#we can’t tell what division/MOS Marc’s in (I respect not getting confused by USMC patches by simply not drawing them haha)

[age-of-moonknight]

“Death and Birth: Part 2 of 5,” Moon Knight (Vol. 8/2016), #11.

Writer: Jeff Lemire; Penciler and Inker: Greg Smallwood; Colorist: Jordie Bellaire; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Moon Knight vol. 8 #Moon Knight 2016 #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Khonshu #I have…a LOT to say here (I apologize in advance) #first this is another marked departure from established canon that I don’t mind #with the degree of DID that Mr. Lemire is depicting here it would make sense that Marc would never reach sergeant and punch out an officer #(as that was a character background still very much driven by Marc moving on from a life marked by violence) #and I assume Marc never reached Marine SF (either MARSOC or probably DET One at this point in history) in this continuity #because a marine needs to be /at least/ a lance corporal before the corps starts sending you to diving school/jump school/ #investing that sort of money into you/etc. #ok now this is where I REALLY start extrapolating Too Much from what’s probably a throw away line #we can’t tell what division/MOS Marc’s in (I respect not getting confused by USMC patches by simply not drawing them haha) #But Fallujah in the fall??? you mean as in??? Fallujah in November 2004? The Second Battle of Fallujah/Operation Al-Fajr/Phantom Fury??? #The battle that where marked the shift from US personnel fighting Ba’athist loyalists to insurgents like AQI? under /al-Zarqawi/???!? #THE bloodiest urban combat conflict Marines had seen since the Vietnam War? #the conflict that of the handful of Operation Al-Fajr/Phantom Fury veterans I’ve spoken/worked with has left an indelible mark #of some of the most haunting crap I’ve heard? #and the region I’m pretty sure still suffers from the use of white phosphorus/depleted uranium/displaced persons #disclaimer: btw I’m just someone on the internet so please take whatever I say with a grain of salt; I’m just extrapolating from some of #the points of reference from my own life 😅 do what you will with this absolute wall of tags