May 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Post-9/11 combat vets running for statewide office in S.C.

Three post-9/11 combat veterans are running for statewide office in South Carolina; the state purportedly with the highest percentage of veterans per capita in the nation. They are the first, and it is a relatively new dynamic since combat operations...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 4:07 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Bagram detainees denied habeas

Sweet. Some good news for our security, and the pleasant prospect of some heads exploding all over the left. What a great Friday so far. From the NYT. WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that prisoners being held without trial in Afghanistan...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 4:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Weapon carry status in Afghanistan

There has been a lot of talk about weapons carry status for our troops in Afghanistan and whether they are being told to carry in amber status i.e. no round in the chamber. I asked ISAF HQ and got the following response. Jim, Headquarters ISAF, the ISAF...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 2:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

Robert Young Pelton- Blustery Adventuring, Punk-A Bch

OK I kneed this clown in the neck not too long ago, and yet he is still popping up in the comments at Tim Lynch's Free Range International blog. Tim is just a good dude doing good work, so dealing with dung beetles like Pelton is not his strong suit...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 2:32 PM by BLACKFIVE

In the Crosshairs- ICE, ICE Loser

Actually not Vanilla but the loser who runs our Immigration Customs Enforcement agency, you know the ones who round up illegal aliens and give them the boot? Maybe not. This is shameful enough to even rile up the blogosphere's alpha beta male Allah...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 1:11 PM by BLACKFIVE

Secure Freedom Radio- Pakistani plays & the warzone on our border

Did Frank Gaffney's show yesterday and the podcast is now posted. We talked about Mullah's Omar and Baradar and what the Pakistanis are up to, also what we can do about the war on our southern border. I am the first segment after Frank's monologue...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 12:28 PM by BLACKFIVE

Marinestan

It is right and proper to love the Marine Corps.One unnamed Obama administration official was quoted by the Washington Post as saying, "We have better operational coherence with virtually all of our NATO allies than we have with the U.S. Marine Corps...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 10:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Sitting watching the pretty girls go by

What? I tell you my working conditions are beyond inhumane. I need a union. The shirt is this one. Always be messaging.

Published Thu, May 20 2010 5:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Speaking of Phony Soldiers

This Ain't Hell is all over them this week like (insert your own comparison here). Just go there and scroll...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 3:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

W.L.F. Fights Deportation

Occasionally, when a phony soldier story comes our way from a reader or an inquirer, we usually go to the experts on busting phonies - the guys at This Ain't Hell (the Blackfive Farm Team) and the good people at POWNet. More than a few of you sent...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 3:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Think Tank thoughts

Allen McDuffee is a freelance journalist I met at the two U of Maryland journalism fellowships I attended. He is liberal politically and we have had some most excellent arguments about all the usual suspects and targets. He is also a thoughtful and reasonable...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 1:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Fiddling while Tehran prepares to burn us

I highlighted the recent "deal" Iran struck with Brazil and Turkey as an example of how the policy of engagement was failing the Obama team. That is an understatement, it is failing the world. The policy is based on the fundamentally-flawed...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 1:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Amber status - troops patrolling with cold weapons?

Title should read: Amber status - troops patrolling with cold weapons? From my post at The US Report: Commanders have reportedly ordered a U.S. military unit in Afghanistan to patrol in a manner that could handicap them. Some soldiers are being ordered...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 2:59 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

CNAS reports on Obama Admin Engagement policy

I often call CNAS the Obama team's home think tank and this report is a great example of why. It is a look at the appeasement engagement that has been done so far and It's called: America’s Extended Hand: Assessing the Obama Administration’s Global...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 12:05 PM by BLACKFIVE

Troops in A-Stan patrolling with unloaded guns?

There have been a number of reports, including on the top war correspondent of this generation's FB page, that our troops are patrolling in some parts of A-Stan with no round in the chamber of their weapons. I'm calling BS and have sent a message...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 7:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

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