January 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Gen. Petraeus at Institute for the Study of War

Gen. Petraeus spent some time at the Institute for the Study of War last week and discussed the many challenges CENTCOM and all of us face. Kim Kagan hosted him and you can see the entire event here at ISW's website.

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 1:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Pelosi's 'Air Force Scandal'

Democrats living large on the taxpayers' expense? Surely not. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has racked up an amazing $2.1 million travel tab during the last two years according to government documents obtained by Judicial Watch through a FOIA...

Published Sun, Jan 31 2010 9:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

SOBs support the WLF

I mean other than most of our board members. We held a fundraising party for the Warrior Legacy Foundation last night and the Yale a capella group the Society of Orpheus & Bacchus, the SOBs, performed. I'd like to thank Franklin Raff, a former...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2010 9:22 AM by BLACKFIVE

This Week in American Military History

I always find W. Thomas Smith, Jr.'s "This Week In American Military History" series to be an interesting read. This week's edition references the Battle of New Orleans, which took place over two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent was signed...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2010 11:02 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Brothers at War: DVD Release

Last spring, we covered the release of the movie Brothers at War in posts here, here, and here. Today, we are going to cover the release of the DVD (with bonus features) and invite you to take part in a live video interview with Jake Rademacher. If this...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2010 7:31 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Film, Gary Sinise, Iraq, surge, cinema, DVD, Oscar worthy, Jake Rademacher, pre-surge, Brothers at War, movies, release

Juicebox Mafia report- Attackerman is no Dhimmi

Today's Juicebox Mafia Report explores Attackerman, Spencer Ackerman's lack of concern and dismissal of the idea that there is an encroachment into Western society by elements of Islam that want to enshrine their beliefs. I kinda think there is...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 5:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

Roundtable: Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, on Afghanistan

We spoke with Admiral James G. Stavridis, CDRUSEUCOM, and -- as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe -- commander of NATO forces. The transcript of the discussion is here. There were a number of interesting questions about the way forward in Afghanistan,...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 2:37 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Juicebox Mafia's Klein- One party rule is totally cool

Today's report is a dandy. Senior Juicebox MSMer Ezra Klein pipes up in support of the secret WH meetings to socialize reform health care. He claims these are essentially the same as Congressional conference committees. Well maybe if you ignore the...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 1:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

StoryTime w/ Uncle J- Skydiving 101

It's been a while and I only like to do these when it is nice and sunny so today was perfect. A better title for this would be "Oh hell no you didn't" because that is what anyone with an ounce of sense or any knowledge of skydiving would...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 5:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Matt Burden for State Representative

Heading into the home stretch with about two weeks to go before the election! We've picked up momentum, are gathering more volunteers, and have run a fiscally conservative campaign. Running all the way up to February 2nd, we will spend every dime...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 4:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti

A good friend of mine reached out to me to get some medical supplies and doctors into Haiti. The plan was to get the supplies, docs, and SF medics into the Dominican Republic and convoy into Haiti. Since convoys have been attacked from the DR, you need...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2010 11:55 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Someone You Should Know

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 6 - The Kindness of Strangers

Former Marine William McNulty organizes supplies donated by Josh Silvers, the CEO of Chicago medical supply company, Xcellmed. Team Rubicon is building break-out med kits for their first mission outside the Jesuit compound later today. Thank you, Josh...

Published Sun, Jan 17 2010 10:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

The Legal Assault on our Counterterror program

The Warrior Legacy Institute has released it's latest paper "Universal Jurisdiction & Targeted Killing" which discusses our policy of killing known terrorists and the authorizations for this. One of our most successful tactics against...

Published Sun, Jan 17 2010 11:30 PM by BLACKFIVE

Who are we fighting anyways?

Gadi Adelman illustrates how absurd and dangerous the Obama administration's approach to fighting our jihadist enemies is in an excellent piece at Family Security Matters. Adelman would know, having survived a terrorist attack in Jerusalem which killed...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 4:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Religion

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 9 - Descending into Hell

Here is a message from the Jesuit member of Team Rubicon: “He descended into Hell”.... I have said these words every time I have prayed the Creed at Sunday mass, or the rosary. I have prayed these words often, but have never understood them until now...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 10:49 AM by BLACKFIVE