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		<title>Battleland &#187; Officer X</title>
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		<title>Carpe September 20th</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/09/20/carpe-september-20th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The clock is ticking. If you are reading this, it means the policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is no more. As of right now, I no longer have to hide in a web of lies about the details of my personal life. Throughout my time in service under DADT, a week hasn’t gone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=57143&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All Systems Go!</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/09/19/all-systems-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite what Mark Thompson thinks, I am no flying monkey. Like most things in my life I am associating tomorrow&#8217;s impending lift of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; to something pilot-related.  Right now I&#8217;m running the starting-engines checklist and making sure my systems are all good before liftoff. The day after my debut flight in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=57032&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post-&#8221;Don&#8217;t Ask&#8221; Stress, v. 2.0</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/09/16/post-dadt-stress-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/09/16/post-dadt-stress-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I caught wind of an independent study being conducted by the University of Maryland Baltimore County about the effects of DADT on the mental health of those who have been directly affected by the policy. After contacting the man responsible for the project directly, I was able to learn a thing or two about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=56930&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Protected Principles of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/09/08/the-protected-principles-of-dadt/</link>
		<comments>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/09/08/the-protected-principles-of-dadt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my desk I have a proposed bill ensuring no troop is “pressured to approve of another person’s sexual conduct if that sexual conduct is contrary to the personal principles of the member” with respect to the repeal of  &#8220;Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.&#8221; What I should do here is point out what is obviously upsetting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=56389&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post-&#8221;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221;: SLDN Stays Relevant in the Fight</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/31/post-dadt-sldn-stays-relevant-in-the-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/31/post-dadt-sldn-stays-relevant-in-the-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite movies of all time, Kill Bill (vol 2) has a scene where one of the main characters is facing the demise of her nemesis. One of her comrades approaches her with the following question: &#8220;They say the number one killer of old people is retirement. People got &#8216;em a job to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=55994&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Tomorrow&#8217;s Recruits Today</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/24/meeting-tomorrows-recruits/</link>
		<comments>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/24/meeting-tomorrows-recruits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, something astonishing happened that made me see repeal of the &#8220;Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell&#8221; policy in a new light. I was out shopping with my boyfriend, and as he went to buy a smart looking button-down shirt he asked the store clerk about their military discount. The clerk responded with delight and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=55418&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Return of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/19/55291/</link>
		<comments>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/19/55291/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buzz from articles like this have started to make people nervous about the possibility of the military&#8217;s Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell policy coming back, even after it has been rescinded. I&#8217;ve heard talk like this from some members of Congress on Capitol Hill for a while, and have been both curious and concerned about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=55291&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221;: External Pressure or Internal Struggle?</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/12/dadt-external-pressure-or-internal-struggle/</link>
		<comments>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/12/dadt-external-pressure-or-internal-struggle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the 60-day waiting period for the full and final repeal of &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; is rapidly approaching. On September 20, the first day I can legally be “out,” I have a feeling it will initially feel just like any other day. At this point, I have no idea what country I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=54935&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;So There I Was&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/04/so-there-i-was/</link>
		<comments>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/04/so-there-i-was/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Those four words are how every pilot starts a story. So there I was, tightening the velcro on my flak vest.  One of my crewmembers pointed out to me the warning label the lawyers wrote on the inside in case it failed to perform as advertised. It said something about this piece of equipment not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=54559&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>60 Days and Counting</title>
		<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/07/22/60-days-and-counting/</link>
		<comments>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/07/22/60-days-and-counting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Officer X</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday evening I had a series of emails sent directly to my phone. I was out with some of the members of my squadron who do not know I&#8217;m gay, so as usual I held my phone in a way that didn&#8217;t allow the screen to be read by others. The emails all said certification [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=battleland.blogs.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=54272&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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