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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.

"Guys who almost joined" and "guys who will never make it on the outside" unite as "guys who won't shut up about it"

They loved their DIs, still had to punch them

"Guys who almost joined" and "guys who will never make it on the outside" unite as "guys who won't shut up about it"

“Bro, it’s pretty much just an operator hang out”

The national security community is abuzz this week following reports that the “Guys Who Almost Joined the Military” have teamed up with the “Guys Who Will Never Make It on the Outside” to form a supergroup of “Guys Who Won’t Shut Up About It at the Bar”.

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