June 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

The Onion on Pakistani Intel

It is always sadly hysterical when the Onion speaks truth to ludicrousity. The Onion: ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency restated Thursday its commitment to the fight against terrorism, pledging full cooperation with U.S. forces during...

Published Fri, Jun 10 2011 3:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Why Do I Love Blogging?

Because you get to do some interesting things, and you get to meet some amazing people. A few weeks ago in NYC for Blog World and New Media Expo, I met a blogger and got to talking with them. Turns out, they had their own personal experience with TBI...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2011 12:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Obama to give Re-Election speech on A-Stan tonight

President Obama will announce his plan for re-election/withdrawal from Afghanistan tonight. Our Ditherer in Chief has only one true strength and that is self promotion so the chance to get back to his real job as Campaigner in Chief making false promises...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2011 1:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Interview w/ "Buck" McKeon on Libya

UPDATE: In the audio I posted "Buck" McKeon states that one of his colleagues was told by a US commander in NATO that we were actively trying to kill Qaddafi. Josh Rogin confirms this and names the officer. House Armed Services Committee member...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2011 4:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

US seeking talks with Mullah Omar

(sarcasm tag on) Really? Well that is a shocker. With America expected to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July, Washington has stepped up the pace of talks with Taliban leaders. During a visit to Islamabad last month, Marc Grossman, Washington's...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 12:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

U.S. Army's 236th Birthday - Official Video

Happy Birthday, US Army!

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 2:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Stars & Stripes - Heroes Section

Okay, not often am I impressed by a news organization, but the folks over at Stars & Stripes have done a magnificient job covering the valor awards (commendations, air medal, Bronze and Silver Stars, DFCs etc) up through the MOH's for 2011 (so...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 4:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Hiring Our Heros -- Manhattan

Let's be honest: the economy and the job market bite, and badly. Finding a job is tough, and can seem even tougher for our veterans some days. Well, if you are a veteran in the Northeast and looking for a job, check out Hiring Our Heros. The job fair...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2011 1:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

@Delta: Thank You

Most of you heard about, or were party to, the storm that hit Delta airlines a week ago. Given that the updates did not get the traffic of the original post, I wanted to thank Delta for their response to the situation. While it took a long time in new...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2011 11:23 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Politics, Economics or Victory- What Everyone Ought to Know about the troop withdrawal

With the Presidential decision to withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan, the mission of the initial Counter Insurgency (COIN) plan of the surge just shrunk tenfold. Back in 2009 when the surge was initiated the extra troops allowed NATO to push to the...

Published Sun, Jun 26 2011 9:15 PM by BLACKFIVE

Cut Entitlements? Nope, just cut Defense

Well now we get to the fun part where the Republicans cave. As President Obama prepares to meet Monday with Senate leaders to try to restart talks about the swollen national debt, some Republicans see a potential path to compromise: significant cuts in...

Published Mon, Jun 27 2011 1:37 PM by BLACKFIVE

Obama team clueless on captured terrorists

I guess I could have finished that headline after the word clueless and been accurate, but I try to stick to each example of the complete ineptitude, incompetence and complete fecklessness of our President and his clown car of advisers. We should perhaps...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2011 2:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Of Laptops And Eating Elephants

What do they have in common? Quite a lot actually. I'm going to let you read Chuck's post on this to get his perspective. Yes, things are being done at a different time and in a little bit of a different way this year, but this is the kickoff...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 9:37 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Father's Day for a Gold Star Dad

Words are inadequate to describe how amazing this Gold Star family is... Below is a message from our friend, Robert Stokely: 1745 hours May 14, 2005 our family got a last hug and said a final goodbye as we had to leave Ft. Stewart (GA) by 1800 after Mike's...

Published Sat, Jun 18 2011 1:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Iraq, Army, fallen, Gold Star

Drug War or Gun War?

One of the biggest grotesqueries perpetrated by our Federal government is the use of the word War to focus attention on a bureaucratic effort. The misappropriation of government's most deadly function is supposed to make us take these efforts seriously...

Published Mon, Jun 20 2011 12:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

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The Onion on Pakistani Intel

Why Do I Love Blogging?

Obama to give Re-Election speech on A-Stan tonight

Interview w/ "Buck" McKeon on Libya

US seeking talks with Mullah Omar

U.S. Army's 236th Birthday - Official Video

Stars & Stripes - Heroes Section

Hiring Our Heros -- Manhattan

@Delta: Thank You

Politics, Economics or Victory- What Everyone Ought to Know about the troop withdrawal

Cut Entitlements? Nope, just cut Defense

Obama team clueless on captured terrorists

Of Laptops And Eating Elephants

Father's Day for a Gold Star Dad

Drug War or Gun War?