January 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Uncle Jimbo for Press Secretary

The time to strike is now, Gibby is packing his bags of lies and heading out to rake in some shady unregulated political baksheesh. But you know what that means, it's time to put at least a couple of nuggets of truth a day in the White House Press...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 12:03 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

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

The outrage of the Enterprise XO

I think the main takeaway from this entire sordid affair is how barely sordid it is. If this qualifies as a major incident and breach of good order and discipline, then I guess we can quit paying attention. This looks a little like a home video from the...

Published Tue, Jan 04 2011 12:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

WWII Hero who repaid his saviors passes on...

Reader Mike W. sends this article about a WWII pilot who was shot down in the Pacific and rescued by islanders who continued to nurse him to health and protect him from the Japanese. Then, the pilot eventually makes his way back to the U.S. and never...

Published Mon, Jan 03 2011 7:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

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

Videos from the XO, now CO, of the USS Enterprise are "Raunchy"?

This has been all over the military back channels and the media this weekend...the former XO of the USS Enterprise, Captain Owen Honors, made stupid videos for the ship's movie night back in 2006. Some of the content of the videos may be offensive...

Published Sun, Jan 02 2011 11:57 PM by BLACKFIVE

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

January 2011 - BlackFive

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives