A fact-checking essay useful not only for taking the piss out of that poser at your neighborhood bar, but for background detail on American Special Forces characters:

http://www.fakewarriors.org/phonies/phonies678.htm

I have a Delta Force operative, K, who was KIA in either Iraq or Afghanistan in the early 2010s. Enlisted, career Army, and practising but not super devout Muslim. Everything I've ever read about military funerals has been Christian in nature; is there any protocol for a Muslim servicemember ( Read more... )

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So, I have a (former) Marine Corps pilot, and I wanted to make sure she uses the right slang, even though she's a very minor character ( Read more... )

When: early 1990s ( Read more... )

Time frame: Late 1980s and/or during the 1990s

Searches: US military tag on this site, wiki articles on US military structure and the Ordnance Corps, Ordnance Corps website, US military careers website

Question: I have a female character who is working in a fictional Agency. I would like her job role to involve all or some of the following, but ( Read more... )

To clarify: this is on American soil, in the near future, outside a fictional town on the eastern seaboard.

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Time: Ambiguously present ( Read more... )

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My character is a single parent in the US Marines. I'm aware she has to have a family plan with a primary and a back-up care taker. In this scenario, both fail, she is currently deployed and she has no one that she can just call up to handle the situation. The child is currently in a safe situation(that will eventually become the new family plan ( Read more... )