This week in American power projection: the map was wrong, the dorms were fine, and the travel card was for official purposes.
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Situation Report
Confused O-3 celebrates rank by changing profile photo to red equal sign
FT. HOOD, TX — A U.S. Army Captain changed his Facebook profile picture to a red equal sign in the mistaken belief it was a set of captain bars, reportedly unaware of the symbol's association with gay rights, according to his Facebook friends.
Captain John Wilkins, a 25-year-old native of Appleton, WI, first became aware of the symbol last night while at his laptop.
"I saw all these people making captain ranks [sic] their main photo on Facebook," Wilkins said. "I thought to myself, 'Hell yeah—about time we got some recognition.'"
Although initially confused by the red and pink in the image, Wilkins said he eventually realized those colors stood for the blood shed by captains before him.
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