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This week in American power projection: the map was wrong, the dorms were fine, and the travel card was for official purposes.

Story Roundup

Pentagon casualties, metric improvement, and Fat Leonard’s least dignified phase.

Situation Report

A State Department map that relocated most of Africa, one ambitious government travel card, and 5,200 medical students moved from dorms that definitely do not have mold.

National Guard announces bold new ‘third to fight’ advertising campaign

ARLINGTON, Va. — On the heels of the Army’s popular new “I became a soldier” advertising initiative, the National Guard has proudly announced its new slogan “Third to Fight” at Arlington Hall today.

“People love threes,” said National Guard Bureau Spokesman Johnny Anderson. “Third time’s the charm, three is company, the holy trinity. When we asked our focus group if they’d like to come in third in a very competitive race, like an Olympic Marathon, they all seemed to agree that third place is pretty good.”

“After all,” said Anderson, “It’s not who gets to the war first, it’s who stays for the next 14 years.”

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