September 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

A fallen hero is welcomed home

These sorts of stories always bring a tear to my eye anyway, but when you see a town turn out like this to welcome home a fallen hero, well, there’s also a certain welling of pride that comes forward – pride in the fact that most honest, descent Americans...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 11:15 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Koran Burning Church Connected to Fred Phelps?!

Apparently there is a connection between the Koran burners in Florida and the military-funeral-protesting jackwagons from Westboro, Kansas: http://libertypundits.net/article/breaking-quran-burning-church-linked-to-west-baptist-church/ I thought it would...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 8:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Hostage incident at Winn Army Hospital

Kanani Fong has some concerns about security at the hospital and over all at medical facilities. Details are coming out that are extraordinarily disturbing. The event was scarier and more intense than it first appeared. Needless to say, the hero of the...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 11:39 PM by BLACKFIVE

Colbert Report on the End of the Iraq War

This is seriously a masterful piece of satire and humor. So difficult to do without offending people like me and he does it consistently, humorously, and even reverently. Even the VP was on target...finally got a job he can do.http://www.colbertnation...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2010 6:59 AM by BLACKFIVE

Barry Zito Gets it

For those of you saddened by the lameness of the three Mets players Matt wrote about earlier, don't worry. Lots of major league players understand what it's all about. Here's what one medically retired Marine had to say about Barry Zito: ...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2010 8:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

U.S. Marine Corps: making pirates defecate since 1801

According to the Military Times blog Battle Rattle, a Marine Corps captain who participated in yesterday’s retaking of the M/V Magellan Star had this to say during a conference call with reporters: “As soon as the first stack of Marines made our way into...

Published Fri, Sep 10 2010 4:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

9/11 FDNYs Lt. David Halderman Jr.

A post I did in September of 2006, originally entitled “September 11th, 2001 – “We Lost David”. It is the ongoing fulfillment of a promise made in the last sentence of the post. This is what 9/11 should be about. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________...

Published Fri, Sep 10 2010 9:52 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Sheepdogs

I made this a while back and while we can properly mourn those who were killed, we can also remember that those people knew when they died that we would unleash our Dogs of War.

Published Sat, Sep 11 2010 11:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Final 9-11 Barbecue at Walter Reed

As many of you know, Walter Reed will be closing in a year, so Cooking with the Troops' president Bob Miller wanted this last memorial barbecue to be a special one. Bob's been doing these since about 2005, after all. Thanks to a number of volunteers...

Published Sun, Sep 12 2010 11:52 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, wounded, Marines, Walter Reed, Malogne House, CwtT, Cooking with the Troops, Baen, Army, BBQ, Baen Books, SWAG Specialties, BarBQue, Red Hot Dish, barbecue

Gen. David Petraeus: U.S. To Pursue 'More Nuanced' Operations In Kandahar

I found the following story on the NPR: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/09/14/129857868/petraeus-u-s-to-pursue-more-nuanced-operations-in-kandahar?sc=17&f=1001Gen . David Petraeus: U.S. To Pursue 'More Nuanced' Operations In Kandahar...

Published Tue, Sep 14 2010 9:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

Off Topic: Want To Walk With A Wolf?

Care to join me for a walk with a wolf? For some other wolves? Wolf Park is doing it's Walk for Wolves a week from this Saturday, and needs teams/people to walk. The Walk helps get the park through it's closed season (only open for Saturday Howl...

Published Wed, Sep 15 2010 6:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Laughing Wolf, Wolf Park, Walk for Wolves

A Walk With The Wolves

Yesterday turned into a great day for a walk, and there were two packs taking part from our community. There was, of course, Pack Laughing Wolf filled out by LL (Loopy Libertarian/LL from the comments) and her children. Then, we were delighted to have...

Published Sun, Sep 26 2010 3:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

"This Ain't Hell" Has been Working Hard this weekend

First, one of our friend's sons popped in the media (while under fire in Afghanistan). Go check it out and put the sergeant on your prayer list. Second, General Ballduster McSoulPatch is back in the news. Third, the "Rock of the Marne!"...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 12:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Navy SEAL Memorial will soon be a reality

Reader Lisa sends this reminder about the upcoming dedication of the UDT SEAL Memorial: I found an old notice on Black Five asking people to support the UDT SEAL Memorial. Since that posting back in 2008, the Memorial has become a reality. The dedication...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 1:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Post 9/11 GI Bill Transferability

Just a quick head's up to those out there who may be thinking of transferring any Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to a spouse or your kids. I looked into it a few weeks ago and found out a pretty important little detail - you can only do it if you are...

Published Tue, Sep 28 2010 12:44 PM by BLACKFIVE

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A fallen hero is welcomed home

Koran Burning Church Connected to Fred Phelps?!

Hostage incident at Winn Army Hospital

Colbert Report on the End of the Iraq War

Barry Zito Gets it

U.S. Marine Corps: making pirates defecate since 1801

9/11 FDNYs Lt. David Halderman Jr.

Sheepdogs

The Final 9-11 Barbecue at Walter Reed

Gen. David Petraeus: U.S. To Pursue 'More Nuanced' Operations In Kandahar

Off Topic: Want To Walk With A Wolf?

A Walk With The Wolves

"This Ain't Hell" Has been Working Hard this weekend

Navy SEAL Memorial will soon be a reality

Post 9/11 GI Bill Transferability