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  • No Harm, No Foul

    A Canadian General Officer fat fingers his trigger. Brig.-Gen. Daniel Ménard, the head of Joint Task Force Afghanistan, announced Saturday that he has summoned the military's National Investigation Service to probe the unintended discharge of his...
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  • Attention Sky Six - Paratrooper Inbound

    Our friend Ponsdorf posts that his father-in-law passed away this morning. His father, SSG Dan Leffler, was an artilleryman in the 82nd in WWII. According to Pons, he had a bronze star and had jumped into Sicily and rode a glider into Holland. Pon put...

  • On Fire

    Mudville Gazette and This Ain't Hell are turning out some really good stuff today. Go check them out.

  • Restrepo - The Documentary

    Details here at Kitchen Dispatch. This is a movie that I will want to see. It involves more than a few people that we have highlighted here over the last few years (and many of them that we have met).
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  • Military Roundup 28 Apr 2010

    Photo of the Day: U.S. soldiers marching through streets of Britain enroute to their landing craft for the invasion of Europe US-born cleric Awlaki 'proud' to have taught al Qaeda operatives Hundreds of Somali troops trained with millions of U...
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  • Return of the Russian Bear

    There was never much chance that the Russians would sit quietly and allow all of their former fiefdoms run their own affairs. The break up of the Soviet Union had absolutely nothing to do with a lack of desire for hegemony and everything to do with the...

  • 23 Forever

    Happy Birthday, Mike! Related: Metamorphosis Remembrance of Sergeant Michael Stokely: http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/09/remembering-mike-stokely.html http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/08/robert-stokely-remembers.html http://www.blackfive.net/main...

  • COL David Maxwell on Unconventional Warfare and the USSF

    Our friend COL Maxwell has a piece at Small Wars Journal on the subject of why the Special Forces train for unconventional warfare (UW). It's easy to understand the sensitivity of the question by reading the definition of UW: "Activities conducted...
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  • My Sartorial Suitability

    Since the infamous "yellow pants incident" many have been questioning my ability to properly dress myself for high class events. Well aside from my momentary lapse into potential yuppie scumbagdom, I am quite capable of keeping some quality...

  • Dead Tangos in Tikrit

    OK I gave it a day to see if once again reports of the deaths of these clowns were greatly exaggerated. Looks like they have actually assumed room temperature. From LWJ. Iraq's Prime Minister and the US military confirmed that al Qaeda in Iraq's...

  • Army Birther on G-man's show

    I haven't had time to listen yet, but I'm sure he comes across as a thoughtful, educated, informed ultra-maroon. Lt Col. Terry Lakin, along with his lawyer Paul Jensen, tells G Gordon Liddy why he is refusing to deploy to Afghanistan until President...

  • Blackfive LLC to Sue US Cavalry

    The USCAV store stole my idea and we're taking them to court over this! Thanks to reader Mike in STL for the tip. As I have spent entire paychecks on US Cav products, it's good to see that they are not taking their success too lightly and continue...
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  • It's Time The Truth Was Known

    The Democratic Underground, Kos, and the trolls here have had it right all along: This site is a fraud. The person you know as Blackfive, Matt, Matty, etc. is just a figurehead. Hired out of a bar, as a matter of fact. The person playing Uncle Jimbo,...

  • Some Monday radio

    I'm guest-hosting Frank Gaffney's Secure Freedom Radio show today and if you gotta have it, you can get it streaming here at 5 pm Eastern. I will post the podcast links when they go live. I will have David Bellavia on as a guest because I miss...

  • Team Rubicon - On the Move

    A few announcements about Team Rubicon: 1. Team Rubicon has won 1st place in the “Beyond the Welcome Home” Summit put on by Mobilize.org. William McNulty, Jake Wood and Clay Hunt presented their case which was then voted on by all participants and experts...
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