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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.

Crappy carrier EMALS repurposed for burials at sea

WASHINGTON — Naval Sea Systems Command has certified the troubled Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) to perform burials at sea.

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Navy's newest carrier has had a host of problems, including a catapult incapable of launching the Navy's newest aircraft, the F-35C Lightning II. President Donald Trump, upset about the changeover from steam catapults said, "We had a very good thing with steam. We had very powerful steam. I'm not sure why it's gone, but I think we always need to support our beautiful veterans. I talked to many people and they are excited about this wonderful technology."

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