August 2009 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

The Man On The Horse

Gerard Van der Leun makes a very good point. If you are not paying attention, or are laughing at/dismissive of, beware, for it will bite you and the West in the butt. You need to be paying attention to this... LW HT: Insty

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 7:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

George Will on A-Stan v. Uncle J on Baseball

Equally freaking worthless to anyone looking for intelligent, informed commentary. Up next Will on sub-machine guns and Uncle J on bow ties. Also for free, and worth the money Matthew Yglesias on anything.

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:14 PM by BLACKFIVE

Welcome Home -- 445th CA Bn

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 12:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

Captain Darby Boudreaux - Someone You Should Know

"It's very real when I teach ... I take this extremely seriously. I realize what can happen. I always thought I had left something unfinished." - Captain Darby Boudreaux, severely wounded in Iraq in 2005, about his role during this tour...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 3:13 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Video Channels, Someone You Should Know

McChrystal's Report

Man it would be nice to read McChrystal's report and have the brain trust here at Blackfive looking at it rather than just reading about it in leaks to MSM outlets. Ya' know? I'm just sayin', man it would be nice. jimbo at unclejimbo.com...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 1:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

In honor of SFC Jared Monti

Last night on Pundit Review Radio (Boston's ABC WRKO), Jared Monti's father Paul, along with two of his best friends, in studio with Kevin Whalen and a liberal blogger from Blue Mass Group by the name of David Kravitz. For the past two weeks,...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 12:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Before the Drop

U.S. Army soldiers ride in an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for the air-drop portion of a joint forcible entry exercise over Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 26, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 12:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

The Ugly of War

This is why grunts love medics...we also know that they pay a big price for what they do. This is something that I think everyone should watch (warning: the descriptions are graphic), but it's not easy. It's not easy at all... After the jump,...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 12:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Video Channels, Someone You Should Know

Kev leaves from leave

The TankerBabe went to see Kev off back to Iraq after his mid-tour leave. How sweet. I on the other hand maintain my strong disdain for the troops.

Published Sun, Aug 30 2009 12:28 PM by BLACKFIVE

North Korea shows clenched fist

Show a little love to Billy Clinton and you ought to be able to proliferate a little weaponry and make some scratch, eh? Apparently not. Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean-manufactured munitions, detonators...

Published Sat, Aug 29 2009 3:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

Pirates fire at Navy chopper

h/t Mrs. G. I know all of you read the Dawn Patrol, right? from DVIDS Yesterday, at approximately 8:00 a.m. local time, Somali pirates aboard Motor Vessel Win Far, fired what appeared to be a large caliber weapon at a U.S. Navy SH-60B Helicopter from...

Published Fri, Aug 28 2009 12:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Osprey Sunset

A MV-22 Osprey soars into the sky, escorting Marines after successfully completing a company size raid during a raid course on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 19, 2009. The Osprey crew is assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 162, 24th Marine Expeditionary...

Published Fri, Aug 28 2009 12:15 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Ted Kennedy - CBS Needs to do some Fact Checking

Senator Ted Kennedy was a veteran of the US Army. After getting kicked out of Harvard for cheating, he was drafted. After serving his three years, he went back to Harvard and you probably know the rest of the story. CBS News interviewed staffers and family...

Published Thu, Aug 27 2009 3:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Suspicious Activity

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone Sadler speaks with Afghans digging a hole in a mountain that looks like a fighting position in Afghanya, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2009. Sadler is a civil affairs team chief from the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction...

Published Thu, Aug 27 2009 1:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

A military solution for Afghanistan?

Amir Taheri has a good piece today in the NY Post answering the conventional wisdom that there is no military solution in Afghanistan. IN Kabul these days, those wishing to sound knowledgeable fire one phrase at visiting reporters: "This has no military...

Published Thu, Aug 27 2009 1:47 AM by BLACKFIVE

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The Man On The Horse

George Will on A-Stan v. Uncle J on Baseball

Welcome Home -- 445th CA Bn

Captain Darby Boudreaux - Someone You Should Know

McChrystal's Report

In honor of SFC Jared Monti

Before the Drop

The Ugly of War

Kev leaves from leave

North Korea shows clenched fist

Pirates fire at Navy chopper

Osprey Sunset

Ted Kennedy - CBS Needs to do some Fact Checking

Suspicious Activity

A military solution for Afghanistan?