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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.

New staff officer chow hall serves nothingburgers, self-licking ice cream cones

FORT LEE, Va. – In a new trial program being tested at the Logistics Warrior Center of Excellence, staff officers will finally be able to eat some of the foods they can’t stop talking about.

“Two hour meetings that run through the lunch hour are especially hard, since everyone keeps talking about food,” said Capt. Clark Eggleston, a planner with the 56th IBCT S3 shop. “Now, after I ride the cheese grater, I can get cheese.”

The program is focused on developing nothingburgers, the staff officer favorite for sharing with higher ups and subordinates alike. The burgers are served on disposable paper “slides” with a selection of toppings.

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