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bookloversofbath · 1 year

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One-man War: The Jock McLaren Story :: Hal Richardson

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thewondermentofillustration · 1 year

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Quartermaster

“Necktie?”

#military humour #quatermaster #illustration #vintage illustration #cartoon #vintage cartoon #Australian humour #army #ANZAC #diggers #Australian soldiers

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healpimp · 2 years

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seeing ppl say tf2 has "no diversity" compared to ovw is so wild. the mercs literally all mentally ill AND they have pyro.

#this is a joke post #i might like ovw but the diversity is pandering #still thinking abt the diversity chart and how they made zarya straight like aight bitch #ovw having a diverse cast is fine. it works for ovw bc of when it came out and its vibe #tf2 came out in 2009 and is a big funny haha play on stereotypes #for example heavy is the big russian macho guy but he isn't stupid in fact he is well read #soldier at first glance looks like he would be republican but any prolonged exposure to him #and you understand he just has rabies #engies texan but has 11 phds... for some reason #and demoman is scottish and just happens to be black #its a joke abt how black men in shooters are always afro american bc its popularized that way thru movies #anyone who thinks tf2 has no diversity is kinda lame bc obv they dont know zhanna or miss pauling #or that all australian women have beards #or that merasmus is genderfluid (???)#like i like ovw and care abt it a medium amnt #but ovw isnt nearly as heartfelt as tf2 #they took some cowardly decisions w ovw #like whatever they did to zarya in ovw 2. god.#and putting genji in pants #and de-assing reaper. unforgivable #like declawing a cat. unethical. how will he defend himself now.

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emilythedog661-tf2 · 2 months

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Here are the Mercs as Dogs

Scout - Boston Terrier (With 25% French Bulldog)

Soldier - American PitBull

Pyro - Dalmatian

Demo - Scottish Deerhound

Heavy - Caucasian Shepherd Dog

Engineer - Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Medic - German Shepherd

Sniper - Australian Cattle Dog

Spy - French Bulldog

This is also a redraw of some art i did a long time ago

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jensensitive · 2 years

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compilation of jensen doing his little Voices™ and accents

(spoilers for 3x05 of The Boys)

(part two here)

(video about jensen’s natural voice)

#jensen ackles #how could anyone not love him he's so weird #idk which one's my favorite #the boston one is so funny #but i like how with the australian one i just truly have no idea what he's saying #and the soldier boy one is just?? i didn't know he could do that with his voice it's impressive #voice #my vid #Jensen's voice #accents #impressions #the boys spoilers

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get-more-bald · 3 months

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being a tf2 fan has you searching shit like "us draft 1968" "us military drafts" "wars united states participation" "vietnam war drafts"

#its about fucking scout yeah #BTW EDIT. im talking about the vietnam war here #is he a draft dodger? did he not get picked? where do his dog tags come from?#did he get drafted but not sent to the battlefield?#also. ww2. which of the mercs fought.#spy. probably fought. maybe (probably) not on the front lines #heavy. im saying he didnt fight because he ran from a gulag and the lived in siberia.#soldier. we all know.#medic. IF he fought then probably def not on tbe front lines but im more inclined to say he didnt fight #as in he ran to switzerland or america or smth. for my personal reasons #demo. good question actually. im saying he didnt fight #a) would he be of age to fight? b) would he qualify for medical reasons? c) would his moms influence exclude him?#this shit is gonna get me googling scotlands involvement in ww2 #i want to say he didnt fight #engie. hm. did engineer from hit game team fortress 2 fight in the second world war.#i want to say he didnt but he probably (realistically) did #(except its tf2 universe so. whats realistic. is ww2 even canon in tf2 universe.)(lets assume it is as canon as it is irl)#if pyro fight they werent in the military they were just there for some reason. happy to be included in any bloodshed #sniper (by comics canon) is i think too young to have fought. also hes australian.#this shit is gonna have me googling australian involvement in ww2 #holy shit #delete later

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onenicebugperday · 8 months

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@grow-and-decay submitted: Hi there! Wondered if you’d be able to help me out with ID’ing these (first two are the same bug, & i’m sorry about the poorer quality of the last one, exact species may be difficult but any info you have would be appreciated!)

(please remove location) Bugs found around [removed]. Thank you <3

Hello! The first is a female wingless soldier fly, Boreoides subulatus. Males have wings. The second is a dragonfly nymph exoskeleton leftover after it molted into an adult, but you're right, I can't tell you which species.

#submission #insects #bugs #fly #diptera #soldier fly #australian wingless soldier fly #dragonfly #exuvia #molt #exoskeleton

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number1yisuchongfan · 6 months

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Seasons Greetings‼️🎁🦌❄️

An early Smissmas comm for @/turdleowo on Twt or X of his Soldier oc, Carter

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 soldier #soldier tf2 #tf2 oc #tf2 ocs #my art #tf2 smissmas #smissmas #tf2 australian christmas #fan art #comm #commissions #comm open #I still got 4 slots open #yayyy

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mistressemmedi · 2 months

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On softs....

#GOD I AM NOT YOUR STRONGEST SOLDIER #😭😭😭#f1 #formula 1 #australian gp 2024 #lewis hamilton

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blueyinthebush · 17 days

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deep dive - the beach

requested by anonymous

"the beach" is the 26th episode of season one, and introduces a lovely new location for the heelers to explore. it's never specified where along the gold coast this beach is, but probably somewhere like warana beach, which is about an hour's drive from brisbane and the perfect distance for a day trip. this one is a bit long, so i'll put the rest of the post underneath a read more.

a couple years ago a coastal pathway project began, in order to promote walking and biking through the scrub and wetlands along the beach. the project also addresses the prevalence of invasive species and aims to restore native vegetation. but enough about that, let's get into the bush!

an establishing shot gives a nice overview of the beach, which sits between a residential wooded area and the edge of the coral sea. what looks like a tuckeroo is visible in the foreground, a native australian tree that doesn't mind coastal conditions.

after the heelers spend some time enjoying the sand, we get a shot of an osprey, a common sight anywhere by water in australia and across the americas. these raptors are incredible anglers, with a recorded success rate of 70 percent! there are four subspecies of osprey, and the eastern osprey, the only one found in australia, is the smallest.

on the beach, bluey finds the shell of a tiger cowrie, a beautiful variety of marine snail that is prevalent across the indo-pacific region. the striking appearance of their shells has made them popular among shell collectors, although their numbers have suffered as a result.

bluey also encounters a flock of silver gulls. like other sea gulls, these birds are very successful scavengers, and often have no issues going up to humans for handouts. you can find these guys pretty much anywhere near water in australia and new zealand.

here's an interesting one! this is a pipi, a type of saltwater clam. they've been a source of protein by the native ngarriindjeri people for thousands of years, but are mostly used as bait for commercial fishing. they use their strong "foot" muscle to burrow into the sand. as filter feeders, they take in large amounts of water to suck up plankton. afterwards, the water needs to expelled, like the one bluey found is doing.

bluey also runs away from a consortium of light-blue solider crabs. unlike how they're animated in the show, this species is one of the few crabs that has evolved to walk forwards, not sideways. the males form large "armies" during low tide, similar to the group in the episode.

next, bluey encounters a moon jelly, a type of jellyfish identifiable by its large translucent bell and short tentacles. these jellies do have a sting (bluey does the right thing by approaching it with caution, as you should with any wild animal!), but it only causes very mild irritation in humans. moon jellies are the favorite food of many turtle species. since they look similar, moon jelly-loving turtles will often swallow plastic bags.

last but not least, a bird that's even bigger than bluey! this is an australian pelican, which hold the record for the longest bill of any bird. they use their beaks to scoop up fish and other animals like a fishing net. you can find them in every state of australia.

that's it! hope you enjoyed this first foray going into a whole episode. many thanks to the bluey wiki for this one, who have catalogued quite a lot of the animals in the show already.

#bluey #bluey in the bush #beach #trees #birds #molluscs #arthopods #cnidarians #tuckeroo #tiger cowrie #light-blue soldier crab #moon jellyfish #australian pelican #hope this was informative! it was a lot of fun to write

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kaurwreck · 2 months

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I'm reading a collection of tales recounting the early days of the Yokohama Foreign Settlement (Suribachi City, in bsd-verse), and the sheer amount of shenanigans deserves a list but I don't even know where to begin.

The noodle-makers' dispute over flour that led to the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture committing seppuku? The Japanese-government sponsored brothel with a moat? The two-sword wielding assassins in the swamp who kept killing foreigners? That the foreigners still went bird hunting in the swamp filled with two-sword wielding assassins? The Japanese soldiers quartered nearby bonding with the troops England sent to do something about the two-sword wielding assassins? The English merchant who had his American assistant illegally arrested resulting in a lawsuit against the English merchant in the English court that had to be litigated by the American Consul since he was the only American lawyer in Yokohama, during the course of which the salty editor of an English newspaper decided to settle a personal vendetta by publishing remarks about the American assistant so scathing that the American assistant then hid in wait only to pop out and horsewhip the editor in front of God and everyone, resulting in another trial, but this time in the American court, which meant the American Consul became the judge, a position which he used to imply the English lawyer, the now-judge's former opposing counsel, was worth a sum of 6 1/4 cents, with such insinuation sparking community-wide protests? Blood Town?

#bsd #bungo stray dogs #yokohama #bsd meta #this book was written by an Australian occupation soldier in 1958 who collected tales and histories of the japanese foreign settlements #so take EVERYTHING with a grain of salt #this isnt even all of it #i just dont know how to succinctly explain the chit system or the racket with chinese smugglers #or the caste system developed when they finally filled the swamp #presumably after dealing with the assassin infestation??? unclear.#there may have been assassins in the suburbs #this was JUST in yokohama #the europeans and americans were. acting unwise.

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king-dra · 7 months

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i love the headcanon that tf2 takes place in the portal/hl universe because that means that safe, stable teleportation technology was invented several decades before aperture or black mesa ever even got the idea to try, but also because it would mean that ghosts and magic are real

#and also that Australian people are massive and inhumanly strong #and also that abraham lincon invented stairs and/or rocket jumping #random rambles #tf2 #merasmus gets conked on the head by soldier one evening and wakes up in an apature test chamber

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thewondermentofillustration · 1 year

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Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (1867–1943) - Gas Alert, 1919, watercolour and gouache; The Ballarat Dump, St Gratien, 1918, watercolour; Mont St Quentin, Péronne, France, October 1918; watercolour; Camouflaged Siege Gun, Querrieu 1918, watercolour

In 1915, Streeton served as a private in the Australian Army Medical Corps. After three years, he was appointed an official war artist and painted the Western Front in France.

#Arthur Streeton #Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton #Australian artist #watercolour #watrerocolor #war artist #First World War #WWI #World War One #soldiers #Australian Imperial Force #ANZAC #war scene #war art #1919 #1910s

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kaitaiga · 1 year

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I’ve barely spoken about Damien and Lachlan interacting with the 141 because in my mind, they’re more so just associated with them. When the two of them are nearby and the 141 needs some extra help, they’ll be there and vice versa. In this post, I go over a brief timeline of events from the early 2000s to the present game in relation between the two groups as well as the OC’s general thoughts on each member at the end! I didn’t really include Daniel much here, as I’m still ‘creating’ him lol.

As you may know, Lachlan, Damien, and Daniel are part of the Australian 2nd Commando Regiment, meaning that they – in the CoD Universe – deploy mostly to Urzikstan. For this reason, you’ll mainly see two or three of them in MW19 over MWII events/missions.

Early 2000s – Lachlan and John Price

I’ve gone over it in Lachlan’s profile more but long before TF141 was created and way before both of them become captains, Lachlan and John Price had met very early into their military careers - both being corporals or sergeants at the time - in an exchange exercise between SAS and 2CDO. At first the two butted heads quite a bit, they didn’t see eye-to-eye quite often. I chalk this up to Price being a bit more uptight and ‘by the books’ kind of guy than Lachlan at the time as he graduated as a commissioned officer and went straight for SAS selection, whereas Lachlan enlisted straight into the Australian Army as an infantryman for a few years before going for 2CDO selection.

In 2009, Lachlan joins Price with other SAS members to raid a Russian chemical lab, alongside saving Farah and Hadir. Somewhere from here onwards, Lachlan also becomes acquainted with Kate Laswell.

2010s - Lachlan and Simon Riley

(In my headcanon, Simon is approximately early to mid-30s in 2022, so let’s assume he joined the British Army around 2010 at 16/17 years old then went for SAS selection early 20s.)

Considering Simon Riley before he became ‘Ghost’, Lachlan had mentored a younger Simon on exchanges or missions at the earliest point of his SAS career. Lachlan definitely kept his eye on him though, not in a bad way! Simon just stood out from the rest of the SAS soldiers around him and he was impressed. He was a diligent soldier that was quiet and observant which made him a fantastic tracker, as well as being skilled in a multitude of things and Lachlan really took a liking to him. They were relatively close over these years until Lachlan lost contact with him, after becoming ‘Ghost’.

2016 to 2018 - Introduction of Damien and Daniel

Damien and Daniel joined the Australian Army at the age of 18 in 2014 under the influence and tutelage of Jackson Wyatt. A few years later, they went for 2CDO selection in 2018 in which were placed into Lachlan’s B-Squadron. They continued to train with Lachlan and went onto do multiple exchanges with different countries and their first deployment to Urzikstan, where they met Benjamin ‘Otter’ Lee and Captain Price for the first time.

MW2019 Missions

Piccadilly Circus: All three of them are present. This is also the first time they meet Gaz.

Clean House: Damien and Lachlan.

The Embassy: Damien and Lachlan.

The Wolf’s Den: All three present, briefly.

Going Dark: Lachlan.

2020/21

During this time, the three of them weren’t deployed a whole lot but rather stuck in Australia to train and be on rotation for Tactical Assault Group East (TAG-E). In 2020, the three of them were sent back to Urzikstan on an emergency deployment to locate and kill an AQ leader. This is where unfortunately Daniel is ambushed and killed in action (sniped) trying to drag an injured Damien out of AQ’s line of fire.

This would also be the time when Captain Price forms Task Force 141. He offers Lachlan a spot but he declines, due to wanting to mainly focus on the needs and protection of Australia. Though, he is always happy to help if they’re nearby. Damien is sent back to Sydney on leave for a few months to recover from Daniel’s death mentally, before returning and taking his revenge.

MWII 2022 Missions

Tradecraft: Damien.

Violence and Timing: Damien and Lachlan.

Lachlan’s Thoughts

Captain Price: “Chrriiiiist- I feel like I’ve known that bloke since the dawn of time. Ever since I saw that fucker proudly walking around with his commissioned rank, I knew I had to tear his ego down a bit. Now look at us. Two old fucks still serving the Monarchy *Laughs*. Unbelievable. Could go on about that bloke for a while, but just know he’s a great fella doing great things out there. Much respect.”

Ghost: “Yeah, that kid. Look, I won’t say much now that he’s gone and... redacted his old self out of respect, but the Simon I knew was special. Just wanted to protect and serve the country but now, *sigh* now that I know what he’s had to go through, I respect his decision. He’s still a great soldier as ever, I wish him the best and hope we can have a small catch-up again soon.”

Gaz: “Haha Kyle. Yeah, ever since I met him at Piccadilly, he’s been glued to Price. Kinda like Damien to me, except Price actually wants him there *laughs*. Great kid. He’s got a lot in him, that’s for sure. Always willing to learn and bend rules. He’s still got a lot to learn about this industry, but I reckon you give him some time and he’ll end up being one of the best Captains in the future.”

Soap: “Mactavish. Heard he’s stirred up quite the story – trying to sneak into the SAS at 16? Tsk. I remember John telling me about it and at the time all I could say was, “Who the fuck would be this keen on joining the SAS at that age?”. I understand now. Usually, blokes would just give up but the fire inside that kid only kept growing. He’s amazing. I see why John was so intent on training him, he’s a natural. Got a Victoria Cross at such an early stage of his career, too…He’s going places for sure.”

Damien’s Thoughts

Captain Price: “Oh? You mean that other old fart? *laughs* yeah, nah he’s a great guy. I wholeheartedly respect him. Someone I can go to for advice or a second opinion other than Lachy. They’re essentially the same, yeah? Fucked beards - if you can even call it that - and both smelly hat wearers. Wouldn't be difficult to give 'em a rinse, fellas.”

Ghost: “Who? Oh. My bad, skull face you mean? Yeah nah, never really got the skull mask get-up but whatever. Haven’t bumped into him, but I’ve heard he’s a real hotshot out on field. Can’t complain.”

Gaz: “Kyle, Kyle. Heard they call him Gaz now? Anyways, great fella. Love him. We’re the same age and got about the same amount of experience. We get on well though, I will admit it was a bit awks at first. I work with him and Price a lot, so it’s nice to catch up with ‘em every now and again. Gotta say though, he does get himself in sticky situations. Seriously, I saw that man hangin’ out of a fuckin’ Heli! Then he managed to jump across cars like he’s in a fuckin’ John Wick movie? Mad respect for an absolute mad cunt.”

Soap: “MacTav? Big Mac? That guy’s a fucking unit. Again, same age as that fella but Christ that man is built like a fucking god – remind me to ask him for his routine - and that mohawk is just fuckin' wicked. I’ve met him a couple of times over the years, again, no complaints. We get on well, a little too well for Lachlan’s liking actually. Always sendin’ us on PT seshes after we get a bit rowdy. Tsk.”

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military1st · 11 months

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Australian Army Soldiers during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 at Fog Bay, Australia.

The U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Louis Rojas/Released (2015).

#military 1st #military #army #australian army #australian military #australian defence force #australian soldier

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speedilydeepruins · 2 years

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Travelled to Melbourne’s Shine of Remembrance. Pretty sunny weather. Normally not a place I would visit but the architecture of the war memorial was quite intriguing

#original photography #australian photography #photographers on tumblr #australian photographer #victoria #travel photography #history #war #soldiers #lest we forget #shrine of remembrance #melbourne #minimalist #black and white photography

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