February 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Fly like a Cheesehead

The production values are better than the music, but this is pretty fly for Green Bay. My favorite Cheesehead joke below the fold. It has a bad word in it. What separates a Cheesehead from a Dickhead? The Illinois state line.

Published Sat, Feb 05 2011 6:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

We are the Champions!

It was not a dominant performance, but it was like the rest of the Packers' season, they overcame. They had a dozen starters on injured reserve, out for the season. They lost Charles Woodson and Donald Driver in the first half. And yet, The Lombardi...

Published Sun, Feb 06 2011 12:28 PM by BLACKFIVE

Rachel Maddow backs the Pack

OK its not out of the question for me to, rarely, praise Rachel Maddow. I did go on her show and did receive an official, yet completely false, endorsment from her about B5 and UJ. But when MOTHAX, or TSO, or CV or whoever the heck he is pretending to...

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 2:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Sergeant James Witkowski's Sacrifice and Memory Lives On

"SKI I owe you my life and we know you were firing that 50cal unti the last second, the vehicle you hit was packed with explosives aimed for us we will never forget you." - SPC Alvarez Julian of 729th TC LSA Anaconda Back in 2005 in Iraq, the...

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 11:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Book review- "The Secret Soldier" by Alex Berenson

Elise Cooper for BLACKFIVE. Alex Berenson’s latest novel, The Secret Soldier, is a gripping tale and might be Berenson’s finest work to date. The novel examines the issue of mortality, power, and succession of leadership. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia...

Published Wed, Feb 16 2011 11:46 PM by BLACKFIVE

Guest Post: The War Against Mesothelioma

A gentleman named Timothy Elliot wrote today to ask for an opportunity to address veterans in the audience about Mesothelioma: a kind of cancer that often afflicts veterans because of exposure to asbestos. That piece, "The War Against Mesothelioma...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 8:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders

U.S. Marine Sergeant Jonathon Blank - Someone You Should Know

At Soldiers' Angels Germany is the story of Marine Sergeant Jonathon Blank: When the Camp Pendleton-based 1st Reconnaissance Battalion received orders to deploy to Afghanistan, Sgt. Jonathon Blank could have stayed home. He was close to finishing...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 11:17 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Support Big Sarge

A good dude is having a tough time and a bunch of other good folks are helping him out. Support Big Sarge.

Published Sat, Feb 19 2011 4:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

FIGHTVILLE

Some of you old timers around here will remember a documentary about the earlier days of OIF called "Gunner Palace". It's director, Michael Tucker, has finished a new film about MMA that will premiere in Austin in March. It is titled "FIGHTVILLE"...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 12:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Film

Somali Pirates Execute Americans

Okay, so we had four American missionaries floating around on a yahct in well known pirate infested waters. Dumb idea? Yes. Deserve to die? No. Yesterday, the four American missionaries were murdered by the Somalis (AP Article): Four Americans taken hostage...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 11:37 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

Psyops on our Senators, not hardly

Some interesting info about the wanking device claiming all this silliness over at Big Peace. Rolling Stone is out hunting for Generals again and they have found a willing dupe in LTC Michael Holmes. Although calling him a dupe is unfair, he is a willing...

Published Mon, Feb 28 2011 5:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Announcing "Heroes and Horses"

Me and some of the Blackfive, Burn Pit, and This Ain't Hell crew have tried to do a ranch experience for our combat veterans and their families for awhile now. No one here reading this blog needs to be instructed on PTS or therapy. That's not...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 6:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders

Matthew Alexander/Tony Camerino's Second Book Attempt at turning four months in Iraq into Stardom

A book review you all should read in order to never purchase this book and tell your friends to save their hard earned cash...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 11:11 PM by BLACKFIVE

This is why NCO's Are Very Important....

This was why we locked our doors at night in our section of our firebase.... PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan (AP) — German soldiers, just back from patrol, had already started shedding their heavy body armor when shots rang out Friday at their coalition base...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 4:43 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

I Should Buy A Lottery Ticket....

I am pretty certain that I was one of the, like, 3 Gazillion people that predicted this. American combat troops will get sensitivity training directly on the battlefield about the military’s new policy on gays instead of waiting until they return to home...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 4:35 PM by BLACKFIVE

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