Ryujin
Legend
Yeah, I know. I harp on it.Oh no, not this again.
Yeah, I know. I harp on it.Oh no, not this again.
The crazy thing is that this is so easy to get right. It's not like the Pentagon doesn't publish lots of guides for the Armed Forces to use to educate their own personnel. Laying hands on this information is trivial.As a 20-year USAF veteran, it irritates me to no end when authors refer to the Air Force as the "air force," "Air force," or - worst yet - "Airforce." It's two words, both capitalized. Some amazingly high-profile authors have gotten this wrong, and it always disappoints me to no end that no editor caught it.
For similar reasons, I dislike in movies and TV shows when they get military customs and courtesies wrong, like when you wear your cover (hat) and when you don't, when saluting is proper and when it isn't, and simple stuff like how long your hair can be and how far your mustache can extend. And I'm always amused when a female military member was apparently issued a miniskirt as part of her official uniform.
People who say this deserve to be smacked on 90% of their heads.Oh. Any time they say, "You only use 10% of your brain."
There's an Orson Scott Card novel where the liberals try to take over the world. It happens mostly in DC, and at one point there was a chase scene up Wisconsin Ave. into Bethesda. They take a right turn onto East West Highway, going the wrong way down the one way street in front of the office I was working in at the time. Now, sure, chase scenes go the wrong way down one way roads into oncoming traffic in lots of media. But there is no indication that this is the case in the book.
How dare you?!?!You mean it didnt ruin itself?
In addition, it's the obvious choice. I have almost no connection to the military at all, and if you had asked me I would have said, "Air Force."The crazy thing is that this is so easy to get right. It's not like the Pentagon doesn't publish lots of guides for the Armed Forces to use to educate their own personnel. Laying hands on this information is trivial.