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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.

Quiz: ‘80s metal lyrics or things the lieutenant said at morning PT

Everyone knows that the lieutenant gets really motivated and delirious every time he "leads" morning PT. But can you tell the difference between 1980s heavy metal lyrics and things he's said when the platoon is about to step off on a run? Take the quiz and find out!

1. Courage, men! Courage!

2. Run to the hills, run for your lives.

3. Combat dost taketh a toll on men’s souls.

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