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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>Conquering the Obstacle Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Marine Corps Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recruits from Company E kicked up clouds of dust as they ran in place, getting pumped to take on the depot Obstacle Course for the second time during their training, May 15. “This is their first O-Course since first phase,” said Staff Sgt. Christopher Galvan, senior drill instructor, Platoon 2111, Company E. This time around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Warrior Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Painful &#8211; that was the one word used by recruits to describe their time during the Day Walk Course of Basic Warrior Training Nov. 6. The day walk is just one portion of Basic Warrior Training, but it keeps recruits heaving for breath and aching in every possible way. &#8220;It was more like the boot [...]]]></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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				<category><![CDATA[Joining the Marines]]></category>
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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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		<title>Fear of Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Marine Corps Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With nearly three months of recruit training under their belts, the recruits of Company G have conquered many fears and challenges that they never thought were possible. They have qualified with a rifle, swam in a full combat load and endured grueling physical fitness sessions. With only a couple weeks remaining in boot camp, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poolees Get Marksmanship Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Joining the Marines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Corps Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blue skies, birds chirping and a cool breeze may be an ideal morning for most people, but add in the smell of gun powder and the crack of a hammer hitting a primer and sending rounds down range is what perks up most Marines. On recruiting duty, Marines are exempt from attending the rifle range, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family values encourage new Marine to improve quality of life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Joining the Marines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When thinking about a question he has just been asked about his life Pfc. Duy Trinh takes a moment to reflect on the answer and also about how it may sound. “I was born in Saigon, Vietnam,” said Trinh through broken English.  Something in the way he pauses shows in his as eyes, as if the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher becomes Marine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former teacher, Pfc. Patrick Collman, Platoon 2109, Company E, had the option to go to Officer Candidate School because he had a bachelor’s degree, but chose to enlist instead, for the challenge. He wanted to start from the bottom and work his way up, as he has demonstrated in virtually every aspect of his life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United States Marine Guidebook of Essential Subjects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States Marine Guidebook of Essential Subjects This manual contains information on all the essential subjects and provides a condensed, readily available study aid to supplement more detailed information contained in the Fleet Marine Force Manual, The Guidebook for Marines, and other sources. The primary target audience of this publication is intelligence personnel responsible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MCWP 2-6 Counterintelligence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MCWP 2-6 Counterintelligence MCWP 2-6 Counterintelligence &#8211; File 1 This document provides the doctrine and higher order tactics, techniques, and procedures for intelligence operations. MCWP 2-14, Counterintelligence, complements and expands on this information by detailing doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures for the conduct of counterintelligence (CI) operations in support of the Marine airground task force [...]]]></description>
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