July 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

The debt compromise and Defense spending

There is plenty of howling about the compromise that has come out of the latest maneuverings over our flat brokedness. Any deal must have some unpleasant bits as the Dems and Obama are still in control of two thirds of government, if not particularly...

Published Sun, Jul 31 2011 11:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

Defense Spending Under the Debt Ceiling

Save your time and move forward to 8:30 mark and watch Congressman Allen West outline what kind of defense spending should occur under debt ceiling, rather than what the President wants. Congressman West is effective and accurate here:

Published Sun, Jul 31 2011 12:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Why We're Winning The Global War On Terror

News.24 in South Africa reports on news from Iraq: "An al-Qaeda terrorist, Mohammed Nussayef Jasim al-Hamdani, was killed while trying to fit a bomb inside a vehicle at his home," a police official in Kirkuk said. "His two children, aged...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2011 9:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

Navy Tests F-35C on a Catapult

An F-35C test aircraft piloted by Lt. Christopher Tabert launches from a steam catapult for the first time. CF-3 is the designated carrier suitability test aircraft. The F-35C carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter is distinct from the F-35A and...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2011 12:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Picture of the Week

Highlanders in Helmand

Highlander Mark Mackenzie, 4th Battalion, the Highlanders, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, and a native of Stoneaway, Scotland, covers his sector during a patrol in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, July 20. The battalion has recently stepped up...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 2:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Breaking: Soldiers Arrested Planning Attack

AWOL Soldier arrested planning an attack on Fort Hood. News at FoxNews. ....Pvt. Nasser Jason Abdo, an AWOL soldier from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was arrested by the Killeen Police Department near Fort Hood and remains in custody there. Authorities, however...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 12:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

RangerUp Needs You (in Chicago)

Tonight, RangerUp (with Nick and Tim Kennedy) are hosting a segment of a new show being developed by the Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers producers. The show is about young Americans wanting to join the military and meeting some of the people that...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 12:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Television, Tim Kennedy

Walter Reed closes- end of an era

Today was the official casing of the colors for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. An awful lot of military folks have moved through there over the years and have received some of the best medical care in the world. There may have been some glitches...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2011 2:25 PM by BLACKFIVE

US Army Sergeant Jacob Perkins - Someone You Should Know

We first heard about this story (a soldier rushed into a burning bus to save the passengers) over at This Ain't Hell, but it was only a rumor at the time. Later, the story went national and Jonn Lilyea said that the Soldier in the story should get...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2011 12:18 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Paratroopers in the Ukraine

Staff Sgt. Travis Surber, a native of Franklin County, Va., and a paratrooper with the 173rd Brigade Combat Team’s Battle Company of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, parachutes out of a C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft and into the Ukraine...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2011 2:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Sector Scan

U.S. Army Spc. Brian Coelho, rifleman, scans his sector of fire during a key leader engagement at the district center, a secured location, in Arghandab, Afghanistan, July 26, 2011. Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul meet with leaders of the...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2011 2:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Welcome Home, Marine!

B5 reader 'A proud & grateful American' sent this video about a New Jersey town coming out to support one of their own: Emotions ran high as hundreds of people stood along Blackpoint Rd. waiting for Lance Corporal Sean MacDonald to return...

Published Tue, Jul 26 2011 9:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Silver Star Revoked

From the guy who introduced John Forbes Kerry at the Democratic convention...according to the Navy, the rovocation was made because of: "subsequently determined facts and evidence surrounding both the incident for which the award was made and the...

Published Tue, Jul 26 2011 7:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Some numbers that should bother you

Charles Hoskinson at POLITICO's Morning Defense lays a few numbers on us: TODAY’S HEARING IN THE READINESS SUBCOMMITTEE “will highlight the impact of shrinking defense budgets on our military forces and subsequent dire choices our nation’s commanders...

Published Tue, Jul 26 2011 7:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

TRICAREa budget cutter target

I’m pretty much in line with all the talk of actually cutting the budget. And yeah, to some, what I’m about to say will be quickly tossed into the “cut everyone else’s bennies but don’t cut mine” bucket and dismissed. I’m not sure it belongs in that bucket...

Published Tue, Jul 26 2011 2:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

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The debt compromise and Defense spending

Defense Spending Under the Debt Ceiling

Why We're Winning The Global War On Terror

Navy Tests F-35C on a Catapult

Highlanders in Helmand

Breaking: Soldiers Arrested Planning Attack

RangerUp Needs You (in Chicago)

Walter Reed closes- end of an era

US Army Sergeant Jacob Perkins - Someone You Should Know

Paratroopers in the Ukraine

Sector Scan

Welcome Home, Marine!

Silver Star Revoked

Some numbers that should bother you

TRICAREa budget cutter target