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deadbranch · 2 days
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So dumb question time again. I saw where you reblogged the callsign post. But you said y’all just call them nicknames.
When I did the barest do research, I know should’ve looked harder, the only place I really found that used the term callsign were pilots.
(Also I forgot the word pilot and almost just wrote flier but had enough sense to google what are people that fly planes called)
In the COD wikis I’ve read they use the word Alias(es) and not callsign.
Is callsign just a pilot term? Or is it also used throughout the military?
I know I could probably google it more but honestly your lived experiences and even opinions give an interesting perspective on it all.
Sorry your tags got me thinking about where the term that is used so heavily in the fanfic side of the fandom came from and why we use it.
You mean this post?
Ok. Here's where the fandom rage quits my blog:
The term "callsign" is used incorrectly in roughly 99% of military-themed fanfiction.
In the army, a callsign (or call sign) is specifically used in radio communications, not as a moniker or nickname to be used in in-person communications.
More precisely, a callsign is a combination of alpha and numeric characters, like Echo 3-1, Bravo-6, or Watcher-1. Callsigns are also used to ID listening posts, HQs, and permanent telecom installations, such as 620-Kilo in Cold War West Berlin. The radio operator on site would ID as 620-Kilo rather than an individual callsign, and when their shift is over, the next operator ID as 620-Kilo also.
Only field operators use individually designated callsigns, unless the callsign ID the vehicle (like a tank or armored-heavy), which means anyone using the radio for the vehicle ID as the vehicle callsign.
A callword (or call word) is the name of a receiver or station using letters/words but no numbers, like Actual, Cloud Castle, or Whiskey Foxtrot.
U.S. pilots (navy/air force/army air cavalry) are different from most of the military. Pilots get permanent callsigns (not always with numbers) during training and it follows them during their career. To be fair, they spend a lot of time on the radio, so having a permanent callsign makes sense.
Names like Ghost, Soap, and Gaz are aliases or nicknames. They're not actually callsigns.
The Call of Duty fandom fell in love with using the term callsign because it sounds more "military" to their ears than alias or nickname.
In my writing, I avoid using the term callsign because it's usually not the proper word to use in a given scene. To be fair, I have yet to write a pilot fic or one where there's extended training discussion about the proper use of radio-telephone operation in field ops.
My husband was an airborne RATELO (radio-telephone operator) and had a callsign for several years, but no one ever used his callsign unless literally talking over the SINCGARS system with him. I operated a radio for a week and I don't even remember what my callsign was. It was something forgettable from the NATO alphabet* with a number after it.
In the army, in person you're either your last name or your nickname.
SpecOps often call each other by their first names ("what's up, Dave?" LOL), their last name, or a nickname.
CIA & CID use aliases. They call those guys spooks for a reason. You never know who you're actually taking to since they never use their real name.
In the context of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, I still maintain that Alex Keller isn't Echo-1's government name. He's CIA. That was never his name. And he was never here. :)
*The NATO Phonetic Alphabet, for reference:
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Okay this is the one and only time I’m doing this.
@say-gex this is for you
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candygirl33 · 2 days
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So many of us are on autopilot. Start living!!
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ayhan07sworld · 10 hours
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Her zaman güzel şeyler olmaz..olmamalıda..!! Bazen de kötü şeyler olacak ki..! İnsan güzel şeylerin değerini bilsin..
Örneğin: soğuğu hissetmeden; sıcağın değerini bilen varmı? Ya hiç görmeyenleri düşünerek; görebilmenin ne kadar değerli olduğunu bilen varmı??
Güzel bir gün olsun
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Cozy living
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nixedsims · 2 days
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Just checking in to let people know I'm home and that the surgery went well. I had to stay overnight, thought, instead of being discharged the same day, since I was quite nauseous from the anaesthetic (and also my surgery had to be postponed for two hours because of my emergency, so it was getting late in the day) - which of course made my MS go "hold my beer". :P The staff was awesome all around, though, so absolutely no complaints there.
This morning, though, I was feeling much better - a little sore because someone's poked around in my belly with an endoscope, of course ("it's like repapering your hallway through the front-door letterbox", I heard a surgeon describe it once ;) ), but nothing worse than that. So I was released around noon, yay! (The surgeon checked in on me before I was released, and noted that "you look like a completely different person compared to yesterday". Thank you?) Also, since I'm feeling mostly fine I didn't need to stay with my aunt after all (and she was perfectly fine with that, she's just happy everything went well), but could go home right away. Because no matter how much you love your family, it is nicer to be in your own place with your own computer stuff where you can do things your own way.
@shastakiss @ophidiae @klaartjesimblr thanks for the well-wishes! <3 (And also thanks for people's likes, I take those as well-wishes as well. :) )
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pierrotwrites-hc · 2 days
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my partner and I said goodbye to our cat Titan today.
he was diagnosed with stage III kidney failure and heart disease nine months ago. the onset was so sudden and the progression so rapid that the vet suspected lymphoma, but Titan's condition was so fragile it wasn't worth risking a biopsy.
I asked the vet how much time Titan had left. after some hemming and hawing, he said we'd be lucky to get a year. and we almost did.
Titan spent most of that time seemingly unbothered by his illness, and I am so grateful for that. but he deteriorated very quickly at the end. he was confused, and in a lot of pain, and nothing we did gave him any comfort. he was so diminished in his mind and body it was like he was a kitten and an old man at the same time. he crouched over his bowl, staring intently at the water with eyes sunken from dehydration, unable to remember how to drink. I rubbed water into his gums, and he flinched away, but I think it helped. I hope it helped.
anyway, the vet was wonderful. they let us bring him outside and sit with him in the sun. he passed away peacefully in my partner's arms.
he was only 9. we loved him so much.
after, I told my partner I felt like we'd been cheated out of so many years together. he thought for a minute and said that cats don't experience time that way. nine years don't feel any different than nineteen. Titan's life started, and after a while it ended, and every moment was as meaningful as the one that came before.
he got what everyone gets. he got a lifetime.
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indeedgoodman · 4 months
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powerofthestruggle · 10 months
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Scooby-Doo and the Gang! by Rwalkers
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ljf613 · 4 months
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Alright, Chanukah starts tonight, which means it's time for me to finally make a post about different kinds of menorahs.
This right here? This is the Temple Menorah:
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There's some debate over whether the branches were straight or curved, but here's a few things we do know:
It had seven branches of equal length.
It was made of one solid piece of gold
It was at least five feet tall.
It used pure olive oil.
The Temple Menorah is what people mean when they talk about The Menorah. It's what you'll see on historical or commemorative artifacts such as the Arch of Titus in Rome or Israeli currency:
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During the time when the Temple stood in Jerusalem, the High Priest lit all seven flames on this Menorah every day (using the aforementioned pure olive oil):
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No one lights this on Chanukah.
This is a Chanukah menorah:
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There are countless variations, but here are the important things:
It has eight branches of equal length, plus a ninth "helper" branch, known as the shamash, which is set apart from the rest of the branches and used to light the others.
It can be made of any material.
It is usually used with wax candles or oil, but, if necessary, one can use anything that burns.
In Hebrew, this kind of menorah is called a chanukiah.
Some Chanukah menorahs, like the one shown above, have the shamash in the middle. Others have it on the side:
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Regardless, this kind of menorah is the one that has been lit by Jews on Chanukah for thousands of years. It's the menorah you'll seen in photographs of Jewish households, including this famous picture taken in Germany in 1931:
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(The message written on the back of the photo reads: "Death to Judah"/ So the flag says/ "Judah will live forever"/ So the light answers)
On Chanukah, whoever is lighting the menorah will first light the shamash, then the number of candles corresponding to whichever night of Chanukah it is. The first night, only the rightmost candle is lit, the second night the two rightmost, etc. (The newest candle is always lit first):
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Again, a valid Chanukah menorah has eight branches of equal length, along with a shamash. There is no such thing as a Chanukah menorah with six branches of equal length and a longer seventh branch, and no valid Chanukah menorah has eight branches of completely different lengths.
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If you see either of the above designs (or anything similar) on Chanukah-themed decor, it tells you the creator has absolutely no idea what they're doing and couldn't be bothered to do more than two seconds of research to make sure their product was accurate. Anyone who knows anything about the holiday will laugh at these. (They may buy them anyway, especially if that's all that's available-- my new Chanukah sweater has an invalid menorah pattern, but it's adorable, so I'm still going to wear it. But I am also laughing about it and invite you all to do the same.)
Anyway, have a happy Chanukah, everyone!
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deadbranch · 3 days
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TW: Domestic violence & illegal drug mention below the cut.
I was reminded today of why my knuckles still ache all these years later.
For a while, I dated a guy who let his buddies convince him that I was cheating on him, then got him to take PCP.
He got the jump on me but I ended up pistol-whipping him into unconsciousness with an old hairbrush. It broke in my hand on the last swing.
My mother gave me that hairbrush when I was a kid. It may have saved my life that day.
People talk about how dangerous the military is.
As a woman, I've found that civilian life is way more dangerous.
I never felt unsafe in the Army. Maybe that was foolish of me, but I knew who had my back. However, I faced a very different world on the outside.
Even the people who are supposed to love you could still kill you.
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gamer-of-the-day · 8 months
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Today's Gamer of the Day is: Leonard Cohen
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moisellethefae · 1 year
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New pvp zone just dropped
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striving-artist · 8 months
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Tumblr skews young, so let me just share this.
The worst thing you can do in a job is not be bad at something. It's to say you are great at something while being bad at something. If you need to improve and you're upfront that you're not the best, people will probably help or teach or explain. They will sympathize when you get put on a task you're not qualified for.
If you claim to be awesome at something when you demonstrably suck at it, all of that good will and sympathy is gone and it will not come back.
Confident is good. Stand up for yourself, know your skills.
But the other side of this is to Know your Faults.
This message brought to you by the 23yo who bragged about how he was great at X and had the best program for it, and I spent the weekend doing his job for him because he is so so bad at it, and only about 5% of what he did is salvageable.
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gringadano · 5 months
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Relax and stay chill
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