Q: A recent article on the UGA athletic department’s new nutrition program states that the NCAA places limits on training tables, allowing only one enhanced meal a day. What does the NCAA consider an enhanced meal, and what other limits does it impose on meals for athletes?
— Lane Tharp, Atlanta
A: An enhanced meal is any meal served from the training table, meaning institutions are limited to providing one meal a day to its athletes, University of Georgia Eric Baumgartner, UGA's associate athletic director for compliance, told Q&A on the News in an email. What type of food is served is left up to each institution, Baumgartner wrote.
Q: What happened to the dog that was aboard the helicopter that was shot down in Afghanistan with all the Navy Seals on board?
— Dorothy Dyer, Jonesboro
A: The military working dog that was killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on Aug. 6 was returned to the United States and received full military honors, Lt. Arlo Abrahamson, a spokesman for the Naval Special Warfare Command, told Q&A on the News. Abrahamson would not comment on where the dog was returned, the dog's breed or the dog's name. Thirty Americans, including 22 SEALs, and eight Afghans were killed when the helicopter went down.
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