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USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) Commissioned
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A Milestone…Of Sorts
We note with bemused interest the fact that we have crossed the "1,000 spam comments blocked" threshold – the last 500 of which appear to have been passed our way during the course of the Valour-IT competition. Hmmm… Oh, and standby – Flightdeck Friday will be up today and we promise it will be worth…
Bye, Bye Bandit…
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Fun With Code
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