{"id":1491,"date":"2010-08-03T18:47:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T18:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2017-07-18T18:53:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:53:51","slug":"operation-chesapeake-retriever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2010\/08\/03\/operation-chesapeake-retriever\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Chesapeake Retriever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b7F4GDHx0Jc&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1500403745778{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}&#8221;]By Pfc. 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