November 2010 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Help Honor Major *** Winters

Easy Company's Wild Bill Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Hefron joined up with film maker Tim Gray and Baseball great Curt Schilling and are trying to raise enough money to build a statue of their commanding officer, Major *** Winters, at Utah...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 4:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Someone You Should Know

Ft. Hood

A year ago today, a terrorist opened fire and began murdering what should have been his fellow troops at Ft. Hood. Today, I remember those who died, those who were wounded, the families and others effected. I give thanks for those that ran to the sound...

Published Fri, Nov 05 2010 9:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

On High, Call For Fire (Historical and Hysterical)

The wonderful Damon Shackelford has up a great DBS strip (part of a short series) that riffs (tweets?) off social media and who all uses it -- and for what. It's not a new phenomena, however. Years ago, the late author James Blish did a series of...

Published Sat, Nov 06 2010 10:30 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Web/Tech

The 8th of November, 1965

[Annual repost] The Fallen Angel remembers the 173rd Airborne today...on the 8th of November in 1965, one of the toughest Airborne battles was fought in the jungles of Viet Nam. At about 0600 on the morning of 8 November C Company began a move northwest...

Published Sun, Nov 07 2010 11:15 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten, airborne, Viet Nam

Turkey invites China over for wargames & chai

WTF? This is just another sign that we are facing some major changes in the strategic balance of power. China is on the move and so is Turkey, and the move is away from the US. The Turkish and Chinese air forces secretly participated in a military drill...

Published Mon, Nov 08 2010 11:55 PM by BLACKFIVE

Pentagon's precious 'diversity' now affecting the SEALs

The Navy Times reports that Naval Special Warfare is trying to boost the amount of minorities in the SEALs: The Naval Special Warfare Center is embarking on new marketing and awareness campaigns to reach more minority candidates who have the best odds...

Published Tue, Nov 09 2010 4:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Marine Corps Quotes

Many of my friends are Marines. To them, honor, courage, and commitment wasn't something they cast aside when they fulfilled their enlistment. They do what they say they will do, when they say they will do it. They improvise, adapt, and overcome....

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 7:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Veterans Day, From Afghanistan...

And a good Veterans Day to all of my brothers and sisters in arms out there! I got this last night, and needed to share it with you... Rick Waddell, a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, currently serving in Kabul, Afghanistan, is the author of In War's...

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 8:02 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders

A Simple Thank You....

Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!" The managers at my job brought in cake yesterday for veterans as a token of their appreciation to those of...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2010 2:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Number of Vets in Congress goes up in 2010 Midterm election

There are a total of 535 legislators in Congress - 435 House members and 100 Senators. Many of us here have talked about the absolute necessity of seeing veterans of military service among those who make our nation's laws, for obvious reasons. Well...

Published Sat, Nov 13 2010 2:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Father and Son

I'm posting this from my phone so forgive the brevity and editorial mistakes. We've long been supporters of Marine John Kelly on this blog. You can Google Blackfive and John Kelly to see what I mean. I'd walk through the gates of hell carrying...

Published Sun, Nov 14 2010 9:43 PM by BLACKFIVE

SSG Sal Giunta's Day

Over at The Farm Team, Jonn has up a short but good post on a well-deserved honor to a living recipient. In the comments, Ashley Washington points out a good site that gives a lot of background as well as interviews from those there. My respect to him...

Published Tue, Nov 16 2010 1:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

Military Motivator - Dan Choi The D.A.D.T. Demotivator

Over at This Ain't Hell, they've got a few demotivational posters of Dan Choi - the former soldier who chained himself to the White House fence...

Published Wed, Nov 17 2010 2:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Blog World (and more?) on GMA This Morning

If any of you have the chance, you may want to check out Good Morning America at the 0900 hour this morning. Seems that one of the roving reporters at this year's Blog World wasn't from new media but from the show, and will have a story up sometime...

Published Thu, Nov 18 2010 6:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Web/Tech

Angel flight home

Matt brought us the news that Gen. Kelly's son Robert had been killed in action.Well at the very least he had a quality escort home. From the Tanker Babe's good friend Susanne. The answer to this became shockingly apparent when a very sweet Senior...

Published Fri, Nov 19 2010 1:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Help Honor Major *** Winters

Ft. Hood

On High, Call For Fire (Historical and Hysterical)

The 8th of November, 1965

Turkey invites China over for wargames & chai

Pentagon's precious 'diversity' now affecting the SEALs

Marine Corps Quotes

Veterans Day, From Afghanistan...

A Simple Thank You....

Number of Vets in Congress goes up in 2010 Midterm election

Father and Son

SSG Sal Giunta's Day

Military Motivator - Dan Choi The D.A.D.T. Demotivator

Blog World (and more?) on GMA This Morning

Angel flight home