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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.
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THE LIVING ROOM — It's a typical evening with the Jankowski family as they sit together watching a movie. On screen, soldiers are jumping into action when everything suddenly freezes. That can only mean one thing. Daddy's about to drop a knowledge bomb.
"Okay, anybody spot it?" asks 1st Sgt. Eric Jankowski. His wife Victoria looks at their 12-year-old daughter before smiling and taking the first guess.
"The flag on the lieutenant's shoulder should be subdued?" she asks.
"Wrong–well–okay, but something else." Jankowski pauses, licking his lips. "That L.T. is like, 40-years-old. He should be a snot nosed kid who doesn't know shit!"
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