August 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Pakistanis show Chinese our Special Ops bird

Just lovely. Our "friends' the Pakistanis, the best allies money can rent, have apparently continued hedging their bets as far as who will be their sugar daddy. With the planeloads of loot we have been supplying them, which they tranship almost...

Published Mon, Aug 15 2011 1:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Guerena Family Sues Pima County

This Aint Hell has the story on the widow of Jose Guerena, the Marine shot down by the crack Pima SWAT team, and the suit filed against various agencies in Pima County. I haven't written about this in a while for several reasons, the major one being...

Published Sun, Aug 14 2011 8:10 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

New CwtT Site Live

We have the basics of the new Cooking with the Troops site up and running, and would appreciate any feedback you have. You can leave them there on the first post at the new integral blog if you like. Over the next few weeks we are going to be adding,...

Published Sun, Aug 14 2011 7:22 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Weblogs, Web/Tech

You can’t keep a good man (Warrior) down

Can you imagine this... a young soldier... (and a purple heart recipient) is called upon to serve his country.. twice... leaving behind a young wife and his children. While in Iraq, he hears of abuse allegations and he expresses his wishes and fears to...

Published Fri, Aug 12 2011 4:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

"Flying" the F-35

Below is a guest post by Wendy Stewart, producer of You Served Radio podcasts. On Tuesday, August 9,Hamilton Sunstrand and Lockheed Martin had a press briefing and F-35 demo at the Hamilton Sunstrand facility in Rockford, IL. Blackfive scraped the bottom...

Published Thu, Aug 11 2011 11:49 PM by BLACKFIVE

Revenge & Politics around the Helo Shootdown

I did a couple of segments on RT TV last night, first talking about whether reports we killed the guy who shot down the helo in Afghanistan are true (maybe, but if not we killed a bunch of his buddies so good anyhow), and also noting that Obama proved...

Published Thu, Aug 11 2011 11:02 PM by BLACKFIVE

JD Johannes doesn't write for the New Yorker

Because he is not a tool for the administration to push its PR. Outside the Wire in Afghanistan. "Hi, my name is Brad," he said shaking my hand. His smile and eyes were warm and friendly, more president of a small city Rotary Club than the highly...

Published Thu, Aug 11 2011 11:59 AM by BLACKFIVE

Obama campaigns on dead SEALs

In case you wondered, of course Barry O is trying to use the deaths of the SEALs and air crew in Afghanistan for his own aggrandizement. Even though most of the families specifically requested no media coverage of the return of the remains of the fallen...

Published Wed, Aug 10 2011 11:33 PM by BLACKFIVE

Questions Raised Regarding Wisdom of SEAL Mission

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/9/commandos-criticize-call-for-seals/print/ Some in the special operations community are privately criticizing the wisdom of Saturday's failed rescue mission in Afghanistan, saying commanders should have...

Published Wed, Aug 10 2011 3:13 AM by BLACKFIVE

The progeny of the Welfare State

London is burning and the search is on for a way to avoid the bleedingly obvious, the welfare state has created a class off looters and moochers. Atlas Shrugged is actually some of the best political satire since Gulliver's Travels. Rand didn't...

Published Wed, Aug 10 2011 1:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

A Dish Served Cold

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE2011-08-S-025For Immediate Release ISAF forces conduct airstrike against insurgents responsible for downing CH-47 KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 10) – Coalition forces killed the Taliban insurgents involved with the...

Published Wed, Aug 10 2011 12:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Must Read: Godspeed Bryan Nichols

[Tissue Alert in Effect!] This is tough but important to read about the pilot of the downed Chinook, his son, wife and former spouse. It's worth your time. ...The boy replied, "As soon as he gets home, we're going to go on a camping trip...

Published Wed, Aug 10 2011 12:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

The view

A U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey aircrew member scans the terrain during a mission supporting U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2011. U.S. Air Force photo...

Published Wed, Aug 10 2011 12:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Must Read: Obama's new "gutsy call" movie

Greyhawk has the details. It's a must read.

Published Tue, Aug 09 2011 12:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Update from Afghanistan- Haqqanis the problem inthe East

Bill Ardolino from the indispensable Long War Journal is in Afghanistan and sat down with the man repsonsible for the area in the East infested with members of the Haqqani Network. "Enemy number one" is the Haqqani Network, according to Major...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 11:02 PM by BLACKFIVE

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