January 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

A Video YOU.MUST.WATCH

There are few things as fun to watch as videos of The Greatest Generation. Add to that one that has airplanes in it and the combat pilots who flew them. Here, we have the P-51 and the Double Ace who commanded her, and a story you will treasure. Your weekend...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2010 6:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Film

TSA Nominee a perfect fit for Obama team

Erroll Southers has problems with his nomination to be TSA head due to some stupid moves using FBI databases to check out his ex-wife's new boyfriend. While that is potentially disqualifying due to the access to sensitive information he would have...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2010 11:21 PM by BLACKFIVE

Roundtable: The Court that Tries Iraqi Police

We spoke with USAF Major Joseph Musacchia, deputy director of the Rule of Law Directorate for the Iraq Training and Advising Mission. The transcript is here. MAJ Musacchia is working with the Iraqi Police (IP) version of an internal affairs court, which...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2010 10:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Mugging Marines

There are a lot of reasons I don't mug Marines, I mean aside from my being a pacifist and a law-abiding citizen. Turns out this dumbass extraordinaire didn't get the memo. LAVALE — When a 6-foot tall, 300-pound convicted armed robber allegedly...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 6:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

Juicebox Mafia crushed Jon Stewart didn't torture John Yoo

Bush Torture Czar John Yoo was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night and there was great anticipation on the left that he would be held accountable for his unconscionable, legal support for TORTURE, or as you and I know it being a little mean...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 2:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Terrorists & Counterterrorists

A couple of items today about these two opposing forces. First head on over to Farm Team Central, otherwise known as This Aint Hell and check out the Crotchety Old *** beating down a quite silly list of the top 10 Special Forces units in the world. This...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 12:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Voice stress technology we aren't using

Bob McCarty reports on a new technology that is far superior to polygraphs that we have not put into use yet. The reasons why are not particularly good either. Polygraphs are unreliable and certainly spoofable, not that we ever spent any time in the team...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 3:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

DoD Report On Ft. Hood Shooting

I haven't had an opportunity to read it all in detail (you can find it here) but one of the areas that most interested me was how MAJ Hasan had managed to avoid being considered a threat prior to Ft. Hood, given his activities, and some sort of action...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 3:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Roundtables: Haiti Operations

There have been a number of roundtables over the last few days to inform us of Haiti-related operations. What is being done is amazing, especially when you consider that it is an open-ended commitment to a bottomless need at a time when our military is...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2010 11:38 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Gurnee Town Mayor Vetoes War Memorial - Northern Illinois Needs you!

In the nice suburban town of Gurnee, Illinois, the mayor has vetoed a unanimous city council vote to build a war memorial. Gurnee has lost six of it's sons in the Long War and a Gold Star dad is leading the charge to get a memorial built. Here is...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 12:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Bust Their Chops

Gen. Pace speaking on service

Gen. Pace was one of our great warriors. He is sorely missed and this speech is a great example of why. We have good officers now, but it's been a while since I've heard a speech like this that made me want to get my boots and lace 'em up...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 11:58 PM by BLACKFIVE

Story Time w/ Uncle J- Rotten duck eggs & day old chicken

A tale of my first deployment where we went to the Philippines to train them in counterinsurgency. At the end of the trip we threw a party with them. We brought beer and a pig to roast. They brought some yummy adobo, some day old chicken (?) and the piece'...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 4:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: philippines, 1st group, special forces, balut

Truman, Obama, and Executive Orders

I see that in his SOTU speech tonight, President Obama renewed his promise to introduce legislation that would end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Of course, he promised to end DADT back when he was still a candidate, but shelved...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 4:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

Fundraiser in Lafayette

Today there is a bake sale starting at 10 at Uniquely Yours Pottery and Glass. This fundraiser will run until the last treat is gone, and is raising funds to send the team from the Yellow Bowl Bakery to Landstuhl as part of Cooking with the Wounded.

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 5:58 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Landstuhl, Soldiers' Angels, Yellow Bowl Bakery, Cooking with the Wounded, Walter Reed, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, #CwtW, Katy Gunderson, Malogne House, CwtW

Team Rubicon - Updates - January 28th - Moving away from P-A-P

Today we scoured the city to no avail. No trauma patients, and clinics are set up every where. Tomorrow we go a town 3 hours away where we hear there are many people still untreated and with many fractured bones. [You can read all of Team Rubicon's...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 9:11 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

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