April 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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

Local Nationals inform Marines

Marines blow up a roadside bomb in Marjah in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan. IEDs continue to get discovered as local nationals continue to inform Marines of potential attacks. This is very significant progress for Coalition Forces.

Published Sat, Apr 03 2010 3:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Strike Force Lion: "Why We Fight"

SPC Matthew Freire and 1LT Tyler Ginter are with 55th Combat Camera. You can read the lieutenant's blog about making this video, and see stills from it, here. For those of you who don't know how much COMCAM does in this war, I had a friend --...

Published Sat, Apr 03 2010 12:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

The drinking lamp is lit

Another gorgeous day here in ObamaTown. I spent a good bit of it walking around barefoot in the backyard talking bidness on my bat phone. The Wolf hooked me up with an amazing set of Bose headphones that work as a phone headset. Awesome. Then I decided...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 6:33 AM 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

Holiday Demotivator

The always reprehensible Sniper has delivered again w/ some Demotivators in honor of the US Navy turning some Somali clowns into flotsam and jetsam.

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 3:47 AM by BLACKFIVE

Spiritual Warfare Needed - Todd Nicely

These are the kind of posts that I don't ever want to do even though it is our distinct honor to do them. US Marine Todd Nicely was severed wounded in Afghanistan. He is now in Bethesda. Soldiers Angels and others are helping with the support. His...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 2:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Green Hornet, Heh.

Greyhawk is slinging the snark and the Navy has put the target on themselves, although I kinda doubt it was their idea. We could have posted this yesterday, but held off due to concerns it might be seen as an April Fool's joke. But the new Green Navy...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 1:17 AM by BLACKFIVE

Petition update: Democratic Party Leaders, Please Condemn MoveOn.org

Infantrymen, Just three days in, and our group petitioning Democratic Party Leaders to condemn MoveOn.org for its anti-military bigotry already has 338 members. Outstanding. I received some feedback from one of our readers that some website copy distracted...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 11:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

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...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 2:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military Humor

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,...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 2:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Congress repeals DADT- New rule effective immediately

Good Lord, this was a back room deal. I have said I am in favor of repealing DADT, but to do it in a midnight session is outrageous. They had promised a study and blew that off, input from the services, yeah just bend over and take it like men, and women...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 12:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

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