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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.

Sergeant wants a girl who looks at him like Joint Chiefs look at Afghanistan

When the Joint Chiefs look at Afghanistan, it’s a look that says ‘I’ll never leave you.’

Sergeant wants a girl who looks at him like Joint Chiefs look at Afghanistan

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Army Sgt. Adrien Farmer wants to find a woman who looks at him the way the Joint Chiefs of Staff look at Afghanistan, according to friends, family, and Tinder.

“As an enlisted soldier, I’ve already experienced the typical four divorces,” Farmer told reporters. “But when the Joint Chiefs look at Afghanistan, it’s a look that says ‘I’ll never leave you.’

“I want that for me,” he added.

Also on Farmer’s list of ideal traits for a mate is being good with kids and — like the Joint Chiefs — being willing to spend trillions of dollars on him.

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