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	<title>Spec Ops Angels Blog</title>
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	<description>Dedicated to the Spouses, Families &#038; Significant Others of AF Special Tactics</description>
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		<title>Outta here for a bit :)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello All
Sorry that I haven&#8217;t been keeping up with the site in the last few weeks.
As some of you already know DH finishedf the Pararescue Pipeline on Dec 5th 2006. The graduation was really great and Thanks Dougie for the wonderful Team Video. I wasn&#8217;t able to take any pictures due to the fact that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/12/15/outta-here-for-a-bit/</link>
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		<title>Remember Tarin Kowat. The battle that defeated the Taliban 5 yrs ago</title>
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PBS&#8217;s Frontline 
&#8220;Initially, the plan that we came up with was to close off all the major mountain passes leading into Tarin Kowt, then lay siege to the town with a large force. Hamid anticipated that the village itself would essentially surrender to us. But at the same time, we had to make sure that we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/11/27/remember-tarin-kowat-the-battle-that-defeated-the-taliban-5-yrs-ago/</link>
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		<title>Look up in the sky! Is it a HH-60 no&#8230;&#8230; Its&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Santa. Yeah!!!
Just visited Blackfive and found this great post about NORAD tracks Santa.
I remember as a child that I would place a bowl of water with carrots and celery for the deers and Santa would get a large cup of Hot Chocolate and a snack to tie him over during his trip. Later I would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/11/27/look-up-in-the-sky-is-it-a-hh-60-no-its/</link>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the honor in abandonment?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jules Crittenden
Sen. Chuck Hagel, C&#038;R-Neb., offers up a novel idea: abandonment with honor. Well, it&#8217;s an old idea, but it&#8217;s shiny and new again. This particular item can always be brought off the back shelf, polished, marked up and put in the front window when people who were previously enthusiastic about a war discover [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/11/26/wheres-the-honor-in-abandonment/</link>
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		<title>Learning a new language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being in a military community you&#8217;ll realize real quick that they have their own language.
For example
a &#8220;CRO&#8221; is not a black bird but a Combat Rescue Officer.
a &#8220;ATL&#8221; is a Assistant Team Leader
a &#8220;pipeline&#8221; Has nothing to do with surfin&#8217; but with personnel flow from sources of procurement to their point of use.
a &#8220;pillbox&#8221; is not what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/11/26/learning-a-new-language/</link>
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		<title>Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PTSD is a psychological condition where the mind and body are reacting to specific stressors experienced in combat. Rates for PTSD were highest among units that served deployments of 12 months or more and had more exposure to combat. And while rates were much lower for troops returning from Afghanistan than Iraq &#8212; with 6 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/11/25/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/</link>
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		<title>Help USO Support Our Troops this Season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The holiday season is upon us and while many Americans will be enjoying the company of friends and family, more than 160,000 service men and women serving overseas will not. Instead of sharing in the laughter and smiles the holidays bring &#8212; especially for the children in their lives &#8212; they will be defending us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/11/25/help-uso-support-our-troops-this-season/</link>
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		<title>Operation: Dancin&#8217; Dogg Taggs Launched!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This holiday season U.S. Military personnel who can&#8217;t be home for the holidays will be able to work on their slice, draw, course management and ball striking skills. From Kabul they&#8217;ll be playing Bethpage Black. In Baghdad they&#8217;ll be playing Sawgrass and in Afghanistan, Pebble Beach. Also, golfers back home will be able to play [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/11/25/operation-dancin-dogg-taggs-launched/</link>
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		<title>Reading List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The books and articles cited here represent some
of the many guides to military living and military etiquette, 
as well as a selection of military family histories and memoirs. 
Continue reading>>

 

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		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/11/25/reading-list/</link>
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		<title>Materials and Publications.</title>
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Booklets/PamphletsFamily Programs offers several helpful publications, as well as prints and artwork.





To obtain an AUSA Family Programs courtesy copy of any of the titles listed below, please e-mail familyprograms@ausa.org with your name, address, and phone number or call 1-800-336-4570 ext. 150 or 151. Materials will be made available on a first come, first serve basis. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://specopsangels.com/blog/2006/11/25/materials-and-publications/</link>
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