January 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Bellavia brings the crazy funny

My good friend David Bellavia's blog is rapidly turning into serious competition for the Onion. I have been exposed to his wicked hilarity for a long while now, but he has brought it out into public for all to see and I strongly recommend you wallow...

Published Sat, Jan 30 2010 2:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Operation Homelink and Dell Computer Connect Paratroopers to Families Back home

A U.S. Army paratrooper in Iraq uses an online video-chat program to talk with his wife and children on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 28, 2009. Operation Homelink, a nonprofit organization working with corporate donors to link families and deployed soldiers...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2010 12:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Fit for Combat

JD was in town a little while back and I joked with him that it would do no good to have me review his book, 'cuz I'm not gonna work that hard. That's kinda true, but if you are interested in a serious work out regimen, this is it. There is...

Published Sun, Jan 03 2010 4:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Things Not To Say To A Veteran

Well, we are all familiar with trolls and tools that live to say the nastiest things they can to those who serve or have served. They are a fact of life, and without the social constraints that placed external restraints on them they are a very noisy...

Published Sun, Jan 03 2010 7:11 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Concrete Bob on the radio

Concrete Bob Miller is obviously feeling better and is back at the game. He was on WRVA radio this morning talking about helping local vets get jobs and talking up the Warrior Legacy Foundation. Good to hear you back in the saddle brother.

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 4:37 AM by BLACKFIVE

Counter-Pirate Patrol

The guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin patrols to support counterpiracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 1, 2010. The Chosin is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counterpiracy off the coast...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 6:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Radio alert- Uncle J talking Blackwater charges

On the radio w. the G-man's guest host former Congressman Ernest Istook at 12:17 eastern to talk about the just dropped charges against the Blackwater guards. You can listen here.

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 1:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Blackfive "Farm Team" is recruiting from the IVAW?!

What the This Ain't Hell?!

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 2:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Counter-Piracy: Approaching the Dhow

U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Victor Nitividad, left, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Hunter, right, approach a dhow while preparing to board the vessel in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 1, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Edgington...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 10:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Roundtable: US Army Africa

We spoke yesterday with MG William B. Garrett III, commanding general of United States Army Africa. The transcript from the call is here. US Army Africa reports directly to the Department of the Army, and as the newest Army Service Command, is assigned...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 1:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Variations on a theme - "You might be a Taliban if ....

With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, found on the 'net: "YOU MAY BE A TALIBAN IF..." 1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to liquor. 2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 5:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Humor

Al Qaeda Attackers: Common Criminals or Enemy Combatants?

David A. Rivkin, Jr. and Lee A. Casey published an excellent piece at National Review Online addressing the line between trying our enemies as enemy combatants subject to the rules of war; or criminals subject to our Constitution (emphasis added). The...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 10:16 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Jihad Gene blows one up

From the Great Reader an instant classic TNT by AC/DC (*a JihadGene re-write) oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi See me fly out of the airport On your security monitor screen Out for all the virgins I can get If you know what I mean Africans...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 11:26 PM by BLACKFIVE

Working in the Whiteout

A New York State airboat carrying ice rescue personnel from Coast Guard Station Burlington enforce a 1,500-foot safety zone around the 80-year old Champlain Bridge. The bridge, which had been closed to traffic for months, was demolished to make way for...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 2:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

An Amazing Lady, Still Supporting The Troops

I haven't posted a lot of late, in part because of behind the scenes work for Cooking with the Wounded. One of the efforts underway has been reaching out to corporations, chefs, and celebrities asking for support (and participation). Of the current...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 11:09 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Soldiers' Angels, Cooking with the Wounded, Phyllis Diller, Project Valour-IT, Bob Hope, support the troops

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Bellavia brings the crazy funny

Operation Homelink and Dell Computer Connect Paratroopers to Families Back home

Fit for Combat

Things Not To Say To A Veteran

Concrete Bob on the radio

Counter-Pirate Patrol

Radio alert- Uncle J talking Blackwater charges

The Blackfive "Farm Team" is recruiting from the IVAW?!

Counter-Piracy: Approaching the Dhow

Roundtable: US Army Africa

Variations on a theme - "You might be a Taliban if ....

Al Qaeda Attackers: Common Criminals or Enemy Combatants?

Jihad Gene blows one up

Working in the Whiteout

An Amazing Lady, Still Supporting The Troops