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	<description>AUSA - October 10-12, 2011</description>
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		<title>Manufacturer says CROWS getting more updates</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/12/manufacturer-says-crows-getting-more-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/?p=796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By MICHELLE TAN &#8212; Kongsberg Protech Systems is improving and updating its Common Remotely Operating Weapons System (CROWS), which allows gunners to sit inside the vehicle instead of being exposed in the turret. The CROWS “puts the soldier under armor and it saves lives,” said Rune Johannessen, executive vice president for U.S. sales and marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DoD seeks to improve process of sending civilians to warzone</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/12/dod-seeks-to-improve-process-of-sending-civilians-to-warzone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Military Times Online</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/?p=793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By STEPHEN LOSEY — The Defense Department is developing a more formal process for deploying civilian employees to war zones. After nearly 10 years of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan — wars that have depended upon the support of deployed federal civilians — Defense offices are starting to strain because of their employees’ absences, Anthony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soldier, NCO of the Year announced</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/12/soldier-nco-of-the-year-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/12/soldier-nco-of-the-year-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/?p=770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By MICHELLE TAN &#8212; A Fort Drum, N.Y., soldier and a Utah National Guardsman have been named the 2011 Soldier of the Year and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. Spc. Thomas Hauser and Sgt. Guy Mellor were recognized during the Sergeant Major of the Army’s Best Warrior Competition Awards Luncheon, part of the Association of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New quick-release Hesco barriers unveiled</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/12/new-quick-release-hesco-barriers-unveiled/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/12/new-quick-release-hesco-barriers-unveiled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/?p=763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By MICHELLE TAN - Responding to demand from deployed troops in Afghanistan, Hesco Bastion Ltd. has added a quick-release pin to the distinctive force protection barriers that are used across the war zone. The new version of the Hesco barrier was unveiled this week at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting. Troops [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget cuts shift U.S. Army EMARSS program to Air Force</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/12/budget-cuts-shift-u-s-army-emarss-program-to-air-force/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/?p=741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By MICHAEL HOFFMAN &#8212; A simple twin-engine turboprop that carries a host of complex intelligence-collecting sensors over Iraq and Afghanistan can’t seem to find a home in the U.S. military. The Senate Armed Services Committee recommended in June the Air Force’s Project Liberty move over to the Army. On Tuesday, Lt. Gen. Robert Lennox, deputy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smartphone solution sought for Nett Warrior</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/12/smartphone-solution-sought-for-nett-warrior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By JOE GOULD &#8212; The Army is looking at a new smartphone solution for its wearable computer system, Nett Warrior, after ordering a halt to the program’s development over the summer. Program Executive Office Soldier unveiled a mock-up of Nett Warrior on Oct. 6 that trades the earlier versions’ helmet mounted monocle display, processing device, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army’s future helo may break the mold</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/12/army%e2%80%99s-future-helo-may-break-the-mold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/?p=707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By MICHAEL HOFFMAN &#8212; Army aviation wants to find the next Stanley Hiller Jr. to revolutionize its helicopter fleet. In 1944, Hiller added all-metal rotors, allowing early helicopters to fly faster. The aviation community wants to make a similar technological leap when its all-new fleet of vertical-flight aircraft starts arriving in 2025. Little is certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TRADOC&#8217;s Cone vows to keep young soldiers interested</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/11/tradocs-cone-vows-to-keep-young-soldiers-interested/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/11/tradocs-cone-vows-to-keep-young-soldiers-interested/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Military Times Online</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/?p=734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By KATE BRANNEN — Army Gen. Robert Cone, the new commander of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), knows he has a difficult task ahead of him: keeping young soldiers — who’ve grown accustomed to the excitement and responsibility of combat — interested and excited in the Army when the deployments are over. Speaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army eyes energy savings at stateside facilities</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/11/army-eyes-energy-savings-at-stateside-facilities/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/11/army-eyes-energy-savings-at-stateside-facilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Military Times Online</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/?p=730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By KATE BRANNEN — Every year the U.S. Army spends $4 billion on energy. Of that, two-thirds is spent on operational energy. The remaining $1.3 billion is spent on facilities in the United States. It’s that piece of the energy pie that the Army is looking to reduce over the next several years as operational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MCoE brass: Squad strength comes from leadership</title>
		<link>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/11/mcoe-leadership-squad-strength-comes-from-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/2011/10/11/mcoe-leadership-squad-strength-comes-from-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.defensenews.com/ausa/?p=718</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By MICHELLE TAN &#8212; Leader development is critical to the U.S. Army’s effort to strengthen its squads, officials said Tuesday at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting. “It’s really not items to give the squad but it’s the human dimension,” said Maj. Gen. Robert Brown, commanding general of the Maneuver Center of [...]]]></description>
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