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		<title>Fighting with the Royal Marine Commandos in Afganistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sky was gray. It was raining, muddy and cold. I’m tired. Everyone else must have been tired, too, but the Royal Marine Commandos are elite – they weren’t showing it. “That’s what we do, we yomp,” said Sgt. Noel Connelly, of the groups’ hiking with packs.. “Just like the Falklands in ‘82. We’re bootnecks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marines pride themselves on being the toughest of all military branches. According to a “Times Magazine” article that came o ut earlier this month, the United States Marine Corps basic training is the most “bone crushing” basic training in all the United States Armed Forces. Data contained in military reports from 2004 to 2010 show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Father in Marines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 04:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Joining the Marines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The brutal physical conditioning, constant mental stress and desolation of emotional distance is enough to make the experience of Mar &#160; ine Corps recruit training hard. Pvt. Jonathan Dean, however, had two more reasons to stress during his time aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.Dean arrived at MCRD on Dec. 13, 2010. Just two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rifle Training &#8211; Then and Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1946 – 1950 Once World War II came to a close, Marine Barracks, Parris Island was renamed Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island in September 1946, according to Eugene Alvarez, a researcher for the Marine Corps Historical Division. Alvarez writes that along with the name change, women were allowed to return to the Corps on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting to belong</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America has traditionally been known around the world as the land of opportunity because of the many immigrants who come to the United States aspiring to a better life. Some of them join the Armed Forces, which can also accelerate the process of gaining their citizenship and earning  the right to stay. Erbol Bekmuratov, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marines train with UFC fighters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mixed martial artists and the Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters from the Victory Fitness Center, Point Loma, came to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego’s martial arts satellite school, Oct. 1, to teach servicemembers additional martial arts techniques. “There are many military members that come to Victory Fitness Center,” said Elias Gallagos, an MMA instructor at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caging the Warrior; Marine martial arts instructors participate in MMA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Abrantes is relaxed, calm and collected. Each stroke is delivered carefully to his canvas. A design unfolds, and as time wears on, the finished product moves into focus. Working like a painter before an easel, Abrantes draws from an array of tools and techniques. However, he doesn’t use brushes and paint. Instead, he uses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drill Instructor Into Extreme Sports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up in Pismo Beach, Calif., a drill instructor spent countless hours hitting the slopes on his snow board. But with the need for adrenaline coursing through his veins, the drill instructor wanted to test the excitement of other extreme sports. After Staff Sgt. Heath A. Gomez, senior drill instructor, Platoon 2122, Company F, became [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meat Tags</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[About the Marines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC recently did an news story on the use of Meat Tags within the USMC. It is a grim reminder of the cost of war. But for marines based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, getting a meat tag &#8211; a tattooed copy of their vital information inked into their skin &#8211; means paying a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test Requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background: The United States Marine Corps requires that all Marines perform a Physical Fitness Test (PFT) and a Combat Fitness Test (CFT) once per fiscal year. Each test must have an interval of 6 months (same standards apply for reservists). The PFT ensures that Marines are keeping physically fit and in a state of physical [...]]]></description>
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