March 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

For Something Completely Different

Some thoughts on manners, civilization, and why some #%%##@(*! people deserve to leave airplanes at Angels 40 sans parachutes is up at Laughing Wolf. LW who does not (currently) have a severe facial tick, snarl, nor am I (currently) having to hold my...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 8:58 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Two Views

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot conducts an unrestricted vertical climb from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Exercise Cope North, Feb. 15, 2010. The U.S. Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force conduct the exercise annually at...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 11:41 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Solemn Farewell

Here's a blog post about a Ramp Ceremony at Kandahar : ...Several of the soldiers were wounded. One of the soldiers lost his fight. This afternoon, I had the honor of sending him and another soldier home to his family. It's called a ramp ceremony...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 5:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

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

ObamaCare Haikus & Rabbit Boxing

No one has ever accused me of coherence, so here goes. Kanani Fong points out a fun game using the timeless wisdom of our Vice F'n President to create ObamaCare Haikus. Well of course I join in with both f'n feet. And the rabbits? Well that is...

Published Thu, Mar 25 2010 12:04 PM by BLACKFIVE

Obama the CIA agent?

There’s even a court case on this issue. The very few rogue agents in the Agency’s history have wound up in a world of hurt, so I sincerely doubt that a CIA turncoat would make it to president. Besides, I have a hard time imagining Obama – who probably...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 4:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

MoveOn.org: Hypocrisy

I don't like to post political stuff too much around here. There are better venues for that. But I noticed that MoveOn.org, a Democratic Party organ led by a group of white Berkeley liberals, has a petition up, and which you can sign here, that calls...

Published Sun, Mar 28 2010 6:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Petition -- Democratic Party Leaders: Condemn MoveOn.org

Infantrymen, As I posted earlier, MoveOn.org has a petition up asking the Republican leaders, including Michael Steele, to condemn bigotry against black people. I noted the irony of this, considering that MoveOn.org is bigoted against the military. One...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 4:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

WBC: So Much For My BP Meds

Well, the blood pressure meds were working until I read about this court decision. I have to wonder why the court decided to do this, given that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the issue and the issue of payment potentially could be moot. My thanks...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 7:34 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

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

Refueling Tanker Goat Rope extended

I don't think many would argue that our Defense procurement system functions as if it were serving up a soup sandwich to a guy in a chicken wire canoe as he swung his football bat while wearing bowling cleats and trying to open the screen door on...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 9:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

A reasonable view of Operation Moshtarak

After the ridiculous garbage from Foreign Policy that I kicked the crap out of in the previous piece, it would be helpful to read something useful about what we are doing in Marjah. Here is a backgrounder from Jeff Dressler of the Institute for the Study...

Published Thu, Mar 04 2010 1:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Diplomatic success re. Iran, or not

The Russians and Chinese have done something outrageous that no one could have seen coming. They screwed Obama on Iranian sanctions. The president spent a year plus wooing the Iranians like an 8th grader w/ a crush. Their efforts to nuke up have only...

Published Thu, Mar 04 2010 11:10 PM by BLACKFIVE

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

Traitorous dung beetle captured?

Oh please, please, please let this be true. Reports from Pakistan indicate that the American-born al Qaeda spokesman who has been charged with treason in the US was captured today in Pakistan's port city of Karachi. Adam Gadahn and an associate are...

Published Sun, Mar 07 2010 3:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

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