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		<title>For fiancees of the deployed, a legal limbo</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/21/for-fiancees-of-the-deployed-a-legal-limbo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catlin Ang doesn't dread the knock on the door and the visit by two soldiers in dress uniforms. If the unthinkable happens in Afghanistan, she'll likely find out over the phone.
The 22-year-old Fife resident is the beneficiary of Spc. Nick Torres' life insurance. She is carrying their child, due this month. She's helping him make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flying dolphins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[446th Airlfit Wing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tech. Sgt. Heather Normand of Tacoma has loaded a variety of cargo on jets over the years: food, water, troops, toilet paper, generators, helicopters, Humvees and more.
But the the latest mission for the loadmaster from McChord Air Force Base has an added wrinkle. The cargo will munch on frozen fish throughout the flight.
"Dolphins will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local links, Nov. 20</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/20/local-links-nov-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Madigan Army Medical Center]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/?p=1058</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a day that soldiers, family members and friends gathered to pay their respects to Spc. Aaron S. Aamot and Spc. Gary L. Gooch Jr., the  Pentagon released the name of another casualty from 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division: Spc. Joseph M. Lewis.
Other local links:
5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
Fort Lewis remembers two soldiers from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5/2 cav scout killed in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/19/52-cav-scout-killed-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fort Lewis soldier on his first combat deployment was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle.
Spc. Joseph M. Lewis of Terrell, Texas, served as a cavalry scout with 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. He is the 29th member of the brigade to die since it deployed to southern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring the fallen</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/19/honoring-the-fallen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Lewis]]></category>
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It was supposed to be an easy mission: The Fort Lewis soldiers would load their Strykers with water and food for another platoon, ferry it to a combat outpost and return home.
As they left for the mission on Nov. 5, they swept the roads near Jelewar, Afghanistan, for mines. They scanned the area for any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guard is helping the hungry</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/19/guard-is-helping-the-hungry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Washington National Guard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington National Guard is collecting non-perishable canned food to send to local food banks as the holidays approach.
The Guard is collecting them at their storefront recruiting stations. The western Washington offices are already taking donations; the eastern Washington ones begin accepting them Monday.
Here are the participating locations:
• Puyallup: 4621 South Meridian #15
• Lakewood: 10020 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local links, Nov. 19</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[17th Fires Brigade]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naval Base Kitsap]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/?p=1040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amid a growing chorus of doubters about the Stryker vehicle's ability to perform in Afghan terrain, one man sticks up for the vehicle.
"Huh?" Stuart Koehl asks. "What has changed to convert the Stryker from the ride of choice for American infantry to a 'Kevlar coffin'? Carter gives some figures: since 13 September the 5th SBCT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New program aims to cut waiting time</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/18/new-program-aims-to-cut-waiting-time/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/18/new-program-aims-to-cut-waiting-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fort Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[veterans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A pilot program designed to reduce waiting time for veterans’ disability claims will expand to Fort Lewis and five other installations, the Pentagon announced Monday.
The Disability Evaluation System aligns the filing processes for claims in the medical systems of the Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. 
It takes about five months to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local links, Nov. 18</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/18/local-links-nov-18/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/18/local-links-nov-18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[17th Fires Brigade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[593rd Sustainment Brigade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense has released several cool photos of 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division in southern Afghanistan. They're worth checking out.
Meanwhile, online journalist Michael Yon indicated he has filed paperwork to embed with 5/2.
Other local links:
Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis frog population jumps [The News Tribune]
Senate OKs $144 million for work on Fort Lewis – negotiations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frogs return to the wild of Fort Lewis</title>
		<link>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/17/frogs-return-to-the-wild-of-fort-lewis/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2009/11/17/frogs-return-to-the-wild-of-fort-lewis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Fontaine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fort Lewis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 70 endangered frogs returned to the wild Tuesday after an infancy spent in captivity – and not just spending their days in a terrarium as field-tripping schoolkids stare at them.
Forty-four of the Oregon spotted frogs spent their first nine months of life at Cedar Creek Corrections Center in Thurston County, where inmates have been [...]]]></description>
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