July 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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

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

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

Good Luck, General McChrystal

“In fact, over the past decade, arguably no single American has inflicted more fear, more loss of freedom and more loss of life on our country's most vicious and violent enemies than Stan McChrystal." - Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense. This...

Published Sat, Jul 24 2010 1:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Westboro Church beautifully punked

The ass clowns of Fred Phelps Westboro Church decided to protest at Comic Con in Vegas. The conventioneers counter-protested brilliantly. Short of lightning bolts smiting these scum, this was about as good as it gets.

Published Sat, Jul 24 2010 4:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Some guys you just can't blow up

I love Marines and think everyone should have a squad or two. Here is one reason why. Lance Cpl. Edgar Jones, a combat engineer with the squad, found a pressure plate inside the compound and hollered to Garst, asking what he should do with it. Garst turned...

Published Mon, Jul 26 2010 7:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Battlefield Information - Wikileaks, the Military, and the Truth

Noah Shachtman has a piece up at the Wall Street Journal about the Wikileaks reports. Shachtman was embedded with a unit last summer that was in a firefight that shows up in the leaked battlefield reports: Echo company got into a gunfight last Aug. 25...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 12:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

To Survivors of the Fallen- Get Ye A Banker!

Just when you think things could not get worse financially for some of the families of the fallen: The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, had...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 4:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders

Questions for Julian Assange on hearing him claim to have offered Obama administration an opportunity to redact

So it turns out that, according to Andrew Napolitano, that Julian Assange claims to have offered early access to the trove of documents leaked to him earlier and which he published just a few days ago. We are supposed to assume that because of this, any...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 1:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Parting Shot

GEN McChrystal's PAO posts up on the Yon and Rolling Stone aftermath: http://www.quattozone.com/2010/07/return-of-crazy-monkey.html Posted via email from blackfive's posterous

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 4:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Juicebox Mafia Report- Inside the belly of the beast

So last night I infiltrated a Juicebox fiesta celebrating the new job of Dave Weigel, who was one of the first Journolistas outed. Now he had some awesomely, unfriendly things to say about conservatives let there be no doubt, such as: Conservative radio...

Published Sat, Jul 31 2010 2:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

JD w/ the Zombie Killers

No seriously, he is. That is what an Afghan Army training and validation team calls themselves. Check him out. My tour guides were the Validation Transition Team Kabul and VTT 201. The latter going by the nickname 'Zombie Killers' for their firm...

Published Fri, Jul 02 2010 12:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

Bill Ardolino in Afghanistan

Our friend, Bill Ardolino (who used to write the excellent blog, INDC), is in Afghanistan and embedded with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines. He's posted up a photo essay at the Long War Journal (click here for a slide show). Here's a sample photo...

Published Fri, Jul 02 2010 4:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume...

Published Sat, Jul 03 2010 8:14 PM by BLACKFIVE

Godspeed, Sergeant Matthew Leininger

I attended Sergeant Matthew Leininger's funeral on Friday. Matthew had been adopted by Soldiers Angels and the Matthew's family had requested that, in lieu of flowers, to donate to SA in Matthew's name. The Illinois Patriot Guard Riders were...

Published Mon, Jul 05 2010 3:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten

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