May 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

On TV and you won't believe where

This should be fun, I am appearing on Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC tonight along w/ JD Johannes to discuss support for repeal of DADT and asking for Congress to chill until the military completes its study. Yes you read that correctly MSNBC, which...

Published Wed, May 26 2010 6:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Army Strong Stories

The Army has a new social media site up that allows soldiers to write blogs about their lives and careers called Army Strong Stories. It has quite a few folks writing there from a large number of different jobs and perspectives. This is a representative...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 12:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

The opposing view on DADT

CJ has a statement up and some co-signers dis-concurring about repeal of DADT. it is a subject we have discussed at length on the back channel as well as here and there is certainly not unanimity on the issue as you can read here.

Published Thu, May 13 2010 5:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

In the Crosshairs- Eric Holder, Cakeboy

Our Attorney General made a complete ass of himself trying to avoid admitting that the terrorists trying to hit us are motivated by radical Islam. It is shameful to watch him try to avoid something so blatantly obvious. He is outmatched by anyone with...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 11:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Boys with toys

For your Sunday entertainment, here's a nice compendium of low pass fly by's. Enjoy:

Published Sun, May 16 2010 2:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

The return of smack-talking, blustery adventurer- Robert Young Pelton

As we have been talking about Mullah Omar and some of the other goings on in the Greater Hindu Kush not-very-metropolitan area, Tim Lynch of Free Range International and I have been cross-linking. He had a post today about the NY Times and it's distressing...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 12:04 PM by BLACKFIVE

What intel are the Pakistanis sharing from Mullah Baradar

We are seeing again how difficult it is to tell what the intentions and loyalties of the Pakistani Intel agency (ISI) and military are. Eli Lake is reporting about complaints from our intel folks about the info they are getting from interrogating Mullah...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 8:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

Old myths about Vietnam resurface

In the wake of the Richard Blumenthal nonsense, Larry Pressler, former Republican senator from SD and a Vietnam vet writes a pretty good indictment of the deferment generation Blumenthal represents and how their thinking about war in general evolved from...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 11:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Chosin

Over at Rhino Den, Nick from Ranger Up was able to preview the documentary "Chosin" (which I had heard was FANTASTIC). Jimbo and I missed the GI Film Festival this year, unfortunately due to other business, and so the Army Rangers covered it...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 3:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Film

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

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

Guns for all my friends in Chicago

The killing of a Chicago policeman and Iraq war vet from the WI National Guard, who my buddy Kev knew and respected, has caused an outcry in Chicago. The disarmed residents have decided they are sick of being victims and if the bad guys have guns they...

Published Thu, May 27 2010 1:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Wa Po spinning hard on Gitmo Commission report

(h/t Weekly Standard) It is almost comical to watch our major news organs play agenda journalism. They have a narrative and the facts be damned, or at least spun so that the proles are sure to get the proper message, in this case Gitmo is bad, mmmkay...

Published Sat, May 29 2010 5:26 AM by BLACKFIVE

Memorial Day 2010 - What price freedom?

I keep this photo as probably the most powerful reminder for me of what the real price of freedom looks like. Those that give their all as well as those they leave behind. We should remember both as we celebrate the freedom they've blessed us with...

Published Sun, May 30 2010 12:17 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Why JD is alive for another Memorial Day

http://outsidethewire.com/blog/heroes/100-fewer-to-memorialize-because-of-one.html "The attack on March 26th, 2007 was supposed to destroy the outpost--if not for one man they might have succeeded and there would be 100 more white headstones with...

Published Mon, May 31 2010 4:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

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