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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.

Deployed soldier has 'walking dead' spoiled by inconsiderate asshole on Facebook

Warning: Possible spoilers to follow.

KABUL — A soldier deployed to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division has once again had his enjoyment of a well-loved show seriously damaged by terrible civilians posting plot spoilers on Facebook.

"That asshole Don Fletcher," said Spc. Jonathon Guston, as he slammed the door of the internet cafe, striding sternly toward the smoke pit and pulling a comfort menthol out of his cargo pocket. "Is it too much to ask that you not post ‘RIP Andrea’ when I haven’t even made it halfway through last season? And what is this new shit about something called Terminus? Jesus, he's going to ruin the whole series for me!"

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