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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.

New Russian Army fitness test to include ‘drop, scream, & run’

Also considering adding the empty fuel can carry

New Russian Army fitness test to include ‘drop, scream, & run’

MOSCOW — The Russian Army plans to modify its fitness test to include the drop, scream, and run event, sources confirmed today.

The test is said to reflect the type of actions Russian soldiers face during the War Special Military Operation in Ukraine.

The test features soldiers dropping a simulated AK-12 (Mossin-Nagants and pointy sticks will be used for "volunteers"), screaming at a decibel loud enough to warn others, and then a sprint in the direction of Moscow.

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