#join the navy

[call-me-maggie13]

If anyone is wondering what the United States Navy listens to on deployment, I will tell you. It is mostly @taylorswift. There’s a little bit of Disney music and some country songs, but it’s mostly Taylor Swift.

Now picture this: the scariest man you know, big and mean and scary, screaming and crying and singing Marjorie into a mop handle. Now picture 20 or so young men choreographing a dance routine to Style. In their uniforms. Now picture a guys vs. gals dance-off to I Forgot That You Existed.

My chief would yell at anyone who tried to play a non-Taylor’s version of any of her songs. We would argue about the best Taylor ballads during watch and had album release parties the day after folklore and evermore dropped. You have not lived until you have dissected Taylor Swift song lyrics with four grown men in dress blues while an officer tries to redirect us. Nothing will ever compare to my SLPO sending us home early because he found out she was releasing folklore and he needed to “emotionally prepare” himself (he bought three bottles of wine).

I know everyone assumes we talked about sports or whatever but you can’t really keep up with those in the middle of the ocean, so we spent a lot of time listening to music because there are only so many stories a person can tell. Unless you’re Taylor Swift, then there’s a never ending supply.

These are the people the US government has defending the country.

One of my buddies just got back from deployment and she’s a submariner so they really really don’t get any news from outside the boat and she sent me a multitude of snaps of her reacting to midnights and the eras tour. There was a lot of screaming and crying and curses. I have never been happier to be out of the military than I was when I realized she has to catch up on the last six months of Taylor lore and Easter eggs.

#the United States Navy is a swiftie #I can confirm #I was in the United States Navy #the only thing everyone could agree on was that Taylor is the music industry #my SLPO took off the day after she released folklore for “mental health” #he did the same afte she released evermore #he had a countdown in his office that he refused to tell anyone what it was for #it was for her birthday #there was one guy who said Taylor swift sucked and he got midnight watch every night and extra duty for a week #if you have never heard a grown man shriek over a Twitter post #join the navy #I’m kidding don’t do that #but Taylor #if you’re reading this #the United States military loves you more than our country #if you ran for President the entirety of the military would vote for you #on behalf of the United States military #taylor we thank you for your service #and we give you all of our support #i love you taylor #dr taylor swift #taylor swift #folklore taylor swift #taylor swift evermore #taylor swift eras #taylor allison swift #dr Taylor Allison swift #taylornation #taylors version #not wn related

[maneausten]

if you didn’t love him at his

you don’t deserve him at his

#miles teller #in my miles teller era #willard grew up and joined the navy #change my mind #footloose 2011 #top gun maverick

[themortaldraw]

mourning

#like navi is a bird that escaped a birdcage and the cage is his chest cause she is in his heart do you get it. can i join the cool kids club #ocarina of time #link #adult link #navi #legend of zelda #loz #art #shrimpdraws #didn't really execute this one well but uh i guess it was bones practice. one day i'll draw hero's shade

[augustsails]

Cowboy picrew chain!!! Please show me your cowboy-selves. Everyone, I mean it.

Picrew here!

I’ll start by tagging @silverdragonoid @aptericia and @od-10kira but if you want to join in without being tagged, please do!! I’m serious I want to see as many cowboys/cowgirls/cowpokes as I can. For serotonin.

#And I know I’m very enthused but please don’t feel pressured to join if you don’t want to:) #I will add while I love this picrew it struggles with making female characters #like it can but you can’t change the face shape or add breasts you know? #but I still think it’s neat:) #if you have or find a better cowboy picrew please lmk #And yes I’m dreaming about the day I can grow stubble lol #…I already own a replica colt 1851 navy revolver so that dream is satisfied xD

[daggerspared]

i appreciate top gun cuz in the pattern of legacy movies (logan, craigbond, and endgame) they all give the main character a cute little girl as their kid but then tom cruise was like this is a grownass man, a 30 year old man, and thats his little boy

#top gun maverick #bradley rooster bradshaw #pete maverick mitchell #like i think its just nice cuz these movies are like Male Power Fantasy Join the Navy Wear Cool Sunglasses #but then they were like 'the heart of this film is this guy who really wants his son talk to him again' and its different its nice #blu posts #also in the pattern of these movies he shouldve died but he refused to do that too so power moves all around from mr cruise

[visenyaism]

wait. when crozier said oh hickey it’s so odd you’re irish and yet you talk like you’ve never left liverpool and hickey is like oh well i’m from all over i’m worldly like that😜😏 was he just some guy from Liverpool. the whole time

#why did he even do that. could he not have just. joined the navy? was someone stopping him? #the terror #we terroring

[navy-leader]

Whiteboard dewdles

#navy arts #first public one ive joined i think #animation vs animator #ava victim #ava the second coming #ava the chosen one #ava green

[theposhperyton]

All evidence suggests yes

#starting a new power scaling system for the warlords of the sea but im rating them based on whether i think theyre an ally or homophobic #kuma is an ally because photos dont lie and hes clearly wearing an ally pin #also you cant spend that much time around somebody with the title “Queen of the Queers” and somehow be homophobic afterwards #unless youre sanji but hes still on his internalized homophobia growth arc. i believe in you buddy you can beat this #crocodile is trans and baroque works is the alphabet mafia in a literal form #with that said. he has the energy of “im not homophobic yall are just annoying” #doffy has the energy of a homophobic homosexual #like hed kiss a guy and then call him a f*g and throw him out a nearby window #jimbei joins the strawhats so ofc HES an ally #blackbeard sucks but i dont think hes homophobic #hes one of those people you meet and theyre just the worst all around and youre like “man this guy has gotta be homophobic” #somebody mentions their partner and you go “oh boy here it is” but he just has no reaction whatsoever #hes such a problem but at least hes not homophobic on top of everything else #Gecko Moria is such a virgin that i dont think he knows being gay exists any more than he knows being straight does #Typa MFer who thinks “sex” is just a synonym for gender #also hed see your top scars and get excited because he thinks youre a zombie #gecko moria probably thinks LGBT is an acronym for some branch of the navy that he doesnt know (or care) about #Because Boa lives on Sapphic island i would jump the gun and immediately say she's an ally but i feel that its more complicated than that #not unlike moria. she also doesnt actually have a real strong grasp on being straight vs being queer #but thats just because shes used to everybody being whipped for her equally #somebody tries to explain it to her and shes just like “??? but theyre all obsessed with me?” #if she ever encounters a gay man it will be a reality shifting event for her #id say itd be the same if she met a sex/romance indifferent aroace but like #monkey d luffy #its already happened #mihawk is probably both an ally and queer himself but he just minds his own business so much that we may never know #one piece #seven warlords #warlords of the sea #bartholomew kuma

[hauntingblue]

making a collection

making another collection with a threatening aura

#davy back fightbpart 3 letsgo #HOW do the three big guns get wasted on the eating contest... horrible plan.... luffy is fine bc well... but not sanji and zoro like damn. #luffy DOESNT WANNA EAT??? CALL THE NAVY!!!! #what was i saying.... bad idea putting the three beasts there #FRANKY FRANKY FRANKY!!!! they captured the two princesses :( #one sided beef squashed between luffy and foxy. friendship ended with random ex marine guy. now luffy is my best friend #usopp and franky bonding time hell yeah. throw usopp by the head once more pelase #nami with zoros swords just like holding them looks so cool like she should get a few swords too... nami three sword style oda drawing pls #i think this man underestimates nami and luffys power together he doesnt know about shiki #luffy saying he knows its a trap and sorry for being late.... lets go on an adventure all nine of us.... usopp yes anding his lie..... omg #cant believe nami isnt there yet. she could take this guy. oh there she is!!!!! she does look cool with the swords and jumping to get luffy #zoro screaming in agony from luffy getting shot omg THIS FUCKING GUY OF COURSE!!! this looks like its so over #zoro and sanji must feel so useless rn. they didnt even get the chance to fight like damn #komei-kakka??? more like come caca. boom #luffy face down dead on the floor akdjkaa chopper have you tried looking at the wound to see if it harmed him idk #it hit the face akdjskn usopp that was coom also #was robin flirting with the other guy and zoro caught her and she told hum to shut up??? #'your friends got the best of me but you are still in my arms an-' 'HEAT EGG!! ALSO YOU'RE ON FIRE!' #flare maneauver that was so slay also luffy and nami in the same frame so twins of them. my children. birthed them one right after the othe #zoro and sanji fighting back to back. back to back to back to you i dont wanna fall right back to us maybe you should run right back to her #that is such a bop song. also post wano zosan. and post wci. see the recurrent theme #fighting in water.... being on top of the sword that was a slay... red hawk ace i will never forget you it seems #foxy liking his jolly roger omg nami fooled him ahdhsjs i think they should have pirate game event every year they yearn for contests #now since this experience foxy should make monthly multitudinary pirate games olympics hoping the strawhats join them a la gatsby #the faces at the mushroom akdhaksjs #talking tag #watching one piece #watching one piece movies #kinda loved how robin betted on franky against usopp.... i will take the crumbs

[acheronist]

original seaman's papers scan i found -> zoom in on the description info -> after i stared at it for hours trying to read the incredibly faded + loopy script.

@bridglars 🤝 insane people alert

#which i think he would have been 36 in 1848. so i presume this paper is probably from when he first enlisted or joined up or whatever #and he was just keeping all his official papers folded together in his wallet forever so he didnt lose anything #also for the record i'm pretty sure 'sallow' isn't correct but i don't know enough about which terms to describe complexion were popular #amongst circa 1820s british navy papers #like what fucking adjectives they would have been using etc etc #so if anyones more familiar w that feel free to lmk your thoughts i guess #but if he was pale and exhausted (as white british victorian dudes generally tended to be) then 'sallow' makes sense to me at least #but the W also looks like it could be a G #like complexion: Sall_gh_ #but idk what the fuck word that could be #'sallough'

[kaitaiga]

I’m starting to think university isn’t for me

#I never wanted to go in the first place #I was just gonna leave high school and join the navy #and yet here I am a few years later still in uni #I should’ve graduated by now #but I can never commit to a degree #and it makes me sad everyday #like I’m just going for my mother at this point #very close to reopening my application #it’s like I’m sitting around waiting for something to happen #I should be at uni today but I can’t bring myself #I worry for my family everyday #aduh pusing

[bizlybebo]

do you ever think about jayson ferin and

#YOU DINT UNDERSTAND #HE CARED. HE CARES. #HE THINKS HES DOING FHE RIGHT THINGGGG #HE KNOWS HES HURTING JAY BUT HES HURT TOO AND HE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO COPE WITH HIS GRIEFFFFF #HE NEEDED TO BE IN CONTROL BECAUSE HE WAS SCARED. SCARED OF WATCHING HIS DAUGHTERS BECOME HIM AND DREY. #AND NOW THEYRE SOMETHING WIRSE #HE DIDNT WANT JAY TO JOIN THE NAVY. #HE. HE LOVED DREY #HES HURTING PEOPLE BUR HE DOESNT KNOW HOW ELSE TO FUNCTION #HES COMMITTED TO DUTY AND IFS EATING HIM FROM FJE IJSIDE OUT #FUCK #vixen rambles #jrwi #jrwi riptide #jayson ferin

[thederangedsolicitor]

Screw all the named characters

This is the most important woman in Stultifera Navis now

#arknights #stultifera navis #I don't have a deep thought here #I'm just loving what she's got going on #joining the seaborn cult so you can keep up your water studies

[rhymey-workshop]

Feel free to skip. TW: I'm joining the military.

Growing up is really hard, and I don't think we realize that until we're on the verge of a big change, standing on the border between two parts of your life, balancing on a precipice before you take the swan dive known to many as change.

I'm packing my things. My dad finally brought home boxes and storage tubs and I'm finally packing my things, and that makes the passage of time so much more real.

I'm packing my things. My mom opened the door to tell me to watch my sleeping brother, and said nothing about the fact my room is a mess, or that I was just staring blankly at the cardboard box I just taped the bottom of. That box is ready for my craft books and paint stuff, my origami paper, my reading stand, my books on how to make stuff like children's books and animation. She made no mention of it all, just made that same pinched expression she has for weeks and then schooled her expression into something more neutral as she nodded towards the bedroom where my brother is and after a moment I got up and stumbled in, sitting at the foot of the bed to type out some kind of vent on Tumblr.

I'm packing my things, and I'm stuck between wanting to cry and finding myself unable to cry. I'm leaving home. I've been dreaming of getting out of here off and on since I was 13. At times I had a countdown of years, months, weeks, days that I had to stay, that I had to wait for the day I could finally leave. It made being angry or sad or any other complicated emotion easier. It made hardship easier to cope with. It made it easier to get through the hard times because I knew I could leave and nothing could stop me.

I'm packing my things, slowly, piece by piece, and I'm starting to understand the weight of what my dad said, when he said I was the first person on either side of my family in generations to not run away from home before turning 18. My mom left home at 17, my dad spent more days out of the house than in it as a teenager and left the god damn country. My bio paternal family has these issues too. My maternal family is full of people that ran off, that stayed away from home and didn't look back. My mom only speaks to one sister, and can't speak to her brother as long as their mother is alive. I didn't leave. I finished high school, I got my diploma, I took my time and I didn't leave before I was a legal adult.

I'm packing my things to leave home, and it's hard. It's scary. I've never been away from home for very long, and here I am, getting ready to do something more than just "Move out".

I'm packing my things, putting my life into boxes, sorting what's going to stay, waiting for me to return, what's getting tossed, what's going to get donated or given away. I keep finding things and remembering shit related to them. I keep finding things and remembering who gave them to me. I keep finding things and remembering which parent smiled when I got it.

I'm packing my things, and in a way I'm also processing a kind of grief I didn't know existed.

I'm leaving home for something I thought through for 8 months, and I'm coming up on the one year anniversary since I made my decision. It's been just under two since I signed the dotted line, swore in, and came home to congratulations and a sureness that I'm doing the right thing for me.

In 5 days, I'm going to my last meeting. Getting a send off from a group of people doing the same thing. A couple of them doing the EXACT same thing.

In 9 days, I'll spend the last full 24 hours I've got with my family, eating a fruit tart and playing putt putt. I'll say good night and that'll be the last time I see them for months at the very least.

In 10 days, I'm hiding my key on the porch and walking out the front door while everyone is asleep. They'll wake up and I'll be hundreds of miles away from them. In 10 days, I'm hopping in a big unmarked government van (and this will never not be funny to me) with like 5 other people and we're all doing the same thing. We're going somewhere and we have no idea what is really waiting for us.

In 11 days, I'm not in civilian limbo anymore. As it stands I am subject to the UCMJ but I'm not a sailor yet. In 11 days, I'm a recruit, and that's fucking dizzying to think about.

I'm getting ready to start a new part of my life and it's going to be exciting and new and I'll make friends and I'll go a couple places and I'll have stories to tell my brother and family. I think I'll be better, when all is said and done.

But right now, I'm packing my things into boxes and tubs, and right now, I want to cry.

#if you read this far #and want to know why the fuck I am joining up #the reasons are #in order #i dont know what im doing with my life but want out of this town #submarines are fucking awesome #and im poor #i got a 98 on my asvab and i think i picked a pretty neat job #i guess there is also a family history component #5th generation to serve #basic training #sad thoughts #growing up #us navy #im scared tbh #but thats okay

[truly-jcjenson]

Drugs or plastic wrap or become my sibling?

(@cvs-pharmacy-real)

Sibling but to that you have to get adopted by @the-us-navy-offical. Oh yeah drugs don't affect me since am robot and plastic wrap more boring than gaining another sibling.

#jcjenson answers #gimmick blog #join the children of the us navy

[softkiseu]

IT'S ALMOST JULY!

THE MIDDLE MONTH OF THE YEAR AND ALSO YOUR DEAR NAVI 's BIRTH MONTH. IT'S A CELEBRATION! 🎂 🎉 🎊

why not let me make it more special. i decided to celebrate it all together with my loveable community here (my nabis and dear co mb makers - moots) please join and participate in my event. 🙏🏻✨

FOUR SEASONS EVENT

by navi.

🌷☀️🍂❄️

naturally and basically we have four [4] seasons every year (spring, summer, fall, winter) and i'm in love with the color tone of each one as it have it's own flavour and uniqueness into it.

how to join?

🪷 pick one from the four season to theme your moodboard. you can use any muses you feel comfy with male or female (but i ll be honest, having my faves as a mb muse will be a boost up the chance of winning because surely it's more eye catching in my eyes). time to ask who's my biases are make sure the vibe of the moodboard fits well in the category you'll choose.

🪷 put in your first tag #4seasonsevent then the #season you picked (#spring, #summer, #fall, #winter) make sure to tag me in your post (@softkiseu) or put it in the comment section.

🪷 send your post on or before july 27th.

🪷 the winners will be announce on july 31st.

guide!

🌷 spring

aesthetic / color scheme : pink, yellow, purple, pastel, colorful. soft, cottagecore.

☀️ summer

aesthetic / color scheme : orange, red, yellow, bright, sunkiss. retro, indie.

🍂 fall

aesthetic / color scheme : brown, beige, maroon, earth colors. vintage, academia.

❄️ winter

aesthetic / color scheme : blue, gray, white, cool colors. dreamcore, grunge, dark.

prize(s)!

1st place — a shout out post, customize mb, set of gifs (artist /group of your choice), fifty reblogs (post of your choice).

2nd place — customize mb, set of icons (artist / group of your choice), thirty reblogs (post of your choice).

3rd place — set of icons (artist / group of your choice), twenty reblogs (post of your choice).

hope a lot of people will join and please don't make this a flop. comment here in the post or also drop a ask if you have further questions.

please reblog to spread the word so more people can join even not my moots or followers.

(credit to @yeritos @y-ves @wiotas, because you lovelies inspired me to do this event)

#navi bday event #4seasonevent #spring #summer #fall #winter #please join