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by Festival » Fri May 15, 2015 11:36 pm | |
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I just read an article in Military Times about female Marines in the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force. One of the Marines featured, a crew member on an M777 howitzer, was one Cpl. Allison Devries.
http://www.militarytimes.com/longform/m ... /26969541/ |
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by Michael Everett » Sun May 17, 2015 9:26 am | |
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Oooooooookay... Possibility 1) Total coincidence, the universe has a weird sense of humor. Possibility 2) She decided to join the military after reading the Fury book (I don't know when she joined...) Possibility 3) The MWW heard of her and decided she'd make a great main character (I don't know when she joined...) I'm not certain which possibility scares me the most (albeit for different reasons...) ~~~~~~
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by fallsfromtrees » Mon May 18, 2015 10:06 am | |
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With all due respect, CPL is an E-4, so she probably hasn't been in for more than 2-3 years, but as Path of the Fury was published in December, 1992, it would seem to rule out 2 and 3. It does leave 4) RFC is a true precog, and is not writing science fiction, but future history. ========================
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by Jonathan_S » Wed May 20, 2015 12:09 pm | |
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Given that timing it's not impossible that her parents read the book when it was first published and named her after our heroine. |
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by HB of CJ » Wed May 20, 2015 7:25 pm | |
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Great topic and thank you! All possibilites exist. How mainstream is the book? Self full filling situations are so cool. Would it be possible to find out names of real people who mirror or rememble Mrs Webers' characters? And what branch of what nations services are they in? Just Mr. Webers stuff ... not other perhaps more mainsteam science fiction stuff like Star Wars or Star Trek. HB
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by sarawillington » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:05 am | |
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that is a very good post by you ...well done
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by DDHvi » Tue Dec 22, 2015 12:39 pm | |
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Note name connections with fictional characters various places. Claryk Kent Douglas Hvistendahl
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by Fox2! » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:54 pm | |
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With all due respect, CPL is an E-4, so she probably hasn't been in for more than 2-3 years, but as Path of the Fury was published in December, 1992, it would seem to rule out 2 and 3. It does leave 4) RFC is a true precog, and is not writing science fiction, but future history.[/quote] Could it be the other way around? If she were named for our Alicia, she could be between 18 and 22-23 years old. Which is not out of reason for an E-3. Do the Marines do the same as the Air Force and grant stripes for longer enlistments, college, CAP/AFJROTC, etc? |
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