October 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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

Ambassador Crocker - "Pakistan Is Not America's Enemy"

This is worth a read and a good counter point to a lot of what we're hearing in the media and from inside the Beltway - Ambassador Ryan Crocker in the Wall St. Journal: ...Still, short-term pressures risk undermining long-term strategy. When I was...

Published Tue, Oct 12 2010 12:33 PM by BLACKFIVE

The Birthday BBQ Freefly

Me, Kev & the Tanker Babe prepping for the BBQ judging.

Published Sun, Oct 10 2010 1:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

NC isnt the only state jacking with servicemembers voting rights

I posted how the brain numbing experience was to finally get a ballot only to have it lost in space in the state of NC here: http://www.onemarinesview.com/one_marines_view/2010/10/you-would-think-voting-would-be-easy-for-a-servicemembernnnope.html Now...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2010 7:36 PM 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

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

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

A Review of C. J. Chivers' The Gun

C. J. Chivers, former Marine infantry officer and graduate of U.S. Army Ranger school, has a book called The Gun which treats the history of the AK-47. The history is interesting, but so is the conclusion the reviewer draws about the existence of the...

Published Sun, Oct 24 2010 2:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

A reporter to watch -- Brian Mockenhaupt: The Last Patrol

I've always been a fan of smaller story, Ernie Pyle style reporting, if it's well done. Mike Yon used to be pretty good at that. But this piece by Brian Mockenhaupt, published in the Atlantic, is outstanding: Two days later, on July 8, a dozen...

Published Wed, Oct 13 2010 3:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

Is there a poverty draft?

Over at the Burn Pit, Mothax looks at the data in response to (ridiculous) criticisms that the military targets poor, uneducated people for recruitment. As Jackwagon Extraordinaire, Ted Rall, stated: ...The claim that U.S. combat troops come from richer...

Published Tue, Oct 12 2010 5:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Gunny Popaditch Schools a Congressman

RE: The Cigar Marine - Someone You Should Know (May 18, 2004) RE: The Cigar Marine And Don King (June 4, 2004) RE: April Popaditch On Michael Moore (Oct 20, 2004) RE: Fallujah Fight by Gunnery Sergeant Nick Popaditch (July 3, 2005) MUST READ RE: Gunny...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 6:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Military not public service?

Why this guy deserves a long vacation: Virginia Congressman Jim Moran, D-8th, doesn’t think serving in the military is public service. At the October 6th meeting of the Arlington County Democratic Committee, Moran was videotaped telling fellow party members...

Published Thu, Oct 21 2010 10:00 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Dutch Pilots Refused to Help Aussies and Americans in Firefight

Wow! From Tantor comes this story in The Australian about how Dutch pilots refused to drop below their "safe" hieght of 5000M to resuce Australian SAS and US forces in an ambush in 2008: ...Former SAS sniper Rob Maylor, wounded during the battle...

Published Fri, Oct 22 2010 2:09 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

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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