March 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Good cause, twisted outcome

I am not going to make any of the jokes that come to mind, because this is a good idea and good on' em for doing it. The hosts and producer of You Served radio show, CJ, Troy, and Marcus, are issuing a challenge to the MilBlogosphere in a charity...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 3:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Differing Views

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Lee provides aerial security from the rear door of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter over Khost province, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2010. Lee, an aerial gunner, is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 169 Aviation Regiment. Chinook...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 12:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

LDI on a "Bright Leash"

The Guardian (UK) has noticed the Army's love of reflector belts. So clandestine are the units formed to protect villages in a critical valley in southern Afghanistan that US officials and special forces commanders in Kabul refuse to discuss them...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 11:57 PM by BLACKFIVE

DADT, don't be a douche

I have made the case many times for repeal of DADT. In a lot of cases LT Dan Choi was a perfect case for why it is a bad idea as he speaks Arabic. Well now he has gone and bedouched himself as Greyhawk duly notes. Pardon me if I pause a moment here to...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 1:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Urgent: SEAL to blow case wide open tomorrow

SEAL 3 Update: Navy SEAL Matthew McCabe plans to reveal information at a Scottsdale, Ariz. rally tomorrow that will blow the cases of three Navy SEALs wide open. Read the News Release.Will report on this as soon as information is available.

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 1:12 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Night at the Movies

Tonight's feature: U.S. Navy SEALs: Direct Action Why watch the anti-military filth perpetrated on us by Hollywood pinkos? Tuck the women and children into bed. Grab an ice-cold beverage, a steak (substitute more economical meat product if necessary...

Published Sun, Mar 28 2010 10:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Pick axes coming for you

The Ranger Up guys are branching out into the under-served smart ass video market. Here is their fighter Jorge Rivera explaining his image problems going into his fight against Nate Quarry. You can get the Jorge Rivera Conquistador shirt here.

Published Wed, Mar 10 2010 11:27 PM by BLACKFIVE

US flag too imperialist to fly in Haiti

Oh this is just freakin' pathetic. We are too PC infested and lame to even fly our flag in a country that ought to worship it? FFS! The many nations helping Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that struck there have set up their own military...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 2:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

Roundtable: MND-C Commanding General Terry Wolff

We had a roundtable yesterday that I'm going to break out into two parts. Speaking was Major General Terry Wolff, currently commanding Multinational Division - Center. MND-C was "the Surge Division" when it was created in 2007, with its...

Published Thu, Mar 11 2010 11:51 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Battle-tested business leaders

A pretty nice look at the next greatest generation as they transition from wartime to civilian leadership roles, and from CNN none the less. WOW. (Fortune Magazine) -- In the spring of 2008, Wal-Mart threw an annual shareholders meeting befitting its...

Published Sun, Mar 07 2010 3:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Anatomy of a Rescue

While this story is not exactly the way it happened, it's close enough to show you how many people (people you know like Mike Yon and Soldiers Angels Germany) worked together to save the life of one British soldier. Revealed: How hundreds of military...

Published Sun, Mar 07 2010 12:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders

Norks sink South Korean ship?

Hmmm. If this is true it could really cause some problems and point to Lil' Kim trying to get some attention, or worse. Hopefully Jihad Gene can channel the sawed-off, wannabe Napoleon and let us know. SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean naval ship was...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 3:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Imagine this milestone 2 years ago

Sorry I've been absent for a while - I've been fighting this health care monstrosity over at QandO and doing a lot of traveling trying to make a living. But this week something slapped me in the face and made me stop and think for a moment. Sometime...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 6:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Anti-war vet runs for Congress

Adam Kokesh is a real piece of work. Once a leading light in the wackadoo anti-war movement including IVAW, he now has cleaned up a bit and is running as a Republican for Congress in New Mexico and sadly doing much better than he should. Tim Sumner has...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 11:15 PM by BLACKFIVE

This week in US military history

From W. Thomas Smith, Jr.'s series at Human Events: Mar. 2, 1943: Elements of the U.S. Army Air Forces and Royal Australian Air Force intercept and all-but-destroy an entire Japanese troop-transport convoy in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Several...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 11:41 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

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Good cause, twisted outcome

Differing Views

LDI on a "Bright Leash"

DADT, don't be a douche

Urgent: SEAL to blow case wide open tomorrow

Night at the Movies

Pick axes coming for you

US flag too imperialist to fly in Haiti

Roundtable: MND-C Commanding General Terry Wolff

Battle-tested business leaders

The Anatomy of a Rescue

Norks sink South Korean ship?

Imagine this milestone 2 years ago

Anti-war vet runs for Congress

This week in US military history