{"id":6562,"date":"2011-03-11T22:46:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T03:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=6562"},"modified":"2011-07-24T22:55:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T02:55:22","slug":"new-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/new-recruits\/","title":{"rendered":"New Recruits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/new-recruits\/w_b-vong-com_pix_nikon_l35_af_1\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/w_b-vong.com_pix_nikon_l35_af_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,299\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"w_b-vong.com_pix_nikon_l35_af_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/w_b-vong.com_pix_nikon_l35_af_1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6563\" title=\"w_b-vong.com_pix_nikon_l35_af_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/w_b-vong.com_pix_nikon_l35_af_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Notes: New\u00a0weapons unlocked\u00a0in the Team Neekon arsenal! 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