diff --git a/resources/recipes/soldiers.recipe b/resources/recipes/soldiers.recipe
index 173ab49925..fb96e5a2ed 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/soldiers.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/soldiers.recipe
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env  python
 
 __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
@@ -16,26 +15,23 @@ class Soldiers(BasicNewsRecipe):
     max_articles_per_feed  = 100
     no_stylesheets         = True
     use_embedded_content   = False
-    remove_javascript      = True 
     simultaneous_downloads = 1
     delay                  = 4
     max_connections        = 1    
     encoding               = 'utf-8'
     publisher              = 'U.S. Army'
     category               = 'news, politics, war, weapons'    
-    language = 'en'
-
+    language               = 'en'
     INDEX                  = 'http://www.army.mil/soldiers/'
 
-    html2lrf_options = [
-                          '--comment', description
-                        , '--category', category
-                        , '--publisher', publisher
-                        ]
-    
-    html2epub_options = 'publisher="' + publisher + '"\ncomments="' + description + '"\ntags="' + category + '"' 
+    conversion_options = {
+                          'comment'          : description
+                        , 'tags'             : category
+                        , 'publisher'        : publisher
+                        , 'language'         : language
+                        }
 
-    keep_only_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'rightCol'})]
+    keep_only_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['storyHeader','textArea']})]
                      
     remove_tags = [
                      dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['addThis','comment','articleFooter']})
@@ -44,10 +40,6 @@ class Soldiers(BasicNewsRecipe):
                             
     feeds = [(u'Frontpage', u'http://www.army.mil/rss/feeds/soldiersfrontpage.xml' )]
 
-    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
-        for item in soup.findAll(style=True):
-            del item['style']
-        return soup
 
     def get_cover_url(self):
         cover_url = None
@@ -56,3 +48,4 @@ class Soldiers(BasicNewsRecipe):
         if cover_item:
            cover_url = cover_item['src']
         return cover_url
+