January 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Dugway Lockdown Lifted?

Interesting. Dugway Proving Grounds went on lockdown last night for a "serious concern" and and has apparently just lifted the lockdown about an hour ago. Dugway serves a number of functions, including being the site of testing related to chemical...

Published Wed, Jan 26 2011 8:09 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Douchebury on the 2nd Amendment

I realize that expecting intelligent commentary from Garry Trudeau on a hot button liberal issue is a waste of time, but his strip today is just patently offensive. His theme for the week is following armed Congressmen to their districts, which is dumb...

Published Thu, Jan 27 2011 3:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Great Egyptian Dithering

Boy I'm glad we have a guy who can really restore America's standing in the world and make our foreign policy something we can be proud of again. Near as I can tell this involves sitting silenty on the sidelines as dictators and tyrannical regimes...

Published Fri, Jan 28 2011 12:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Original Taps

Courtesy of LL, here is a very talented young lady playing the original version of Taps, known as "Last Post" (aka Il Silenzio). Take the time to listen to it all the way through, it is well worth doing. LW Who knows that Bugler Bob in Germany...

Published Sat, Jan 29 2011 7:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Music

How many nukes do they have?

Pakistan is not so much an ally as a co-conspirator and we are only in on a small number of the conspiracies they are running. It is not even accurate to say Pakistan is not an ally, there are many competing agendas within Pakistan and we have different...

Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 1:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

A little light reading...

Some articles that you might have missed over the holiday weekend and may find interesting: At Sea in South Korea - The NYTimes published an Op-Ed from South Korea about the Cheonan Incident and North Korea. The Toppling - An interesting article about...

Published Mon, Jan 03 2011 2:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

How We Treat the Families of the Fallen

A reader sent me this story from a local Fox news station in Seattle. Sergeant Sean Collins (2nd BCT, 101st Airborne) was killed in action in Afghanistan on December 12th. Senator Maria Cantwell sent a condolence letter and, in the last paragraph, mistakenly...

Published Tue, Jan 04 2011 11:53 PM by BLACKFIVE

The best officers are leaving the military

Oh no, what will we do? There is much fuss and high-minded concern about a piece in the Atlantic about how our best officers are all leaving the service. The funny thing is, this same alarm goes off pretty regularly and probably always will. The best...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 3:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Pentagon to Cut $78B and 70,000 Soldiers and Marines... but no civilians

"do you notice any other government agencies proposing personnel cuts, or cuts in their budgets at all? ...Yet there are 69,000 trigger pullers we won’t need five years from now? " - SFC (ret) Jonn Lilyea, This Ain't Hell All over the news...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 11:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

FOB Archaeology

Over at the Donovan's place, Bill shows us some Forward Operation Base history. Pretty cool stuff! ...Soldiers love walls. Regardless of their utility in defensive applications and the requirement for ingenuity in defeating them in offensive operations...

Published Fri, Jan 07 2011 12:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Picture of the Week

Spiritual Warfare - Gunnery Sergeant John Hayes

Gunnery Sergeant John Hayes, EOD, with the 3/5 Marines stepped on a landmine during a routine patrol in Afghanistan. He has lost both of his legs, had both arms broken, as well as internal injuries. For a time, it looked like he was going to be okay and...

Published Fri, Jan 07 2011 10:15 PM by BLACKFIVE

On Violence in Politics

I deplore the attack on Representative Giffords, the act of a madman. The lady herself seems brave and witty, just the sort of opponent I would like to have. I share the sorrow we all feel at the events of yesterday. Nevertheless, we need better thinking...

Published Sun, Jan 09 2011 11:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Godspeed, Bill Bower

Bill Bower, one of the few remaining Doolittle Raider's has passed. You can read about the amazing pilot, husband and father here at Jim Sheeler's site. He wrote about Bower for the Rocky Mountain News in 2004 and he reposted his great article...

Published Tue, Jan 11 2011 12:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Saving Three Generations of one Family

Three generations saved by Bagram medics 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Story by Master Sgt. Michael Voss Medical technicians, Senior Airmen Mabel Aguirre and Staff Sgt. Dequijamin Roberson deployed to the 455th Expeditionary Medical Operation Squadron...

Published Fri, Jan 14 2011 2:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Video Sniper?

Why yes there is. Go check out the Sniper who shivers in is garage for our entertainment and edification. He is doing his best to stoke the flames of our climate of hate.

Published Sun, Jan 16 2011 2:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

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