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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.

Colonel on verge of war with Russia worried about his soldiers’ haircuts

Some things are more important.

Colonel on verge of war with Russia worried about his soldiers’ haircuts

Fort Bragg, NC — Col. Curtis Pringles has one of the most unique formations across the military, deployed to all corners of the globe conducting all manner of special operations fulfilling sensitive competition lines of effort, and potentially facing down Putin himself.

Despite the heavy burden of Pringles’ command, sources confirm the only concern keeping Pringles up at night is whether men's high and tights are high enough.

"I'm going to be honest. If it were up to me, the women in my formation would also have high and tights," said Pringles.

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