#the national guard

[indynerdgirl]

A huge thank you to all of the Coasties and members of the National Guard who are helping out in Florida and everywhere else Hurrican Ian has hit. God bless you and keep you safe while you're helping those in need.

#hurrican ian #us coast guard #us national guard #the national guard #coasties #florida

[animentality]

#twitter #us politics #donald trump #immigration #texas #civil war #national guard

[mugentakeda]

boiling rock fun

#theres a guard that works at the boiling rock that knew about master sokka and the fire lord before everyone else in the nation #because he was there when they broke in before the war ended and saw them holding hands while running away from the crime scene #zukka #sokka #zuko #avatar the last airbender #atla #alicias art

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #news #2022 #twitter #tweet #republicans #conservatives #gov. greg abbott #texas #invasion clause #texas national guard #immigrants #immigration #us constitution #texas constitution #national guard #texas department of public safety #alejandra caraballo #secession #us mexico border #mexico #drug cartels

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #hurricane katrina #idf #national guard #red cross #israel #free palestine #free gaza #palenstine

[nocternalrandomness]

F-106A 's from the 186th FIS Montana Air National Guard over Glacier National Park - April 13, 1978

#Air National Guard #ANG #186th FIS #Convair #F-106 #Delta Dart #Interceptor #Military #aircraft #aviation #flying #airplane

[shiftythrifting]

#shiftythrifting #submission #Tudors exhibition private view #National Museums Liverpool #The guards were looking #our shirts #our lovely fans #lmao

[wenellyb]

Excuse me but how is Namor a villain? Someone explain it to me like I'm stupid because I don't get how he's a villain.

An opponent maybe but certainly not a villain. He didn't do anything Wakandans wouldn't have done when they were still in hiding.

Not saying him or the people of Talocan are perfect, but saying he's a villain is a little too much imo. He's just a ruler protecting his people. Just like the Wakandans.

#wakanda forever spoilers #black panther wakanda forever #namor #If I invited someone to my home and her friend came and killed my friend... I would go to War too #I know some people said he kidnapped Shuri but she asked to go there and they were treating her like royalty #I think he had bad motivations but towards the surface world not towards the Wakandans #and the scene at the ONU shows he was right #The lady guard who died could have been anybody ...I'm not surprised he went to war after her death #The villains are the United Nations members stated we saw at the beginning #ONU is UN lol #sorry for the typo

[cienie-isengardu]

The 16 years old Zuko breaking in Fire Nation’s fortress to free captured Avatar, then into Northern Water Tribe’s stronghold (totally alone on unfamiliar, enemy territory and still somehow finding a way to their most sacred place where Aang currently was), then into well-guarded hideout of Dai Li , the elite secret police of Earth Kingdom (and freeing Appa in process) and then alongside Sokka into another heavy guarded Fire Nation’s place, aka The Boiling Rock prison (again, freeing prisoners) and soon after that with Katara into Fire Navy communication tower - all within like? A year at best? - will never stop amusing me.

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #prince zuko #zuko #all the atla kids are amazing and unique and skilled #but zuko breaking into three separate and well guarded strongholds of three different nations #guarded by different type of benders #while he was the blue spirit thus not using his firebending is just so funny #because zuko is 16 and he just... walk in there XD #in all fairness i'm the most impressed how easily zuko get in and out from dai li hideout #when we could see how hard it was for gaang be there #also trust zuko to find avatar / missing people

[swan2swan]

"Ozai is just a shallow villain."

I see this argument far too often, so let me put this one in the ground once and for all and explain why Ozai is one of the Greatest Big Bads of All Time...and I'm going to do it with just one shot.

First, before anything else: appreciate the animation here. Not sure who the animator was, but I believe JM studios worked on this, so shout-out to that company and its fine animators!

But now...analysis!

In this moment, right here, Ozai literally burns away any genuine arguments that he is anything less than Him. Yes, just a few hours ago, he was blustering about how he is now "The Phoenix King". Yes, a month or so ago, he held a meeting just to proclaim to all of his advisors and children how he would become the Supreme Ruler of All the World. Yes, he's an egotistical, genocidal lunatic with one of the biggest god complexes ever put to screen.

But then...he sees Aang. The Avatar attacks his airship, knocking it out of the sky. And that's when Ozai snaps out of his power fantasy and becomes the Final Boss.

He doesn't hesitate for a second. The trappings he'd dreamed of wearing for so long, the fine clothes he adorned himself with for the occasion today...he pulls them from his body. The ornate cloak of the Phoenix King, the freshly made symbol of his power...he burns it. He discarded his crown, and already shed his (ridiculous) helmet when he realized that it would hinder him on his mission--so now he's just a man.

In an instant, Phoenix King Ozai has shed himself not only of his cumbersome garments, but of any pretense that he needs anything but himself to show his power.

And that is only the first part!

He does not look around for help. He does not order his crew to follow him from the ship; there is no cry of "Seize him!" He does not turn to minions, or secondary schemes, or even seize a weapon (there is none more potent than him right now). He calls fire from his own hands, and leaps down to enter the battle himself.

He does not curse the ruination of his scheme. He does not tell anyone to bear witness. In this moment, Ozai has one purpose, and that is to kill the one person in the world who can challenge him, the legend that the Fire Nation has feared since the days of Firelord Sozin: the Last Airbender.

All it took was for Ozai to see this challenger, and he descended onto the field of battle himself. He had no interest in backup, no need for witnesses to his glory: he had one task in mind, and he was going to do it.

#firelord ozai #ozai #phoenix king ozai #avatar: the last airbender #atla #ozai is a man with a lot of bluster and ego but unlike so many others he BACKS THAT UP #and while I feel like he might have used guards to fight aang #and certainly ran and hid in a bunker when the fire nation was being invaded #that was pragmatism #had appa not been present the entire invasion force would have been crushed and there would have been nothing left #ozai is proud and evil but he's not stupid #also GOSH this is fantastically animated

[a-4skyhawk]

New Mexico Air National Guard A-7D Corsair of 188th Tactical Fighter Squadron.

#military aircraft #a7 corsair #air national guard

[abcwordsurge]

Maryland: Do dogs think in barks?

Everyone:

National Guard: (leans in) This is a revolutionary idea. Go on.

#wttt #welcome to the table #wttt incorrect quotes #wttt maryland #wttt national guard #wttsh #welcome to the statehouse

[rednblacksalamander]

THE UNION FOREVER, HURRAH BOYS HURRAH

DOWN WITH THE TRAITORS, AND UP WITH THE STARS

#texas #texas national guard #greg abbott #immigration #border patrol #border #razor wire #civil war #political cartoon

[smallpapers]

hello?? This is UNREAL

#the owl house #huntlow #hunter wittebane #willow park #clouds on the horizon #Toh spoilers #the golden guard #Toh hunter #Toh willow #Toh #Toh clouds on the horizon #hunter x willow #Toh winter #I can’t process #sorry this is so crudely drawn but I needed to get it out of my system #myart #huntlow nation How we feeling #anatomy? I don’t know her

[nordleuchten]

24 Days of La Fayette - Day 3

Have you ever wondered, why the National Guard is named the National Guard? If so, then I have a painting for you:

Lafayette and the National Guard, a National Guard Heritage Painting by Ken Riley, courtesy the National Guard Bureau (12/03/2023).

La Fayette’s Tour through America in 1824 and 1825 was the event of its time. People turned out by the thousands whenever La Fayette visited and even after over a year the people were still as enthusiastic as on the first day. It were not only civilians that lined the streets to greet La Fayette but also military personal. During La Fayette’s stay in New York, immediately prior to his departure for France, a company of militia men, the 11th New York Artillery, later the 7th regiment, lined the street for La Fayette. The unit had named themselves the National Guard in memory of La Fayette’s National Guard during the French Revolution. La Fayette was apparently so touched when seeing these men, that he halted his carriage and shook the hand of every single soldier. This moment is depicted in the painting.

I could sadly find no reference to this encounter in Auguste Levasseur’s book, but we do know that by 1903 the name National Guard had become so popular that it was adopted nationwide.

The painting was done by Kenneth Pauling Riley, in, I assume 2004. Riley could at that point already look back onto a long career. He had become a war artist in World War II and after the war, President John F. Kennedy purchased on of his portraits, The Whites in their Eyes about the Battle of Bunker Hill, for the White House. Riley died in 2015.

#24 days of la fayette #marquis de lafayette #french history #la fayette #american history #history #kenneth pauling riley #2004 #national guard #auguste levasseur #french revolution #triumphant tour #tour of 1824/1825

[nocternalrandomness]

A-7K assigned to the Arizona ANG - Sep 19 1981

#ANG #Air National Guard #AZ ANG #LTV #A-7 #Corsair II #attack aircraft #strike aircraft #comabt aircraft #military aviation #jet #airplane #aircraft #aviation #A-7K #Two seat A-7