August 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

COIN no cakewalk

Marines are encountering the difficulties of implementing our COIN strategy on the ground. In this case it has to do with a marketplace that the locals and Taliban use for different purposes, some fine others not so fine. Bill Ardolino of the Long War...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 12:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

Two Things...

Doc Russia, former Marine rifleman and now a medical doctor, was one of the original milbloggers. He was up in his old hometown last week, and took some time to drive around with his memories.The last place I drove to was the recruiter's office. The...

Published Sun, Aug 01 2010 1:23 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Thank You, Internet!

The End of OIF

4/2 SBCT rides out. The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which left Iraq this week, was the final U.S. combat brigade to be pulled out of the country.... "Operation Iraqi Freedom ends on your watch!" exclaimed Col. John Norris, the...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 1:05 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

Lawyers Suing Bloggers - SAVE RANTBURG!

I've read Rantburg for seven or eight years. Fred Pruitt (also a vet) at Rantburg posts up a message that a business called Righthaven has been hired or bought the rights to sue for several media outlets. One is the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Righthaven...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 2:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Weblogs

Nineteen Million

Thank you. We hit nineteen million unique visits yesterday. A few stats as of yesterday, 08-18-10: 19,000,000 unique visits 29,452,569 page views 10,215 posts 140,646 comments 9,109 Subscribers (RSS) Average Time Spent Per Visit: 1:10 minutes Site we...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 4:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Ask an Infantryman: ADULT DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM ANTICS DISPLEASE HER MOM

Infantrymen, The referral logs have spoken. And what they say is your wisdom is in much demand. DEAR ABBY: My adult daughter, "Suzie," spent the weekend at our home, bringing along her boyfriend of six months. This was "Liam's"...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 8:04 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

Julian Assange, collateral rapist

Apparently two separate women have come forward to Swedish Authorities charging Julian Assange of rape. His response, predictably, is to blame it on the Pentagon: The arrest warrant filed Friday had also mentioned a molestation charge, but molestation...

Published Sun, Aug 22 2010 5:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Well, This Explains A Lot

Okay, here is the official face Blackfive works to present to the world: Well, coming back to Castle Blackfive last night, I find the hastily (and badly) painted alteration that it is now "Chez Blackfive" which was interesting enough. Even more...

Published Sat, Aug 21 2010 9:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military Humor

Grand Strategy

Jimbo -- who is much smarter than he lets on -- has some strong remarks on the need for a Grand Strategy. I'm not going to write a lengthy paper on the subject, since no one really cares what an incognito blogger thinks on these points. Still, let...

Published Sun, Aug 01 2010 1:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

Color photos of the Third Reich

A friend just sent me a link to over 50 color photos of the Third Reich. Although there aren't any captions, the photos are absolutely incredible and I was amazed at the sizes of the crowds the *** could muster. (HT Casey)

Published Sun, Aug 01 2010 2:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

This aint Hell collects another scalp

On the list of things you never want to do is get in any kind of beef with Jonn Lilyea of This aint Hell. It just never goes well for anyone who tries it. There are scores of poseurs who have caught a well deserved knee to the nads as well. Well now a...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 12:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Last Brigade and the Last President

Greyhawk at the Mudville Gazette asks a simple question, "When did the last combat brigade leave Iraq?" The answer, while not simple, is surely interesting - although the answer NBC gives us is very simple and interesting not only in getting...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 11:47 AM by BLACKFIVE

Follow UP: WLF Supports the Run for the Fallen

Original post is here. Thanks to everyone who volunteered and ran at the event! Yesterday, August 22nd, was the annual Run for The Fallen. This is an event that honors those brave individuals from Maine that have lost their lives during the current Iraq...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 1:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

WikiLeaks & the Espionage Act

Uber Pig pointed out some troubles head WikiWanker Julian Assange is having with the Swedish authorities and some women over sexual assault and molestation charges. ihe rape charges seem to have gone away, but It would be lovely to see any of that stick...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 1:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

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