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  <title><![CDATA[ Air Crew Lost in Cold War Memorialized ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ NAS JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It took more than 47 years, but an air crew lost during the Cold War is finally being honored. 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:44:23 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Highest Ranking Enlisted Woman at Annapolis on First Coast ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- She's the highest ranking enlisted sailor at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, and works in a man's world, but CMDCM (AW/SW) Evelyn Vonn Banks doesn't mind it at all. 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:35 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Trinity Teens Try Out Simulated Flying Machine ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- It's homecoming this week at Trinity Christian Academy, not Halloween. But thanks to the Navy, some students are getting to go for a slightly scary ride. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:36:07 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Obama Visits Dover AFB to Honor Fallen Soldiers ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, DE (AP) -- President Barack Obama made a midnight dash to this air base Wednesday to honor the return of fallen soldiers, absorbing the ultimate cost of war as the United States endures its deadliest month of the Afghanistan campaign. 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:20:46 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Former NFL Players Thank Sailors at NAS Jax ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P>JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Thirteen former NFL players ate lunch Friday afternoon at NAS Jacksonville and then held a meet and greet with some local sailors.</P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:42:07 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Local Non-Profit Receives Big Honor ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A Jacksonville-based organization dedicated to serving wounded veterans just received a big honor. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:53:42 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Frigate Heading Home to Mayport ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, FL -- After six months at sea, the Valiant Mariner is almost back home. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:12:57 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Obama Reaffirms Will End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama reaffirmed his campaign pledge to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech Saturday, but offered no timetable or specifics for acting on that promise. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:13:31 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Local National Guard Detachment Heading to Iraq ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ ST. AUGUSTINE, FL -- Local soldiers are on their way to Iraq to provide financial support. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:57:13 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ National Guard Unit Prepares for Deployment at Camp Blanding ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ CAMP BLANDING, FL -- The Florida National Guard is preparing for its largest deployment overseas since World War II. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:35:46 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Happy Homecoming For Hundreds of Jacksonville Based Soldiers ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P>JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Members for the 146th Signal Battalion were welcomed home Thursday by hundreds of family and friends. The soldiers served a year in Iraq. </P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:44:50 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Cell Phones for Soldiers Program Needs You! ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P>JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Want to help our servicemen and women stay connected with loved-ones while they are overseas? Well, there's an easy way to do so, and all it takes is your old cell phone.</P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Dozens of Cases of Coffee Sent to Troops Over Seas ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, FL -- In the near future, troops overseas will be waking up with a taste of the First Coast in their cups. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:24:01 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ National Guard Unit Returning Home from Iraq ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Hundreds of America's fighting men and women based in Jacksonville are almost home after a year in Iraq. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:52:44 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Coast Guard Training Exercise on Potomac River Mistaken for Real Event ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON, DC -- A Coast Guard training exercise caused a real-life stir along Washington's Potomac River Friday morning.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ 27-Year-Old Orlando Soldier Dies In Afghanistan ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P>ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Pentagon says a 27-year-old soldier from Orlando has died after his unit was attacked in Afghanistan.</P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:51:39 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Marine Father Says AP Photo Was Wrong ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ NEW PORTLAND, ME -- John Bernard says no one needs to see the photo of his son mortally wounded in Afghanistan.  ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:44:40 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Funeral Saturday for Local Soldier Killed in Afghanistan ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P>JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A local U.S. Army Ranger who was killed in Afghanistan last weekend is being laid to rest as a hero.</P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Internet Connects Father in Iraq to Son's Birth ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ CLEARWATER, FL (AP) -- A Florida hospital says it used a laptop computer and a Web camera to connect father stationed in Iraq to the birth of his son. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:58:32 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Veterans Day Parade Marches Again ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Jacksonville City Council&nbsp;walked into a mine field when it decided to cut funding to the Veterans Day parade. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:28:21 GMT</pubDate>
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