January 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Welcome to Hell

Team Rubicon new addition, former Marine Scout Sniper and Purple Heart recipient, Clay Hunt. Two days ago Hunt awoke at 3 AM, checked Rubicon's blog, and three hours later hopped a plane to Santo Domingo and made his way into Haiti. Yesterday Hunt...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 10:56 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

Dead Tango Demotivators

The Sniper is not right......in the 'ead. That is a well known fact and his latest venture makes that deadly certain. He has a nice set of, well, Dead Tango Demotivators. He was kind enough to anonymize that I gave him the title, but heck I've...

Published Sat, Jan 23 2010 3:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Climate Change BS- So easy a caveman can do it

Off topic, but the pics are beauty. Shockingly there are lies and corruption right in the heart of the UN's Global Warming Fear Machine. I blame Al Gore. What a fun day to watch the lefties take body shots. Here is a lefty professor wickedly beating...

Published Sun, Jan 24 2010 2:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Military Motivator - Courage

Published Fri, Jan 01 2010 3:35 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week, Military Motivators

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

The Warrior Returns - SFC Mike Schlitz - Someone You Should Know

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Wilson, left, accompanies Army Sgt. 1st Class Mike Schlitz, a wounded warrior returning to Iraq as part of Operation Proper Exit, on Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2009. The program returns severely wounded veterans to...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 12:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week, Someone You Should Know

Naval Aviation Officer Candidates...On Line!

Over on my Instapinch blog, I've got a post up from a couple of years ago on what Aviation Officer Candidate School (AOCS) was like. Discounting the more-than-you'd-think bits like and little bits unlike the movie An Officer and a Gentleman, ...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 4:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Alerts

Some tings to look at or think about LT Michael Behenna's parents are in town to speak to the Army Clemency Board about reducing their sone's sentence or setting him free pending appeal. He got screwed at trial and deserves much better than he...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 11:25 PM by BLACKFIVE

"Matthew Alexander" compares Gitmo to Khmer Rouge

Matthew Alexander, the pseudonymous USAF OSI officer who wrote a book that is mostly accurate but then uses national media to cast aspersions on our military, is again at Vote Vets - this time comparing operations at GTMO to the conduct of the Khmer Rouge...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 2:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Mike Yon "arrested" at Sea-Tac & More

Well, after several years of holding back, I'm starting to get back to some politics. If you want to know more on my thoughts in regards Mike getting handcuffed while trying to enter the country, or some thoughts shared with politicians foolish enough...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 4:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Today in Medal of Honor History - Patrick Brady, Don Jenkins

On this day in military history, two American soldiers earned the Medal of Honor – the nation's highest decoration for valor. 42 years ago on January 6, 1968, Major Patrick Henry Brady, commander of the 54th Medical Detachment, volunteered for a dangerous...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 2:01 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Agreeing w/ the Juicebox Mafia & Jihadis in our midst

Kinda. They are talking about bringing General Giap, who commanded the North Vietnamese Army to a conference here to talk COIN. It's almost a good idea, so I give them some credit. Incidentally I will be implementing a regular Juicebox Mafia report...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 12:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Nostalgic Navy

Over at Denny's place, Grouchy Old Cripple, there is a post about the Navy in 1960. It's a must read. Thanks to DT for sending the link.

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 5:26 AM by BLACKFIVE

Op-Ed in Washington Times on Blackwater

You all know that I have been covering the politically-motivated charges against the Blackwater guards who were charged with murder for a shooting in Nisour Square in 2007. The charges were finally dropped and the judge gave a scathing rebuke to the prosecutors...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 10:56 PM by BLACKFIVE

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