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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.

Navy cook perfects recipe for burnt pancakes

NORFOLK, Va. — Culinary Spc. Seaman Reggie Watkins has absolutely nailed how to burn a pancake, much to the delight of the crew of USS Anzio (CG-68).

Watkins mastered the art of burning pancakes after being onboard just two months, sources say. “I pour the batter on the grill and wait until I see smoke,” Watkins told reporters. “I wait some more, then flip it. It’s pretty easy once you get the hang of it.”

Cooks celebrated Watkins’ accomplishment by serving too little food to the crew and throwing bags of leftovers overboard.

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