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Vol. 15 · No. 116 · Monday, 28 September 2026

Air & Space

Space Force’s new uniform puts a little goose back in the step

White House says redesign projects discipline, strength and “absolutely no historical parallels”

Military leaders debate who gets to masturbate first in sniper arch

Mitch McConnell returns from extended drill weekend

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China’s Terracotta Army reaches 100% compliance on mandatory training

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WASHINGTON — Pentagon leaders are concerned and totally jealous after China announced that its famed army of 8,000 terracotta sculptures has completed every course of the People’s Liberation Army mandatory web-based training.

Col. Marcus Bullock, spokesperson for Army G-3 Training branch, said that China has a long tradition of stifling levels of bureaucracy similar to Army Regulation 350-1 and other regs throughout the DoD.

“Remember that it was the great warrior-philosopher Sun Tzu who said, ‘Know yourself and Composite Risk Management, and you shall win 100 battles,” Bullock said.

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