July 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Super-sniper emerges in Fayetteville w/ 316 confirmed kills

I’m always somewhat naively amazed by stories like this because I have to wonder how these guys think they can get away with claims like this. The first thing that obviously catches your eye are the inordinate number of ARCOMs and AAMs the man claims...

Published Mon, Jul 04 2011 11:06 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

"You Hack, We Shoot"...

...but shoot WHO...with WHAT? http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/print/content/view/print/399024 Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have delivered a stark warning to the Pentagon: its failure to address key questions surrounding how the United States military...

Published Sun, Jul 24 2011 9:48 PM by BLACKFIVE

Apologize? For What?

When the tragic events in Norway became known, many immediately leaped to the conclusion that Al Qaeda and their fellow travelers were involved. Since then we've learned that he's either a Conservative, a Christian, a Darwinian, a Neo-Nazi or...

Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 2:16 PM by BLACKFIVE

Who is the bigger threat, lone wolves or Islamist terrorists?

In a segment with RT's Lauren Lyster, I maintain that the much larger number of Islamist terrorists who commit the vast majority of terror attacks worldwide represent a greater threat than the rare, although sadly effective, domestic terrorists like...

Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 11:43 PM by BLACKFIVE

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

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

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

State Department war lords

Time to watch out folks, the State Department is getting into the Army business in Iraq. Since we have agreed to move all of our combat forces out of the country the remaining folks need some kind of security and State is taking the lead with a force...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2011 10:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

Defending the Weak

The attack on a youth camp in Norway -- the youngest killed, according to the reports this morning, was sixteen -- is shocking to me. I am not shocked because of the violence, as surely we have seen enough violence from our fellow man lately to know that...

Published Sat, Jul 23 2011 12:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Religion

Ranger Up and B5 Giveaway

MMA Instruction Manual: The Muay Thai Clinch, Takedowns, Takedown Defense, and Ground Fighting Our buddies over at Ranger Up really like fighting. Sometimes it stunts their growth (you can figure out the who...), but the good thing about their love of...

Published Wed, Jul 06 2011 12:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Not only was he my best friend. He was the best Marine I ever knew...

Marine Corporal Larry Harris was killed while carrying another wounded Marine to safety. He received the Silver Star posthumously for his valor. SA Germany has the follow up with Harris's team as they visit his widow and his grave... [Tissue Alert...

Published Wed, Jul 06 2011 5:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Jeff Rock Harris finally turns into a bit of pea gravel

True to their promise, the Kinston Free Press (Kinston NC) has published a story about the poser who claimed to have 316 confirmed sniper kills and about 75 decorations, including a DSC and two Silver Stars (and something from the “emperor” of Saudi Arabia...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2011 4:54 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

America's Stealthy Advantage

Chinese J-20 stealth fighter David Axe argues in Wired magazine that developing a stealth jet is cheaper than mass-producing them at $100 million per airframe, giving America, the world's reigning economic superpower, a near monopoly: Once the dilettantes...

Published Fri, Jul 08 2011 10:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

WLF Machine Gunning

Here is a quick preview of some of the action from a great day shooting at the the Warrior Legacy Foundation Wounded Heroes Shoot II up in Anson, Maine. First is the range owner Andy Williams laying some scunion down w/ his dual PKM mount, then some watermelons...

Published Sun, Jul 10 2011 2:14 PM by BLACKFIVE

The Nation Shows Its Nationality

Iranian? Saud? Holy Moses, the Nation just outed a CIA counter terror operation in Somalia: Nestled in a back corner of Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport is a sprawling walled compound run by the Central Intelligence Agency. Set on the coast...

Published Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Super-sniper emerges in Fayetteville w/ 316 confirmed kills

"You Hack, We Shoot"...

Apologize? For What?

Who is the bigger threat, lone wolves or Islamist terrorists?

Some numbers that should bother you

US Army Sergeant Jacob Perkins - Someone You Should Know

Highlanders in Helmand

State Department war lords

Defending the Weak

Ranger Up and B5 Giveaway

Not only was he my best friend. He was the best Marine I ever knew...

Jeff Rock Harris finally turns into a bit of pea gravel

America's Stealthy Advantage

WLF Machine Gunning

The Nation Shows Its Nationality