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		<title>Rest in Peace Dad. I love you.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dad died on Thursday, May 9, 2013. I originally wrote this tribute on Facebook the night he died.  I wanted to share it here as well.  This is an appropriate place since dad and I shared the whole Army thing.  He didn&#8217;t talk to me for a month after I told him I was enlisting, &#8230; <a href="http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2013/05/14/rest-in-peace-dad-i-love-you/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=706&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Combat: Part I</title>
		<link>http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2013/01/26/women-in-combat-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I know yesterday was supposed to be my Swan Song of sorts, but I am hearing so much nonsense on the topic of women in combat lately, I just can’t keep my mouth shut.  So I’m going to write a series of posts that address some of the main points of this discussion, as &#8230; <a href="http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2013/01/26/women-in-combat-part-i/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=693&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So Long, Thank you, and Please Stay Tuned</title>
		<link>http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2013/01/25/so-long-thank-you-and-please-stay-tuned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much has transpired since my last real blog entry, I’m not even sure where, exactly to begin.  The truth is, I initially wrote this update by hand almost two months ago, and even more has transpired since then!  But I will do my best to pickup where I last left off … The Cliff &#8230; <a href="http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2013/01/25/so-long-thank-you-and-please-stay-tuned/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=678&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Memory of SGT Mason Lee Lewis</title>
		<link>http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/11/16/675/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from onlyspartanwomen: SGT Mason L. Lewis 26 February 1981 - 16 November 2007 When I lived in NYC, I was always aggravated by the subway ads, not only because I was very cognizant of myself as a captive audience, unable to look away, but because my mild OCD made it impossible for me to &#8230; <a href="http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/11/16/675/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=675&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In War</title>
		<link>http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/10/06/in-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That immortal place in time and space &#8230; There is no human experience more solid, concrete, real. There is no experience here, in this place we call life, that reaffirms more, you exist, with and without limitation, all at once, endless and boundless, defined and tied, inextricably to not your pain, but your exhaustion, until &#8230; <a href="http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/10/06/in-war/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=659&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being American: The Massacre &amp; the Olympics</title>
		<link>http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/08/06/646/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Call Me Bookish: If you're anything like me, then you're "over" the Colorado shooting that claimed the lives of 12 people. It's depressing, it's scary, and, thanks to the media, it's everywhere. That being said, I welcomed the Olympics as more than just a sporting event; for me and my fellow Americans, the &#8230; <a href="http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/08/06/646/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=646&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freaking Reality Television</title>
		<link>http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/07/15/freaking-reality-television/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would just like to return to the days of programming when people actually got paid to make shit up. Like stories. And dialogue. Stuff like character development. That&#8217;s all.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=644&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re an Idiot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not you of course! No you, my reader, I love and adore and would never insult that way. And I haven’t actually resorted to calling anyone an idiot, yet, but there have been a few moments when I was deeply tempted. So here’s the thing … Once upon a time, I would have argued that &#8230; <a href="http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/07/06/youre-an-idiot/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=628&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#039;re Not Special</title>
		<link>http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/06/12/623/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from LIFE and Leadership by Chris Brady: Someone sent me the transcript from a commencement speech.  The title and beginning featured a slightly shocking pattern interrupt. In other words, they caught me by surprise. I found myself so intrigued I read further, and eventually realized that, unlike 99% of everything else I ever receive, &#8230; <a href="http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/06/12/623/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=623&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Ever Been In a Firefight? (part I)</title>
		<link>http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/05/27/have-you-ever-been-in-a-firefight-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 03:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago, I thought about writing a post titled “Have You Ever Been In a Firefight?” It is one of the many annoying and sometimes infuriating questions I often receive as a female veteran, but this post isn’t about me.  It is Memorial Day Weekend, and some recent events have made me realize that &#8230; <a href="http://onlyspartanwomen.com/2012/05/27/have-you-ever-been-in-a-firefight-part-i/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onlyspartanwomen.com&#038;blog=26899058&#038;post=600&#038;subd=onlyspartanwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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