June 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Afghanistan - Strategy (C.O.I.N.) Vs. Tactics

Sometimes tactics inform the strategy (if you have particular tactics that create a strategic advantage), but usually it is the strategy that drives the tactics. In Foreign Policy, there is a good write up of why the British methods didn't work. We...

Published Mon, Jun 21 2010 2:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Stan the Man

After reading McQ's post, LW's post, the Mudville Gazette and most importantly COB6's post at the Farm Team's place, I was going to write about how light I thought GEN McChrystal's comments to be...but Grim, as usual, got ahead of...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 2:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Someone Broke The Rules - THAT Broke McCrystal

It's been a long time since I've posted, but given recent events, I must come back online and throw in (throw down?). With McCrystal likely going to resign this week (we are still working to confirm the UK's Telegraph article) or be kicked...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 8:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders, Bust Their Chops, Weblogs

Second-Day Information on the Rolling Stone Article

Shadow Government has an analysis of the piece, that he thinks explains how the Rolling Stone author got access to the general and his staff: If you read the Rolling Stone article carefully, you can see that the reporter, Michael Hastings, has woven three...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 9:37 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Bust Their Chops

Ask a hypothetically gay infantryman

Online Surveys & Market Research Namaste, -- Uber Pig PS: Now that Kelly McGillis has come out of the closet, I guess it looks like Tarantino was right, or at least prophetic," in this totally unsafe for work video:

Published Wed, Jun 23 2010 5:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Why McChrystal was fired

Although I have been critical of McChrystal in the past, I concede that he may be a fine warrior. But perhaps everyone has missed the true reason of why he was fired: violating the law. Man Law: "Don't Fruit the Beer" ManLaws - Don't...

Published Thu, Jun 24 2010 2:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military Humor

60th anniversary of the Korean War

Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. A war that still continues, as we see in N.Korea's sinking of the Cheonan. From this post: “The thing that bothered me worse than anything that winter was the cold. I’d always gone...

Published Thu, Jun 24 2010 8:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Rolling Stone violated interview rules

Shocked, shocked I say. The dirty, nasty, patchouli-smelling, hippie freelancer for Rolling Stone violated the off the record rules to report any dirt he found. "Many of the sessions were off-the-record and intended to give [reporter Michael Hastings...

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 10:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Fifth anniversary of Operation Redwing

On June 27, 2005, a four-man Navy SEAL sniper watch team set out to conduct a mission in some of the harshest terrain on earth – about 10,000 feet above sea level in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan. Their mission was to locate and gather intelligence...

Published Sun, Jun 27 2010 7:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Ideologues and COIN

Crush points out, while nodding sagely in agreement, a piece by COL Gian Gentile bemoaning the idea that an insurgency should be fought using a counterinsurgency strategy. I think it bears a look at COL Gentile and his deep and abiding distaste for COIN...

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 1:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

British Lieutenant Henry Charles Albert David Wales

Otherwise known as Prince Harry... I saw on the news last night that the press was reporting on Prince Harry's toughness for continuing to play polo after taking a nasty fall. However, they really should have followed the AP's lead and reported...

Published Tue, Jun 29 2010 12:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Petraeus on ROE for Afghanistan

Gen. Petraeus is busy wasting time today explaining himself to one of the least impressive collections of military strategerists on Earth, the Senate Armed Services Committee. He has to do this in order to accept his new role as Commander in Afghanistan...

Published Tue, Jun 29 2010 3:15 AM by BLACKFIVE

Great news!

If you act immediately, the Google Ad on the right sidebar has a great deal on "Morocco Foreign Policy." Having just paid full price, I was somewhat disappointed. But if you procrastinated on purchasing your foreign policy, you can save something...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 1:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Humor

Navy rocks even harder than its commercials

h/t Mary Apparently life "in the Navy" has progressed from the Village People to Pantera. A step in the right direction for sure.

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 4:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

Royal Laotion parachutists spotted over S.C.?

Royal Laotian parachutists are jumping over S.C. In this jump, I was not only climbing out of the aircraft, but pulling myself far enough up on the strut – away from the fuselage right where the strut connects to the wing – that my feet had to leave the...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 5:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

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Afghanistan - Strategy (C.O.I.N.) Vs. Tactics

Stan the Man

Someone Broke The Rules - THAT Broke McCrystal

Second-Day Information on the Rolling Stone Article

Ask a hypothetically gay infantryman

Why McChrystal was fired

60th anniversary of the Korean War

Rolling Stone violated interview rules

Fifth anniversary of Operation Redwing

Ideologues and COIN

British Lieutenant Henry Charles Albert David Wales

Petraeus on ROE for Afghanistan

Great news!

Navy rocks even harder than its commercials

Royal Laotion parachutists spotted over S.C.?