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Support our wounded troops!
The parachute cutie over at From Cow Pastures to Kosovo is wrestling pigs to raise money for wounded troops! Go and sponsor her efforts! I know a few of the guys this will help. It's a great cause! http://fromcowpasturestokosovo.blogspot.com/2011...
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Mon, Aug 22 2011 10:48 AM
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Book Review: DARK WORLD - Into the shadows...
Our buddy over at Ranger Up, Kelly Crigger, can't sit still (this is a massive understatement). He's a publicist by day, a marketer by night, and an author somewhere in between. His latest venture is a journey into the paranormal with acclaimed...
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Mon, Aug 22 2011 12:45 AM
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Meanwhile, back in Iraq...Army Snipers Taylor and Clark Disrupt the Enemy
Spc. Patrick Taylor, assigned to the sniper section, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, provides overwatch for his unit during a mission in Salah ad-Din province...
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Sun, Aug 21 2011 11:59 PM
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HELL WEEK Completion
$100 says that you can't print what he's saying on a family friendly (most of the time) blog: Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick D. West speaks to students in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Class 290 after they completed "Hell...
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Fri, Aug 19 2011 4:54 PM
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NRA's Life of Duty - The Courageous Green Berets of ODA 574
For a special Friday treat, BlackFive was fortunate to receive episodes and previews of the NRA's Life of Duty series about the heroes of US Army Special Forces ODA 574. We have shown the two episodes (they are below) and the preview of the third...
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Fri, Aug 19 2011 1:24 AM
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Time and New Veterans
Over at This Ain't Hell, Jonn Lilyea writes about the latest issue of Time magazine and it's piece about new veterans. Go read it. While I agree with Jonn on his post, the article also has a nice para about former Marine sniper, Jake Wood, and...
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Fri, Aug 19 2011 12:13 AM
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Night Harrier
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, lands on and takes off from the USS Makin Island. The 11th MEU is conducting its first at sea exercise since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May...
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Fri, Aug 19 2011 12:07 AM
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The Best Welcome Home
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Frazier receives an overdue hug from his daughter during a homecoming party at Duke Field, Fla., Aug. 7, 2011. Frazier, a Reserve airman assigned to the 711th Special Operations Squadron, returned from a deployment to Southwest...
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Fri, Aug 19 2011 12:02 AM
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Fight Gone Bad 6- Fundraising w/ sweat
Crossfit and all kinds of the serious workout types who do it are having a sweat off called Fight Gone Bad 6 to raise money for some excellent charities. The NCOs who support my girlfriend in the wounded warrior program are participating and I will use...
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Wed, Aug 17 2011 10:24 AM
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COL Charles Murray - 3rd ID Medal of Honor Recipient from WWII - Passes On
Over at the Burn Pit, Mothax puts up a fitting tribute to Colonel Charles Murray - "the original Billy Bad Ass". ROCK OF THE MARNE!
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Wed, Aug 17 2011 5:27 AM
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Oldest Bataan Death March Survivor Passes
A friend and former soldier of mine sent this over Facebook and it gave me a bit of a trip in the way-back machine. Albert N. Brown, 105, a retired Army major who lived to be the oldest survivor of the 1942 Bataan Death March in the Philippines and was...
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Wed, Aug 17 2011 3:28 AM
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Maximum Warrior
Dakota Meyer, 23, fires a pistol while demonstrating to the Maximum Warrior competitors how to complete the pistol challenge in Crawfordsville, Ark., Aug. 7. He wears black wristbands on each arm honoring the three Marines and Navy corpsman who were killed...
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Wed, Aug 17 2011 1:43 AM
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Book Review: The Eichmann Trial
This book review is courtesy of Elise Cooper for BlackFive.net: Sound familiar? A daring raid was made into another country to seek justice against someone who committed an atrocious act. Fifty years ago Adolf Eichmann was captured and tried by the state...
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Wed, Aug 17 2011 1:12 AM
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Corporal Dakota L. Meyer's M.O.H. Citation
"Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back."...
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Wed, Aug 17 2011 12:18 AM
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Weapons Testing
Recently, a writer I know asked me to join them on a trip to the range to test a firearm a manufacturer had sent for review. However, some issues that came up that resulted in no review being posted by me. If you have a firearm (or edged weapon) you would...
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Mon, Aug 15 2011 8:59 PM
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