February 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Before You Head To The Range!

Via partner and friend Concrete Bob comes word that Federal is recalling Federal/American Eagle 45 ammo from some recent lots: Immediate Action Required Certain lots of recently manufactured 45 Auto ammunition may contain an incorrect propellant charge...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 8:00 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Must Read at A.S.P.

Go read "Everybody Fights! Nobody Quits!" over at A Soldier's Perspective. ASP has a letter from an Army Specialist - who received a Silver Star, a Combat Action Badge and a Purple Heart - that he wrote to the Commanding General of the 101st...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 3:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Someone You Should Know

Apocalyptic Mental Midgetry....

I was once a business major, before I figured out how much math was involved. The one thing I remember from one of my teachers though was this nugget; Good Help is truly hard to find. Now that the coven of mental midgetry that is the NSC/National Security...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 3:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Blue Skies request

Hey Folks, Someone who means a lot to me (not direct family and no one y'all know) just told me she has advanced stage *** cancer. That ain't good and she asked for my prayers. I will give them as honestly as I can, but many of you are on much...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 2:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Quick Thoughts On Egypt

While I normally stay away from public comments on intelligence matters, I do have a couple of comments that come after a well-wish comment. First, my best to the people of Egypt. You have what you asked for and the opportunity for freedom and a vastly...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 1:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Glad the adults are in charge- National Security FAIL!

UPDATE: Mubarak packs it in. For the inevitable preening now that Mubarak has resigned. I say Hurrah! and good for Egypt. But that changes nothing as far as the D- minus grade O and his team get for their feckless handling of this crisis. We lost clout...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 12:37 AM by BLACKFIVE

Lunch with SecDef Rumsfeld

I have to admit that when I received an invitation to have lunch with former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld while I was in town for CPAC, I wasn’t sure what to expect. As with most public figures I’d seen him from afar through both the lens and...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 8:29 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

EXCLUSIVE - Jorge Rivera Vs. Michael Bisping Interview Leaked

Yes, we're fans of Army vet Jorge "El Conquistador" Rivera. Yes, he's going to crush Michael Bisping who happens to be from some island (full of illiterates) in the Med that you never heard of. You can read the posts in the Jorge Rivera...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 9:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Humor, Sports, Jorge Rivera

Dumbest thing said yet about Muslim Brotherhood

And it's by our Director of National Intelligence FFS. During a House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called Egypt's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood movement "largely secular."...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 5:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Kristol v. Beck on Egypt

So Bill Kristol & Glenn Beck are having a scrap on the battlefield of ideas. Well, good! This can only help define the debate and the choices we face. I was for Kristol's position before he stated it, heck before the internet actually. I think...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 3:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Who do we support in Egypt?

Shouldn't be a very tough question, although the two most logical answers both have huge problems associated with them. We can either back the chosen puppet of the disgraced regime, specifically its spymaster who ran the organs of state oppression...

Published Wed, Feb 09 2011 1:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Must See Video - SSG Sal Giunta and the Medal

We've posted up a few videos of Staff Sergeant Sal Giunta (and featured Mrs. Giunta as Someone You Should Know) and saw this today at the Burn Pit - it's a must watch (but probably best if you're alone): The Sal Giunta Story from SebastianJunger...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 6:47 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Someone You Should Know, Film

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

What happens when we leave Kirkuk

There is still plenty of violence in Iraq, but it sure looks like they have a good chance of pulling off a reasonably stable democracy there. This will be tested every time we pull farther back and, according to current arrangements, pull out of the country...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 12:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

Pirate motherships?

The idea that pirates are now going Full Monty and have their own ships to ply the oceans doing pirate stuff is unacceptable. The Indian Navy caught a bunch of them and now we need to figure out what the price for piracy actually is. THE Indian navy and...

Published Mon, Feb 07 2011 11:41 PM by BLACKFIVE

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Before You Head To The Range!

Must Read at A.S.P.

Apocalyptic Mental Midgetry....

Blue Skies request

Quick Thoughts On Egypt

Glad the adults are in charge- National Security FAIL!

Lunch with SecDef Rumsfeld

EXCLUSIVE - Jorge Rivera Vs. Michael Bisping Interview Leaked

Dumbest thing said yet about Muslim Brotherhood

Kristol v. Beck on Egypt

Who do we support in Egypt?

Must See Video - SSG Sal Giunta and the Medal

Announcing "Heroes and Horses"

What happens when we leave Kirkuk

Pirate motherships?