July 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Mark Shields: America needs more Marine Corps values

Yer Damn Skippy we do. Here is a great piece that extols the fact that the values America needs most are beautifully embodied in the Corps and the rest of our military. The Marine ethic emphasizes responsibility to duty and responsibility to others before...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 4:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Corruption and Culture II: Beating the Drum

We had a Blogger's Roundtable with Army Captain Heather Coyne, the NGO and International Organization liaison for NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan. A reservist, CPT Coyne in her civilian job works for the US Institute of Peace. CPT Coyne spoke...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 2:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

"I'm Coming Home"

Jesse Dayton sings "I'm coming home" about the 82nd in Sadr City: Jesse Dayton More CMT Music More CMT Music Videos Update: Proceeds from Jesse's album go to Soldiers' Angels and Jesse also stars in a PSA for Soldiers' Angels...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 2:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Video Channels, Music

Patriot Guard Riders on patrol

As usual the PGR are taking care of our fallen. Help if you can. Tom Lockett was a United States Marine. He served his country in Vietnam. Tom was very proud of his service, not only to the Marines, but to his country as well. Tom was also a proud member...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 2:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Godspeed Faida "Popeye" Mohommad

Via Seamus, another forwarded email from a Marine in Afghanistan about the fight: This is a stray email that i wanted to send regarding another death that happened in Afghanistan. Kandahar to be exact. This base is here primarily to support the Reconstruction...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 1:47 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten

McChrystal's ROE saving American lives

Matt touched on this yesterday, but It deserves a deeper look as it is central to how we will fight and how we can win in Afghanistan. It has always been somewhat counter-intuitive that a less aggressive strategy and tactics will succeed in Afghanistan...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 1:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

Drugs, not Islam, the motivating factor in Afghanistan

Below is anonymous email from a Marine in Afghanistan: ...This place is definitely different from Iraq in a lot of ways. The only similarities of note are that our specific location here is also in the middle of the desert (an environment similar to 29...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 1:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Stan the Man - Part II

RE: Stan the Man RE: So What's Going to Change Time has a new article out. I haven't been a fan of Time and their war coverage, but this looked interesting (emphasis is mine): ...Having taken over command of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, General...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 6:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

How the Russians Sell Stuff

Popular Mechanics has a journalist at the Russian Arms Expo. Joe Pappalardo tells us what it's like to see a tank ballet, paratrooper kar-a-te, and combat dogs. There's a ton of stuff over at PM. ...One part defense-technology trade show and one...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 4:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Video Channels, Weblogs, Web/Tech

Hostage situation 101

I gotta give this Chinese undercover police woman an A for taking this guy out and an A+ for the extra shots to make sure he was properly ventilated. Also note that the hostage taker was stabbing the hostage in the arm to prove he was serious.

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 3:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Pêşmerge Awarded U.S. Medals For Valor

Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo, commanding general of 3rd Infantry Division and Task Force Marne, attended a memorial ceremony at Camp Zaytun in Erbil, Iraq to honor the memories of two Peshmerga soldiers. The general presented their families with the Army Commendation...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 3:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Simmons returns to Connecticut race

Remember when Connecticut Atty. General *** Blumenthal was having flashbacks to tours in Vietnam that he never served? At the time he had several Republican challengers including Wrestling mogul Linda McMahon and a former vet named Rob Simmons. Many thought...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 1:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Changes in the Af/Pak theater

There have been a couple of changes to the state of play in the Af/Pak theater that I think are noteworthy. The first is Gen. Petraeus finally getting Hamid Karzai to agree to the use of local militias for security throughout the country. This is a vital...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 1:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

WH Press Briefing- Top Secret means Top Secret

I posted this over at Big Peace but since it is an ongoing series here I wanted a copy on our servers. I think some of the hype over whether this compromises classified information may have been overblown. That said, I don't think it really added...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 3:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

British PM Unapolagetically Pro-American

David Cameron, the new British Prime Minister is making sure that regardless of how Obama has treated his country since taking office, he is still on board with our special relationship. As this is my first visit to America as prime minister, let me emphasize...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 2:37 AM by BLACKFIVE

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