April 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Thoughs of Suicide -- Prevention

This is for those out there who are having a rough time. Those who are not just walking into dark places of the mind, but living there. Those who have seen and done much, and are now having trouble in life. Too many of you have lately left this world...

Published Mon, Apr 11 2011 1:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

China to USA: We Will Rock You

It was insult enough when Red China became the gate keeper of the Panama Canal when we left, buying the leases for the Atlantic port of Cristobal and the Pacific port of Balboa, both built by America. Now they're Chinese. Then the Chinese crash into...

Published Sun, Apr 10 2011 6:22 AM by BLACKFIVE

Please Vote For Cooking with the Troops!

Cooking with the Troops is up for charity of the month at Think Geek. Please go vote for us, and ask/beg/whine/cajole/whatever everyone you know or meet to please do the same. This would be a huge help for us as we try to do even more this year than we...

Published Sat, Apr 09 2011 10:00 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

A.S.L.A.V. in Afghanistan

An Australian service light armored vehicle drives through Tangi Valley, Afghanistan, March 29. The terrain of Tangi Valley is notoriously rough, but the ASLAV maneuvers across it with ease, said Australian army Lt. McLeod Wood, a troop leader for 2nd...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2011 8:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

A soldier gives a leadership lesson to Congress

Great piece over at Winds of Change about the proper relationship between Congress and the American people. Privates and their new families, on the other hand, are often barely above water. Too much of the time, issues that you deal with as a leader in...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2011 7:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Clay Hunt Tribute Video

Mark Hayward, former Special Forces medic and key Team Rubicon volunteer, put together a tribute video for Clay Hunt. It is published up as a guest post at the United States Naval Institute blog...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2011 5:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

The 943rd Rescue Group to the Rescue

Longtime B5.net pal, Eggs, sends this one: Air-rescue team members who saved three survivors of a sheriff's helicopter crash Jan. 31 received the Public Safety Achievement Medal from Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik on Thursday. Standing next to...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2011 4:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Shocker- US to stay in Iraq

That is RT's title for this video. Obviously nothing is settled yet, but it sure looks like we are swinging a deal to keep some troops in Iraq longer than our current deal with them allows. Another campaign promise crushed by the bus wheels of reality...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2011 1:47 AM by BLACKFIVE

Even Obama can't be this dumb

The following came out of the professional messaging machine of the great communicator teleprompter-reader. The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 1363, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending...

Published Thu, Apr 07 2011 3:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Not a Middle East party without Israel

On the list of inevitabilities, the peace-mongering former Jordanians Palestinians have begun poking the lion they live next door to. JERUSALEM — An anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip struck a school bus in southern Israel Thursday, wounding...

Published Thu, Apr 07 2011 12:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

Ask an Infantryman: Gym Ettiquette

Infantrymen, Your counsel has been requested yet again: Dear Uber Pig: This morning I was at the gym, doing my normal workout on the Elliptical machine. So this relatively good looking young lady hops on the treadmill in front of me, and I notice she...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2011 11:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

One of the forgotten wars & a terrorist capture

Anyone remember Afghanistan? Maybe? Bueller? Well some things are going right over there and as usual Bill Roggio is paying attention. Coalition and Afghan special operations teams captured al Qaeda's top military commander in Kunar during a raid...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2011 4:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Tartan Day - For Scotch Lovers

I thought I would pass along one of my favorite articles from the New York Times. It's about, of all things, Scotch. It's long. It's informative. And it'll make you thirsty for a wee (or not so wee) dram. Scotch Whiskey: A Rugged Drink...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 10:13 PM by BLACKFIVE

Tartan Day - The Declaration of Arbroath

[Annual Re-Post for Tartan Day] "Every line of strength in American history is a line colored with Scottish blood." - President Woodrow Wilson The Declaration of Arbroath - April 6th, 1320 Our own American Declaration of Independence of 1776...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 5:02 PM by BLACKFIVE

Sergeant Headshot

“It was like being hit by a train. ... I remember what I was doing. I remember being hit, then I was face down in the mud on top of the building. I really wasn’t terribly concerned because I could hear bullets whipping above me, but I still had the presence...

Published Tue, Apr 05 2011 2:30 PM by BLACKFIVE

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