April 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 12:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

Team Rubicon on the Hugh Hewitt Show Today

You can catch the founders of Team Rubicon on the Hugh Hewitt show. They'll talk about the past two missions and the future of disaster response. At Hugh's site you can get a number to call in. He's on 6-9pm EST and you can listen live via...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 3:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

Start Making Your Plans For October Now

That's right, it's time to start making plans because the milblogs will be back at Blog World this year. There will once again be free memberships to attend the milblog track and exhibit hall, and we are -- of course -- working on more. I can't...

Published Tue, Apr 27 2010 12:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Web/Tech

Nancy Pelosi is a liar - Murtha should not have a ship named after him

Nancy Pelosi said this about why the US Navy should name a ship after the late Congressman John Murtha.Murtha — “our dear Jack,” as Pelosi referred to him — deserved the honor as a tireless advocate for troops generally and Marines in particular, she...

Published Wed, Apr 28 2010 2:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Military Roundup 26 Apr 2010

Photo of the Day: Marines unleash hell in Egypt 2 Illinois state representatives ask governor to deploy National Guard… in Chicago Lawmaker threatening to cut funding from sub program if military doesn’t provide key document Government says al Qaeda ordered...

Published Mon, Apr 26 2010 3:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

One Down

Two to go. A US military jury has cleared a US Navy officer of helping to cover up an attack on an Iraqi suspected of killing four Blackwater guards in 2004 Petty Officer Julio Huertas, 28, was found not guilty of dereliction of duty and attempting to...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 10:03 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders

"I would have done the exact same thing."

Greyhawk points us to a milblogger who is writing about his experiences in Afghanistan. He is honest in just the way that a milblogger ought to be: The passenger bus came from the rear at a high rate of speed and the soldiers engaged the vehicle with...

Published Sat, Apr 24 2010 11:51 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Hope and Baseball - OPENING DAY

"This is our year!" - Blackfive, Cubs Fan, said every year since 1976 "Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those of heavy hearts. Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his poverty no more."...

Published Mon, Apr 12 2010 2:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Afghanistan: And the spring offensive begins with a "bang"

Because of an email I received today,I noticed and read the article Crash cited below about an increase in IEDs in A'stan. There are now 56 route clearance teams (RCP) in-country. That's actually twice as many as we had in Iraq and that's...

Published Tue, Apr 13 2010 4:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

To Sink the Murtha

Look people, I know it's obvious that we - the authors here at BlackFive - have had a lot to say on the late Congressman Murtha. It would be very safe to say that we are not, have never been, fans of the Congressman. Please read this post that I wrote...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 2:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

In the Crosshairs- Me, Myself & I

So this has been kind of a tough week. I mean I put on my sweetness and light, milk of human kindness, helping hand hat and what happens, haters everywhere. I can't believe the mean things people are saying about me on the interwebz. I am a sensitive...

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 1:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Interesting Question

Danger Room notices something interesting: The airmen followed-up: “Would an airmen like me ever be ordered to fire on an Israeli – aircraft or personnel?” Mullen’s second answer was much the same as his first.The question is more interesting than the...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 1:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

WE Will Not Forget

This is an Al Jazeera video sent by a reader who asked, "why didn't we bomb the cop when we left it?" Many of our friends fought here, some died here. Lots of reasons, possibly, on why we didn't destroy the base entirely. But, looking...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 1:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten

The Donovan- a songwriting satirist

Umm this is really funny and very accurate and wicked too.

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 8:59 AM by BLACKFIVE

Droning on

Things are kind of hinky in Warzirastan for the bad guys. The Talib and AQ are finding those sneaky drones are changing the way they have to live, fight and train: The strikes have cast a pall of fear over an area that was once a free zone for Al Qaeda...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 2:17 AM by BLACKFIVE