{"id":46891,"date":"2025-06-17T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/?page_id=46891"},"modified":"2025-06-24T14:44:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:44:48","slug":"noel-williams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/blog\/authors\/noel-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"LtCol Noel Williams, USMC (Ret)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"46891\" class=\"elementor elementor-46891\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0072ba3 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0072ba3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f159c elementor-widget elementor-widget-slider_revolution\" data-id=\"60f159c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"slider_revolution.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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