October 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Terror attacks in Europe

We now have an official government action on the purportedly planned attacks showing that we are getting our money's worth. The State Department issued a highly unusual "Travel Alert" Sunday for "potential terrorist attacks in Europe...

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 1:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Spouse of the Year Tribute

RE: http://www.blackfive.net/main/2010/10/spouse-of-the-year-carren-ziegenfuss.html As we posted earlier, Carren Ziegenfuss was chosen as Spouse of the Year from Cinc House (Monster). Below is the link to the tribute video on SpouseBuzz where Carren blogs...

Published Sun, Oct 03 2010 2:37 AM by BLACKFIVE

Seventeen Years Later - Operation Gothic Serpent

Over at This Ain't Hell, a remembrance for Tim Martin and the other Fallen from Operatinon Gothic Serpent: No Man Left Behind [COB6, also a pal of Tim Martin, put up a post in 2008 too]

Published Sun, Oct 03 2010 1:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten

One Nation Rally Trashes The WWII Memorial

The One Nation Rally in DC yesterday covered the gamut of unions, teachers, peace activists, marxist organizations like Code Pink, etc. So it's not really a surprise that they left the World War II Memorial in this condition: Hat tip to reader DM...

Published Sun, Oct 03 2010 12:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Bust Their Chops

Flying Boats? Ahssmadinejad say what?

Unreal. Flying boats. But, I'm not putting this in the 'its a joke' column just yet. To me, these things could actually be a threat to parts of a fleet. Depending on what they they use to construct them, these things could fly under the radar...

Published Sat, Oct 02 2010 12:37 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Humor, Video Channels, Thank You, Internet!

It's OVER! It's OVER! (The War to End All Wars, that is)

Tomorrow, Sunday, ends the conflict that has come to define conflict over the last 100 years. Technically, you could almost call this a 100-years War. (Ok, that name has been taken. School in session, see Grim-) But after Sunday, when Germany makes its...

Published Sat, Oct 02 2010 12:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

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

FBI Targets Peace Activists For Terrorism Support

I found the following story on the NPR interesting - leftwing peace activists supporting terrorism?! (no real surprise other than the fact that the FBI is actually looking into them): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130274688&sc...

Published Sat, Oct 02 2010 3:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Afghan war: Hundreds of likely militants captured, NATO says - USATODAY.com

Check out this article that I saw at the USA TODAY: Afghan war: Hundreds of likely militants captured, NATO says http://usat.me?40411370

Published Sat, Oct 02 2010 3:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

An interview w/ Bob Woodward about his book

Ward Carroll of Military.com sat down w/ Bob Woodward to talk about his book "Obama's Wars" and how our President has fared as Commander in Chief. There is also a prediction about who will be the next Sec Def.

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 2:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Spouse of the Year - Carren Ziegenfuss

I've been travelling this week and am a bit late with this announcement about a good friend of mine: Army Wife Carren Ziegenfuss Announced as the Winner of Military.com and CinCHouse.com's Spouse of the Year Award 2010 MCLEAN, Va., Sep 28, 2010...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 2:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Ship-By-Dates for Holiday Packages to our troops

An FYI for those of you who want to ensure Holiday cards and packages get to your serviceman or woman in time: 2010 Holiday Shipping Dates for APOs/FPOs/DPOs The holiday season is right around the corner and we want to remind friends and families to mail...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 2:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Two Must Read Posts

Over at TankerBabe's place, there are two Must Read posts (hankie alerts on both of them). First, Warrant Officer Billy McCotter could use some prayers and positive thoughts right now. Go read about his struggle. Next, TankerBabe posts an interview...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 2:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Right to Bury Your Son in Peace

"I had one chance to bury my son in peace and they took it away from me." - Albert Snyder, father of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, about the Westboro Baptist Church that protested Matthew's funeral. We've had a lot of posts about...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 1:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten, Bust Their Chops

Unserious

RedState is reading the new Woodward book. Here you have it in black and white. The surge of troops into Afghanistan was below the number recommended by his military advisers. Obama did not support the surge, he was fixated on an early withdrawal, but...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 1:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

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