February 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Dead tangos to stack like cordwood

Getting back to something we can all groove about, Mr. Roggio has a report on a Predator swarm. I like the way that sounds. A swarm of unmanned US aircraft pounded an al Qaeda camp today in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Five...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 5:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

In the Crosshairs- Interrogation Follies

The White House and Justice Department are spinning at warp speed trying to change the narrative on their epic goat screw regarding the panty bomber's interrogation. Bottom line is they are terrorist first and that should rule their world. If they...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2010 9:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

Roundtable: Cobra Gold 10

We spoke with LTG Benjamin R. Mixon about this year's Cobra Gold exercise in Thailand. (Transcript is here.) Cobra Gold has been a tremendously important exercise for the US and our allies in Thailand for a long time now, but since the Tsunami of...

Published Thu, Feb 04 2010 10:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Just how evil is the Taliban?

This account is from Meena, a 13 year-old Pakistani girl who grew up around the Taliban. While you read this (and it would behoove you to read the entire piece), remember that Barack Obama seeks to pay off the same Taliban with your tax dollars. From...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 4:59 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

BG Poseur McSoulPatch arrested

The mighty forces of the Milblogosphere conspired together to take out an egregious wanker in a poster case for the Stolen Valor Act. It was a group effort, but the FBI eventually got on board and yesterday he got cuffed and stuffed. Story from local...

Published Sat, Feb 06 2010 12:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Medal of Honor: Lewis Millett

If there is a picture of someone next to the word "warrior" in the dictionary, it would be Lewis Millett. Millett was the Company Commander in the 27th Infantry Regiment during the Korean War. On February 7, 1951on Hill 180 (present-day Osan...

Published Sun, Feb 07 2010 6:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Stolen Valor in action- BG Poseur McSoulPatch goes to court

UPDATE: Since Friday when Mr. McManus was arrested much as come to light including the documents charging him and as it turns out this is not his first round of playing dress up. MCMANUS was previously convicted in U.S. Federal Court in California in...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2010 2:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

Battle of Wanat in the Washington Times

The latest report on the Battle of Wanat had been finished and apparently calls for adverse action against the Company, Battalion & Brigade commanders of the unit.I have a piece in today's WashingtonTimes that looks at the major issues about the...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2010 9:59 PM by BLACKFIVE

In which I hate the UN deeply

I have a long and passionate hatred for the United Nations and have personally witnessed it's disgraceful behavior. Both the abomination that is the General Assembly, where every tyrant is equal and it's field operations where corruption and oppression...

Published Tue, Feb 09 2010 11:57 PM by BLACKFIVE

31st anniversary of Iran's Mullahocracy

Hardly a day to celebrate, but one to feel solidarity with the brave Iranian opposition. The regime has deployed more than 100,000 thugs to try and keep the will of the people from being seen. I am awaiting reports of what has happened, but they will...

Published Wed, Feb 10 2010 11:37 PM by BLACKFIVE

The Battle of Marjah

Institute for the Study of War has a series that will look at our Operation Moshtarak or the Battle of Marjah. Round one is here. Introduction Operation Moshtarak (Dari for “Together”) is the first major offensive for U.S., coalition and Afghan forces...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 5:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Survivors

Afghan survivors of massive avalanches in the mountains of Salang Pass head for safety as an Afghan soldier runs to provide assistance in Afghanistan's Parwan province, Feb. 9, 2010. U.S. troops provided assistance and medical care to the Afghans...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 6:24 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Murtha's Legacy

Shawn Bryan is a friend of BLACKFIVE and a recon Marine who served in Haditha, Iraq just before the infamous shootings there occurred. He has never taken kindly to the betrayal of those Marines when John Murtha called them cold-blooded murderers and today...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2010 2:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

"Stolen Valor" law under attack

You knew it had to come: The federal courts are wrestling with a question of both liberty and patriotism: Does the First Amendment right to free speech protect people who lie about being war heroes? At issue is a three-year-old federal law called the...

Published Sat, Feb 13 2010 2:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Choosing to kill rather than capture?

I have praised President Obama for his continued use of drone strikes to take out terrorists. It is a direct way to create dead tangos and has the indirect effect of making them wonder whether they are being watched 24/7. However it is not and should...

Published Sun, Feb 14 2010 11:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

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