http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/ Military information for all writers Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:20:52 GMT Becky S http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1590 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1590 Google: stimulants "military use" You will come up with several articles right off the bat that will give you some background. Generally, the military Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:53:43 GMT everybetty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1589 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1589 I am trying to find information on stimulant use - prescribed and possibly experimental - in the military, specifically. This is for fiction based in the real Tue, 19 May 2009 21:44:31 GMT Frieda W Landau http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1588 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1588 ... If your general skipped a couple of grades in school and entered the academy (I'm assuming he went to the air force academy) a few years younger than the Tue, 19 May 2009 20:39:32 GMT Patrick Murray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1587 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1587 There used to be a time when chaplains were de facto psychologists. During the Vietnam War, Lt. Randy Cunningham was a F-4 pilot off the USS Constellation. He Tue, 19 May 2009 05:36:25 GMT Becky S http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1586 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1586 The BGen as Vietnam pilot is a bit iffy. Current (as of 2009) 1-stars in various services were commissioned around 1976-82; current 2-stars around 1973-76. Tue, 19 May 2009 05:07:44 GMT Frieda W Landau http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1585 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1585 ... The Brig. General could well have served as a pilot in Vietnam. It's easier to make general if you have some combat experience. I assume this is Air Tue, 19 May 2009 04:52:15 GMT Adam Stewart http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1584 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1584 Alrighty. I'm not sure how to start this, but here goes: To set the scene, the segment in the story I'm writing takes place at the Groom Lake facility(Area Tue, 19 May 2009 04:25:37 GMT Becky S http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1583 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1583 I can't answer all of your questions, but people might refer to him as "Doc" informally & Dr. Smith when formal (CO to psychologist: "Dr. Smith, I need that Tue, 19 May 2009 03:56:04 GMT chrononaut67 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1582 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1582 Hi, everyone. I'm a lurker here, but reading messages on this list has helped me so much with many military questions I've had. Thank you. I have a question Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:09:39 GMT everybetty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1581 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1581 Thank you for the info, Becky! I was grateful to see you know SGA, especially. I just need an OC doctor for a fic; he will be a Marine Colonel on Atlantis for Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:45:50 GMT Becky S http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1580 Normally, a base that is run by a Lt Col wouldn't have a full bird colonel as head of the medical group - that would be another Lt Col or a Major. You'll have Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:42:52 GMT everybetty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1579 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1579 I have a male character who is a full bird Colonel in the US Marines. He is also a medical doctor. I'm afraid my knowledge of this type of character begins Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:18:37 GMT Patrick Murray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1578 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1578 Do you just need a list of all US Army installations in California? What kind of base are you looking for? A tactical base like Ft. Irwin? OR something like Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:12:17 GMT shadowwalker213 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1577 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1577 Can anyone direct me to a site where I can find out about current and past US Army bases in California? I need to build sort of a timeline for where they were Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:13:13 GMT pumpkinpoppies http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1576 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fanfic_military/message/1576 Hey, I'm writing this fic for NCIS and I need to know some stuff about the Marine Corps birthday ball. -Who can attend? Only active-duty Marines or can retired