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		<title>What Lies Ahead by CPL Smokey</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2012/04/05/what-lies-ahead-by-cpl-smokey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our squad had just been tasked to set up security for a new Forward Operating Base (FOB). The reason for building a new FOB was because there was a remote roadway between the two largest FOBs in the Area of Operations (AO) that served as an egress route used by the Taliban after placing IEDs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cherry by Mike McElmeel MSG (R)</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2012/03/30/cherry-by-mike-mcelmeel-msg-r/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Winter of 1983 I was a “five jump chump”, having recently graduated from Airborne School at Ft. Benning, Ga. After a two week leave back home, I checked into the 82nd Replacement Detachment, the “repple depple” on Ardennes St Ft. Bragg, NC. Upon my arrival I was immediately immersed in the airborne culture. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beard Eater by John Patton</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2012/03/09/the-beard-eater-by-john-patton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The human body is not a very effective air pump.  I was consuming as much air as I was physically capable of moving.  Using every single muscle in my torso straining to move air in and out of my lungs, and it wasn’t enough.  My diaphragm burned, just trying to get enough oxygen into my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War Dogs by Mike McElmeel MSG (R)</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2012/02/22/war-dogs-by-mike-mcelmeel-msg-r/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dogs are man’s best friend so the saying goes. Here in ‘Merica dogs are for a lot of folks part of the family. I have three dogs myself and consider myself a dog person. I am not the only one that feels that way and throughout my military career the different units I was in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My CIB By David Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2012/02/03/my-cib-by-david-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My proudest possession is the Combat Infantry Badge which I was awarded for service in the Korean War where I served with the 24th Infantry Division. I have a miniature version I wear in the lapel of my jacket.
Sometimes a person might ask, “What’s that?” and I explain briefly without elaborating on its significance. Once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Sun Crawls by Scott Vincent</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2012/01/02/my-sun-crawls-by-scott-vincent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lights from our makeshift runway were pieces of $#!@, pure and  simple, and by “runway” I mean a rare piece of paved road in northern  Pakistan that itself was barely above the quality of tightly packed  sand.  The day was two weeks before my 25th birthday, January  9, 2002.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tandem by Mike McElmeel MSG (R)</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2011/12/12/tandem-by-mike-mcelmeel-msg-r/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standing on the ramp of the CASA 212 aircraft I couldn’t see anything but the red glow of the jump lights on the ceiling and the full moon as it slid in and out of the wispy clouds. Everything else was blocked out by the 6’3’ 230 pound Navy SEAL Lt I had strapped to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selective Service Exam Part III by Sgt Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2011/12/10/selective-service-exam-part-iii-by-sgt-mac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still naked as Jay birds, we were sent to sit in our little orange plastic chairs,  which had been lined up against a rear wall, that had been covered by  heavy blue velvet curtains. Upon our arrival at the Selective Service  office, these had been closed, but sometime during the exam, someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selective Service Exam Part II by Sgt Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2011/12/10/selective-service-exam-part-ii-by-sgt-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2011/12/10/selective-service-exam-part-ii-by-sgt-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the Selective Service Exam, we were soundly reprimanded for  our previous behavior and the room fell quiet. The doctor then had us  form up in one long line-an arms length apart and facing opposite our  plastic chairs. Another man in a white smock appeared out of a side  room, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selective Service Exam Part I by Sgt Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2011/12/10/selective-service-exam-part-i-by-sgt-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.realcombatlife.com/2011/12/10/selective-service-exam-part-i-by-sgt-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I Want You! Says Uncle Sam

As sophomores in high school, we had often heard the term Selective Service-aka ”Getting Drafted,” from the older kids. However, I like others, had little inkling of what  it really meant. We knew you had to be 18 to register for the draft,  plus our time was two [...]]]></description>
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