September 2009 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Sergeant Earl Werner--Someone You Should Know

I'm asking You God, to give me what You have left. Give me those things which others never ask of You. I don't ask You for rest, or tranquility. Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind. I don't ask You for wealth, or success, or even...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2009 4:17 PM by BLACKFIVE

Blogger's Roundtable: COIN in Afghanistan

We spoke with COL Daniel Roper, the director of the US Army and Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center at FT Leavenworth. He has been in this role since July 2007, when the Surge was really kicking off. The Colonel is nuclear-physicist smart -- literally...

Published Thu, Sep 17 2009 7:26 AM by BLACKFIVE

Running for Office is Like Jumping Out of Airplanes

For more than 20 years, I've served my country, fighting to protect and preserve the American freedoms, rights, and values that make this country great, first as an Airborne Soldier - and then as one of the leaders of the Internet political revolution...

Published Thu, Sep 17 2009 2:32 PM by BLACKFIVE

A moment of truth on Afghanistan

We are about to see just how much of a political animal Barack Obama is. He talked at length during the campaign season of personally sweeping through the Hindu Kush to purge the ghost of bin Laden. The war in Afghanistan needed to be won and he would...

Published Mon, Sep 21 2009 12:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

A convergence of pipe hitters

Well and analysts and other types as well. Reporting from Washington - The CIA is deploying teams of spies, analysts and paramilitary operatives to Afghanistan, part of a broad intelligence "surge" that will make its station there among the...

Published Mon, Sep 21 2009 12:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

True War Crimes

We all see and even know people who feel our troops are doing bad things. Let's face it, some of the people we meet every day are bigots, no better than klansmen and neo-***, who feel that people in the military really are dumb, can't get a job...

Published Mon, Sep 21 2009 10:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

McChrystal to resign if not supported

Another reason to like the guy. Not only did he used to be President of the Pipehitters Union, but he is standing up for the troops. Within 24 hours of the leak of the Afghanistan assessment to The Washington Post, General Stanley McChrystal's team...

Published Tue, Sep 22 2009 12:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

One more Post about Afghanistan - Charles Krauthammer Speaks

Really, with the posts from Uber-Pig, DeeBow, McQ, and Jimbo, we have a quorum. Here is what Charles Krauthammer has to say about the lack of a strategy - and it's important to watch to get an understanding of RECENT history: <

Published Tue, Sep 22 2009 5:06 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

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

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

To Arthur- I'm in position

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

Out Cowboy'd By the FRENCH??

Dude. Sarkozy: “We live in the real world, not the virtual world. And the real world expects us to take decisions.” “President Obama dreams of a world without weapons … but right in front of us two countries are doing the exact opposite. “Iran since 2005...

Published Sat, Sep 26 2009 4:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Keep Moving Forward & Win the Fight!

It’s that simple. You can dwell on the past and nitpick it until you think you knew what you should of, would of, could of done but really why? Keep Moving Forward & Win the Fight! There will be road blocks, you will need a plan “B”, you will succeed...

Published Sat, Sep 26 2009 7:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Keep Moving Forward & Win the Fight!

Warrior Legacy Foundation gets action on GI Bill payment delays

When we first heard about delays in GI Bill payments it was from Army of Dude's Alex Horton and we didn't know if it was just an isolated incident. It wasn't. It was a large systemic failure affecting thousands of vets. WLF's leadership...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2009 1:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

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