August 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Federal contractor charged with leaking secrets about N. Korea - USATODAY.com

Federal contractor charged with leaking secrets about N. Korea results in a directive. Directive telling agencies to stop leaking to the press was, interestingly enough, then leaked to the press. Hello, Director Clapper, Irony for you on line one... http...

Published Sat, Aug 28 2010 1:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

Today's Mission: Support Candidate 2

Okay, everyone, I'd like you to take a minute out of your Saturday to go to this site and read about Candidate 2 and vote for him to win a car from Woodhouse Auto:Candidate 2 This candidate was at Fort Hood, TX Army Base Soldier Readiness Center checking...

Published Sat, Aug 21 2010 12:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

Godspeed Sergeant Martin Anthony Lugo

As a Ranger, Sergeant Lugo selflessly lived his life for others and distinguished himself as a member of the Army’s premier light-infantry unit, continuously deployed in support of the War on Terror, and fought valiantly as he served his fellow Rangers...

Published Sun, Aug 22 2010 5:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

NYC so far

Just left the Ground Zero Mosque rally and it kicked ass. Several thousand patriots not about to stand idly by while a trophy to a terrorist act is built on sacred ground. There will be video soon and some pics as well. We had lunch yesterday at Katz's...

Published Sun, Aug 22 2010 4:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Tim Kennedy Fights for Belt on Showtime's Strikeforce August 21st

Tim Kennedy is one of our favorite people on this planet - SF Sniper, Ranger, all around badass with a heart of gold that supports Soldiers Angels. You can see our posts on Tim here, but here's one where we put him in the Someone You Should Know category...

Published Fri, Aug 06 2010 7:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Wronged by Nixon - Righting a Good Man's Reputation

Quite a few of you regulars have emailed us this story from the Washington Post: Record Set Straight For U.S. General Lavelle took blame after Nixon denied authorizing bombings in North Vietnam By Craig Whitlock During the summer of 1972, official Washington...

Published Thu, Aug 05 2010 7:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Free Bradley Manning

Yeah right. They didn't even have any Free Mumia let alone any Free Manning, what a rip off. There isn't really a good reason to rally for freeing Bradley and if you blindly support someone who is complicit in the deaths of innocent civilians...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2010 10:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Secrets? Yeah, I got Secrets...

This posting is for all those 'James M' types out there- who write us trying to convince us that there are no 'secrets' or supposed to be any 'secrets' in the military or government. Well, I tell you what. I'm a man of my word...

Published Tue, Aug 10 2010 12:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Bust Their Chops

Tim Kennedy Wins Every Fight Stat, Loses Decision

Folks, a few disclosures: I am not a Mixed Martial Arts expert (I know, you're stunned). I am not a fight judge, and I do consider Tim Kennedy a friend. Watching the fight last night with a lot of people in Chicago, you could tell there was a lot...

Published Sun, Aug 22 2010 12:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Sports

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

Roundtable: Strategic Corporals in an Oral Culture

We spoke with LTG "Bill" Caldwell, commander of the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan. (Transcript here.) His organization faces a significant challenge: they need to train as many new members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 10:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

LTC Allen West takes one for the team

LTC West is running for Congress in Florida and we will all be better off the day he is sworn in. His men were also better off in Iraq when he sacrificed his career to make sure none of them died unnecessarily. Most of you are familiar with this great...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 11:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

A Personal Message to Wikileaks

So, you decided to publish the names of Afghan citizens who worked with us against the Taliban. They knew who the Taliban were, of course. They'd lived under their rule for some years. Some of them didn't want to see a return to those days. But...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 1:04 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Duty. Honor. Country. - In an air cargo hanger five years ago....

The hour of 1700 24 Aug eastern daylight time has now come and gone, and all afternoon I watched the clock as I worked. It has now been five years since I stood in an open doorway at an air cargo hanger for US Airways at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport and...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 11:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

August 2010 - BlackFive

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives