March 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

WiFi in Afghanistan

Kanani Fong is jumping onto a project that Tim Lynch from Free range International has been working on to provide WiFi service to as many Afghans as possible. She has a post up detailing this and how everyone can play. I am tired. It is dead late at night...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 12:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Free the SEALs

I think most of you are aware of the travesty currently underway where three SEALs are facing courts martial for supposedly punching a scumbag terrorist in the belly. I have been on the fence about attempts to pressure the command to drop the charges...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 12:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Advocating violence is bad mmmkay?

Greyhawk is off on a righteous tear and he is spot on. He has highlighted the maroons who brought signs to the anti-ObamaCare rally that were boneheaded and counter-productive. In case you can't read them: Warning if Brown can't stop it, A Browning...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 6:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Could this be the end of U.S. air superiority?

From Air Power Australia's assessment of the Russian Sukhoi PAK-FA (emphasis mine): Detailed strategic analysis indicates that the only viable strategic survival strategy now remaining for the United States is to terminate the Joint Strike Fighter...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 3:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Presidential Bomber Jackets

Infantrymen, As the only regular author here with decent fashion sense -- or at least better than Matt -- I feel compelled to point out that Barack Obama looks just as stupid in his leather bomber jacket as Dubya did. Except of course that when Dubya...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 10:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Battle of Wanat- First Hand

Last night we heard an amazing story from two gentlemen who were there. They are only speaking up now because what was a tough day but ultimately a victory has been turned into a case where they are portrayed as victims. The Battle of Wanat was fought...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 1:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

US Army PWND By Aussie Hacker

Via Wired: Wikileaks presents a “threat to the U.S. Army” and publishes “potentially actionable information” for targeting military personnel, according to a classified intelligence report posted Monday on the whistleblowing site. The 32-page report entitled...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 2:32 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Humor, Military Humor

Matt Damon: How to turn $100million dollars into $15million in cold, hard cash

Longtime B5 reader Tom W. made me feel all warm inside when he commented that Matt Damon's star power in "Behind the Green Zone Door" has, so far, netted his financiers a whopping $5 million return on a $100 million investment. According...

Published Sat, Mar 13 2010 5:08 PM by BLACKFIVE

Paratrooper Hand Shake

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Charlie Company, 82nd Airborne Division shakes the hand of a young Afghan child while on a dismounted patrol at a village in southern Afghanistan. The U.S. Army and Canadian Forces Land Force Command are helping the Afghan...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 3:25 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

American Legion picks up tab for lawyers in Phelps case

Good news for the father of a fallen Marine who had sued the reprehensible Fred Phelps and his Church of the eternal dung beetle. The American Legion has got his back. UPDATE: Been authorized to pay it out, build a shell for donations, and to help draft...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 1:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

"The Pacific" - Two Views

First, the US Naval Institute has a series profiling each episode of "the Pacific" - the new HBO miniseries by Tom Hanks that features combat in the Pacific during WWII. Some have called it the Marine's "Band of Brothers". Go here...

Published Wed, Mar 10 2010 2:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Bust Their Chops, Film

Two Transport Systems

Students from the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL class 281 participate in a rock portage exercise on Coronado Island, Calif., Feb. 23, 2010. Rock portage is one of many physically demanding evolutions included in the first phase of training. Navy SEALs...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 3:43 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Our Greatest Condolences

We wish to express our greatest condolences to Mrs. Porto, military wife who blogs at "A Little Pink in a World of Camo." On Sunday 14 March, Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto, my one and only soul mate, died while on operations in Helmand Province...

Published Sat, Mar 20 2010 12:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

7th Anniversary of the Iraq War invasion

Yes we know, but haven't had much free time to acknowledge this anniversary. But the Greyhawks have done things up right. So if you haven't, please head over and think about how much things have changed.

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 6:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Today in Medal of Honor History: Jack H. Jacobs

42 years ago, First Lieutenant Jack Jacobs was searching for Viet Cong soldiers when the South Vietnamese battalion that he was advising suddenly came under devastating fire from a large enemy force hidden in bunkers. Many of the soldiers were killed...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 2:13 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

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