January 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Happy New Year To All Those Deployed

And of course, to all of you back here at home. This time of year? Well, isn't it RESOLUTION TIME? Or is that just too 1980's to do? This year, I resolve: 1. To make better resolutions 2. To help B5 continually improve this site 3. To make more...

Published Sun, Jan 02 2011 2:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Pop Culture

The Grapes

In the color-coordinated world of an aircraft carrier flight deck, those wearing the purple shirts are those guys and gals that take care of the fuel-related aspects of the carrier. Called the Grapes, these folks make sure the aircraft get the fuel they...

Published Mon, Jan 17 2011 1:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

Crusaders!

Seymour Hersh is on to us. He then alleged that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who headed JSOC before briefly becoming the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and his successor, Vice Adm. William McRaven, as well as many within JSOC, "are all members of...

Published Tue, Jan 18 2011 12:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Did You Study Abroad?

Ranger Up is taking pre-orders for it's latest shirts dedicated to OEF and OIF vets. Here's a sample for OEF: They are also taking pre-orders for a different kind of shirt: There are also versions for Soldiers and Marines.

Published Tue, Jan 18 2011 11:08 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Military Humor

"Women in combat" cage match- Uncle J v. Eve Chase

Smart money is on her, but this should be fun. Tonight on RT tv Genevieve Chase head of American Women Veterans and I will be discussing women in combat on the Alyona Show. Genevieve is a friend and someone I respect although we do have some excellent...

Published Wed, Jan 19 2011 2:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

SoA in WSJ

Great piece by the Wall Street Journal's Daniel Henninger on Spirit of America and their work helping the war effort.

Published Thu, Jan 20 2011 11:22 PM by BLACKFIVE

Some quality UJ hatin'

This is top notch hatin' and I just have to share. Thanks to Carrie for pointing it out. I think my remarks are being mis construed. Let me repeat what I wrote previously: The other thing I wish to dispel is the notion that somehow SF or SEAL units...

Published Fri, Jan 21 2011 2:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Jimbo In Combat - Little Big Horn

Published Fri, Jan 21 2011 7:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Military Humor, Jimbo in Combat, Photoshop

UFC- Fight for the Troops

This is just exactly what we are all about. Some mayhem in the cage and for an awesome cause. UFC- Fight for the troops. Spike assumes its fans are illiterate, so there is no text I can copy to tell you about the bouts, just a lot of flashing garbage...

Published Sat, Jan 22 2011 8:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

And the Winner is........

The referee stopped this bout midway through the first round when Mr. Yon not only failed to defend himself, but joined in beating himself senseless. The winner of the Internet Beat Down and still the undisputed champion of online snark, hyperbolic rhetoric...

Published Sun, Jan 23 2011 3:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Jimbo in Combat

Dumb and dumber

Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist Army psychiatrist who killed 13 and wounded 32 soldiers and civilians in November 2009, is awaiting the results of a mental health exam that will determine whether he is fit to stand trial. Not to jump to conclusions–as...

Published Mon, Jan 24 2011 1:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Send a milblogger to Vail

Former milblogger and wounded hero, JR Salzman, is trying to win a trip to Vail Colorado on Facebook. Here's his entry video: You Facebook readers can go here and vote for JR and then spread the word. I did! Thanks! ~BlackFive

Published Tue, Jan 04 2011 10:52 PM by BLACKFIVE

New Medevac Bird On Station

An HH-60M MEDEVAC helicopter from C Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, sits at a hover before launching on a mission out of Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 3. The unit is the first to receive the HH-60M, which is the Army’s newest MEDEVAC helicopter...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 2:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

The military as a conservative plot to dominate America

OK let's have some fun w/ Mother Jones, its Navy vet correspondent Adam Weinstein and his awesome theory that the military has a cunning plan to force America to be a conservative society. Seriously, near as I can tell he actually is trying to make...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 10:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

Wikileaks Fallout

In a move to protect the lives of it's employees, sources, and allies, the State Department is acting as Wikileaks drops another batch of dispatches and cables on the Guardian UK. The US state department has relocated a handful of foreign diplomatic...

Published Fri, Jan 07 2011 12:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

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