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cricket-approved · 1 year

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do you believe that? was God with me?

am I known?

Tori Amos - Crucify // photo by me // Mary Doria Russel - The Sparrow // Car Seat Headrest - Famous Prophets (Minds) // me being very tired in a New York museum // Tom Rosenthal - What's Getting You Down, James? // photo by me // Sylvia Plath - The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

#religion #god #?#original photogrpahy #Sylvia Plath #csh #car seat headrest #i really dont know what im doing #me as a little kid (aw)#tori amos #my love #the sparrow 1996 #Tom Rosenthal #*cricket noises*#web weaving #the sparrow #A #intimate piety

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catholic-character-tournament · 11 months

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Round 1 - Side B

Emilio art credit @ferretteeth

Propaganda below ⬇️

Patton

his catholic guilt almost kills leslie odom jr (also i formally apologize for dragging sanders sides into this)

Patton Sanders represents the morality of character Thomas Sanders, canonically Catholic in the series. The character (and his sides) are all Catholic and gay.

Emilio

#patton sanders #sanders sides #thomas sanders #emilio sandoz #the sparrow 1996 #the sparrow #Mary Doria Russell #cct polls #tumblr tournament #tumblr bracket #tumblr polls

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commander-minkowski · 1 year

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[id: a meme featuring the cover of “The Sparrow” by Mary Doria Russell. Most of the cover is labeled “Well this is very catholic. Good characterization though.” The bottom part of the cover is labeled “I am a different person now” end id]

guess what I just read

#my ramblings #the sparrow #the sparrow 1996

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cantarellangel · 1 year

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they meant no harm - others meant harm but not them

they meant no harm - they were well intentioned

they meant no harm - their actions reflected their intentions

they meant no harm - nevertheless, harm was done

#the sparrow #a #the sparrow 1996

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geekate · 1 year

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deadass almost fainted in subway over a gory scene in a book

#it's not even that gory it just has awful and sad implications #they didn't lie about the sparrow 1996 haha #i'm in shambles

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kaitaiga · 9 months

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COD MW OC: Damien Whitlock

GENERAL INFO

Full Name: Damien Whitlock

Nickname: Damo

Birthday: 7th March 1996 – Sydney, Australia

Face Claim: Zane Phillips

Affiliation: 2nd Commando Regiment (2CDO REGT), Tactical Assault Group East (TAG-E), SOCOMD.

Rank: Sergeant

Call sign: Bravo 2-6 (2CDO)

Height: 186cm (6’1)

Weight: 90kg

Blood Type: B- (B NEG)

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Languages: English, Arabic (conversational), Indonesian (conversational)

Family:

Father: Arthur Whitlock

Mother: Audrey Mae Whitlock

Older Brother: Thomas Whitlock

Older Sister: Sienna Whitlock

Younger Sister: Zoe Whitlock

Affiliates:

2nd Commando Regiment

→ Captain Lachlan Jones

→ Sergeant Daniel Greenhill

Task Force 141

→ Sergeant Major Hannah “Sparrow” Cayton (@revnah1406)

→ Sergeant Annabelle “Kit” Pham (@applbottmjeens)

→ Charlotte “Jade” Le Jardin @sleepyconfusedpotato

→ Joyce “Joe” Hardman @mctvsh

→ Captain Price, Gaz, Laswell

Los Vaqueros

→ Alyssa “Aly” Martinez (@alypink)

Para SF

→ Captain Arjun Dhingra, LT. Aditya Tripathi (@welldonekhushi)

Urzikstan Liberation Force (ULF)

→ Farah Karim

→ Alex Keller

Other

→ Jackson Wyatt (1CDO, Warcom)

→ Benjamin “Otter” Lee (SAS)

Appearance

Hair: blond, short mullet.

Eye Colour: blue/grey

Build: tall, muscular

Scars: Bullet wound (left shoulder), knife scars (forearms)

Beauty Marks: Right jaw, above and below the left eye.

Tattoos:

Personality and Traits

Damien comes across as a very laidback and open guy, very easy to approach and talk to. He is a pretty big jokester, likes to crack a few jokes here and there to make people laugh or lighten the mood.

Though in the heat of battle, he has known to be brutal towards his enemies, sparing no mercy and absolutely no time - getting a job done quickly and efficiently. He isn’t afraid to speak his mind when needed, even if it may be more emotionally driven.

Nevertheless, towards those he likes, he is a very caring and loyal person. Ride or die buddy. It’s pretty damn obvious too, he’ll never stop bugging someone he cares for no matter where they are in the world. He can read their emotions like a book too; he can tell when someone’s feeling down and will try his best to cheer them up.

ESFP-T (MBTI)

Damien’s also the sort of guy to take care of others but not himself. Truthfully, after he lost Daniel, he found it very hard to cope. Thus, he took on Daniel’s role of looking after others.

Damien is also really good with any sort of trade work which he learned whilst growing up on his family farm. You need an electrician, mechanic, or welder? He’s your guy.

Skills/Specialisations

Like any other commando, Damien has undergone a multitude of training, preparing him for anything and everything. Alone or with his squad. A few of these include:

Demolitions and Breaching

CQC/Melee Attacks

Wilderness Survival

Long Range Recon

HALO / HAHO (including water insertion)

Roping (aid climbing)

Hostage Rescue

First Aid

And so on. In his own time, Damien frequently trains in Jiu-Jitsu, earning his purple belt, further enhancing his CQC.

Biography

Coming from a family of farmers, Damien spent most of his childhood living and working out on his family farm in rural New South Wales. Throughout his younger years, he was constantly harassed/bullied by his drug addicted older brother, Thomas. Young Damien was no match for him but luckily enough, his older sister had his back at all times. Thomas would eventually runaway and was never seen again – presumed dead.

As he grew up, Damien attended an all-boys boarding school in Sydney where he met Daniel Greenhill – his best friend for many years to come. He never really excelled at any subjects other than wood/metalwork and P.E., so when it came down to his final ATAR exams he absolutely flunked them. Not wanting to continue studying or returning to farm life, Damien worked the odd job here and there to make ends meet.

Whilst working one of his jobs alongside his buddy, Daniel had dropped that he had met a special forces operator by the name of Jackson Wyatt and suggested that he should meet with him.

After hearing all about Wyatt’s career as a Commando, Damien was sold on the idea; so much so that at the age of 19, he enlisted into the Australian Army after being trained by Wyatt himself much to his parent's disapproval. He served two years as an infantryman within 3RAR before completing the Commando selection course and earning his green beret, where he was placed in Lachlan’s B Company. Turns out he had a real knack for this sort of thing as he continued to undergo a range of further Commando specialist courses after initial Commando training.

Since then, he’s done multiple tours to Urzikstan, Afghanistan and Iraq where he was introduced to Captain Price (via Lachlan) and Benjamin “Otter” Lee (via Wyatt).

Damien has since then worked alongside Captain Price closely thanks to Lachlan’s close connection to him, particularly in Urzikstan, but isn’t opposed to flying out to lend a hand wherever.

Modern Warfare I

During 2019, Damien is first seen in the UK on a training exercise with the SAS before he is swiftly sent to London’s Piccadilly Circus to assist against AQ’s terrorist attack, alongside Gaz. Afterwards, he joins the SAS Anti-terror wing along with Price and Gaz to clear a house in Camden, full of AQ affiliates in search of any information related to the Piccadilly attack and The Wolf.

Damien returns to Urzikstan alongside 2CDO REGT, where not long after he is called to assist Captain Price, Gaz and the others at the US Embassy, also aiding to save the Ambassador’s Assistant, Stacy. Following this, he follows the rest of the team back to the ambassador’s residence only to find the Wolf had been extracted by AQ forces already. Furthermore, he is seen briefly helping SAS and CIA on the night raid to locate The Wolf at his compound.

2020/2021

After the events of MW19, Damien spent this time on rotation in TAG-E, though was later sent back to Urzikstan on an emergency deployment to help aid in the assassination of an AQ leader. This proved to be a struggle. They were given little to no information and thus were subsequently ambushed, leading to the death of best friend, Daniel Greenhill, who tried to pull an injured Damien out of enemy fire.

After the funeral, Damien spent his time spiralling down. He became depressed, not leaving his Sydney apartment for days at a time and ultimately almost being discharged from his duties. Though thanks to his Captain and two close friends - Lachlan, Sparrow and Aly - they helped him find the means to work towards getting better and soon enough, he was ready enough to go back to his duties.

Modern Warfare II

In 2022, Damien is first seen undercover at Café Gracht alongside Captain Price where they wait for representatives from both AQ and Las Almas Cartel to show up. After seeing Gaz tranquillise the cartel member, they all move to enter Laswell’s vehicle and leave the area swiftly.

Later on he returns to Urzikstan, where he is again enlisted for help by Price to rescue Laswell from AQ along with ULF fighters.

Modern Warfare III

Damien spends this time going home to Australia for a little while before being sent on another tour around the Middle East. It is in Urzikstan that he (and 2CDO REGT) work alongside Phillip Graves and his Shadow Company, unaware of the events in Las Almas concerning Los Vaqueros and TF141. He is only made aware when seeing his friend Sparrow again, where she rips the SC patch off of him and promptly has a go at Damien for wearing that thing around them, explaining the full story.

Trivia

EDM and rock/metal music is what he listens to most.

He is a Mclaren F1 fan, as well as being a big fan of the AFL team: Collingwood Football Club (Magpies).

Absolute gym junkie. Has an extensive collection of pre-workout, protein powder and creatine stored in his apartment (and snuck onto base). If he wasn’t a Commando, he’d probably be a bodybuilder or athlete of some sort.

Damien keeps a scrapbook that he fills with stickers, trinkets, thoughts or drawings from various places he has visited.

During his downtime in Sydney, he likes to go café-hopping! He’s a big foodie. Also likes to take long walks during the night, overlooking the Harbour Bridge and generally just taking in the city lights. It's one of his favourite things to do to ease his mind.

Thanks to Daniel, Damien is pretty good at speaking Indonesian and really enjoys Indonesian food! His favourites are nasi campur and soda gembira. He’d mix Indonesian and English together to gossip about something to Daniel. After they both graduated high school, Daniel took Damien to visit Jakarta for the first time and he loved it! Also owns a couple batik shirts.

Drives a 79 series Landcruiser. His number plate is “WHITLOCK”.

Does jiu-jitsu and is currently at a purple belt.

Frequently visits Daniel’s grave when he has the time. He sits there for hours just catching him up on every little event or thought that has happened, as if he were there to listen like the old times. Frequently catches up with Daniel's family too, they've taken him in like he's their son.

In the past, Damien has never had a good relationship - they’ve all either cheated on him or ghosted him. He gave up looking for a partner even though he longed to have a family of his own.

Moodboard + Playlist

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emiliosandozsequence · 11 months

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sam winchester + martyr complex + cage trauma

supernatural (2005-2020) cr. eric kripke / the sparrow, mary doria russell

#supernatural #spnedit #supernaturaledit #the sparrow #the sparrow 1996 #sam winchester #samwinchesteredit #spn #mine #mww #spnww #tsww #comparative #comparatives #web weave #web weaving #web weaves #web weavings #robyn

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cricket-approved · 1 year

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formlessness and trying to reach God.

Michelangelo - "Bearded Slave" and "The Atlas" // Mary Doria Russel - The Sparrow // original photography // Michelangelo - "Awakening Slave" and "Young Slave"

#*cricket noises*#the sparrow 1996 #reaching for god #original photogrpahy #god #web weaving #religion #and trying to find god in it all #Michelangelo #the sparrow #jordyn dont look at this please i swear to god #intimate piety

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catholic-character-tournament · 11 months

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Round 2 - Side B

Emilio art credit @ferretteeth

Propaganda below ⬇️

Maddie

Lost her Sharpay audition 😣

Stan Ashley Tisdale

#emilio sandoz #the sparrow 1996 #the sparrow #Mary Doria Russell #maddie fitzpatrick #ashley tisdale #suite life of zack and cody #cct polls #tumblr tournament #tumblr bracket #tumblr polls #polls #r2sb

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louisegluckpdf · 8 months

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not enough people know about emilio but a man who believed his whole purpose and existence, chosen by god, was to do this one thing only for it to fall apart like it did… the fact that he himself wrestles with the fact that his doomed narrative was written by his own god from the start……..maybe not the most doomed by the narrative guy, but certainly the most betrayed by it

"most betrayed by the narrative" that is such a fucking good way to put it. unutterably unjust that he came in last. tumblrinas read the sparrow (1996) learn your fucking history

#asks #the sparrow

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haveyoureadthisscifibook · 6 days

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vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#scifi #books #The Sparrow #Mary Doria Russell #poll #l: English

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aspocko · 1 year

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the sparrow, mary doria russell (1996)

#the sparrow 1996 #emilio sandoz

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usafphantom2 · 1 month

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ROKAF F-4E Phantom Fires Live AIM-7M Sparrow Missile

March 15, 2024 Military Aviation

ROKAF F-4E

A ROKAF F-4E fires an AIM-7M Sparrow. (Image credit: ROKAF)

The last South Korean F-4Es took part in a live firing exercise that saw one Phantom fire an AIM-7M Sparrow Air-to-Air Missile.

Between Mar. 11 and 15, 2024, the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) conducted live air-to-air and air-to-ground firing training that involved about 40 aircraft of all types, including the F-35A, F-15K, KF-16, F-16, FA-50, and F-4E, as well as U.S. F-16s.

The exercise saw the aircraft tasked with the interception of low-flying cruise missiles launched by the enemy and then with precision air strikes on the origin of the enemy’s firepower: a scenario that simulated the possible escalation of the long standing crisis between South and North Korea.

When the “air-to-air missile live-fire training target”, acting as an enemy cruise missile, was launched, the F-15K, F-35A, FA-50, KF-16, F-16, and F-4E each launched air-to-air missiles to hit the target. The F-35A fired the AIM-9X so as the F-15K fired; the KF-16 fired the AIM-9L and the AIM-120B air-to-air missiles; the F-16 employed the AIM-120B; the FA-50 used the AIM-9L whereas the F-4E fired an old AIM-7M air-to-air missile.

After the enemy launched long-range artillery, ROKAF F-15K, KF-16, and F-16 jets launched air-to-ground missiles and dropped PGMs against the enemy launch sites: the F-15K used the AGM-84H air-to-ground missile and the GBU-31/38 JDAMs; the KF-16 fired the AGM-65G Maverick, the SPICE-2000 air-to-ground bomb as well as the GBU-31/38s; the F-16s dropped the GBU-31; the FA-50 fired the AGM-65G.

The video below shows the South Korean fighters employ a wide array of weapons during the drills. Remarkable, is the segment showing the Phantom firing an AIM-7M, the latest variant of the radar-guided, air-to-air missile Sparrow introduced in 1982 and featuring improved reliability and performance over earlier models (dating back to the mid 1970s) at low altitudes and in electronic countermeasures environments.

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The F-4Es are about to be retired from active service after a 47-year career within ROKAF: the first of 94 Phantoms were inducted into active service in 1977. The service also operated the F-4D and RF-4C which have already been retired, respectively in 2010 and 2014. Both the F-4E and the F-5 fleets will be replaced with F-35A Lightning II, FA-50 Golden Eagle and KF-21 Boramae combat aircraft.

The ROKAF F-4Es are based Suwon Air Base located about 20 miles to the south of Seoul. Suwon is the homebase of the 10th Fighter Wing, the parent unit to the 153rd Fighter Squadron, flying the F-4E Phantom.

Only a dozen F-4Es and about 20 F-5s were still in service at Suwon AB last year.

About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones

#Youtube

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