July 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Valour-IT: Army Is Behind

Here is a message from Valour-IT Army Team Captain The Sniper: Army is behind. Truth be known, fundraising is behind. Keep in mind that beyond the pseudo-rivalry and all that is one simple truth: we are all working to help the wounded. Even before they...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2011 8:28 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Your Sunday feel good story

I never get tired of these: ~McQ Twitter: @McQandO

Published Sun, Jul 10 2011 3:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Snappy Cow: It's Not Just For Power Point Rangers Anymore

Okay, most of you are probably already reading Power Point Ranger and if so you know that "Snappy Cow" has been a running gag with the strip for some time. Well, now it seems the joke has become real with Snappy Cow now on sale. I haven't...

Published Tue, Jul 05 2011 11:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders

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

Cybersecurity

I am sure that many of you have been wondering what in the world I actually do for a living (or not). Well I mean aside from opining on national security here at B5. For the past year I have been working with a small software company that has an amazing...

Published Mon, Jul 18 2011 2:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Dont bother buying this book

Marvin Kalb and his daughter Deborah have written a book called “The Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama”. I can give you one very good reason not to even bother buying or reading the book. It comes from an email interview...

Published Wed, Jul 20 2011 3:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

HOT! Think you got what it takes? Need a JOB? HOT!

Ok, we're in a recession, we're told. Jobs are scarce. Getting scarcer. But, BlackFive being what it is, and Warrior Legacy Foundation, being who they are, are trying to help. And help big time. Some friends have come to us to help locate some...

Published Tue, Jul 19 2011 10:31 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

The Free Bradley Manning Chair at Army War College

Really guys? This is who you want to represent Omar Freaking Bradley? P. J. Crowley resigned as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in March 2011 after he said that alleged Department of Defense mistreatment of Bradley Manning was, “ridiculous...

Published Wed, Jul 13 2011 5:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Obama's next counterterror chief a lawyer

A little more lawfare anyone? WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's next counterterrorism chief is Matthew Olsen, the top lawyer for the National Security Agency and a former prosecutor who has extensive experience in intelligence affairs, an...

Published Fri, Jul 01 2011 4:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

Commies March Against Libyan Kinetic Military Action

ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), the front group for the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party, held their "Stop Bombing Libya!"anti-war demonstration last Saturday, July 9th, on Pennsylvania Avenue, in the back of the White House...

Published Sun, Jul 10 2011 1:55 PM by BLACKFIVE

Amilcar Rodriguez - A Hospital Corpsman You Should Know

In the Marine Corps Times... ...Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Amilcar Rodriguez and the rest of the unit — made up of members of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Army Special Forces and Afghan army commandos — came under heavy machine-gun...

Published Wed, Jul 06 2011 7:37 AM by BLACKFIVE

Military pay guarantee bills still stalled

If you’ve been following the fiasco known as the debt ceiling negotiations, you may know that President Obama made the statement that he wasn’t sure if Social Security checks would go out on August 3rd. Well that’s not the only thing in jeopardy. Military...

Published Thu, Jul 14 2011 12:59 PM by BLACKFIVE