September 2009 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Military scarfs up protesters at G-20

Yeah right. I don't know who pulled this stunt, but it wasn't the military. The uniforms are a soup sandwich, tey have no guns,....oh and the military doesn't freakin' do this. The usual suspects are having a lot of fun being outraged...

Published Fri, Sep 25 2009 1:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

Excerpt from the Oliver Stone Screenplay: "Obama"

ACT II, SCENE 3 Characters: GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL, erect posture, brow furrowed, gaunt frame, thoroughbred stride. McChrystal striding down a White House corridor, away from the Oval Office. PRESIDENT OBAMA has just finished explaining that he is...

Published Thu, Sep 24 2009 7:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

To Arthur- I'm in position

Published Thu, Sep 24 2009 6:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Ralph Peters- McChrystal a murderer?

Ralph has all the self control of a 12 year old. Always willing to play the outrageously outraged card over any form of reasoned discourse, he gives hyperbolic rhetoric a bad name. What a buffoon. In Afghanistan, our leaders are complicit in the death...

Published Thu, Sep 24 2009 1:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

JD Johannes- Renaissance Man

Marine, Documentary film-maker, danger junkie and now author. His book w/ fitness guress Nita Marquez is #12 in it's category on Amazon. When fitness is a matter of life or death "Nita and I will teach you step-by-step how to find THE workout...

Published Thu, Sep 24 2009 12:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Excellence

Congratulations, Arthur, you have quite a legacy of excellence and philanthropy. "To Arthur!" Jimbo and I (and others) will be at Mackey's Pub in Crystal City tonight to celebrate. We might even be recording our toasts and uploading them...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 11:55 PM by BLACKFIVE

McChrystal Has Not Threatened To Resign If Plan Not Approved

The other day a number of us posted our thoughts about the story that Gen. McChrystal was ready to resign if he didn't get the resources he wanted based on the assessment he'd delivered to the CINC. Those rumors were in a Reuters story. That prompted...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 11:33 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Guinness 250th anniversary- A DC drink up

If you can, come join Matty O' Blackfive and myself for a few toasts to Arthur on the anniversary of the classic food beer. We will be at the Mackey's in Crystal City tomorrow eve, from around dinner time until ????? To Arthur!

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 10:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

Educating the Whole Man

"That's some serious study abroad program": It all started when a few alumni of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks wrote a regular column for the school newspaper, while they were deployed in Iraq.... Anyway, the column was a great success...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 5:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Cooking With The Wounded: The Full Post

I promised more, and here it is. Let's start with a quiz. How do you get to a room full of happy and full Soldiers, Marines, and others? Well, it starts small, as in a small crazy idea that gets support. It starts with two bags of food purchased almost...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 3:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Shiite Luck

From reader Steve G.: Iran's only AWACS collided with an F-5E Tuesday during a parade over Tehran marking the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War. All aboard were killed when the two jets crashed and burned on the mausoleum burial...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 2:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Obama considering magic ninja plan?

We have been laughing on our back channel about the Biden plan to have our secret squirrels locate al Qaeda and then let our magic ninjas swoop in and take them out. The idea is ludicrous for many reasons, but mostly because we don't have the will...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 12:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Stolen Valor Okay In Colorado?

Over at the Burn Pit, the follow up on the Rick Duncan case is not very encouraging...well, unless you are Captain Stolen Valor. Rick Duncan was a Marine with a compelling story to tell, and tell it he did, to anyone who would listen. A graduate of the...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2009 11:35 PM by BLACKFIVE

Tim Kennedy Fight on Friday

Hey, good people of BlackFive, friend, hero and all-around uber-badass, Staff Sergeant Tim Kennedy will be fighting on Friday. You can catch the fight in Tulsa (one of my favorite towns) or on Showtime. You can go here for more details. Also, bookmark...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2009 11:28 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Sports, Someone You Should Know, Television

Afghanistan: Better Be Sure

Having never been twice to Iraq, I know how hard it is to judge the situation clearly from any distance. Having never been to Afghanistan, I would not therefore think of putting my judgment ahead of General McChrystal's, or those of my comrades here...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2009 1:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

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