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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.

Marine convicted of wearing baseball cap indoors

SAN DIEGO, CA – A Marine sergeant is facing administrative separation after being convicted of wearing a baseball hat indoors, sources confirmed this morning.

The conviction for Sgt. Michael Erickson stems from a Apr. 22 incident at the commissary aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.

“It was Saturday morning,” said Erickson in his testimony, “and my hair was a little messy so I decided to put a baseball cap on.” Erickson then drove from his Mira Mesa apartment to the commissary to buy groceries.

“The baby was out of formula and I had thought it would be a good idea to have some single Marines over for lunch. Some of those guys get lonely on Sundays so I just wanted to help fellow Marines out.”

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