April 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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

My new wheels

OK, Froggy shamed me out of buying a scooter so I got this. The helmet is totally bitchin'. My freakin' thighs are fried though. Dag.

Published Sat, Apr 03 2010 4:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Battalions in Afghanistan

From our friend, Eric Egland: Calling ground-owning units in Afghanistan Troops Need You (TNY) is trying to find two combat battalions in AFG ( 1 ea x USA, USMC) who could use a large shipment of mission-related supplies (medical, school, electronics...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 2:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

David Bellavia, JD Johannes & Uncle J

Man it was just like the good old days today doing Secure Freedom Radio. A couple of folks have told me that I sound very sedate and calm when I guest host Frank Gaffney's show. I noticed it too and I think it's just that Frank is very erudite...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 10:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Open letter to CENTCOM PAO

Sup, ninjas? Uber Pig here. I'd like to say a few words about this whole Wikileaks thing. You know, the thing where they've put up a 17 minute video called "Collateral Murder" that makes American soldiers look like, well, bad guys. How...

Published Tue, Apr 06 2010 6:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

Tax Day Tea Party DC- Signs, signs

The Tea Party Express came to Tax Town today on Tax Day to protest and while it wasn't massive it was lively. There were several thousand there and pretty much everybody had a sign. The mob wasn't angry, if anything they were disgusted but amused...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 6:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

A day in the life of some not so smart pirates

It's a beautiful early morning, just a little before dawn. Out on the open sea, about 380 miles off the coast of Djibouti, you and your buddies leave the mother ship in your skiff to do a little pirating. Life is good and so are the drugs. Easy pickin's...

Published Sun, Apr 18 2010 5:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Humor

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Published Sun, Apr 18 2010 10:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

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

I Am Pretty Sure This Is A Crime....

In fact, I know it is.... (H/T Big Government) The Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (Pub.L. 97-200, 50 U.S.C. § 421–426) is a United States federal law that makes it a federal crime to intentionally reveal the identity of an agent whom one...

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 2:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

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

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