April 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Phelps Family Film Festival

Louis Theroux is a British journalist who specializes in documentaries of deeply weird people, none of which have been released on American television, sad to say, because they look pretty funny. If your focus is on the weird, the creepy, the borderline...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 11:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

Love Missile

No seriously. This is just fun. It started out with a leggy, bikini-clad avatar. She said she was a missile expert — the “1st Lady of Missiles,” in fact — but sometimes suggested she worked with the CIA. With multiple Twitter and Facebook accounts, she...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Yellow Rig Redemption

OK so the Milblog Conference kicks off tomorrow night with a reception at the Navy Memorial. I had an unfortunate, or perhaps fortunate, fashion crisis not too long ago that resulted in me owning a pair of (quite) yellow pants. That prompted the video...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 6:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

Yes is No, Right is Wrong, Up is Down....

When you are over the drop zone of PC, watch out for the rabbit holes because there is no certainty of where you will land . If a Marine spots two men in his battalion kissing off-duty at a shopping mall, he should react as if he were seeing a man and...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 3:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

American anti-leadership

J. E. Dyer has an excellent piece at Hot Air talking about the new balance of power and what American superpowerdom hath wrought. As a superpower, the US has functioned as an alternative to the formation of blocs, which coalesce chiefly around the dynamics...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 1:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Atheist chaplains in the military?

So atheism is now a religion? What am I missing here? Strange as it sounds, groups representing atheists and secular humanists are pushing for the appointment of one of their own to the chaplaincy, hoping to give voice to what they say is a large — and...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 10:10 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Adam vs. The Man

Which in this case is me, the man I mean. Adam is Kokesh of whom Jonn Lilyea has a long and fruitful acquaintance. He has a new show on RT and it was time for me to infil and check it out. The topic was whistleblowers and I couldn't understand why...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 11:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Cowboys and Soldiers...

B5 and TSO. Photo courtesy of Jeff Bader So Mark Seavey, TSO from This Ain't Hell and Mothax at the Burn Pit (pictured above with me), and I traveled to Montana to take part in the Montana Horses Annual Round Up and Horse Drive. We were honored by...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 4:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

For the Love of Rugby...Stephen Ellis - Someone You Should Know

A soldier who served in Iraq is part of a legendary rugby family...when he is severely burned in a freak accident...even if you don't like rugby, this is one helluva story about family and soldiers and perseverance. Go read this piece about Stephen...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 3:54 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Milbloggies voting

The annual Milbloggies voting is underway and I strong suggest you head over and vote for Susan Katz Keating for Best US Reporter blog.

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 2:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Panetta to Defense, Petraeus to CIA

There have been trial balloons floating on both of these for a while so neither is really a surprise. President Obama is expected this week to nominate Gen. David H. Petraeus to replace Leon Panetta as CIA director and to name Panetta as secretary of...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 1:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

Gitmo Leaks and Torture Talk

Me against a fun loving peace guy and Alyona about the horrendous, egregious & heinous things we have done not done at Gitmo. There is plently of misinformation bandied about by the left and much of it is on display here. Gitmo is a model of an enemy...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 6:56 PM by BLACKFIVE

The Marines Have Won. No One Wants To Fight Them Anymore.

“This is your opportunity to lead a breakout of your own. We’re going to go out there, we’re going to penetrate those defenses and we’re going to chase the enemy down. We’re going to punish them where they sleep and follow them wherever they go, until...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 2:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Bust Their Chops, Someone You Should Know

The crystal clarity of our Middle Eastern policy

Syria has rolled tanks and is continuing the longstanding Assad family tradition of killing anyone who questions their Authoritah. Out Authoritah in Chief is mulling over some extremely bold moves to counter this wholesale slaughter. WASHINGTON (AP) ...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 2:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Our own McQ takes to the pages of the Washington Examiner to discuss all the discussing of the defense budget. Since nobody wants to let a good crisis go to waste, the looming debt/deficit debacle is being used by many to argue for wholesale cuts to defense...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 12:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

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