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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.

Army surgeon General recommends consuming at least ten energy drinks daily

THE PENTAGON — Following on the heels of the Performance Triad campaign, the Army's Office of the Surgeon General is rolling out new measures aimed at enhancing soldier performance, to include a recommendation for all soldiers to consume at least ten energy drinks daily.

"While the Performance Triad is an important first step, let's be honest. Real performance comes from ingesting immense amounts of psychostimulants," said Lt. Gen. Nadja West, the 44th Surgeon General of the Army.

According to sources close to West, the Surgeon General was discouraged upon recently learning that many soldiers only consume three to four energy drinks daily, referring to them as "pussies" who "can't handle a little caffeine."

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