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[lakecountylibrary]

If you liked Camp Damascus, try Hell Followed With Us

and vice versa!

There's a lot to love in both Camp Damascus by @drchucktingle and Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White. As horror novels about queer youth with, shall we say, complicated relationships with religion, they have a lot in common - if you liked one you very well may like the other. Let's take a closer look.

Characters:

Both books feature queer, autistic youth fighting back. The characters are trying to survive in a world created for them by abusive adults and religious institutions that hold power over them.

In Camp Damascus we follow Rose (autistic, lesbian). In Hell Followed With Us we follow Benji (neurodivergent, trans) and Nick (autistic, gay).

Genre:

Both books are horror, but with two distinct flavors. Camp Damascus has more of a creepy factor, while Hell Followed With Us leans more toward gore. In Camp there is some mystery to the evil, but in Hell the evil has a name, a face, an address - and a to-do list.

Both books deal with Christian cults and the horrors of indoctrination. They deal with the characters' complicated relationships to Christianity as an institution and God as a concept. They also both quote Christian scripture heavily.

Vibes:

While both books are horror, they do feel very different, largely because the primary emotion that drives each story is different. In Camp Damascus, it's love. In Hell Followed With Us, it's rage. You'll certainly find both emotions in certain quantities in either novel, but what they primarily put forward distinctly changes the vibe of both books.

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So there you have it! Two fantastic reads in close thematic conversation with each other - but still quite distinct. If either sounds good to you, do yourself a favor and check out both today!

See more of Robin's recs

[mikeikesit]

Usmc

[sgtgrunt0331-3]

In one of the most famous photographs from the war in Iraq and still gripping his 9mm Beretta, a seriously injured 1st Sgt. Brad Kasal is carried from the “Hell House” by Lcpl Chris Marquez and Lcpl Dane Shaffer on November 13, 2004.

1st Sgt. Kasal lost much of his blood and nearly lost his right leg after being shot seven times by insurgents. His body was peppered with shrapnel as he used his body to shield an injured younger Marine, PFC Alex Nicoll, from a grenade blast.

For his heroic actions that day while serving as first sergeant of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, Brad Kasal received the Navy Cross.

(Photo by: Lucian Read)

[captain-price-unofficially]

LCpl Nathan Chandler with 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, hunkers down behind a compound wall during a firefight near the Bari Gul Bazaar, Nad Ali District, Helmand province, Afghanistan. 4 Dec 2013

[alonygamingnerd]

"A bit too quiet"

Sedra Campaign part 6

Following 1st and 3rd Squad rendezvous with each other and assessing their situation. 1st squad, at half strength and at the request of Grimes, would walk in front of the platoon's tank, while 3rd squad, at full strength, would walk behind the tank to counsel their numbers.

The sounds of distant explosions fill the air through the silence of the platoon's march.“So…” CPL Mullins speaks, breaking the silence, “heard any updates from the other platoon over the radio?”, looking back towards Warren with a tone of boredom and curiosity in his voice.

LCPL Warren, who had been staring to his left watching the tree, looks forward to Mullins, “From what I’ve heard, 1st Platoon has been in and out of skirmishes with light Covie resistance. 2nd Platoon has been locked in a firefight for the past 15 mins.”

“While we’re on the subject of updates, heard anything else?” GYSGT Grimes jumps in.

“4th platoon have been deployed into the nearby cities to assist the Sedran Colonial Guard.”, Warren replies, turning towards the Gunnery Sergeant, “I also heard some chatter of Echo and Lima Company being deployed, but I can’t tell for sure.”

“Ha”, CPL Godfrey letting out a small laugh ,“And they were saying they weren’t going to need us.”

CPL Mullins let out a sigh, “So much for us not being here long.”

“Let's be honest, did you really think this was going to be quick?” CPL Godfrey responds with a small bit of surprise and annoyance in her voice.

“I could hope, it is just a bunch of Covie remnants, a single cruiser, and 5 corvettes. How strong could they possibly be? Especially against Battle Group Thire. Those covie remnant ships are barely functioning at full strength with little crew they have. This whole thing could just be some sad desperate last attempt to get one last battle in”, says CPL Mullins.

Battle Group Thire was the 19th fleet’s biggest battle group composed, at this time, of 4 Halberd-class destroyers, 6 Mulsanne-class Frigates, 5 Paris-class Frigates, and a single Halcyon-class Cruiser that was brought back from the dead, refitted and refurbished with parts and weapons from Marathon and Autumn Classes. The Point Blank-class prowler was away undergoing maintenance.

“You just jinxed us.”, GYSGT Grimes says in an agitated tone as he stares directly at Mullins.

SHLD 2 slightly turns his head to look back at the Marines, “Mullins, you should know better by now, if they deploy us it’s never going to be easy or simple.” he then gives a quick look of to Shield 6 before continuing to look over his Spiker.

[ns-imagines]

Marine Corps Birthday Ball

RAAHHH THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR JUST PASSED. NOVEMEBER 10TH THE MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY!!

All U.S. Marines in COD x USMC Birthday Ball

| Word Count: Not sure its a lot w/ videos| SFW

A/N: *Rips someone into two pieces with my bare hands* Shit makes me so happy that im a U.S. Marine. RAH. Keegan please be my date to the ball &lt;3 Sgt Russ and Sgt ****** <3

Context: Every year throughout the month of November we have our Marine Corps Birthday Ball. There's a ceremony and fancy dinner and of course a lot of alcohol and tabaco. Enlisted wear our Marine Corps Blues uniform and get to show off all our fancy awards and medals. The officers wear their sick uniform as well. Guests wear a formal suit or dress!! We get drunk, have cake, and dance. Its fun and one of the many traditions we have in this service. This year it was the 248th Birthday!! Let me give you the run down for todays event <3

Military Lingo Key at the end

1845 - Venue doors open

1900 - Cocktail Hour

2000 - Cocktail Hour ends all bars are closed

2005 - 5 Minute warning for the ceremony

2010 - Ceremony begins

2100 - Ceremony ends

2110 - Dinner service starts and Bars reopen

2200 - Dance floor opens / DJ starts

0130 - Venue doors close

Okay now that we have the schedule down. Lets list all the Marines in COD. Were gonna pretend everyone's alive and in the same unit for tonight. Whos going to be your date for tonight? Skip past the photo when you're ready.

All unnamed Marines <3 (damn npcs)

-MARSOC Marines, 2nd MarDiv

1st FRP (MW1) Source for info below click here and here (<- Has character pictures as well for some)

-Lt Vasquez, Cpt Pelayo, Sgt Paul Jackson, SSgt Griggs, Pvt Massey, Pvt West, Pvt Royzewicz, LCpl Lopez, and LCpl Gaines

DRT Stalker Units With Air Squadrons (All games) Information Source click here

Cpl Baker, Sgt Baker, Capt Weston, Cpt Keating, and Lt Volker

GHOSTS Platoon prior Force Recon Platoon (COD GHOSTS) Information Source click here

Sgt Keegan Russ, Sgt Alex Johnson, and Cpt Gabe Rorke

Lemme know if I forgot anyone!!

Okay, you have your date or friend group that you're going with. You as the guest are in your formal attire. Lets get this party started! (Every year and in every venue its the same setup, same ceremony, and same food)

1845-1900

You show up to the venue with your date. The ball room is set. There are about a dozen round tables draped with a beautiful white table cloth. There is a round red and gold table cloth in the center of the table. On it sits two pitchers one with water and the other with iced sweet tea. In front of each seat is a set of silverware for each course, a wine glass, a water/tea glass, a pamphlet with tonight's events, and a neatly folded napkin. Each section is sat with each other. A chair left empty next to your Marine for you of course.

Usually the Commanding Officer or Executive Officer will put money down for everyone to get one free drink. The venue offers two bars. Both the lines are a bit long but you can just chat while you wait. There plenty of people to be introduced too and everyone is saying "Happy Birthday" to each other. If you're stationed in an allied country like Japan there are guests from their military as well.

The bar has a wide variety. Wine, shots, mixed drinks, and juice if you arent drinking. They even sell cigars. You and your date get your drinks and socialize. You get to meet their peers and squad members. This is also the time to take pictures! You walk towards the entrance of the venue with your date. There is always a professional Photographer waiting. The American flag and Marine Corps flag are proudly displayed in front of a royal red backdrop. The backdrop has accents of gold.

The photographer asks if you want their pictures or just on your phone. You both pose and smile. The pictures came out amazing. Your Marine will take some photos with their shop and then you'll head back into the venue. Another drink?

2005

Man that hour went by fast! The five minute warning has just been called. You and your Marine go to your seats and wait for the ceremony to begin.

2010

The ceremony starts. Everyone is seated and quiet. There's always one rushing back to their seat from the bathroom. (You can watch a full ceremony from last year here but im going to summarize it. Im speaking from my experience overseas but the video is stateside Marine Corps)

The band does their introduction segment commencing the start of the ceremony. The march forward turn and march back. Next comes the sword detail. There are 4 pairs that walk through. There are both Enlisted Marines and Officers in the sword detail. They march in pairs to their position and once are all in place the Commanding Officer, Sergeant Major, and XO march past the sword detail to the front of the stage. Everyone stands when they walk by to show respect. Next comes the color guard with the American Flag and Marine Corps flag and two rifles march onto stage. Everyone stays standing to honor the colors are they pass. The National Anthem is played followed by Anchors Away and then the Marine Corps Hymn. Which every Marine sings!!

The cake is then marched onto stage while the band plays. A traditional speech is made. Then the CO cuts the cake with the NCO sword giving a slice to the guest speaker. The another slice to the oldest Marine. The oldest Marine takes a fork full and passes it to the youngest Marine for a fork full. This symbolizes the passing of traditions!

After that the color guard marches off stage followed by the cake detail and oldest and youngest Marine. The CO, XO, and SgtMaj exit the stage. Then the sword detail. The guest speaker will then give their speech and then the birthday message will play. I have it linked below. It was fire this year!!

2110

The ceremony ends and the bars open. Half the Marines there rush to the bathroom and the other half to the bar. The venue staff start to bring out a shrimp cocktail appetizer. After 15 minutes they bring out a salad. Then after about another 15 minutes they bring out the main course. There are four options chicken, steak, fish, and vegetarian.

2200 - 0130

The dance floor opens. You are free to leave at this time if you want. The venue service starts clearing off the tables and the DJ starts playing music. Marines go outside to smoke cigars others hit the bar for the 4-5th time. The dance floor gets crazy. The CO will even bust some moves on the dance floor. Medals come off so no one looses them (Plus they are so freaking expensive) and everyone has fun till the venue closes.

I hope you enjoyed your ball <3

Happy Birthday Marines!! Semper Fi

Military Lingo Key:

Section - who you work with basically

Sword detail - you can read about that tradition here

cake detail - you can read all about it here

[codmw2019-2022]

MW 2019 - Allied NPCs:

Mission and what group followed by Character Call Signs and Name if shown/give and the character's Status.

Fog Of war | CIA with Marine Raiders

Hammer 2-1 [ U.S. Crew Chief? ] Blue Viking 5-1 [ Gunship ] Hitman 7-1 Sgt. Hoyt (KIA) Hitman 7-2 Cpl. Davis (KIA) Hitman 7-3 Spc. Gonzavi (KIA) Hitman 7-4 LCpl. Randoff (KIA) Hitman 7-5 Pvt. Myers (KIA) Echo 3-1 Alex (Alive)

Cutscene

Charlie 2-Actual Colonel Noris (Alive) Watcher Station Chief Laswell (Alive) General Lyons (Alive) Bravo 0-6 Captain John Price (Alive)

Piccadilly | SAS with CTSFO

Raven [ Overwatch ] Saber 2-4 Sgt. Crowley (Alive or KIA) Saber 2-6 Sgt. Kyle Garrick (Alive) Trojan 3-1 Cst. Brooks (KIA) Trojan 3-2 Cst. Fowler (Alive or KIA)

Embedded + Proxy War | CIA with Urzik Militia

Vipper 1-1 [ Unmarked Gunship ] Farah Karim (Alive) Hadir Karim (Alive) Tariq (Deceased) Lina (KIA) Yasin (Alive) [ Armen, Ziryan, Hemin, Renas, Kejal, Zerya, Jorin, Rozhin, Dozan, Daryan, Erdelan ] *

Clean House | SAS anti-terror unit

[ Alpha: 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 ] *

Hunting Party | CIA with Demon Dogs

Demon 1-2 Sgt. Griggs (Alive) Demon 3-2 Sgt. Norman (Alive) Demon 3-5 Cpl. Lee (Alive) Demon 3-6 Pvt. Hughes (Alive) [ Demon: 8-2, 7-6, 7-5, 7-4, 7-2, 7-1, 6-6, 6-2, 5-6, 5-4, 5-2, 4-6, 4-4, 4-1, 3-4, 2-6, 2-5, 2-4, 1-3 ] * **

The Embassy | SAS, CIA, Urzik Militia

Jaguar 4-1 [ U.S. UAV Operator ] UK Pilot 1 (KIA) Ambassador Harris (Deceased) Assistant Stacy Davidson (Deceased or Alive) Adam (Deceased) Romeo 4-6 Mikey (KIA) Romeo 4-7 Cpl. Davidson (KIA) [ Emerald: 2-4, 2-6 | Romeo: 3-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-5, 4-7, 4-8, 4-10 ] *

Highway of Death | Urzik Militia

Ali (Alive or KIA) Alyah (Alive or KIA) [ Ziryan, Ashti ] *

Flashback

Farah's Father Walid Karim Shadi / Shadi's Kid (Deceased)

The Wolf's Den | SAS, CIA

Lifter 1-1 [ Air Transport ] Sinner 1-1 [ Overwatch ] [ Alpha: 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5 | Crown: 6-3, 6-4, 6-5 ]

Captive

Azadeh (Alive or KIA) Darine (Alive or KIA) Ayah (Alive or KIA) [ Ghalia, Hadia ] * 2 SAS Soldiers (Alive)

Old Comrades | SAS Unsanctioned

Nikolai (Alive) Yegor Novak (Alive) Butcher's Wife Ousa (Deceased or Alive) Butcher's Son Amon (Deceased or Alive)

Going Dark | SAS

Hostages are Barkov's Family

Into the Furnace | CIA, SAS, Urzik Militia

Jaguar 4-7 [ Air Support ] [ Erdelan, Daryan, Ziryan, Yaran, Hemin, Dila, Royar, Mazar, Renas, Avdar, Ashti ] *

Spec Ops

Sgt. Kamarov ( ALIVE ) Dr. Linda Morales (Alive)

* Names are randomised for these characters since they aren't important to the plot, and because of this their status is unknown. ** There are probably more callsign numbers in between but these were the ones I was able to catch.

AN:

This post is formatted a bit differently from my other posts because I wanted it to be a bit easier to read without having change everything.

As always I hope this helps fanfic writers as well as other members of the fandom with wanting their OCs to be connected back to our favourite main characters.

[therogerclarkfanclub]

🔹 BEHIND THE SCENES 🔹

ROGER CLARK as LCpl Thomas Müeller in:

Friuli Directed by Blaze Mancillas

Release Date: TBA

[heavydaddysblog]

[realblacklightvirus]

this is for the soldiers in marine base iowa 23a . pvt charles has a crush on cpl sanchez and he doesnt want anyone to know but lcpl lionel already told sanchez. charles doesnt know that yet and is still trying to get sanchezs attention but sanchez thinks its all a joke because lionel does that a lot

you didnt hear it from me blame pvt preston for running in front of a blackwatch soldier i was trying to consume.

[lakecountylibrary]

A behind-the-scenes look...

Music credit:

Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400022

Video description and audio transcript continue under the cut:

[Description: A get ready with me video narrated by a library employee, comprised of several short scenes.

Narration: Get ready with me to open a local library. My day typically starts at 8:30 and first I turn on the lights. Simple, but essential in banishing the dark spirits from the stacks.

The narrator walks into the library and turns on the lights. Several shadowy figures disappear behind the shelves as the lights come up.

Narration: Next I head down to book up the computers. Libraries require a lot of data, so we always hack into a few government databases to provide top-tier reference work.

He logs into his computer and begins typing furiously, then turns to the camera with his hand on his chin and an intent look on his face.

Narration: After that, I tend to our Guardian Tree that protects the library from evil spirits like censorship and sentence fragments.

A shot of a tree in a large planter in the middle of the library.

Narration: It's been really into cozy mysteries lately, so we do our best to provide. Thank you, Tree Spirit!

The librarian lays out three cozy mysteries on the planter's rim, then bows to the tree with his hands pressed together.

Narration: Today's a bit special, since it's the monthly taming of the library bookworm. So I grab my Library of Congress blessed sword and my favorite cardigan - plus two to my AC - and head down to the dungeon.

The librarian reaches down to grab a sword and cardigan from under his desk. He shrugs on the cardigan then takes the sword into an elevator and walks through a basement hall lined with book boxes.

Narration: Down in the dungeon we've got lots of damaged items and overstocked James Patterson books to keep the worm sated. But sometimes extra care is needed. A well scourged dragon is the key to any good collection development policy. Thanks for hanging out. Tell us how your bookstore or library gets ready. Bye!

He pulls out the sword and prepares to leap into battle in a darkened room with a flowery, cheerful sign on the door reading Sorting Room. The video ends mid leap. /description]

[milsportsman]

LCpl in the Oki (?) barracks, pointing his weapon to the left

[sgtgrunt0331-3]

21 years ago, on March 20, 2003, the ground campaign of Operation Iraqi Freedom began.

Pictured above: Sgt. Jeff Seabaugh, gives commands to his fellow Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), during the first days of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

(Photo by: LCPL Brian L. Wickliffe)

[captain-price-unofficially]

LCpl Winder Perez was fighting in Helmand Province when his leg was impaled by a faulty RPG warhead. 2012

[freetheshit-outofyou]

There is a weird dynamic that exists between people who have never Served in the Military and those that have.  Ok, there are more than one but let’s focus on this one. But Civilians, some of them, assume we all know each other and that the Army is all the Branches rolled into. Over the years when people find out I Served they will often say my friend/ my family member/ my mom’s step-mom’s cousins son on her step dads side was in the Army, do you know them? It happened again yesterday, a guy working for me was like “Hey you were in the Army right? Yes, why? My ex-bother in law is in the Marines his name is LCpl. Schmuckatelli, do you know him.” Side stepping the fact that I was in the Army, overlooking the fact that I left the Service almost 15 years ago, no I don’t know your mom’s step-mom’s cousins son on her step dads side. It's like if I asked my buddy who lives in Queens if he knows my buddy who lives in Rochester because they both live in New York. Who can people try to make these bridges so often? Or, and my Nevada peep’s will appreciate this, when people find out I’m from Reno and they are like “So do you go to Las Vegas on the weekends?” What? No fucker LV’s 450 freaking miles away. I don’t just swing by Sin City on the weekends. It’s 450 miles of road Warrior waste lands between here and there. On the other side of that, just tonight the family and I were at a food stand grabbing grub, the license plate frame on  the car in front of us said “USS Catamount LSD-17” that was my grandpa’s ship in the Pacific during WWII. I asked the only guy who looked like he was of age for Viet Nam if that was his car and we talked about the Catamount.  As he left a guy wearing an Army ball cap walked up and I thanked him for his Service we got to talking he was on FOB Falcon in Iraq from Mid-2005 through mid-2006, I was there from mid-2006 until we left in late 2006. The chances of knowing one random individual in the Service is way less likely than randomly meeting someone who was located at the same place you were at the same time and never ran into each other, apparently.

[alonygamingnerd]

“Casualties"

Sedra campaign part 5

GYSGT Grimes: “What are our Casualties?”

LCPL Padilla: “We lost the First Lieutenant, both pilots, Lance Corporal Murray. Private Duncan's condition keeps worsening by the second, I’m not sure he’ll make it.”

CPL Godfrey, LCPL Warren, and CPL Mullins walk over to their position.

CPL Godfrey: “How goes it over here?”

LCPL Padilla: “Not good.”

GYSGT Grimes: “Heard anything from the other pelican?”

LCPL Warren: “Pelican Delta 053 was able to safely land south east of our location, their tank is still green.”

GYSGT Grimes: “What about the other platoons?”

LCPL Warren: “They both made it to their landing zones, 1st Platoon is green and en route to their objectives. 2nd Platoon’s tank had one of their treads break in the flack, they're repairing it and will be on the move soon.”

GYSGT Grimes: “There's some good news at least.”

LCPL Padilla: “Well Gunny, besides from the Spartans, you're the highest ranking person in the platoon, what's your call?”

A moment of pause

GYSGT Grimes: "Collect the tags and ammo of the fallen and get ready to move out, Warren have the other squad rendezvous with us.” *looking over to Shield 2* “Spartan”

The Spartan puts up there robotic hand signaling one moment

His left hand holding the hands of a dying Marine, the five of them watched as the life left his body holding the Spartan's hand, his last moments staring into the Spartan's red visor. The Spartan slowly lowered the Marines hands onto his chest, moved his left hand over his eyes, closing them.

SHLD 2: "Descanse em paz e com força”

LCPL Padilla: "Damnit" breaking the silence.

Spartan B-220 then grabs his gear off the ground and jumps up at the ready.

Grimes is frozen for a moment, he and November company have had the pleasure since 2550 to work alongside the Spartans of Fireteam Shield. For almost 9 years of knowing them, even the new addition who joined in '57, moments like these were rare on the field.

GYSGT Grimes: "Spartan, I want the both of you to take point."

Shield 2 gives a node of acknowledgement and singles Shield 6 to follow.