October 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Domestic Cyber Warfare

There was an agreement just made between the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security regarding cooperation on Cybersecurity. Seems like a no-brainer given the tremendous damage that can be done to our national security. I have read several different...

Published Thu, Oct 21 2010 12:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Best Comment Beat Down Evah?

Infantrymen, One of our readers, Josh Grabow, in the comments to this post, has a response to a particularly stupid comment from a particularly stupid commenter -- a comment which claims soldiers (or men?) who support the end of DADT are something less...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 10:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Imperial Judge denied on DADT

It was a batshit crazy move from the start, but it is always good to know our judicial system is not completely lost in space. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday granted the Obama administration's request for a temporary freeze of...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 10:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

MOH - SSG Sal Giunta - in his own words

You absolutely must watch these videos. They are long but worth your time. And every single one of you who have served in combat will recognize a real and true American hero when you see this... Part I: Part II: President Obama will award the Medal of...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 7:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Repeal of DADT - Navy's Guidance

Many of you have asked what guidance was being put out there. Received this from MR on the Navy's first official guidance after the repeal. It is after the Jump: UNCLASSIFIED// FM CNO WASHINGTON DC// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC// UNCLAS//N05822...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 6:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Rachel Maddow tells an extremist lie

Yeah I went on her show and played nice. I tend to do a lot of that kind of outreach, always have and always will. I don't like to preach to the choir and I love to get inside the other tent and blaspheme. All that aside, this statement by Maddow...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 3:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Military Motivator - The Repeal of DADT Part 1

Sent from a SOCOM SFC:

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 12:22 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military Humor, Military Motivators

VFW takedown in the Washington Times

I spoke with the Washington Times yesterday about the VFW PAC debacle. They had taken note of our own Wolf's excellent work holding the national leadership's feet to the fire and getting them to act. The Wash Times wanted a couple of quotes for...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 12:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Military Ordered to Begin Accepting Gay Recruits

From the Associated Press: A Pentagon spokeswoman says recruiters have been told that they must accept gay applicants, following a federal court decision striking down the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said Tuesday...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 5:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

USO of Indiana Ribbon Cutting

I'm down in Indy at the ribbon cutting for the new USO of Indiana facility at the airport. The move was several weeks ago, with the ribbon cutting today. The move, and a bit more, was made possible by the generosity of the Russell family. The new...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 5:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

LTCOL Ty Edwards - Spiritual Warfare Update

RE: Spiritual Warfare Needed for Marine LtCol Ty Edwards Lt. Col. Ty Edwards received a head wound from an AK round in Afghanistan while protecting his convoy. Transported to Germany he was subsequently transferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital and is there...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 12:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

9/11 prevented by WikiLeaks

One of the interesting things about our media is that they always love to expose the weaknesses and foibles of our government. They even seem to take particular joy in anything related to national security. Most of those who sit in editor chairs among...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 12:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

Photoshop election coverage back in effect

So I was without the vital tool Photoshop for a while. What a shame. Now I will make up for that with some wickedry through election day. Engage!

Published Mon, Oct 18 2010 12:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

Blackfive On TV

No, no mint fly green on major networks this week (though the week is young), but: Blackfive is on thepulsenetwork.com with Rick Calvert at Blog World and can be seen here at about minute 11. You may also learn a bit (more) about Soldiers' Angels...

Published Mon, Oct 18 2010 6:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

SPeaking of the V.F.W. Endorsements

Over at This Ain't Hell, TSO discusses Vote Vets hypocrisy...and I left this comment about "Vote Vets": What?! You mean to say that an org with the name strongly implying that you should vote for vets, really means you should vote for any...

Published Mon, Oct 18 2010 5:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

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