Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Corvus
Name Jeremiah Sinensis Corvus
Position Field Medic
Second Position Field Medic
Rank Staff Sergeant
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Species | Human | |
| Age | 24 |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 6'02 | |
| Weight | 190 | |
| Hair Color | Brown | |
| Eye Color | Blue | |
| Physical Description | Tall, athletically built and with an open, honest face (that some have referred to as "baby"). Usually found squared away while in uniform and tends toward shorts, tee shirts and loves his Vibram Fivefingers when off duty (weather permitting) otherwise runs toward the 'athleisure' style of off-duty dress. |
Family
| Spouse | N/A | |
| Children | N/A | |
| Father | Phillip James Corvus | |
| Mother | Elizabeth Camelia Corvus nee Glover | |
| Brother(s) | Phillip James Corvus II Michael Java Corvus |
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| Sister(s) | Amaya "Donut" Jackson Corvus (adopted) | |
| Other Family | Various grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. "Aunt" Amelia Jackson (Amaya's maternal aunt rediscovered after the adoption) |
Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Until Amaya's adoption just before Jeremy graduated high school and was headed out to basic training, Jeremy was the 'baby' of the family and was treated so, especially by his older brothers. Often referred to as "tagalong" he stopped doing anything his brothers did when he head into his teen years just because he got tired of the "tagalong" ribbing. While they joined the police explorers program to prepare for a career in law enforcement, Jeremy was forced to join ROTC instead. However, he comes from a close knit family headed by a police officer father and a college professor mother, somehow the family was able to blend the more conservative police officer views of their father with the socially aware sensibilities of their mother. Which allowed the children to grow up in a household that understood personal responsibility, as well as their social responsibilities to those aroudn them. Not a particularly religious family, they were nonetheless active in charitable activities providing for the homeless, disadvantaged youth, those who may have been displaced. It was important for both parents that they instilled a sense of community, responsibility and humanity in their children. This may have influenced choices Jeremy made - such as joining the military even though he really wanted to be a police officer like his father/brothers - and choices he made going into the military. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Jeremy is socially aware, without becoming a "justice warrior". He believe in giving of himself to others but also knows when to draw limits. He believes in the idea of the 'weakest link' being your strongest link and if you can't bring up the weakest, then you'll never be the strongest. He's clean cut and straight laced - respects all people as people (no matter race, creed, orientation, lifestyle) but may get quiet or reserved around people with lifestyles or experiences that he doesn't understand. Having said that, he's also a proponent of the idea of personal responsibility. While he empathizes and will do what he can to help someone with a physical condition, things such as alcoholism or drug abuse does not earn sympathy from him - as he sees those as choices and not (diseases). Yes, he and his brothers still have regular arguments with their mother over this subject. He was the youngest child of the family through the formative years so there is a tendency to be a little self-centered/selfish at times, however. He has been working on growing out of his expectations of special treatment just because he was given special treatment as a child. Even though he was in ROTC during high school, his first day at basic training really was the first day he had to start doing things not only for himself but for others in his flight as well. |
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| Ambitions | Jeremy really did want to grow up and be a cop, like his father. If not for the snotty attitude of his brothers regarding him "copying" everything they did, or being a "tagalong", he would have worked toward that goal from the beginning. His desire to join the Air Force was really due to reasons: A> the common perception of it being the 'chair force' and therefore easier and B> as a backdoor way to become a police officer once his enlistment ended and he 'wasn't trained to do anything else'. Now, however, he's been leaning more toward making the Air Force a career, with the idea of becoming an officer after served for some time in the AF. |
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| Hobbies & Interests | Criminal Justice (he's recently begun taking courses toward earning his associate degree in CJ and then to pursue a bachelor degree in some related field.) Outdoors activities to include hiking, camping, kayaking, canoeing, cycling (he is from Oregon and the Pacific Northwest after all!) He also discovered mountain climbing and rapelling shortly before enlisting and has been working on developing better skills in that area. From his mother he learned Tai Chi and yoga practices but hides his enjoyment of these activities under grumbling when around his AF buddies. He's a closet reader of fantasy/sci fi and really does enjoy sci-fi movies/shows. Not overly religious, but more spiritual in the idea that humanity is a collective community and all people are connected by that sense of social responsibility. |
| Personal History | Jeremiah Sinensis Corvus was born the third and last of three boys to Phillip and Elizabeth Corvus. Phillip was (and remains) a police officer when Jeremy was born and Elizabeth was working on tenure as a college professor in the liberal arts/humanities. Jeremy's middle name "Sinensis" is a sort of 'payback' to his father. When their middle son was born and Elizabeth was not completely aware yet, Phillip - as a joke - gave his brother the middle name of "Java" because he thought "coffee" was too obvious. It was meant to be a joke, until he found it showing up on the child's birth certificate. Tongue in cheek, then, Elizabeth gave what was to be their last child the name "Sinensis" as a play on both her middle name and her favorite beverage. As the youngest, and to be last child, Jeremy was doted over by their mother and grandparents. He was also loved by their father, but he tried to make sure to temper his devotion to the child with equal attention to his older brothers. Of course, Jeremy grew up to idolize his older brothers, wanting to do everything they did and be like them. This, along with the teasing of their friends, earned Jeremy the nickname "tagalong". For years Jeremy thought it was a special name that hsi brother's gave him and was proud of it. Then, around age twelve, he discovered that it was really an insult. Devastated that his idols could be so cruel to him, he resolved that he would show them and rejected the things they did. They remained a close, loving family but the hurt of the betrayal stayed with Jeremy. The Corvus parents made sure to instill in their children that they were a part of the community and they had a responsibility to share what they had with those that did not have much as they. In this way, they were exposed to charitable work from an early age. Though their parents clashed ideologically, they did agree with personal and social responsibility. (It would be this agreement that would lead them to take in a foster child and then eventually adopt her.) Growing up in the Troutdale area of Oregon, within and with easy access to the rainforests of the area, Jeremy naturally gravitated to the outdoors from an early age. Bright and inquisitive, he explored all he could and would often exasperate his parents by going off exploring further than they would allow. This only worsened after the break from his brothers. His parents love of camping and their weekend hikes and kayaking trips only reinforced his love of the outdoors. Of course, growing up so close to Portland, Jeremy's childhood was also spent learning that cycling was a preferred method of transportation. For awhile he thought of trying to become a professional cyclist, but since that would delay him becoming a police officer (his hero worship of his father's profession developed at a very young age) he decided it would just be a fun hobby, engaging in all forms of cycling - from mountain, road, cruising and even a short lived stint at BMX. As high school approached, Jeremy became conflicted. Both his brothers joined their father's police department's Explorer program. Since Jeremy vowed not to do what his brother's did, he rejected joining the program. He realized his father was hurt by that rejection but wasn't able, at his young age, to fully understand. His father, he reasoned, loved him and would get over it. Fortunately Jeremy discovered ROTC (somehow missing out on Civil Air Patrol through his years). Through ROTC Jeremy began to formulate his "Grand Scheme" to become a police officer, like his father and, eventually, his brothers. He would complete ROTC, enlist in the Air Force, serve his enlistment then come out and find that all he was trained to do was police work. He enrolled in a delayed enlistment prior to his senior year of high school (with approval of his parents [with a few tears from his mother due to the ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as around the world, and it did some to heal the rejection his father felt]). That last year of school was all about his Grand Scheme. While he participated in high school sports during high school, he threw himself into sports for the physical conditioning, threw himself into his studies so that he could prepare for the ASVAB (and earn a score high enough to qualify him for Security Forces). During this time he also had to learn to deal with the addition to his family. Just as he turned sixteen, his father arranged to for them to become a foster family to a young, African American child whose mother passed away due to an overdose. No other family was known for the girl and their father, one of the first officers on the scene, felt he couldn't allow this child to become another statistic in the state system. With Elizabeth's permission, he arranged for them to become an emergency foster placement and the family then worked to become permanent foster care for the child. It was the first 'sister' any of the boys had and, despite some early drama with a child used to squalor and drug addicted parents, she quickly captured their hearts. For Jeremy it was the first time in his life he wasn't the 'special', or 'baby', of the family. ASVAB scores did qualify him, if even barely. He enlisted and went to basic, hoping that he would get into security forces. After completing basic training, he shipped to SF school at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Basic training was an eye opener for the young man. Despite learning that it wasn't 'all about him' anymore, it really hit home as soon as he left home and reported to basic. There his actions had repercussions for all in his flight, not just himself. He learned to adapt, even if not as quickly as others. He graduated from basic and reported to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas (another adjustment - he was used to temperate and wet climates) for Security Force training. After completing SF school, he was granted leave so he could return home for the finalization of Amaya's adoption then shipped to Afghanistan for the first of what would be his three tours in the Mid-East. Halfway through his first tour is when he first met Pararescuers. During this time he began to learn about what they did, their training and, in a way, reclaimed some of the 'big brother' idolization he lost years before. He was determined that he would make PJ school and set about obtaining that goal as part of his "Grand Scheme" (after all, wouldn't a special forces resume put him head and shoulders above other police candidates when he returned home?) Eventually, through determination and hard work, he discovered he would be given his shot. All the hard work on keeping his record clean, and being a "recruitment poster boy" (as some of his fellow airmen referred to him) paid off. He would get his shot at pararescuer school. It. Kicked. His. Ass. But, though there were several times he was ready to ring out, he perservered and graduated. He was now a 'Paragon' of the Air Force. With the same pastiche given to ace pilots. Because of his upbringing it remained imperative that he continued to be the ideal airman, as an example to others as to what values someone in his position should hold. During his third tour his six year enlistment was coming to an end. Suddenly the Grand Scheme was thrown into conflict. The idea of leaving the Air Force became harder and harder and he signed for another six year enlistment (the first six year enlistment was in hopes of it working in his favor to join SF). It seemed a shame that the Air Force just gave him two years of training and would get so little in return for their investment. It is now coming up on the end of his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, this time as a pararescuer and he received orders to report to a base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. At least it would be a bit more like home - the boy raised in the rainforest was getting tired of sand, sun and dry heat. |
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| Service Record | 2012 - Delayed enlistment 2013 - Enlistment, basic training, Security Force training, Lackland, TX 2014 - First Tour, Afghanistan 2015 - Stationed Hawaii and Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV 2016 - Second Tour, Afghanistan, Pararescue School started 2017 - Pararescue courses continue, Lackland, Tx, Kirtland, NM, various other locations 2018 - Graduated Pararescue, Third Tour of Duty, Afghanistan 2019 - Assigned to Cheyenne, Wy - assignment details to be provided upon reporting for duty. |