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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.

Opinion: Drug users are a disgrace to Navy values

Opinion: Drug users are a disgrace to Navy values

The following is an op-ed by a retired U.S. Navy Public Affairs Officer.

Navy Values are not something you can just turn on and off at a moment’s notice. They define a lifestyle that is embodied by the decisions you make both on and off duty. In my last four months in the Navy, my public affairs team handled over 378 drug offense statements. In a single quarter!

These seamen, who decide to abuse illegal drugs, not to mention jeopardizing not only their careers, but possibly the lives of everyone who serves with them, make a conscious decision, and deserve maximum punishment under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice.

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