March 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

What makes the Green Grass Grow?

Jeffrey Schogol, the rumor doctor at the Stars & Stripes, has a post up about the end of bayonett training for the US Army. FWIW, I qualified expert with the bayonett every time because it was about attitude more than skill. It takes a certain mindset...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2011 11:27 PM by BLACKFIVE

NY Times tries to whitewash dithering

This is for the folks who have been whingeing that I spend too much time pointing out the bleedingly obvious point that Obama is a beta male to scared of consequences to make a decision and take action. Well here is a change I could totally get behind...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2011 10:21 PM by BLACKFIVE

Thoughts and Prayers Time

HEADS-UP: Tsunami warning for Hawai'i, Alaska, U.S. West Coast including Southern California. An 8.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the northern coast of Japan, resulting in a tsunami and heavy damage. Damage and fires are reported in and near...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2011 7:36 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

The Men Who Stare at Goats Senators An Investigating General - Part III

RE: The Men Who Stare at Goats Senators - Part 1 RE: The Men Who Stare at Goats Senators - Part 2 Over at This Ain't Hell, Mark Zaid ES-F#CKING-QUIRE and attorney for LTC Holmes has made an appearance into the scene. Let me be clear from the outset...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2011 2:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Leader of Free World recognizes Libyan transitional govt.

This is the kind of leadership the world has come to expect from that beacon of freedom, that champion of human liberty, that libertator of the oppressed the United States of America France. France is the first country to formally recognize the legitimacy...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2011 12:17 AM by BLACKFIVE

SEAL Training

Here's a part 5 of 8 video about SEAL training. At about the four minute mark, they start doing airborne operations... Go here for more SEAL action.

Published Wed, Mar 09 2011 1:54 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Video Channels

Taliban in Possession of Iranian Rockets

From the Guardian UK: British special forces in Afghanistan have intercepted an Iranian shipment of rockets to the Taliban that would have allowed them to double the range of their attacks, western diplomats have said. The rockets were discovered after...

Published Wed, Mar 09 2011 12:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Kindergartener and her Marine Brother

Dan S sends us this story... 5 year-old Norah Swartz is in Ms. Hannahoe's kindergarten class at Enfield Elementary School. Norah is the "Spotlight Student of the Month." As the spotlight student, she had to get up in front of her class and...

Published Wed, Mar 09 2011 12:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

PVT Buckles & the Rotunda

Contoversy alert. PVT Buckles our last WWI vet died and some, including his family, have been lobbying to have his body placed in the Capitol Rotunda. I have heard quite a few folks joining this call and complaining that denying this is some sort of slight...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 11:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Our defense strategy

I know it can be tough to try and define a US defense strategy these days, but Sec. Gates is trying and in the course of making his last speeches to the military academies he seems to be debating himself. I have an Op-Ed about this in the Washington Times...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 11:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

Now Would Be A Good Time To Quit Screwing Around

Now that Gadhafi has had time to organize his mercenary forces and bring them to bear against the rebels, the rebels will begin to come under significant pressure. This would be an excellent time to put birds in the air to support them. Not a "no...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 11:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Entire Muslim Community stereotyped, singled out & harrassed

That's impressive work and it would take a serious police state to pull it off, if it is even physically possible. But that is actually what the left's dumbest columnist, Bob Herbert of the NY Times, actually wrote about Rep. Peter King asking...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 7:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

Godspeed, Captain Marion "Turk" Turner

SUFFOLK, Va. (June 2, 2010) Commanding Officer of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) Capt. Steve Koehler, talks with Bataan Death March survivors James Downey Jr. and Marion "Turk" Turner over breakfast at Bunny's...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 7:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten, Someone You Should Know

How about an "I wouldn't fly there" zone?

There are all kinds of folks trying to say it is way too hard to set up a no fly zone in Libya. Most of it is just blowing smoke, but let's point out that the goal doesn't have to be to blanket the country with an aerial spiderweb so nothing can...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 3:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Is the military leadership too white and too male? Diversity gone wild ...

Welcome to the new military – an affirmative action organization, that is if a certain panel gets its way: The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 12:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

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What makes the Green Grass Grow?

NY Times tries to whitewash dithering

Thoughts and Prayers Time

The Men Who Stare at Goats Senators An Investigating General - Part III

Leader of Free World recognizes Libyan transitional govt.

SEAL Training

Taliban in Possession of Iranian Rockets

The Kindergartener and her Marine Brother

PVT Buckles & the Rotunda

Our defense strategy

Now Would Be A Good Time To Quit Screwing Around

Entire Muslim Community stereotyped, singled out & harrassed

Godspeed, Captain Marion "Turk" Turner

How about an "I wouldn't fly there" zone?

Is the military leadership too white and too male? Diversity gone wild ...