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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.

Army renames JRTC to center for live action roleplaying Army preparation

Army renames JRTC to center for live action roleplaying Army preparation

FORT POLK, La. — The U.S. Army will rename its Joint Readiness Training Center to The Center for LARPing Army Preparation of Excellence, sources confirmed today.

The Center, which serves as the Army's premier combat training center and employs a number of civilian role players to challenge infantry units, was renamed by the school's commander, who enjoys live-action role playing in and out of uniform.

"It’s what we do," said Lt. Col. Winston Boomhower. "No one in the world can LARP like us. No one.”

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