"Mike, Echo, Oscar, Whiskey. Say again."

"Mike, Echo, Oscar, Whiskey."

You can’t just make up military alphabet code!!! I just start writing down the words!

day 14/548 of namjoon's military service

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"making of" eroica

New chapter of Oleanna! Here's two slightly different versions of the same pic- I kinda like how the background versions look without the lines, so tumblr users get both versions uwu

Stupid GW2 Character Ideas: Military Edition

The Foxtrot Warband - Alfa Mikefoxtrot Sucha Charliefoxtrot Viski Tangofoxtrot

My brother is bullying me because I think delta-tango is the better way to communicate the letters d-t instead of dog truck

Indiana needs a permission slip from the following people's parents:

Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr

Cpt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Peirce, US Army

Cpt. "Trapper", US Army

Mjr. Margaret "Hotlips" Houlihan, US Army

Pvt. "Raidar" O'Reilly, US Army

Every Top Gun Character

Darth Vader, Galactic Empire

Darth Sidus, Galatic Empire

Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi, Crazy Old Wizard

Most of the Goonies Characters

Every Marvel Character Ever

Joseph Biden, POTUS

the pro of reading non fiction is that its genuinely enriches my life by revealing things about the world that id have never known otherwise and genuinely makes me more connected to and appreciative of reality. the con of reading non fiction is that school rotted my brain and i approach everything like a textbook that i have to memorise or i will get a Bad Grade at Learning About Things

8:43 PM EDT March 27, 2023:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor -   "A Military Alphabet (Five Eyes All Blind)" From the album G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! (April 2, 2021)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

'It's all a lie': Russians are trapped in Putin's parallel universe. But some want out | CNN

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Hozier’s Too Sweet inspired Steddie where Eddie graduated on time, meets Steve a few years later after spending time on the road as a musician. Considers himself this hard ass bastard of a man and he’s not wrong but he still has a marshmallow core. Meets Steve who goes on early morning jogs and stopped smoking or drinking and is borderline vegetarian and after a bit of flirting over the course of a few days of whatever situation brought them together, comes the realization of who they are. And Eddie was already thinking this guy is way too clean cut kind pure sweet to be around Eddie because that’s not him.

Meanwhile Steve Harrington went through four and a half monster horror events, has weapons nearby all the time, has phone numbers to call that get him direct lines to military and alphabet soup officials, jogs because of the nightmares and ptsd, stopped smoking because of Robin, and stopped drinking because of headaches.

The Big Guide to Humans: Language

Most humans use their lungs, mouths, and larynx (a small organ between them colloquially called the "voice box") to produce audible language. There are also "signed" languages, in which the positions and motions of fingers, hands, and arms are used in place of audible language, primarily for communication with those lacking a sense of hearing or ability to use their mouths or larynx, but also in places where silence is required. There are also languages of whistling, a high-pitched noise made with the lips (the mobile edges of their mouths). Terra has thousands of languages, many of them incredibly complex and precise. Despite this, humans rarely use translation docks with each other, preferring to find a language they have in common. Most humans can use at least two Terran languages. They are likely to speak (or sign or whistle) a native language and are expected to speak or sign one or more Terran-Common languages (see human history for how Terran-Common languages spread). They may also be able to use languages of other regions as needed for trade, diplomacy, or curiosity. Human languages additionally have features called "accents" and "dialects." What makes something an accent, a dialect, or a separate language is ostensibly a spectrum of how different they are... but in practice some accents are not mutually intelligible* with each other while some languages are, and what is a "dialect" as opposed to one or the other may be political rather than practical: We asked human language-experts about this and the answer given by several of them** was "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" (two types of human military). As a matter of practicality, translation docks allow for translation into and out of most dialects if the dialect (or accent) is, functionally, a separate language. This sometimes caused problems in comparatively early human space-history for those political reasons, but Terran politics has become more cooperative over time. Most human languages, particularly spoken ones, also have a written form. There are far fewer writing styles than languages. For example, many languages, including multiple Terran-Common languages, use what is known as the "Roman alphabet," named for a distantly historical military (see human history, again). In an alphabet, sounds are represented by marks or combinations of marks, and by knowing the sounds one knows what the line of marks would read if spoken. There are also syllabaries, in which the marks represent sets of sounds, and logographic systems, in which complex marks represent ideas. Some languages use combinations thereof. While humans generally cannot write as fast as they speak, many can read far faster than a human can speak, allowing for the rapid absorption of information.

Most humans are innately "good at" language, even if they do not believe they are. (This is especially true with human children.) If your language is adequately perceptible to humans, expect that over time they will learn at least a little bit of it. If your language is audible to them (or signed in a way that can be approximated), expect that they will find a way to produce it and use your own language to speak with you. They feel this is polite and friendly, although they understand that most non-Terrans are unlikely to learn and use their languages in return. * Many human languages share a "root" language, and the languages have spread and separated in ways akin to evolution. Similarly to how closely-related species can sometimes hybridize, a speaker of one language may be able to understand, with some difficulty, a speaker of a closely-related language. **see human hive mind debate