August 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Snipers instead of JDAMS

No R.O.E. issues here... A sniper with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, shoots an insurgent during a patrol, Aug. 3. Snipers shot several insurgents inside a compound where insurgents attacked Marines with small-arms and machine guns...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 3:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

"Angel Flight"

As a man who's had a few friends on the Angel Flight, I want to make sure that you’ve seen the video and heard the story of Radney Foster’s song “Angel Flight” off his latest album Revival. Darius Rucker lends his distinctive harmony on this moving...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 12:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Off Duty Gamers contest for those of you on duty

OffDutyGamers.com is a video game website run by active duty and prior service veterans and created for the same. Over the years our military men and women have been out in the field fighting with little or no time for the chance at winning contests so...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 12:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Warrior Legacy Foundation Supports the Run for the Fallen

Our team in Maine is busy supporting our troops and honoring the memories of our Fallen. If you are in New England this weekend, please consider volunteering or supporting the event. This Sunday, August 22nd, is the annual Run for The Fallen. This is...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 12:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Afghanistan Redeployment Strategy

Spencer Ackerman, Jimbo's dear friend, has a piece up at Wired about our redeployment strategy for Afghanistan. He is one of a small group of journalists that have been able to interview GEN Petraeus.“You can reduce your forces. But you thin out,...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 12:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Stolen Valor act ruled unconstitutional by 9th Circuit

Or as Josh Gerstein entitles his POLITICO piece, “9th Circuit discovers a right to lie”. I think that probably sums it up pretty well. In a 2-1 ruling, the appeals court panel found that the poetically named Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional. The majority...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 11:18 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

CIA Tape of Interrogation of 9/11 plotter

The CIA destroyed video of interrogations but managed to miss this one (two video and one audio) - via the AP:The CIA has videotapes, after all, of interrogations in a secret overseas prison of admitted 9/11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh. Discovered in a box...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 7:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Day After National Airborne Day 2010

Yesterday, we celebrated the courage and tenacity of the Airborne. Now, the day after, here's a nice dose of reality (watch through the outside view at the end)! Language Alert in the music for the video...turn down the speakers at work...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 5:59 AM by BLACKFIVE

My Name Is...

Below is a "thank you" letter that was sent by a wounded Airborne NCO back to the medics and doctors in Afghanistan that treated him. I believe the letter has gone to all the folks on the medic teams, including the logistics teams that ensure...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 2:59 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Seven Silver Stars Awarded to Special Forces Soldiers

"The real honor that I feel is the honor for having stood side by side and fought alongside some very great warriors. Getting a Silver Star pales in comparison to the honor I feel at having served alongside those men. The honor was being there that...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 12:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten

JD Johannes: A Different View of Afghanistan

Documentary film maker/milblogger/fitness guru and former Marine JD Johannes has an excellent article up at NRO. If you want a different and insightful look at Afghanistan, you need to go read it. LW

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 12:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Afghanistan, COIN, JD Johannes, Charikar, NRO

Tick, tick, tick

There is a lot of speculation underway about when Israel will hit Iranian nuclear facilities. I left the if out of that formulation as I believe it is a foregone conclusion. The "tick, tick tick" represents the current show down over the fueling...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 11:58 PM by BLACKFIVE

GEN (Retired) MCChrystal heads over to...

....? [Desitination after the jump...] Liberal Civvy sent this piece about the general's next move...to Yale: Retired four-star Gen. Stanley McChrystal, dismissed in June from his post in Afghanistan, is coming to teach at Yale this school year. McChrystal...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 6:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

Today is National Airborne Day - Part VII

Blackfive invades Panama...notice the high speed, low drag, Airborne graphics:

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 1:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Today is National Airborne Day - VI - No Proclamation?

Over at This Ain't Hell - a kick ass blog sometimes referred to as the B5 farm team - famous paratrooper Jonn Lilyea (pictured above in a vintage photo) posts up this video about the celebration held yesterday at Fort Bragg: Jonn also notices that...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 1:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

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