April 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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

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

Red River Rescue

The USCG is partnering with local, state and feds to help with the Red River flooding. All photos are from U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert and Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Johnson: Flood waters overflowing from the banks of the...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 3:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Mike Stokely's Birthday

Celebrated at Assoluta Tranquillita and the Thunder Run. If you've been around here long enough, you know of Mike's Dad, Robert, whose letters we have posted. More about about Mike here.

Published Tue, Apr 19 2011 1:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

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

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

A strategy for Libya

Maybe. It is the most coherent statement about what our goal and mission there is. David Cameron, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy upped the stakes in the Libya conflict last night as they vowed to fight on until Colonel Gaddafi is ousted. In a joint...

Published Fri, Apr 15 2011 1:38 AM 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

Debbie Lee is at it as usual. Here is the latest way you can help her do good things. To commemorate “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” Wednesday, she visited a number of Surprise restaurants, coffee shops and other places of business in the hopes of...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2011 12:15 AM by BLACKFIVE

Ask An Infantryman - The Pantyhose Exception

Infantrymen! One of our own seeks your counsel: A few weeks ago, I was having a liquid lunch with a bunch of military friends. One of whom is named Jim Nasium. Now, Jim was a graduate of one of the nation's finest military colleges, but spent his...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 3:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Ask An Infantryman

The Men Who Fight and Die and the Fathers that Love them

Our own Subsunk sent us this one from B5 HQ North (like way North). At first glance, this is a story about a horrific mistake that was made - friendly fire might have killed two of our own. The worst thing is friendly fire (check back here tomorrow for...

Published Wed, Apr 13 2011 12:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

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

Most intelligent conversation on Libya yet

Shockingly I'm with the stomping twin.

Published Mon, Apr 11 2011 7:08 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

Welcome Home

Probably one of the most heart warming and poignant, yet heart wrenching homecoming pics you’ll see. 3 Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment returns home and those who just got back get to see those who were wounded on their tour for the first time. If you’ve...

Published Sat, Apr 16 2011 9:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

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