July 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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

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

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

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

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

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

TSA And Amputees

I am going to sit on what I would like to say right now, so as to focus on a much more important question: If you are an amputee, have the TSA procedures changed of late and what have your experiences been with that agency? This is an honest question...

Published Tue, Jul 26 2011 1:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Going Ape with an AK

Published Tue, Jul 12 2011 7:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Mountain DustOff

U.S. Army Capt. Gwendolyn Whitcomb, a flight nurse with Company C “Mountain Dustoff,” 3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, Task Force Falcon, administers medication to her patient, an Afghan National Army soldier, July 11. Whitcomb is a Ware, Mass....

Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 2:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

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

Star Wars, According to a Three Year Old

And remember..Do NOT talk back to Darth Vader!

Published Fri, Jul 15 2011 9:38 PM by BLACKFIVE

What Are You Doing Today?

Whatever it is, I hope it is fun and safe, and that you and yours have a great time doing whatever it is. As for me, I am up and on my way to Standing for the Fallen. If you are in DC, it is near the Holocaust Memorial on the Mall, and in Lafayette, IN...

Published Sun, Jul 03 2011 9:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

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

The Promise

Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Parks, hospital corpsman, from Rochester, N.Y., carries a Salvadoran boy who cannot walk on his own during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service medical event at the Polideportivo medical site. Continuing Promise...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2011 1:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Thank you, General Petraeus!

Army Gen. David H. Petraeus at the International Security Assistance Force Change of Command ceremony held in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18. Photo by Master Sergeant Michael O'Connor. P4 is outbound. We wish him the best in Langley. He'll probably...

Published Mon, Jul 18 2011 1:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Highlanders in Helmand

Welcome Home, Marine!

Why We're Winning The Global War On Terror

Paratroopers in the Ukraine

TRICAREa budget cutter target

Silver Star Revoked

TSA And Amputees

Going Ape with an AK

Mountain DustOff

Walter Reed closes- end of an era

Star Wars, According to a Three Year Old

What Are You Doing Today?

Apologize? For What?

The Promise

Thank you, General Petraeus!