A Trip To Hawai'i P.4

Found Friendship

Graves: Hey, so I was thinking it's best if the all the Captain's had a quick briefing on tomorrow's opperation

Price: That's fine by me

Alejandro: Sure, whatever works best

Oswald: Rogah

Graves: Great *Walks away*

Alejandro: Gringo...

Oswald: *Nods* Haole

Alejandro and Oswald: *Turns to each other and smirks, ushering a soft menacing chuckle*

Price: If you two are thinking about messing with Graves, make sure it doesn't affect me

Laswell is such a mom, I love it.

Oh? Mothers' been captured by the big bad terrorist group? We're sending dozens of the best, most trusted, and well trained soldiers to get her back.

Falling out of a heli and nearly dying, literally hanging on a thread? Yeh no. I need to get to mother first.

Most of the time, shes like a mother goose watching over her children, tolerating their dumb convos and going, "yep. These are my kids."

Ah yes...haoles keep preaching that anything depicting my culture is "racism." Mary, Hawai'i is about Aloha, if you think anything with traditional hula skirts is racist then you need to grew up. Ain't no Hawaiian care about dis, only haoles like you.

depictions of indigenous people as primitive grass skirt wearing dancers is racist like always. but doubly so if you're implying they're pacific islanders. triple if they're meant to be "Hawaiian"

-The Pelekais-

I drew Oswald and her siblings in a previous post, but I wanted to get into more of the dynamics and relationships of the three, as well as some background info on her brothers

Price: Mmm...chilly night eh?

Gaz: I can handle it Capt

Soap: Aye, nothing compared to the winters at home

Price: Tough one's are you? Alright *Puts out fire* Night boys

In the morning:

Price: *Yawns* Mornin-

Ghost, Gaz, and Soap: *Sleeping layered on each other for warmth*

Price: *Grins smugly while snaping a picture* Like a bunch of primary boys in a sleepover

Patriotism for the Homeland

I feel like Soap and Oswald would be besties bc of their patriotism to their homeland.

On base it would just be them randomly clowning on British/American soldiers(Mostly Ghost and Graves)in dumb shades.

Baby pictures

Soap: when I was a wee lad, I got into all sorts of mischief

Ghost: Makes sense

Soap: At least I was a cute little lad. Doubt ye were L.T. How about you Bonnie?

Oswald: I was an energetic kid, I gotta admit to that

Laswell: Its true, I even have photo evidence

Oswald: Huh?!

Laswell: *pulls up photo of child Oswald* Isn't she adorable?

Soap: Ye hair was wild bonnie!

Ghost: And her baby face seems to stay prominent today. Its adorable

Soap: Aye. Ye hardly look different

Oswald: How did you get these photos?!

Laswell: Oh, your mom sent them

Oswald: You text my mom?!

Laswell: Yeah. Quite regularly too since she checks up on you. She sent me more *pulls up more pictures*

Oswald: *freaking out*

Rudy: *To Laswell* Yeah, it's been great. We've been working with them for a few months and I'd say they're pretty professional

Soap: *Screaming in background*

Alejandro: *Rushing to calm Soap down* I TOLD YOU NOT TO GET SPICY! YOUR WHITENESS CAN'T HANDLE IT!

Ghost: *Holding in tears* He didn't, I just slipped in some ghost peppers

Gaz: *Busts out laughing*

Rudy:

Rudy: Anyway, anymore questions?

So dumb question time again. I saw where you reblogged the callsign post. But you said y’all just call them nicknames.

When I did the barest do research, I know should’ve looked harder, the only place I really found that used the term callsign were pilots.

(Also I forgot the word pilot and almost just wrote flier but had enough sense to google what are people that fly planes called)

In the COD wikis I’ve read they use the word Alias(es) and not callsign.

Is callsign just a pilot term? Or is it also used throughout the military?

I know I could probably google it more but honestly your lived experiences and even opinions give an interesting perspective on it all.

Sorry your tags got me thinking about where the term that is used so heavily in the fanfic side of the fandom came from and why we use it.

You mean this post?

Ok. Here's where the fandom rage quits my blog:

The term "callsign" is used incorrectly in roughly 99% of military-themed fanfiction.

In the army, a callsign (or call sign) is specifically used in radio communications, not as a moniker or nickname to be used in in-person communications.

More precisely, a callsign is a combination of alpha and numeric characters, like Echo 3-1, Bravo-6, or Watcher-1. Callsigns are also used to ID listening posts, HQs, and permanent telecom installations, such as 620-Kilo in Cold War West Berlin. The radio operator on site would ID as 620-Kilo rather than an individual callsign, and when their shift is over, the next operator ID as 620-Kilo also.

Only field operators use individually designated callsigns, unless the callsign ID the vehicle (like a tank or armored-heavy), which means anyone using the radio for the vehicle ID as the vehicle callsign.

A callword (or call word) is the name of a receiver or station using letters/words but no numbers, like Actual, Cloud Castle, or Whiskey Foxtrot.

U.S. pilots (navy/air force/army air cavalry) are different from most of the military. Pilots get permanent callsigns (not always with numbers) during training and it follows them during their career. To be fair, they spend a lot of time on the radio, so having a permanent callsign makes sense.

The Call of Duty fandom fell in love with using the term callsign because it sounds more "military" to their ears than alias or nickname.

Names like Ghost, Soap, and Gaz are aliases or nicknames. They're not actually callsigns.

In my writing, I avoid using the term callsign because it's usually not the proper word to use in a given scene. To be fair, I have yet to write a pilot fic or one where there's extended training discussion about the proper use of radio-telephone operation in field ops.

My husband was an airborne RATELO (radio-telephone operator) and had a callsign for several years, but no one ever used his callsign unless literally talking over the SINCGARS system with him. I operated a radio for a week and I don't even remember what my callsign was. It was something forgettable from the NATO alphabet* with a number after it.

In the army, in person you're either your last name or your nickname.

SpecOps often call each other by their first names ("what's up, Dave?" LOL), their last name, or a nickname.

CIA & CID use aliases. They call those guys spooks for a reason. You never know who you're actually taking to since they never use their real name.

In the context of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, I still maintain that Alex Keller isn't Echo-1's government name. He's CIA. That was never his name. And he was never here. :)

*The NATO Phonetic Alphabet, for reference:

MASTERLIST

The Warriors Task Force

The WTF is an elite team that helps and protects the Pacific side of the world. They are the ones who are doing most of the rescue missions. Mostly about Trafficking. Knowing the numbers of how many drugs or innocent people have been kidnapped and being shipped off to somewhere.

Captain Kanoa Toa is the one who made this Task Force and is in charge. The reason why he called the “Warriors Task Force”, is not only because it’s the meaning of his last name. But to show the world that the Island Pacific is being protected by the bravest and the strongest soldiers around.

The WTF has mostly been recruited by many Polynesians. Samoan, Maori, Tongan, Fijian, Hawaiians- MANY. There are some Americans too.

Kanoa and his Task Force was also strictly under the direct order of General Aelan Kalani. The most trusted and respected woman that Kanoa had known for a LONG time.

The WTF has FOUR main members that started this Task Force. Here are the people that is famously known for:

Captain Kanoa Toa (The Leader) First Sergeant Tiala “Shark” Toa (2nd-in-Command) Sergeant Nigel “Squirrel” Harrison (Sniping/VIP Protection) Sergeant Agnes “Blast” Falagi (Demolition Expert)

These are the four first members of the Warrior Task Force.

They even have a Combat Medic to join them in the field.

Aelan Kalani (Combat Medical Expert)

These Task Force are very known for rescuing hostages, stopping human and drug trafficking. Between the Pacific and Asia. From both land and seas. 

They will get these things done FAST since that’s how the Marines are, right? Get it done. Get it fast. For their patch. This will be very hard for me to explain of how it looks like. But I was thinking of their weapon called the "Nifo Oti". Meaning "Sharp Tooth" in Samoan. Also knows as the "Samoan Fire Knife". This is what it looks like:

THAT'S the weapon. So for the patch. I was thinking of having TWO of these and put it in a X form in the back and in the front will be the spear in the middle. The color will be red, blue and white. Representing for Kanoa, Tiala and Agnes's Island home. American Samoa.

That's all for now but I might come back here and update it sooner or later. So I hope you guys like this team!