April 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

29,000,000 free Iraqis may disagree

I know I disagree. I certainly believe there should be a monument to our OIF heroes - but not for the reason this guy wants it: Yet even as we leave [Iraq], we should not forget. Common decency demands that we honor the service and sacrifice of those...

Published Sat, Apr 17 2010 5:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

DRUM HIKE STARTS Tomorrow

I met Iraq vet, SPC Troy Yocum, at the Soldiers' Angels BBQ at Brooke Army Medical Center. He's a great guy and Soldiers' Angels is supporting him on his 7,000 mile hike across the US. He's coming to Chicago (walking with our Firemen and...

Published Fri, Apr 16 2010 6:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Someone You Should Know

Outpost Attack

U.S. Army Spc Colin T. McTamaney checks a nearby ridge following an attack on Combat Outpost Bar Alai in Kunar province, Afghanistan, April 5, 2010. Multiple insurgents with automatic machine guns opened fire about seven hours after a sniper also shot...

Published Wed, Apr 07 2010 2:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Uber Pig's policy on leaks and protection of sources

I'm writing this post for a very specific audience. You'll know who you are after having read it. If you have access to privileged or classified information, and wish to disseminate said information for whatever reason -- for example, if you know...

Published Sun, Apr 11 2010 8:46 PM by BLACKFIVE

Medal of Honor history: Lemon and Beikirch

40 years ago, SP4 Peter Lemon and Sgt. Gary Beikirch earned the Medal of Honor in two separate incidents in Vietnam. When Fire Support Base Illingworth came under attack, Lemon – a native Canadian and one of the youngest Medal recipients – engaged a numerically...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 4:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

A perfect day in DC

There are many reasons to hate this town. Today it was easy to ignore them. Sheer perfection and I played hooky this afternoon to smell the cherry blossoms. Bliss.

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 11:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Juicebox Mafia- Collateral Stupidity from Yglesias

Far and away the most tedious, dense and completely, over-rated juiceboxer is Matthew Why-Glesias. I am usually stunned and amazed, after reading anything he writes on national security, that anyone anywhere publishes him. His knowledge of the subject...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 7:22 AM by BLACKFIVE

Baseball update

Although the Chicago Cubs haven't won the World Series for 102 years (longest drought of any U.S. professional sports team), Blackfive and innumerable other Cub fans have said "this is our year." Benjamin Franklin said that "The definition...

Published Tue, Apr 13 2010 3:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Sports

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

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

Second SEAL cleared in alleged abuse case (Updated)

A jury cleared Special Operator 2nd Class Jonathan Keefe today during his court martial in Iraq. Keefe was charged with failing to prevent the alleged abuse of Ahmed Hashim Abed, the man believed responsible for the grisly 2004 massacre of four Blackwater...

Published Fri, Apr 23 2010 5:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

What a way to fight a war

When Mike Yon does his best work, he reminds me of Ernie Pyle. Here's a piece that Ernie wrote beautifully, about nothing. And here's a piece about a respected Captain's death in Italian campaign that reminds me of Yon's piece on the Kopp...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 4:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

That There is some Bravo Sierra

The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division was deployed to Anbar province during the Surge; the entire 3rd Infantry Division was deployed at about that time, with 1/3 in Anbar with the Marines; 2/3 in Mahmudiyah; 3/3 in the Mada'in; and 4...

Published Wed, Apr 14 2010 12:27 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

A liberal says the right thing about the military

I don't agree w/ Peter Beinart much on policy, but he is w/o a doubt one of the better people on the left. He is often paired w/ Jonah Goldberg for debate and it is consistently high quality. He has a piece today at the Daily Beast that says some...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 5:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

Buy a MMA IQ Book AND Help Soldiers Angels

Operation Blitzkrieg TODAY - At 1200 to 1230 Eastern Standard Time, we need to get as many individual people to buy this book as possible. Amazon reworks everything every 30 minutes. If we can get 100 orders or more this book will be in the top 100 and...

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 12:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Sports

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