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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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YORKTOWN, Va.— In an amazing display of brilliance, a leadership training course held at the Coast Guard Yorktown Training Base on Monday went over time when one super smart and articulate man rose his hand to explain the importance of being a brave leader in the military as everyone in the class watched in awe.
Though the training lesson was only supposed to end at 1500 EST, First Class Petty Officer Billy Carter used his supreme intellect and unique way of not rambling on and on for no reason but hear his own voice to educate the class on his knowledge of being a leader. In no way did his voice sound condescending or pompous when telling the instructor how much experience he has in delegating to his subordinates.
"I couldn’t believe my ears. He was just so regal and honorable," said 42-year-old Senior Chief Tim Templeton, who had just written off the whole course as another check mark to advance to the next rank. "Just when I thought he was done, he did a Return of the King and just pulled out a second and third ending, making me wish it could go on forever."
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