#bonesteel

[kaxenart]

On a quest to draw better old men.

Handler Walter is here for no particular reason. (I love him)

Hummel is 60-something. He is a very fit old man, on account he can manhandle Finn who is like at least 120lbs.

I am not sure how old Bonesteel is. How old sounds like he can be trusted with a foreign soil base? No Improbably Young Anime Generals here!!!!!

Washburn is younger than the other 3.

#hummel #armored core 6 #armored core vi #armored hearts #handler walter #washburn #bonesteel

[bulbabutt]

no offence (full offence) but if you genuinely rank tmnt 2014 above the next mutation you have bad taste and hate women and have no joy in your heart

#I’m seeing a lot of hate always to be like ‘how did anyone ever say rise was the worst when tnm’ SHUT UP #YOURE FALLING FOR THE DUMBASS TOXIC MASCULINITY VIDEO ANALIST PROPAGANDA #YOURE JUST TURNING THE HATE AROUND FOR NO REASON #BE JOYFUL AND REMEMBER THAT 2014 HAS NO FUCKING TURTLES IN IT AND MADE SHREDDER A WHITE MAN #yes I should be sleeping but saw one joke too many and got mad leave me alone #sometimes you just need to keep in mind that that show existed to keep the turtles brand alive during a dip and did just that #and that what they added was fun and goofy and acting like it’s supposed to be ‘good’ is dumb #look at bonesteel. look at silver. what the hell how are you gonna have a bad time THE MONKEY IS WEARING A SUIT! #they literally have an episode where they take in the shredder LIKE CHILL OUT BRO ITS NOT THAT SERIOUS #If it was animated you would see #anyway VENUS

[life-set-to-random]

Nut job “great white hunter” who names his weapons and acts like they’re real women.

Seem to be a trend, but I gotta say, Bonesteel from Next Mutation was way more fun. I attribute that to Scott McNeil being a wicked cool guy willing to be playful and not afraid to make fun of himself or his roles.❤️

#my childhood #2003 ninja turtles #tmnt 2003 #kevin eastman #peter laird #tmnt next mutation #Simon bonesteel #honestly I didn’t even catch the other dudes name #he’s that boring #leatherhead #scott mcneil

[bonkersngroovy]

Rise! Simon Bonesteel

I know, I know, I change fandoms like other people change their underwear!

In case you thought Bonesteel is pointing a huge lego at you - this is an ancient japanese multi barrel rifle he calls Miyumi.

Also why would anyone bring back characters from the least liked tmnt itteration ever? Because the stakes are so low! If I would write a beloved well known character from the comics or the other shows into my fanfiction, I might not meet people's expectations. But when it comes to Long Wang (the Dragon Lord) or Bonesteel I can only win, since they are so easy to improve. But not everything that scratches the bottom of the barrel is easy to improve ... In fact, Dr. Queeze (that whitewashed Dollar store edition of Stockman) and Wick are hopeless. So they didn't return for my fanfic.

#tmnt crossover #rise of the tmnt #tmnt fanart #tmnt art #simon bonesteel #tmnt next mutation #rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt fanfiction #rottmnt fanfic

[bevanne46]

Georgia Bonesteel Fostering a Love of Quilting!

American quilter, author and longtime teacher of quilting on television and workshops.

Her latest book is Scrap Happy Quilts from Georgia Bonesteel.

Check out Georgia’s books Shop some of Georgia’s latest designs and classic favorites. Explore Georgia’s beginnings, career lineage, and accomplishments.

"Teaching is my first love, since in this way I am able to do my small part to perpetuate the art of quiltmaking."

Featured In PBS CREATE TV The Great American Quilt Revival American Quilter’s Society

#crafts #gifts #decor #quilting #sewing #bedding #briar rose quilts #blankets #scrap happy quilts #georgia bonesteel #quilters of tumblr #quilt aking #amerian quilter #quilt revival

[probablyafaggot]

look at this shit my wife is making us watch to go to sleep

#close down the church event and watch georgia bonesteel talk about quilts #quilting #im so so so in love w her (my wife not georgia bonesteel)

[idiot-mushroom]

Do April, Sunita, Irma, and Raph have girls night? Is Mikey included? What would they do?

Do they all have a distinct smell, or just a group smell? <- weird question but my siblings and I kind of pair off with smells, it's odd

Did the teetlez have any big hyper fixations growing up? If so, what where they? Do any of them collect stuff? (rocks, pins, stickers) stuff like that, small and easy to hide

Are any of them a helpless romantic?

Will other villains (besides Shredder) be introduced? Is there a leader once missions become a thing? Who is the medic?

You mentioned the farmhouse, will Leo be in a coma?

Who is the most in touch with their feelings? Does Raph get better about opening up?

When the turtles are 'sick', would splinter ever take their clothes or bedsheets?

girls night out!!

they do have girls night (smtimes w/ mikey) where they chill, talk abt their problems, catch up, watch disney shows, cook, bake, ect.

smells!!

raph smells like mustard (most of the time) but after a jog or going out he usually smells like wet concrete

leo smells like their laundry cleaner (or just clean clothes in general) but after dancing in the subway for money he smells like carboard and greasy fast food

don usually smells like frebreeze unless he just came back from his work shop, in which he would smell like pennies

mikey smells like burnt marshmellows, but after his usual hobbies of going places (the movie theaters) he smells like buttered popcorn

splinter smells like almonds

april smells like paper

casey smells like spray paint usually but after a hockey game (every other day) he smells like sweat and adrenaline

barry smells like his lab, full of crystals, metals, and mystic energies

hyperfixations!!

they all love avatar (the movie w/blue cat alien ppl) and had a poster abt it in leo’s room (it was blue and leo has always had dibs on blue things period) until he ‘got sick’

donnie has a hobbit sticker he has stuck on the back of his laptop bc he loves the book/movies

mikey has a pin of the jeepers creepers movie of (that rosé tattoo that one guy had) he cherishes with his life (he also has a southpark hoodie but we don’t talk abt that)

raph has a supernatural (yes the tv show w/ 15 seasons) mini poster that he has hid behind his drawers and a gravity falls t-shirt he wear smtimes when he goes to sleep

leo has a sonic the hedgehog hoodie he wears smtimes when splinter isn’t around. he also has a camp halfblood sweatpants he wears to bed on most nights.

splinter makes fun of them for their fandoms/hyperfixations (sad sad frfr)

raph and leo are defo helpless romantics

lore stuff?? maybe

yes including: bebop and rocksteady, baxter stockman, big mama, slash (not rlly a bad guy more like morally grey vigilante), karai, and simon bonesteel

donnie is medic, no arguments

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: no one is leader in this au, they all have their own roles:

mikey - the combatant + scout

raph - the tank/brawn + protector

donnie - medic + engineer

leo - strategist + scout

no leo does not get into a coma, but raph does

mikey is the most intuned w/ his emotions (why he got his powers first) but raph has to do a LOT of healing before he can express his emotions correctly

no he does not take clothing or bedsheets or furniture, only possessions, things that make them happy and display their personality. things he knows they will miss dearly.

thx for the ask i love talking abt my au :3

#my au my rules #my au stuff #my tmnt au #my tmnt iteration #ttnm #ttnm au #teenage turtle ninja mutants

[mooncalfe-art]

i remember some months ago you talking about brainstorming a possible venus miniseries, i really hope it actually becomes real someday bc as a venus fan, a venus miniseries written by you would be a dream come true. also i know it wouldnt be possible bc of copyright issues, but i think a idw version of bonestell from next mutation would be a great villain for a venus story. anyways, i really love how you write venus and i hope to see more of your version of her even after 150

Thank you! I would love to do a Venus mini-series at some point, yes! Fingers crossed. I'd also love to do Bonesteel but yeah he's off-limits as far as I know, but it would be easy to do a new big game hunter type character with a different name that homages the original character.

[centrally-unplanned]

@triviallytrue we are debating the formation of a divided Korea (mutual vs unilateral), here is Dean Rusk, the member of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (SWINK) who determined the border:

We finally reached a compromise that would keep at least some US forces on the mainland, a sort of toehold on the Korean peninsula for symbolic purposes. During a SWINK meeting on August 14, 1945, the same day of the Japanese surrender, Colonel Charles Bonesteel and I retired to an adjacent room late at night and studied intently a map of the Korean peninsula. Working in haste and under great pressure, we had a formidable task: to pick a zone for the American occupation. Neither Tic nor I was a Korea expert, but it seemed to us that Seoul, the capital, should be in the American sector. We also knew that the US Army opposed an extensive area of occupation. Using a National Geographic map, we looked just north of Seoul for a convenient dividing line but could not find a natural geographical line. We saw instead the thirty-eighth parallel and decided to recommend that.

SWINK accepted it without too much haggling, and surprisingly, so did the Soviets. I had thought they might insist on a line farther south in view of our respective military positions. No one present at our meeting, including, two young American colonels, was aware that at the turn of the century the Russians and Japanese had discussed spheres of influence in Korea, divided along the thirty-eighth parallel. Had we known that, we almost surely would have chosen another line of demarcation. Remembering those earlier discussions, the Russians might have interpreted our action as acknowledgment of their sphere of influence in Korea north of the thirty-eighth parallel. Any future talk about the agreed-upon reunification of Korea would be seen as mere show. But we were ignorant of all this, and SWINK’s choice of the thirty-eighth parallel, recommended by two tired colonels working late at night, proved fateful.

Source is Jongsoo Lee's The Partition of Korea After WW2, which this isn't 100% my area but I think Lee is a pretty-go person on this one. Later on they remark that we have no internal records of a Soviet discussion of the acceptance, but what we do have suggested that they were pleased with the agreement as it gave them 50% of Korea, far larger than the 25% they got of Germany, and for a war they did much less in.

And the quote also is good I think in showing that there was no show of force - the US was actually surprised at what they got, knowing that 'the respective military position' meant the Russian army could simply have kept going, no US forces were imminent.

Obviously the later cementing of a divided Korea is extremely complicated, but the initial division was done by mutual agreement between all parties who were gonna be involved (Sorry Korean people, you very much alas were not gonna be).

[whattraintracks]

Working on today's prompt, I was reminded of one of my favorite scenes in TNM.

So Donnie and Leo have just coordinated a very neat move on the dance floor, and this gal in a sheep-themed outfit (it's actually a pretty cute costume) sashays right up to Donnie.

Sheep Gal: Great moves~. Where'd you guys learn how to dance?

Donnie: Uhhhhh, Splinter High! The Kicking Foot Institute of Modern Ninja Dance.

Sheep Gal: Cool. I think my cousin went there!

Donnie: Really?

At this point, Donnie is somehow totally enamored of Sheep Gal and, therefore, unaware of Leo, who is fully in his face. Initially, for no apparent reason, but then Leo catches sight of Bonesteel.

Leo: Yo, Donnie! Big bird with weapons at 4 o'clock.

Donnie: Well, call me at 4 o'clock.

#no notes #this scene is ridiculous hilarious and perfect actually #donnie and leo call sheep gal 'the lamb' but her name might be barbra idk the wiki is unclear #donatello splinterson #leonardo splinterson #turtles' night out #the next mutation #tmnt #whattrainofthought

[teawitch]

do you know any fiction witchy books that shows witchcraft in a more down to earth way?

There is so much witchcraft fiction out there these days and most of it I haven't read.

Terry Pratchett's Granny Weatherwax (his Disc World novels) is the most down-to-earth while living up in the mountains witch you'll ever find. It's rumored Terry studied with the British witches and there are some subtle (or not so subtle) digs on modern witchcraft in his books. Particularly the Tiffany Aching novels.

While not specifically witchcraft - Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea novels would be high on my list.

And for really down to earth, Sharyn McCrumbs Appalachian Ballad novels come to mind. They aren't witchcraft novels (and may possibly make you cry) but the character you're looking for is Nora Bonesteel. The character is based on a real person and is a strong example of the down to earth while living up in the mountains traditions.

#teawitch

[bulbabutt]

Favorite TV show (ignoring Worst Mutation) VAs for each turtle? -Clarke, Sinterniklaas, Green and Schwartz for Leo -Paulsen, Abbey, Astin or Miller for Raph -Gordon, Riegel, Paulsen or Brener for Donnie -Coleman, Grayson, Cipes or Smith for Mikey

(I know Rise is going to be weighted probably higher because of preferences, but I'd still be curious. Also, I keep coming to your blog right after/while you're dealing with the Worst People Possible, so I figured you could use some levity.)

I AM A NEXT MUTATION FAN DONT CALL IT THAT!

Now I’m just gonna say Scott McNeil as Bonesteel sweep

[turtlenovela]

Did this for lunisolar - year of the dragon. This is JingYi - another OC from my Rise fanfic in a Thai Saree with lots of metallic colors and crystal gems 😚. Though... she's not in the top 3 of my best written OCs for this story. That would be

No #1 Rise! Bonesteel

No #2 Kaeo

No #3 Lord Apsu

But she's so much fun to draw and paint! 😄She's a shapeshifting yokai based on Shuimu and Chimei Wangliang - water demons from Chinese mythology. Okay - why's she Chinese and wears traditional Thai clothing? Because she was transportet to Thailand in animal form and fell into Eddaneid's hands.

By the way, this is the fanfic:

#rottmnt fanart #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt oc #rottmnt original character #rise of the tmnt fanart #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #lunisolar #year of the dragon #thai sari #rottmnt fanfiction #rottmnt fanfic #my art

[casbooks]

Books of 2023

Book 39 of 2023

Title: First In, Last Out: An American Paratrooper in Vietnam With the 101st and Vietnamese Airborne Authors: John Howard ISBN: 9780811766067 Tags: AC-130 Spectre, AUS ADF AA 1st Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), AUS ADF AA Australian Army, AUS ADF Australian Defence Force, AUS Australia, B-52 Stratofortress, C-130 Hercules, CHE Geneva Conference of 1954 (French Indochina War), Cold War (1946-1991), CUB Cuba, CUB Cuban Missile Crisis, FAC, FRA ADT French Ground Army (Armée de terre), FRA ADT Groupement Mobile 100 (French Indochina War), FRA France, GER Berlin, GER Berlin - Checkpoint Charlie, GER Berlin Wall, GER Germany, GER Munich, KHM Cambodia, KHM Cambodian Incursion (1970) (Vietnam War), KOR Blue House Raid (1968), KOR Camp Greaves, KOR Freedom Bridge, KOR Imjin River, KOR Korea, KOR Korean War (1950-1953), KOR Munsan, KOR President Park Chung Hee, KOR ROK Capital Tiger Division, KOR ROK KATUSA Korean Augmentation to the US Army, KOR ROK Republic of Korea Army, KOR ROKMC Republic Of Korea Marine Corps, KOR UN UNC United Nations Command, KOR US USFK US Forces Korea, LAO FSB 31 (Lam Son 719) (Vietnam War), LAO Lam Son 719 (1971) (Vietnam War), LAO Laos, M113 APC, O-2 Skymaster, PHL Philippines, PHL US USAF Clark Air Force Base, PRK Kim Il Sung, PRK KPA 124th Army Unit, PRK KPA North Korean People's Army, PRK North Korea, SA-2 Guideline SAM, SA-7 Strela SAM, SAM, THA Bangkok, THA Bangkok - Nick's #1 Hungarian Inn, THA RTAFB Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base, THA Thailand, U-2, UN United Nations, US Ambassador Maxwell Taylor, US Martin Luther King Jr (Civil Rights Leader), US MOH Medal of Honor, US MSTS Military Sea Transportation Service, US MSTS USNS General Leroy Eltinge (T-AP-154), US OH Kent State University, US OH Kent State University Shootings (1970) (Vietnam War), US OH Ohio, US President John F. Kennedy, US President John F. Kennedy Assassination - Dallas TX (1963), US President Lyndon B. Johnson, US President Richard M. Nixon, US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, US USA 101st Airborne Division - 1st Brigade, US USA 101st Airborne Division - 3rd Brigade, US USA 101st Airborne Division - Screaming Eagles, US USA 173rd Airborne Brigade - Sky Soldiers, US USA 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, US USA 1st Cavalry Division, US USA 1st ID - 3rd Brigade, US USA 1st ID - Big Red One, US USA 23rd Infantry Regiment, US USA 23rd Infantry Regiment - 3/23, US USA 2nd ID, US USA 2nd Infantry Regiment, US USA 2nd Infantry Regiment - 2/2, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment - 1/327, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment - 1/327 - A (ABU) Co, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment - 1/327 - B Co, US USA 327th Infantry Regiment - 1/327 - Tiger Force Recon, US USA 38th Infantry Regiment, US USA 38th Infantry Regiment - 2/38, US USA 502nd Aviation Bn, US USA 502nd Aviation Bn - A Co, US USA 502nd Infantry Regiment, US USA 502nd Infantry Regiment - 2/502, US USA 502nd Infantry Regiment - 2/502 - C Co, US USA 503rd Infantry Regiment, US USA 503rd Infantry Regiment - 1/503, US USA 503rd Infantry Regiment - 2/503, US USA 70th Engineer Bn, US USA 7th ID, US USA 8th Army, US USA 937th Engineer Group, US USA 9th Cavalry Regiment, US USA 9th Cavalry Regiment - 1/9 - F Troop, US USA 9th Cavalry Regiment - 1/9 - Headhunters, US USA Col David Hackworth, US USA Col Jack Jacobs (MOH), US USA Fort Benning GA, US USA Fort Benning GA - Airborne School, US USA Fort Benning GA - IOAC Infantry Officers Advanced Course, US USA Fort Benning GA - NCOCC NCO Candidate Course, US USA Fort Benning GA - Ranger School, US USA Fort Benning GA - US Army Infantry School, US USA Fort Campbell KY, US USA Fort Ord CA, US USA Fort Ord CA - USATC US Army Training Center, US USA General Barry McCaffrey, US USA General Charles H Bonesteel III, US USA General Creighton Abrams, US USA General Fred C. Weyand, US USA General Frederick Koresen, US USA General James A. Hollingsworth, US USA General John Guthrie, US USA General John Heintges, US USA General John McGiffert, US USA General John R. McGiffert, US USA General Normal Schwarzkopf, US USA General Ray Lynch, US USA General Thomas Kennan, US USA General Willard Pearson, US USA General William Coleman, US USA General William Enemark, US USA General William Westmoreland, US USA LRRP Team (Vietnam War), US USA United States Army, US USA USSF Green Berets, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USA USSF Team ODA-221, US USA USSF Team ODA-222, US USA Walter Reed Hospital, US USAF 21st TASS - Rash FAC, US USAF 21st TASS - Sundog FAC, US USAF United States Air Force, US USMC 3rd Marines - 3/3, US USMC United States Marine Corps, US USN NPS Naval Postgraduate School CA, US USN United States Navy, US USN USS Newport News (CA-148), US USN USS Pueblo (AGER 2), USMA West Point, USMA West Point - Camp Buckner, USSR, USSR 1st Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, USSR General Secretary of the Communist Party Leonid Brezhnev, VNM 1968 Tet Offensive (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM 1972 Easter Offensive / Nguyen Hue (1972) (Vietnam War), VNM An Khe, VNM An Loc, VNM An Ninh, VNM Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem (1963) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of An Loc (1972) (1972 Easter Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Camp Holloway (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Dak To (1967) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954) (French Indochina War), VNM Battle of Hue City (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Ia Drang Valley (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Saigon (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Tan Son Nhut (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Bien Hoa, VNM Binh Dinh Province, VNM Binh Long Province, VNM Buddhist Crisis (1963) (Vietnam War), VNM Cam Ranh Bay, VNM Camp Carroll (Vietnam War), VNM Camp Evans (Vietnam War), VNM Camp Holloway (Vietnam War), VNM Central Highlands, VNM Cham People, VNM Cholon, VNM Cholon - Binh Xuyen (Cholon Mafia), VNM Chon Thanh District, VNM Chu Lai, VNM Cua Viet River, VNM Cung Son Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM Da Nang, VNM Dak To, VNM Di An, VNM DMZ Demilitarized Zone - 17th Parallel (Vietnam War), VNM Dong Ba Thin, VNM Dong Ba Thin Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM Dong Tre, VNM Dong Tre Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM DRV Ho Chi Minh, VNM DRV NVA 320B Division, VNM DRV NVA 7th Division, VNM DRV NVA 95th Regiment, VNM DRV NVA 95th Regiment - 5th Bn, VNM DRV NVA Communist B2 Front, VNM DRV NVA General Tran Van Tra, VNM DRV NVA General Vo Nguyen Giap, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV Party Secretary Le Duan, VNM DRV Politburo Central Military Committee, VNM DRV VC 5th Division, VNM DRV VC 9th Division, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM DRV VM Viet Minh, VNM Emperor Minh Manh, VNM FRA 1st Vietnamese Paratroop Bn (French Indochina War), VNM FRA French Expeditionary Corps (French Indochina War), VNM French Indochina War (1946-1954), VNM FSB Mai Loc (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Sarge (Vietnam War), VNM FSB Than Khai (Vietnam War), VNM Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964) (Vietnam War), VNM Heiu Xuong District, VNM Highway 1, VNM Highway 13 - Thunder Road, VNM Highway 19, VNM Highway 9, VNM Hill 169, VNM Hill 65, VNM Hill 875, VNM Hue, VNM Hue - Le Huan St, VNM Hue - The Citadel, VNM I Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Ia Drang Valley, VNM II Corps (Vietnam War), VNM III Corps (Vietnam War), VNM IV Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Kontum, VNM Kontum Province, VNM Lai Khe, VNM Loc Ninh, VNM LZ Albany (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Sally (Vietnam War), VNM LZ X-Ray (Vietnam War), VNM Mekong Delta, VNM Montagnard, VNM My Canh, VNM My Chanh River, VNM My Lai, VNM My Lai Massacre (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM My Phu, VNM Nha Trang, VNM Nhon Co, VNM Ninh Thuan Province, VNM Operation Arc Light (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Checkerboard (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Dong Tien (1970) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Flaming Dart (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Hump (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Lam Son 72 (1972) (1972 Easter Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Linebacker I (1972) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Linebacker II (1972) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation MacArthur (1967-1969) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Sayonara (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Silver Bayonet I (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Van Buren (1965) (Vietnam War), VNM Phan Rang, VNM Phan Thiet, VNM Phu Bai, VNM Phu Sen, VNM Phu Yen Province, VNM Phung Ha, VNM Pleiku, VNM Quang Tri, VNM Quang Tri - Citadel, VNM Quang Tri Province, VNM Qui Nhon, VNM RVN ARVN 11th Airborne Bn, VNM RVN ARVN 15th Regiment, VNM RVN ARVN 18th ID, VNM RVN ARVN 1st ID, VNM RVN ARVN 20th Tank Regiment, VNM RVN ARVN 21st ID, VNM RVN ARVN 31st Regiment, VNM RVN ARVN 3rd ID, VNM RVN ARVN 56th Regiment, VNM RVN ARVN 5th Airborne Bn, VNM RVN ARVN 5th ID, VNM RVN ARVN 6th Airborne Bn, VNM RVN ARVN 8th Airborne Bn, VNM RVN ARVN 9th Airborne Bn, VNM RVN ARVN 9th ID, VNM RVN ARVN Airborne Division - Su-Doan Nhay Du, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN ARVN CIDG Civilian Irregular Defense Group, VNM RVN ARVN General Cao Van Vien, VNM RVN ARVN General Du Quoc Dong, VNM RVN ARVN General Hoang Xuan Lam, VNM RVN ARVN General Le Van Hung, VNM RVN ARVN General Ngo Quang Truong, VNM RVN ARVN General Nguyen Van Minh, VNM RVN ARVN General Vu Van Giai, VNM RVN Madame Nhu (Tran Le Xuan), VNM RVN Marines, VNM RVN Ngo Dinh Diem, VNM RVN Ngo Dinh Nhu, VNM RVN Nguyen Van Thieu, VNM RVN SVNAF Da Nang Airbase, VNM RVN SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force, VNM Saigon, VNM Saigon - Missouri BOQ (Vietnam War), VNM Saigon - Pham Van Hai St, VNM Saigon - US Embassy (Vietnam War), VNM Srok Ton Cui, VNM Tan Khai, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base - Camp Alpha (Vietnam War), VNM Thach Han River, VNM Thanh Binh, VNM Thanh Hoi, VNM Tuy Hoa, VNM US MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV AAG Army Advisory Group (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV ADAT Advisory Team 162 (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV ADAT Airborne Division Assistance Team (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV BCAT Battalion Combat Assistance Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV DCAT Division Combat Asisstant Team (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV FRAC First Regional Assistance Command (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV TRAC Third Regional Assistance Command (Vietnam War), VNM US Project 100000 (Vietnam War), VNM US USA 3rd Field Hospital - Saigon (Vietnam War), VNM US USA 85th Evacuation Hospital - Phu Bai (Vietnam War), VNM US USA 8th Field Hospital - Nha Trang (Vietnam War), VNM USA TF Hackworth (Vietnam War), VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975), VNM Vung Tau, VNM War Zone D (Vietnam War), VNM Windy Hill Rating: ★★★★ (4 Stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.ARVN.Airborne Division, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Specops.LRRPs, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Advisor, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Infantry

Description: Fresh out of West Point, John Howard arrived for his first tour in Vietnam in 1965, the first full year of escalation when U.S. troop levels increased to 184,000 from 23,000 the year before. When he returned for a second tour in 1972, troop strength stood at 24,000 and would dwindle to a mere 50 the following year. He thus participated in the very early and very late stages of American military involvement in the Vietnam War. His two tours—one as a platoon commander and member of an elite counterguerrilla force, the second as a senior advisor to the South Vietnamese—provide a fascinating lens through which to view not only one soldier’s experience in Vietnam, but also the country’s. **

Review:   Let me first say that I did enjoy this book - to a degree. That's why it gets 4 stars. But it's important to know that this is not a great book, which with the authors experiences, it really could have been. One of the biggest deficiencies is that he spends more time telling than showing. Good books of this genre give you a first hand view of what happened and what someone experienced. This book is very light on that, especially during his 1965 tour. It gets better with his Korean and Advisor experiences later on, but only just. Instead you get a lot of history of Vietnam, a lot of history of what happened, who went where, what they did. It's all very strategic and 1000 foot level when what this book is supposed to be is very in the weeds at the 1 foot personal experience level. This is a man who participated in a lot of intense operations, worked with incredible people like Foley and Hackworth, and was both a part of ABU and Tiger Recon with the 101st. But you never really get a feel for what it was like to be a member of either. You never get to experience a recon mission, though he was a part of many. You just know that x unit moved to y place, and then this is what happened / this was the outcome. 

You get a good overview of the battles, the war, and even a few of the people, but very little else from his time with the 101st. 

His time in Korea is a bit better and gives you a good understanding of what happened and some incidents and the people. Also his time as an Advisor is also more personal as well. So maybe it's just a memory thing and things from 72 are easily recalled vs 65. 

One thing you'll notice is a lot of ring knocking and naming of generals... so many generals. So just... be prepared for that.  

Overall though, a decent book... he needs to work on the tell vs show more than anything. Up next, going to read Foley's Special Men. I always loved Foley's fictional writing, so I have high hopes for his book about his time with Tiger Recon and other units. I have a feeling it's going to be a good compliment to this book. 

#Books #Ebooks #Booklr #Bookblr #101st Airborne #US Army #Tiger Recon #MACV #Vietnam War #History #Military History #Non Fiction #Korea #Korean War #ARVN #ARVN Airborne

[fan-maniaer]

After a while of working on it, I would like to share my own tmnt universe called

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : The Hamato Destiny

Or TMNTTHD for short.

I would like to share the ages of the turtles for each of them there personallys there friends and villains. Let's go with their ages first.

Donnatello is 17 years old. The oldest of the brothers.

Raphael and Leonardo are 15 the murder twins I like to call them.

Michaelangelo 14, the youngest of the four turtles.

In my version, Donnie starts out as leader because of him being the oldest he views it as his responsibility to protect his siblings at all cost. Even if it means sacrificing his own well-being. He is still the tech guy in this version, and he likes his siblings to utilize his tech a lot in missions, and he gets very upset if they don't use them like he intended. He also has a werid obsession with dragons (I wonder why). He's also a great cook.

Raphael is the silent type who likes to smash heads on and break bones, but he also likes the feeling of water on his skin, and most of the time, his siblings will gind him just Submerged in water. He also likes stuffed animals, and his room is full of it, and his twin brother likes to make fun of him for it. And yes, this guy does have a bit of anger issues, but it's most of the time controlled and only let loose in very stressful situations. He also likes to exercise a lot, especially in his free time.

Leonardo likes to play pranks and make puns most of the time. But he is also a big animal lover and likes to spend most of his time at the zoo when it's closed and no one's around. He is also like his twin likes to smash heads in and break bones he's just less violent about it as Raph. He also can camouflage with his surroundings, which (most of the time) helps him pull off most of his pranks. He also looks up to his big brother Donnie (tho he'll never admit it out loud).

Michaelangelo, the little sister of the group she is the youngest and uses that power to the fullest. Like having Donnie not put her on top of the fridge. (She doesn't like the fridge punishment). She is also a great singer and cook (she asked Donnie one day to teach her how to cook and he agreed). She is also a little artist and likes to paint and draw all over the lair. She is also very close with april sense thereb oth the only females of the group. She also sometimes helps Leo out on his pranks.

Speaking of April, she's the first human who they make friends with. April and the Turtles met when they we're all kids and theu all been inseparable sense then. She is very close with both Mikey and Donnie, thanks to Mikey being the only other female of the group and Donnie and her being the oldest of the group.

I would like to mention splinter, but I don't have a lot to say about him right now other than he starts out as an emotionally absent father and didn't teach them anything about Ninjasue (at least at first). But he does get better over time.

Now on to the villains. I can't really say much about them yet sense it would be spoiling a lot of the plot, but I will name each big bad

1 Rat King

2 Drako

3 Baxter stockman/Superfly

4 Jigoku

5 Kurōn

6 Karai and Bonesteel

7 The Krang

8 Savanti Romero

That's all for now. I'll probably explain more of this au in another post. But here are some sneak peaks of their designs for now!

#tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt au #tmnt iteration #the rat king #tmnt rat king #teenage mutant ninja turtles the hamato destiny #TMNTTHD

[lexezombie]

SHINOBI????

along with the last post: SHINOBI!!

so, in 1 episode of Next Mutation, the turtles save a 'baby hawks bill sea turtle' (read as 'red-eared slider', cus that 100% was not a sea turtle) and I thought it'd be fun to throw it into my TMNT AU as Venus adopted 'daughter' (bonesteel however is still 'related')

yes her name is a reference

#TMNT #redesign #concepts #teenagemutantNinjaturtles #AU #TMNTAU #Venus de Milo #Venus TMNT #she's crackheaded ur honor #but she's cute so whatever #LexeArt