January 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Indy League at Landstuhl

While up at the USO Warrior Center at LRMC, we had the unexpected pleasure of being present when the Indy racing league made a stop to visit the troops. You might recognize a few of them and I will try to do them better justice later when not posting...

Published Fri, Jan 14 2011 7:07 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

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

In which two Army guys support the Air Force

Now I am fairy well known for enjoying inter-service rivalries with our other combat arm the Marine Corps, as well as our sister services the Navy and the Air Force. Even so, it is vital that we have the military strength in each service so they can succeed...

Published Fri, Jan 21 2011 1:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

"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

Howe and Howe Tech

Warrior Legacy Foundation has a dynamo up in Maine running our Wounded Heroes program named Pam Payeur. I went up there last Summer for a fundraiser for WLF and she had gotten the Howe & Howe brothers to bring our some of their toys. Pretty amazing...

Published Wed, Jan 26 2011 3:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

A Birthday Message From PinkFive

Published Wed, Jan 26 2011 6:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: About Blackfive

The Last Flight Before Graduation

You have to fly your bird through a canyon: ...without being acquired visually, accoustically, electronically, or thermally, and have sufficient fuel to perform the mission when you get there. The video is better than caffeine. Lots of pilot speak in...

Published Tue, Jan 25 2011 12:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

Miracles, Heroes, Opportunities - Someone You Should Know Follow Up

RE: SSG Patrick Zeigler - Someone You Should Know First, read this about SSG Patrick Zeigler - John Hinderaker at Powerline has been following the story of SSG Zeigler as he miraculously recovers from his wounds from Islamic terrorist Nidal Hassan. Nissan's...

Published Tue, Jan 25 2011 12:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Walking the talk

It's easy to say you support the troops, plenty of people simply mouth the words as a platitude. Sometimes you see a really good example though and most of the time that also tells you about that person. Marco Rubio is one of the good guys and I can't...

Published Wed, Jan 26 2011 12:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

I.O.B.C. Blogger

For those of you comptemplating a life as an Infantry Officer, Fear and Loathing in the Infantry is putting up some good posts on the Infantry Officer Basic Course (now called IBOLC). An OCS grad, he's a good writer, new to the Army, and you might...

Published Tue, Jan 18 2011 11:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

I Am Getting Tired (Again)

I am starting to get that feeling again. I don't know why the galactically insane nutball Jared Loughner shot and killed 6 people decided to do what he did, and I don't think we will ever really get a definitive answer. I am not looking for one...

Published Sun, Jan 09 2011 4:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Is That Your Middle Finger???

I really have to stop cruising the internet while eating pastries. I finally got the donut cleaned off of my computer (sticking with the cop theme) and get to dish on the unbelievable stupidity I found that Andrew Breitbart had over at Big Peace. Let...

Published Mon, Jan 24 2011 2:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Pelosi's Quotes

While she is not the Speaker anymore as of today, she is (unbelievably) the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. That means we have more of these lines to look forward to: America must be a light to the world, not just a missile. I think it...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 2:21 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

Team Rubicon video

The folks from Team Rubicon are gearing up for a mission to help beat back the cholera epidemic in Haiti. They are as good a choice as any to take that on. Here is some of their previous activity. Team Rubicon Video from TEAM RUBICON on Vimeo.

Published Mon, Jan 24 2011 12:07 AM by BLACKFIVE

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