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	<title>American Soldier</title>
	<link>http://www.soldierlife.com</link>
	<description>A day in the life of an American Soldier. The personal passages of everything from family life to war.</description>
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		<title>Finishing my book(s).</title>
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The crowd that has been around for a while know that I wrote a book at one time. It sits idle in a folder named &#8216;Book&#8217;. It ends when I came back from a deployment that never sent me overseas. It details about 6 months of my life during the deployment and parts of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2009/02/17/ive-contemplated-finishing-my-book/</link>
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		<title>Thanksgiving 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As America wakes up this morning they will turn on the TV to see why we are fighting in these wars. Today is supposed to be a special day for our country, to celebrate why we are thankful and to gather family. For guys like myself, I will break bread with the men that I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2008/11/26/thanksgiving-2008/</link>
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		<title>Project Valour-IT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I will put it bluntly, if you want to support the troops then donate to this cause. For those who have been visiting this site then you will know the cause. For those who happen to be new, this cause provides voice activated laptops for our wounded warriors. Donate a $1 or more. 
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2008/11/12/project-valour-it-2/</link>
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		<title>Good to go!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alas, the final Sunday before I depart. So much has happened since starting to prepare to go. It feels exactly like a military deployment but not exactly. I know that it’s not but my wife and I have prepared as if it is. The paperwork shuffle, talking to friends and family, etc. We’ve been at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2008/11/02/good-to-go/</link>
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		<title>The draw down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The days are now numbers as I await for my departure date. The feeling is different with this trip. Again I find myself on the verge of leaving but this is not a military deployment. There is no safety net that is all around me from the time I show to the moment I arrive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2008/10/23/the-draw-down/</link>
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		<title>The News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I emailed many of you to let you know the particulars of my upcoming trip. For the moment I won&#8217;t disclose the company. It&#8217;s not the military that I am going with but will say that I will be heading to Afghanistan soon. I am very excited about the opportunity and truly I feel honored [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2008/10/22/the-news/</link>
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		<title>Who reads this?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just want to see if any readers still pop in here. There is some news I&#8217;d like to update people on but would like to share with live people versus Google searchers.
Leave a comment.

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		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2008/10/21/who-reads-this/</link>
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		<title>Uncommon Valor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to post about something that many people lack. Not that they don&#8217;t want to have it but that their fight or flight reaction steers them away from things like danger.
You don&#8217;t know you have it until you are actually faced with a dangerous situation. I&#8217;ll give you two examples and you will see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2008/03/31/uncommon-valor/</link>
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		<title>VA Mortgage Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Call it a plug, call it what you will. We all know that getting a decent mortgage is tough these days. For people who are just getting out of the military especially. You are coming off a long term of the same salary for one and two you just aren&#8217;t use to the civilian way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2008/02/13/va-mortgage-center-2/</link>
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		<title>Veterans&#8217; Affairs</title>
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This documentary looks very promising. I encourage anyone who is interested in helping veterans to visit this site and become informed or see where you can help. The reality is that more than 120 veterans between 20-24 are killing themselves weekly. Over 200,000 men and women who once wore the uniform are sleeping under bridges [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.soldierlife.com/2008/01/11/veterans-affairs/</link>
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