January 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 11 - AIDS Clinic

The team is spending the day at another refugee point, this one is also an AIDS center... Tough as nails Mother Superior Sister Lata. She's tougher than a Drill Instructor, speaks perfect english, and has made it abundantly clear that she is in charge...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 12:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week, Team Rubicon

The Pentagon's War on Reason

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 6:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Mayhill Fowler of the Huffington Post: Obamas willfully naive?

Jim and I had the occasion to meet a very charming lady who writes for the Huffington Post not long ago. I realize the site doesn't enjoy much currency here; but don't hold that against this author, a true Southern lady who merits your consideration...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 12:59 PM by BLACKFIVE

Night Birds

Aircraft are on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz under way in the North Arabian Sea at midnight, Jan, 1, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William McKibbin

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 3:25 PM 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

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

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

CIA Officers Memorial Fund

We lost some good folks in the attack on FOB Chapman. They left family behind and here is how you can help. The CIA Officers Memorial Foundation was created by a group of concerned Americans who wished to assist the survivors and dependents of CIA officers...

Published Sun, Jan 03 2010 4:37 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

Snow Patrol

U.S. soldiers run through the snow after exiting a UH-47 Chinook helicopter as another lands in Shaykh Ali district in Afghanistan's Parwan province, Dec. 19, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to Task Force Cyclone. U.S. Army photo by Spc. William Henry

Published Sat, Jan 02 2010 3:56 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 11 - Doc's AAR of Day One

Dr. Dolhun's medical assessment. Team Rubicon Day #1: We located one of the hardest hit sites in Port au Prince, known by the local lay and medical community to clearly be in urgent need of medical help. The site was located approximately 30 minutes...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 1:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 21 - BRAVO TEAM ARRIVES!!!

Team Rubicon's second group, Bravo Element, arrives in Port au Prince and goes straight to General Hospital. Chef Ricardo Diniz (pictured) Army Medic Zak Beck (pictured) RN Seth Teske RN Kerem Korkmas [You can read all of Team Rubicon's updates...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 3:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 17 - Useless

Yes, that's who you think it is and the title was solely my idea and not Team Rubicon's. We'll see if they get any action photos of him actually lending a hand.

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 11:23 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

Rubcion Rescue - Mission Haiti - Day 5

Team Rubicon Internal Medicine Dr Maurecio Consalter helps set up Forward Area Surgical Teams (FAST). Security elements led me Jake Wood, Clay Hunt and William McNulty, will insert FAST teams into refugee camps in the next hour. "We are going to...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2010 10:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

Afghan Demotivators

The Sniper has taken the pics from Wardak and turned them into one of our favorites, that's right Demotivators. There are more of the Ma Deuce variety at his hooch.

Published Fri, Jan 22 2010 5:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 11 - AIDS Clinic

The Pentagon's War on Reason

Mayhill Fowler of the Huffington Post: Obamas willfully naive?

Night Birds

Roundtable: US Army Africa

Jihad Gene blows one up

DoD Report On Ft. Hood Shooting

CIA Officers Memorial Fund

Operation Homelink and Dell Computer Connect Paratroopers to Families Back home

Snow Patrol

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 11 - Doc's AAR of Day One

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 21 - BRAVO TEAM ARRIVES!!!

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 17 - Useless

Rubcion Rescue - Mission Haiti - Day 5

Afghan Demotivators