May 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

The future of a weekly

I hope this weekly news rag disappears from the face of this earth as rapidly as possible. Yeah, it's personal...a lot of you know why.

Published Fri, May 07 2010 2:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

I'd like to just go on the record about this notion of stripping Americans of their citizenship for joining a terrorist organization. This is a terrible idea that has, as things usually do, steadily gotten worse the more Congress has messed with it...

Published Fri, May 07 2010 4:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Meet Willie Banks III - Military Child of the Year

Willie is the son of MAJ Willie Banks Jr and Felicia Banks. Willie's father, Willie Banks Jr., was a major in the Army when he was diagnosed with cancer. At the same time, Willie's mother, Felicia, was pregnant with Willie. Knowing he would most...

Published Sat, May 08 2010 2:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

You've Got to Give Credit...

...where credit is due.Ahmadinejad will address the the United Nations Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in New York on Monday... Ahmadinejad told reporters in Tehran before his departure that the NPT has failed. "The biggest threat...

Published Sun, May 02 2010 12:47 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Car bomb in Times Square by Pakistani Taliban?

Mr. Roggio at Long War Journal has some potentially very disturbing news if verified. He has sources in the Intel community that believe this was an attempt by elements of the Mehsud group to hit us at home. A top Pakistani Taliban commander took credit...

Published Sun, May 02 2010 3:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

A Mother's Day Request - The Gift of Adoption

This is a guest post by Matt's Mother-In-Law: Serving the Family of Mankind Many people today totally misunderstand the joys that come from being a military family. Some people see only the sacrifices made by these men and women and their families...

Published Tue, May 04 2010 12:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders

Send Andrew Lubin to Afghanistan

Andrew Lubin is an author and journalist who covers our wars as well as anyone. I have met him and had the opportunity to tip a few cold ones with him during the journalism fellowship Blake and I attended. He has a son in the Marine Corps but he does...

Published Tue, May 04 2010 5:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Veteran Extremists in Time Square

RE: DHS Memo Veterans Are Right Wing Extremists RE: Unprovoked Discrimination Against Veterans While Mayor Bloomberg was looking for a Tea Party bomber, it turns out that the Times Square bomber was from the Religion of Peace. The New York Times reports...

Published Tue, May 04 2010 5:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Yawn

Yes I am aware Mr. Yon is still flinging poo, no need to send me more links. I have better things to do than indulge his paranoia. It is sad when he links to the tinfoil hat crowd to try and discredit me and the other folks here. Hopefully he will move...

Published Wed, May 26 2010 5:16 PM by BLACKFIVE

The end of my SWAT raid series

Did some Russia Today TV about the SWAT raid to serve a drug search warrant. The first segment was on the Alyona Show (video embedded below the fold) and she kept asking whether these type of raids was tied to the return of troops from the battlefield...

Published Thu, May 06 2010 12:01 PM by BLACKFIVE

CPT Rocky Versace in my neighborhood

On the list of things I should have known about my neighborhood is there is a statue and plaza dedicated to CPT Rocky Versace, MOH a few blocks from my house. He grew up around here and I have walked past it several times, but it is not obviously a military...

Published Thu, May 06 2010 1:08 PM by BLACKFIVE

Today's List

Okay, people, listen up: 1. Today, Navy SEAL Matthew McCabe's trial starts. Hopefully, we'll have the same update for you that occurred for the other two SEALs. 2. This Sunday is Mother's Day. Don't forget to do something nice. I'm...

Published Mon, May 03 2010 12:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

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

One Mission Complete

U.S. and Afghan soldiers watch as the CH-47 Chinook helicopter that brought them to the village of Mengal Kheyl in the Zormat district of Afghanistan’s Paktya province, lands after completing an air assault mission, April 22, 2010. The soldiers, who captured...

Published Sat, May 01 2010 5:02 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

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