]></description>
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