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FReeper Foxhole - Military Related News in Review - May 12, 2003
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Posted on 05/12/2003 3:28:04 AM PDT by snippy_about_it



Dear Lord,

There's a young man far from home,
called to serve his nation in time of war;
sent to defend our freedom
on some distant foreign shore.

We pray You keep him safe,
we pray You keep him strong,
we pray You send him safely home ...
for he's been away so long.

There's a young woman far from home,
serving her nation with pride.
Her step is strong, her step is sure,
there is courage in every stride.
We pray You keep her safe,
we pray You keep her strong,
we pray You send her safely home ...
for she's been away too long.

Bless those who await their safe return.
Bless those who mourn the lost.
Bless those who serve this country well,
no matter what the cost.

Author Unknown

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FReepers from the The Foxhole
join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time.

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Tactical Tomahawk Presses on with 1st Live Warhead Test
Story Number: NNS030509-26
Release Date: 5/9/2003 3:24:00 PM

By Sandra Schroeder, NAVAIR Public Affairs, PEO(W)

CHINA LAKE, Calif. (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy’s new Tomahawk cruise missile, Block IV or Tactical Tomahawk, was launched May 8 from an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Stethem (DDG 63).

The event marked the second launch of the Tactical Tomahawk from an operational surface ship and the first live warhead demonstration.

The missile blasted from the vertical launching system and transitioned to cruise flight for the 760 nautical mile mission to target impact on San Clemente Island.

The missile flawlessly navigated the assigned mission through the use of global positioning satellite and Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator. The test successfully demonstrated the unique Block IV weapon system communication capability between Stethem and the in-flight missile. Using the Tomahawk Strike Network, messages were sent from the ship, successfully retargeting the missile and collecting bomb damage indication information. The missile performed a planned terminal air-burst maneuver and destroyed the satellite antenna target.

The Tomahawk missile is ship and submarine launched, and was first employed operationally during Desert Storm. Since then, the missile has been heralded for its accuracy and lethality in numerous operations. The Tactical Tomahawk boasts several enhancements as demonstrated today, which increase warfighter effectiveness and responsiveness, while significantly reducing acquisition and life cycle costs. The missile will become operational in the middle of 2004.

“I am extremely proud of USS Stethem's contributions to the Tactical Tomahawk program," said Cmdr. David Melin, commanding officer. "Every shot is a significant program milestone that gets us one step closer to fielding this next-generation force multiplier for the Navy's land attack warfare mission. The efforts of the 340 ‘steelworkers’ of USS Stethem, program offices, land-based test sites and contractors are paying huge dividends, as evidenced by this second flawless launch from Stethem and fifth perfect flight of the Block IV missile.”


Marines' shifting mission calls for trigger-ready diplomacy

BAGHDAD, Iraq(May 09, 2003) -- Tension mounts as Staff Sgt. Mario Ribas listens to a resident of this war-torn city emphatically make his case for the return of his AK-47 assault rifle.

Marines found two weapons lying in high grass inside an apartment complex soon after arriving to patrol a Baghdad neighborhood. An accompanying M1A1 Main Battle Tank crew staged outside the walled residential area radioed Ribas after watching Iraqi men pitch the rifles onto the lawn. Attached to 1st Tank Bn., the Marines are part of Alpha Co., 1st Infantry Bn., 7th Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

"If you have a weapon, you have to keep it inside. Tell your people they can't have a weapon visible while we're in the area," the 32-year-old Miami-born Ribas calmly tells the man as a growing number of sympathetic Iraqis try to enter the conversation.

"We have to protect ourselves against thieves. That is why we have them," the man repeatedly states with growing frustration.

As the crowd grows, the Marines repeatedly extend their arms forward as a warning to the gathering Iraqis to keep their distance. Ribas doesn't budge but doesn't raise his voice either. After he's relatively assured that the man's intentions are as stated, he instructs his Marines to pass the weapons back to their owners.

"[The Iraqis] are allowed to have weapons for their protection against thieves and looters," says 1st Lt. Jonathan Bonnette, a Headquarters Plt. executive officer for Alpha Co. "If they keep them in their homes and out of sight, we don't have a problem with it," he says.

Still, the Marines take the magazines "to give us time to get out of the area," says Ribas, indicating the precarious nature of patrolling an area where friendly gestures can turn deadly in seconds and where civilians and combatants are too often indistinguishable.

"You really can't tell. You have to kind of take their word for it," says Cpl. Adam Sommer, squad leader, 2nd Plt., Alpha Co., 1/7. "If these guys seem pretty up front and they just want to protect their families, then we give them that right while trying to keep out of harm's way as much as possible."

Soon after entering Baghdad, Marines began patrolling the city's neighborhoods "looking for bad guys," said Bonnette. Part of the Marines' mission is to act as an on-the-ground barometer of Iraqi sentiments.

"We're talking to people to get an idea of their attitude toward the Marines and for what's going on in their city and country right now," says Bonnette. "Hopefully, they'll give us information about where to find weapons and ammunition that are cached in buildings."

Some have come forward with information regarding hidden weapons caches and possible locations of remaining hostile elements. But when the Marines first arrived, Iraqi civilians were more standoffish, unsure of the Americans intentions. "I think they wondered whether they were being liberated or conquered," says Capt. Douglas Schaffer, Alpha Co.'s commanding officer from Arlington, Va.

But contact with the local population is "improving" the relationship.

"They're coming out and saying 'Down with Saddam' and 'We love you,'" Schaffer said.

Children often crowd around the patrolling Marines like rock-star groupies seeking autographs for their soccer balls or just a chance to say "hello." Little girls offer flowers as a sign of affection. Iraqi men of all ages engage the Marines in conversation while women stand in doorways waving and smiling. Some come forward holding babies to hand off to their husbands. Others offer the Marines cold water.

"One lady asked if we wanted to stay for dinner," says Pfc. Christopher Light, a young Alpha Co. machinegunner from Concord, Calif.

Like many of his peers, Light arrived in Iraqi with just a few months as a Marine under his belt. "I've been in for nine months," he says, smiling. "Our [School of Infantry] instructors were telling us to train for war."

Some SOI graduates linked up with the unit after it deployed to Kuwait. Veteran infantrymen like Ribas, who patrolled in Somalia, mentor and train Marines like Light "day and night" to help hone their infantry and leadership skill, says Ribas. In Somalia, he adds, "We were shot at a lot more."

But Baghdad is still a very dangerous place. The Marines are finding "lots of weapons," including rocket-propelled grenade launchers and mines, says Schaffer. "There are still bad guys and there are still shots being fired," he adds.

In mid-April, gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the city at any given time of the day. Accounts of American fatalities from hostile Iraqis circulate amongst the Alpha Co. Marines.

"We know [the Iraqis] are friendly, but there's still a guy out there who doesn't like us," says Pfc. Jason Rodden, an Alpha Co. team leader from Arkansas. "You can't get lackadaisical or it will come back and bite you."

The Marines keep on their toes. When the distinct "pop" of an AK-47 breaks the relative calm of one of 1st Plt.'s afternoon patrols, Marines reacted swiftly and aggressively. One team clambers over a wall in the direction of fire while another skirts along the wall with weapons at the ready. A quick house-to-house search fails to produce the shooter.

Five minutes later, Jensen and his Marines load up in amtracks and humvees to travel back to their base camp. Along the short return route, the Marines will wave a dozen times to Iraqis offering salutations. The minute-to-minute transitions from warriors to goodwill ambassadors require discipline, maturity and courage but the Marines believe they are positively impacting Iraqi lives.

"The country is liberated and the people know it and they tell us that every day. They're very happy we're here. They are looking forward to a free government, which our government has promised, and a freer way of life," Bonnette said. "That makes it all worthwhile."

Submitted by: 1st Force Service Support Group
Story Identification Number: 20035935616
Story by Cpl. Jeff Hawk


Mementos, Diversions, Extra Gear:
What Soldiers Carry to War
By U.S. Army Spc. M. William Petersen

MUTLAA RIDGE, Kuwait — Ask any soldier what his or her most important piece of gear is, and most will reply, “my rifle,” or “my protective mask.”

But when asked what non-issued item is most important, each soldier in 11th Signal Brigade has other answers, and sometimes stories behind it.

Some soldiers have utilitarian items they can’t live without. While many soldiers carry multitools, such as those made by Leatherman or Swiss Army, and Camel Backs™, portable water carriers, that they refuse to part with, others have more unusual items they brought to the desert.

“I don’t like to walk a lot, and with my job, this makes moving around from job site to job site a lot faster,” Sgt. Jeffrey Kilgo, an air conditioner repairman with 19th Signal Company, about the mountain bike he brought to Camp Udairi. Kilgo commutes to and from his work sites on the bike. “It’s a lot easier to park than a HMMWV, and it’s good exercise. So instead of using a truck, I use a bike.”

One item today’s soldiers are bringing to the field that their predecessors didn’t have is a laptop computer.

“I use my laptop for everything,” said Spc. Robert Topchi, a ‘cable dog’ with 69th Signal Company. “It’s good for games, pictures and keeping a diary. It’s all of that in one package.”

The free time he has is often easily occupied with his favorite game on the laptop, Diablo. Other soldiers have also found a pleasant diversions in video games while deployed, some bringing handheld games and others toting full-size systems along. Sgt. Robert George of 11th Signal Brigade brought his PlayStation game system with him and considers it indispensable.

Many soldiers have found a temporary escape from their surroundings in music.

“My CD player is the most important thing to me because I’ve got to have my music to get me out of here,” said Sgt. Ramiro Padilla of 385th Signal Company.

Unfortunately, the sand and rough handling his CDs endured at Mutlaa Ridge, Kuwait, left many of Padilla’s collection of Spanish music -- Azul Azul, Mana and Molotov -- discs beaten beyond repair.

For Pfc. Chris Van Horn of 19th Signal Company, his music helps him drown-out the sounds of his tentmates. “There are more than 50 guys in the tent, so it gets loud,” Van Horn said. “I can go to sleep with my CD player on.”

Soldiers looking for a quieter diversion have turned to books. Sgt. Eric Greenwood of 385th Signal Company brought a large stack of books when he deployed to Kuwait nearly a year ago. Now stationed at Mutlaa Ridge, Greenwood has already read more than 50 books and is in the process of ordering more.

“ I read whatever I can get my hands on,” Greenwood said. “It eats up time. We also do correspondence courses, CLEP tests and college courses while we’re here.”

Staff Sgt. Lin MacCollum, noncommissioned officer-in-charge for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Signal Brigade, has a different memento that he carried overseas with him. Perched on a shelf in his wall locker at Camp Doha, Kuwait, is a small stuffed dog with a leprechaun pinned to its collar.

“When my wife and I got married in Tombstone, Ariz., it was given to me to carry over the border to Iraq if I go,” MacCollum said. “I see it as a reminder of my wedding day as well as a good luck charm.”

Spc. Carl Manzano, a light-wheel vehicle mechanic with HHC, 11th Sig. Bde., is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. His good-luck charm, a baseball cap, has been deployed to the Persian Gulf before.

“ This hat’s been here before,” he said. “It’s pretty beat-up now, so I don’t wear it all the time, but it’s my lucky hat.”

The hat acts as a reminder of Manzano’s hobby: he is an avid outrigger canoeist, which is a hobby not readily available in the desert.

Other soldiers carry reminders of their loved ones. Many have pictures hanging by their bunks, like Cpl. Raymond Hookfin, another mechanic with HHC 11th Sig. Bde.

“The pictures are important to me because I know I still have something to go home to,” said Hookfin, pointing at photos of his girlfriend. “She’s going to be the next Mrs. Hookfin.”

Pfc. Robert Speed, microwave systems analyst with 11th Sig. Bde., wears his reminder everywhere he goes. “We got engaged 20 days before I joined up,” said Speed, raising his engagement ring up. “It helps me think about my fiancé and remember some of the good things in life.”

Another ring-carrying soldier, Spc. Kenneth Dabney, a signal support systems specialist with 11th Sig. Bde., wears his wife’s wedding band and his newborn son’s first ring on a chain around his neck.

When Sgt. David Lee Miller, a signal support systems NCO, was asked what he values most, he pulled out a small laminated news article. “One year after my grandfather died, my dad wrote a [memoriam] into the newspapers,” Miller said. “It became my good luck charm.

“We were very close,” Miller said about his grandfather. “He was a father figure when I was growing up. This is a way to always keep him there. He’s gone, but not forgotten.”



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U.S. Navy Warship Conducts Rescue At Sea
Story Number: NNS030512-21
Release Date: 5/12/2003 4:24:00 PM

From Constellation Strike Group Public Affairs

ABOARD USS CONSTELLATION, At Sea (NNS) -- While transiting home on their 21st and final deployment in the Arabian Gulf and after participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, USS Constellation (CV 64) received a distress call from an Indonesian inter-island ferry boat carrying civilian passengers in the Banda Sea.

USS Milius (DDG 65), also transiting home with the Constellation Strike Group, was in a position to assist, and was tasked by Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, embarked on Constellation, to investigate and render assistance to the vessel. Full story

61 posted on 05/12/2003 2:55:33 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)
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To: snippy_about_it
After a 16-month dry-dock overhaul period, the "Big E" (CVN-65) was back in service and at sea last week.  A scheduled "photo-op" of the Navy's oldest and newest nuclear carriers (Ronald Reagan) sailing together off the Va. Capes didn't come off because of bad weather.  According to the Big E's captain, the ship is in "her best condition in decades."

USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Back At Sea

Northrop Grumman Successfully Redelivers USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

62 posted on 05/12/2003 3:33:31 PM PDT by Al B.
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To: Al B.
That's great news Al. Thanks for posting it here.



As Master Chief Oldknow put it, “Sailors belong on a ship, and a ship belongs out to sea.”
63 posted on 05/12/2003 3:40:21 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Oh, yeah! A Monday meeting to initiate damage-control as a result of the meeting on the previous Friday, wherein the gov't customer killed a project because two bureaucrats didn't realize they weren't doing their jobs...

If I didn't have FR as a release valve, well...


64 posted on 05/12/2003 4:06:50 PM PDT by HiJinx (The right person, in the right place, at the right time...)
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To: HiJinx
Don't cha' just love working with bureaucrats. :)

It's enough to make your head spin.
65 posted on 05/12/2003 4:23:33 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)
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To: snippy_about_it; HiJinx
Well I'm on my way to have a meeting with my dentist. See you later this evening

Panzer Elite Rules!

66 posted on 05/12/2003 4:32:42 PM PDT by SAMWolf ((A)bort (R)etry (I)gnore?... Tried Ignore, still have the error.)
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To: snippy_about_it
Ain't that the truth...

Well, I've looked all over for a story that was in our local paper yesterday, and can't find it...so I'll paraphrase.

A young sailor (a 'shooter) from the Abraham Lincoln came home on leave for Mother's Day. She was put in for, and recieved, an impact award of the Navy Achievement Medal for actions she took on the flight deck during this last deployment.

A 'shooter is a troubleshooter, they have 15-20 seconds to look over an aircraft before it launches. This young lady was making her rounds when another 'shooter got caught in the back blast of an F/A-18. She threw herself on top of him and grabbed a tie-down to keep him from getting blown overboard.

Aren't our sailors wonderful?
67 posted on 05/12/2003 4:36:21 PM PDT by HiJinx (The right person, in the right place, at the right time...)
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To: HiJinx
Wonderful, yes yes yes!
68 posted on 05/12/2003 5:32:15 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)
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To: SAMWolf
LOL. Yeah...sure...okay Sam.
69 posted on 05/12/2003 5:32:56 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)
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To: AntiJen
Bump.
70 posted on 05/12/2003 5:49:19 PM PDT by Graewoulf
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To: snippy_about_it
I received a letter from my son today. He is serving with a medical unit in Kuwait. The letter was dated April 28th. He had to pick up 8 wounded U.S. soldiers. Two from his own camp. The two from his camp were severely wounded. One of them picked up some unexploded ordnance and placed it in the in the cargo pocket next to his right knee. It detonated and blew off his knee. It also set off all the ammo in the 30 round magazine of his M-16 rifle. That blew his right arm off. His buddy was standing nearby and took a piece of shrapnel in the brain. His mental faculties were fading fast. My son transported both of them to the ER to be stabilized. No word on whether the guy with the blown off knee will be able to keep his leg. The guy with the shrapnel in his brain was evacuated via chopped to a hospital with a CAT scanner. It was a very sobering day.
71 posted on 05/12/2003 6:06:49 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin
Thank you Myrddin for sharing your son's letter. Those of us at home can't forget there is still a war going on and still many dangers.

I'll have to let our veterans or current duty military comment on putting unexploded ordnance in your pocket.

Be sure and let your son know we thank him for his service and you too as a proud mom!

He wouldn't happen to be in the 50th MED CO would he?
72 posted on 05/12/2003 6:23:49 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; AntiJen; souris; MistyCA; SpookBrat; All
Good evening everyone. Fabulous thread, Snippy. Thanks so much


click on the graphic

73 posted on 05/12/2003 6:29:06 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul
Thank you Victoria, always good to see and 'hear' you.

This is one of my favorite oldies.
74 posted on 05/12/2003 6:32:22 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)
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To: snippy_about_it
You're quite welcome, Snippy. My pleasure; I love oldies, too.
75 posted on 05/12/2003 6:38:25 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul
I wonder if Sam's back from the dentist. *cough*

I found a new toy chore he might want to think about.

Pictures


Availability: This item will be released on May 13, 2003. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.

76 posted on 05/12/2003 6:38:27 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)
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To: snippy_about_it
LOL!!! You're so funny. I think he'll like that, hahahaha.
77 posted on 05/12/2003 6:43:38 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: snippy_about_it
CSSG-15 Foxtrot CO, 4th MED BN
78 posted on 05/12/2003 7:00:02 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Victoria Delsoul
I just thought he might be "in the mood". A trip to the toy store dentist can be rough.

Clic on zee pic

79 posted on 05/12/2003 7:13:53 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our Troops)
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To: Victoria Delsoul; snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; E.G.C.; AntiJen

This is Bobby Darin's Di Dia 150. I saw it at a car show.


No car shows the exuberance and confidence of America in the 1950s quite like this example of Car Culture. It took four men nearly seven years to build this car of hand-formed aluminum on a tubular frame. It’s no wonder the materials alone cost over $93,000, and the whole cost, including labor, was $150,000.

The car's fins are four feet high and the body is extra long, low, and wide. It has thirty coats of translucent pearlized paint with crushed diamond dust in it for sparkle. The car was featured in Bobby Darin's movie "Too Late Blues," and was donated in 1970 after 10 years of film and publicity use.

Bobby Darin had rheumatic fever and knew he would die. He gave his life that extra gusto we all recall. He left at 37 in 73.

I had rheumatic fever at five just as cortisone was being used for it, and so survived.

Faced with death, heroes respond with something extra, throwing themselves on a comrade to save him; throwing themselves on a grenade--

What an extraordinary corps has recently made history in Iraq, and continues in heroic fashion.


Sahar, a teacher at a school in Abu Grahib, Iraq, helps a girl write the albhabet on the board on the school's opening day on April 26, 2003. The school has been closed down since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Sadaam Hussein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby) (Released)

Photo by: STAFF SGT. CHERIE A. THURLBY, 1ST COMBAT CAMERA Record ID No. (VIRIN): 030426-F-7203T-018.JPG


U.S. Army Capt. Herb Joliot, commander 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, talks to Iraqi children on the opening day of a school in Abu Grahib, Iraq on April 26, 2003. The school has been closed down since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Sadaam Hussein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby) (Released)

Photo by: STAFF SGT. CHERIE A. THURLBY, 1ST COMBAT CAMERA Record ID No. (VIRIN): 030426-F-7203T-012.JPG


Members of a Combat Control Team (CCT) walk through the rubble at one of Sadaam Hussein's palaces on April 25, 2003. The Combat Control Team (CCT) is currently assigned to the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Baghdad International Airport is a primary base of operations for U.S. troops, cargo and humanitarian airlift for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Sadaam Hussein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby) (Released)

Photo by: STAFF SGT. CHERIE A. THURLBY, 1ST COMBAT CAMERA Record ID No. (VIRIN): 030425-F-7203T-009

Schmuck Hussein built himself lavish palaces while the children of Iraq went without food and medicine.

May he roast his stomach in hell for seven times seven years. Rinse, repeat.

GOD BLESS THE COALITION HEROES
They shall be known as major dudes and dudettes.

80 posted on 05/12/2003 7:23:21 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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