May 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

OSAMA BIN LADIN IS DEAD!

Osama Bin Laden, Murdering Muslim POS President Obama declared in a late night presser Sunday night that Osama Bin Laden, the world's leading terrorist ***, is dead, dead, dead. Stone dead. Passed on. Ceased to be. Bereft of life. Pushing up the daisies...

Published Sun, May 01 2011 1:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

West Point Last Night

Alexander sends us these two videos of US Military Academy cadets celebrating last night.

Published Mon, May 02 2011 12:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Picture of the week year

Published Mon, May 02 2011 4:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Seavey on bin Laden and Milblog reaction

Mark Seavey of “This ain’t Hell” and the "Burn Pit" gets a little local love as he documents the reaction to the death of bin Laden among milblogs: Local blog watcher catalogs reaction to bin Laden news: wishtv.com

Published Mon, May 02 2011 10:49 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

On the 10th of May

Go here to the USNI blog and read about Gunnery Sergeant Brian Blonder...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 3:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

PERSEC Problem is Serious

Ever since the UBL mission, I have been communicating with a former BUD/S classmate and long time DevGru operator who just recently retired. He has become increasingly concerned about the Personnel Security of not only the operators, but especially their...

Published Fri, May 13 2011 6:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Rebutting Aviation Week on the Actual Cost of an F35

RE: So How Much Does an F35 Actually Cost? One thing a blogger enjoys about as much anything is when someone else unwittingly ends up making the point he blogged about. Such is the case with the F-35 cost post I put up this week. And who made the case...

Published Sat, May 14 2011 12:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Evicting an old veteran

Isn't there a better way to handle this? Five shooting wars later, Lt. Col. Curtis Welborn Jr., U.S. Army, ret., remains doggedly determined to hold the high ground. In this instance, it's a tiny apartment in a Near North high-rise, where the...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 12:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Maid of Harlech

US Army Air Force Lieutenant Robert F Elliott was flying his P-38 on a training exercise off the coast of Wales in 1942 when he suffered engine failure and crashed near the beach. Elliot walked away unharmed. Unfortunately, he went missing in action three...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 4:04 PM by BLACKFIVE

Is Pakistan still a friend?

Were they ever? I will stick with my quote that they are the best friend about $5 B a year will buy, except you can't buy friends. We have some tough decisions to make and whether we keep paying a bunch of corruptocrat weasels who have never played...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 11:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

USS Cesar Chavez? The times they are a-changing

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus plans to officially announce the naming of a Navy cargo ship after labor activist Cesar Chavez. The same Cesar Chavez with Marxist and Communist ties and who called his time in the Navy "the two worst years of my life."...

Published Wed, May 18 2011 2:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Talking torture w/ Alyona

I did a couple of segments on RT last night and the first was on the our heinous torture of innocent goat raper terrorist scumbag Khalid "Sheik Sheik Sheik" Mohammed. The point she wanted to make was that he was not the first link in the chain...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 11:56 PM by BLACKFIVE

Help LE Help A Family: Find A Murderer

This morning, I am going to ask you for something, but not your money. Amanda Prewett Doss and her children were murdered, and their house set on fire to cover the crime. Her parents were burned going into the burning home to try to rescue them. Even...

Published Wed, May 18 2011 9:05 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

The Three wars in Afghanistan

A thoughtful and insightful piece about the limits of COIN in the remotest areas of Afghanistan. There is not one war in Afghanistan. There are three. First, there is the fight against al-Qaeda and related terrorist groups. Second is the war to protect...

Published Sat, May 21 2011 6:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

Readers in MO & MN, sound off

Know we have readers in the Joplin & MN, so sound off and let us know you are okay. Meantime, thoughts and prayers needed! LW

Published Mon, May 23 2011 12:37 AM by BLACKFIVE

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OSAMA BIN LADIN IS DEAD!

West Point Last Night

Picture of the week year

Seavey on bin Laden and Milblog reaction

On the 10th of May

PERSEC Problem is Serious

Rebutting Aviation Week on the Actual Cost of an F35

Evicting an old veteran

The Maid of Harlech

Is Pakistan still a friend?

USS Cesar Chavez? The times they are a-changing

Talking torture w/ Alyona

Help LE Help A Family: Find A Murderer

The Three wars in Afghanistan

Readers in MO & MN, sound off