#career military

[chuck-glisson]

"Veterans for Trump", is like "Firemen for Arsonists",

and I "Say" that, as a RETIRED CAREER MILITARY MAN!

[temeyes]

soap and his hair

[brekkie-e]

There's a post going around saying that the Veilgaurd team is so nice to eachother because it's a story about professionals. I need the author locked in a room with Vivienne, Cassandra, Leliana, and Josephine so they can look them in the eye and say they're not professionals to their faces. For science.

[phoenixyfriend]

Something something """canon""" age difference, modern AU where Rex actually is a decade younger than Anakin

And for Reasons, 34yo Anakin and 39yo Padme have decided to invite this Hot Young 24yo Who Just Exited The Military into their bed for a quick romp that turns into something of a longterm relationship that is sortakinda sugaring

………….just realized this makes Rex only [checks math] twelve or thirteen years older than the twins.

Which is very funny to me. These tweens are so unimpressed by the GI Bill college guy their parents are wooing. Is this supposed to be their new babysitter? A nanny? Wait, he's your boyfriend??? EW.

Such a weird age difference to have with your sorta stepkids

[church-of-crayak]

andalitesona revamp revamp

[akookminsupporter]

Why do you think a lot will change after their MS?

First of all, because they’ll no longer have the dark cloud of military service hanging over their heads, which I imagine will be a relief for them, especially since it’s something many people, directly or indirectly, used to threaten them with—even the government, in a way. The second reason is that they’ll be in their 30s, or almost there in Jungkook’s case, and it’s almost inevitable that they’ll have a different mindset about everything, especially their lives and careers. Their time in the military may have helped them form new bonds, adopt new perspectives, and in the case of Jimin and Jungkook, strengthen their relationship even more than they have with other members, which could, in turn, create different dynamics between them.

They might be at a stage where they want different things or want to do things differently, so I think even their relationship with the agency will change. Although it’s clear that the agency and company don’t control them, and they’ve always had a say in the direction of their careers, I imagine that when they return, they’ll want more control. More say in everything.

Aside from all of that, or as a consequence of everything I’ve mentioned, I think their relationship with the fandom will also change, and that’s something I personally hope happens. We saw some of that last year with Namjoon and Jungkook in particular, so I expect to see more of it when they return.

[puretopia]

first few days going cute, only JUST learnt that infants can interact with pets ;-;;; also currently in the progress of making a 'club for the creatives' so that Heidi can host pretend art courses at the church!!

[shreksflamingknob69]

do you remember when sherlock was like “if you’d be murdered, in your very last second, what would you say?” and john’s like “please, god, let me live.” and sherlock goes “oh, use your imagination” and then john says “i don’t have to.”

you remember that?

yeah so do i and it breaks my heart more than it should

[voluptuarian]

I love trying to do historical research, you want an answer to a simple question like "could Jews serve in the British army in the 1880s" and you get back

Jews in the American Revolution

Jews in the American Civil War

Jews in World War I

Jews who fought for Nazi Germany

Thanks, that absolutely covers the time period and country I specifically asked for, couldn't have done it without you

[paras-atashnak]

a reply i left on my original cedric for afp post that i thought would be worth sharing after seeing something in the tag.

[em-kgm]

ATLAS

[overwatchfanskinarchive]

Aviator Juno by Antonio Chapa/art_sora (artstation, twitter, bsky, cara)

[take-a-dip-in-the-deadpool]

So… Oklahoma just introduced this "classrooms to careers" platform thing… And it's basically forced military service for poor and disabled people?

The governor… I think his name is Shitt? From what I can read of it is saying he's going to make graduating from high school mandatory. But also if you want to graduate from high school, you have to either be enrolled in college/university or a trade school or the military.

So guess what happens if you can't afford college/university (or don't have the grades for it) and you also can't afford to trade school or are physically unable to do it?

Forced military service. And again you can't even drop out to avoid it. He wants to make it mandatory to have a high school diploma.

Absolutely insane.

[akookminsupporter]

The members of the BTS originally planned to greet in front of the unit. However, due to concerns over congestion, they will reportedly quietly celebrate Jin's discharge somewhere in Seoul.

After being discharged from the military, Jin will start individual activities. First, he will attend 2024 Festa. He will also hold a hug event with 1,000 ARMY. He is planning to release a solo album in the second half of the year.

Source: Dispatch.

[blade-that-was-broken]

Your Soldier On AU gives me brainworms! While re reading it I suddenly remembered this video clip of soldiers graduating and that they're NOT allowed to move at all unless someone taps them (usually family)

So I then imagine Soldier JD just standing there surrounded by people having family reunions while he just.... silently accepts that no one will show up.

To make it less sad, Delta (who probably graduated with him) decided to be the one to tap him out and give him a big hug. (He deserves it)

He knew no one was coming.

He really knew it but that didn’t stop his heart from wishing, having that tiny little wishful thinking that someone would find him. That someone would appear out of nowhere and come up to him.

It wouldn’t happen.

He should have expected it.

He hadn’t seen any of his brothers in years.

He wasn’t able to find any of his brothers. He thought perhaps, on his own, he could search and find them. But he is no detective and well, he was never as smart as Clay or as intuitive as Floyd or as charming as Bruce. He tried not to think about what kind of person Branch would be. A person he would probably never get to know.

Here he was in the very last moment. After this, he didn’t have anyone left.

There was nothing else.

John Dory stood in line with his graduating class, staring straight ahead, letting his eyes blur a little. He didn’t pay attention to the family members that were bringing their loved ones into a tight embrace. He couldn’t watch. He knew he’d be standing like this for the entire length of the ceremony.

He didn’t have anyone. There was no one left. He hadn’t had anyone in years. It was okay, he figured this would be the end anyways.

He closed his eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath before opening them again. He blinked blankly, finding one of his classmates stand in front of him. Most of the others had been tapped out, with their families, her included. She stood in front of him and it room everything he had not to let his face scrunch up in confusion.

“I’ve got you Dory,” she promised, seriously.

Delta Dawn was bound to be a masterful soldier, practically at the top of her class. She had the patience and the discipline and the strength. She was smart, tough and was great with a plan. No one would have expected her to befriend the bland, average and slightly scrappy idiot who had no where else to go. John didn’t know how it happened either. It just kind of did.

It would be no surprise if they were stationed together in the same place. They made each other better, somehow, and people noticed.

He hoped they were stationed in the same place.

She wasn’t supposed to be a soldier, her parents wanted her to follow her father’s footsteps as a politician but she was gone before they could blink.

Taking another breath, he was forced to have his vision full of her slate blue gray eyes and red hair pulled back under her cap. She stared at him, serious but still soft. She was tough as nails that one, tougher even, but for some reason John would probably never understand, she had a soft spot for him. Who was he to judge? He had a soft spot for her too. He’d probably do just about almost anything for her.

“I’ve got you John Dory,” she repeated, giving his shoulder a quick tap before grabbing his hand and pulling him in a tight hug. “It’s forever now, Dory,” she whispered.

John’s eyes filled with tears as he wrapped his arms back around her, squeezing tight. He knew Delta’s sister was nearby, probably the presence by his side that seemed to brush up against him.

“I know I’m not them,” Delta continued, right into the crook of his neck. “But you aren’t getting rid of me, Dory. During service and after. You can count on it.”

He took a breath.

“You can count on me, Dawn,” John Dory promised, quietly. “You can count on me.”

[clove-pinks]

Colonel Richard M. Johnson on an ivory miniature by Anna Claypoole Peale, 1818 (MFA Boston). This is the portrait closest to his War of 1812 appearance, although he was a disabled veteran by this time.

I'm on some kind of kick where I am deeply fascinated by the War of 1812 hero and politician Richard Mentor Johnson. Part of me can't believe just how much Colonel Dick is this close to being a real-life Colonel Bloodlust: the cartoonishly evil strawman I made up to mock how awful the US looks in the War of 1812. Of course, as a real person he's a lot more complicated—but he willfully did some very terrible things.

I have Johnson's recent-ish biography The Days of Heroes Are Over, and found a PhD thesis about him that's even more informative. When I was last at Fort Meigs I convinced the gift shop people to order The Vice President's Black Wife. It's going to arrive in January sometime so I promised I would buy a physical copy there. I think it's a great selection, considering that Johnson and his mounted volunteers were at Fort Meigs before the Battle of the Thames, and the book contextualizes the world of the Kentucky-based military leadership who drove the whole northwestern campaign of the war.