US Military Legal Proceedings · 3:19am Aug 13th, 2020
Court martial!
Okay, calm down, let's take a step back. Court-martial is the worse of the two outcomes here, and it has several variations, so we'll walk through the basics first.
The UCMJ
Court martial!
Okay, calm down, let's take a step back. Court-martial is the worse of the two outcomes here, and it has several variations, so we'll walk through the basics first.
The UCMJ
We've covered Strong Female Characters before. I recently developed a few more thoughts.
The other day, I remembered one of my favorite short stories of all time, a chapter from Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried entitled "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong." TL;DR- white girl goes native, hard. If you have a few minutes, I would encourage you to read it.
Too many laws to discuss, so here I'll focus on just a handful because they're the most relevant for my writing.
If you haven't seen the episode that premiered April 20, Sparkle's Seven, I highly recommend it. It's the 200th episode and they did a special job. I'll wait. Alternately, you can watch the abridged version.
If you have seen it, or don't mind spoilers, read on.
The deeper you go, the harder it gets.
You're supposed to be certified in order to scuba dive, but rather than covering the dizzying array of organizations and qualifications you can get, I'll mostly focus this blog on the how of diving.
IT'S OVER, FOLKS
The seven books of my Harry Potter fanfic:
Steve and the Ickle Firsties
Steve and the Man Snake Thing
Steve and That One Uncle
Communication has exploded in the last few decades. Yeah, it may seem like we’re all introverts with our noses in our phones, but we actually communicate with each other more than ever before. It’s due to the magic of technology! There are a huge array of options we can use to pass information.
Not gonna lie. It's rocket science.
Always relevant XKCD
Your life is a whole lot better with satellites. They give us our weather, our communications, our navigation.
Getting lost is no fun. If you’re someone who has to be somewhere for something, it sucks even more.
At its most basic, finding your way around involves measuring distances from known places. That could be your starting location, ending location, or a landmark in between. It’s mostly trigonometry.
Many people on this site have a technical background, but let’s do a quick refresh.