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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.

DoD regrets using virtual reality headsets for SHARP training

DoD regrets using virtual reality headsets for SHARP training

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense may is already regretting its deployment of Samsung Gear virtual reality (VR) headsets for its online sexual harassment/assault response prevention training course, sources say,after reports that trainees have been “enjoying the training a little too much.”

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., says the mandatory training “might be a little too realistic to be effective” with the VR equipment.

”With scenarios that put the member in situations where they must control themselves, the training has proven to be a bit too tempting for those with weak self control,” Dunford said.

“Ah shit I touched the boob again,” said Chief of Regional Training Barry Morabito, during his fourth attempt to pass.

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