August 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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Lex nails it. This is great writing.

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 5:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Alison Krauss & Union Station entertain wounded warriors

Alison Krauss has the voice of an angel; that is simply the truth. Her band joked about how she sings them to sleep every night on this tour and that sounds like bliss to me. Union Station is a perfect band to play a venue like Wolf Trap in Virginia as...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 2:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Review: Tom Clancy's Against All Enemies

This review of Tom Clancy's 'Against All Enemies' is a special to Blackfive from Elise Cooper. Read her reviews on Blackfive by clicking here or the Books category in the sidebar. Tom Clancy’s latest novel, Against All Enemies, is a New York...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 12:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Godspeed Sgt Daniel Gurr

Received this from a B5 reader and Marine NCO in Afghanistan. He was concerned by a comment in our post about the SEALs yesterday. It's important: I too was shocked reading the reports regarding the downing of the TF Bird in Wardak, and made comment...

Published Sun, Aug 07 2011 4:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Danger Area

You vets from Pendleton will like this one... Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Command Element conduct a shoot on the move, where they walked 25 yards toward the target while firing, as a part of a familiarization fire range conducted on...

Published Sat, Aug 06 2011 4:25 PM by BLACKFIVE

A Helicopter in Afghanistan

By now you have seen this story from eastern Afghanistan. No one in this audience needs to be told what it means to have lost so many of our finest. We forget how dangerous these operations are, because the extraordinary professionalism of the 160th SOAR...

Published Sat, Aug 06 2011 3:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten

Prayers Up!

Time for some spiritual warfare. By now, most of you have seen reports that we've been following it for some time. News reports are stating that the majority of the 31 Americans slain in the helicopter shoot down were SEALs from ST6. Thoughts and...

Published Sat, Aug 06 2011 3:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Eglin gets the F-35

F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter crew chief, Tech. Sgt. Brian West, watches his aircraft approach for the first time at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 14. Aircraft 0747 is the newest Department of Defense aircraft. Photo by Samuel King, Eglin...

Published Fri, Aug 05 2011 4:23 PM by BLACKFIVE

9 month deployments for Soldiers

At the Stars & Stripes, they unveil the new plan to have 9 month rotation deployments for the U.S. Army. ...Beginning next year, deployments for most troops will last nine months rather than the current 12 months. At the height of the Iraq troop surge...

Published Fri, Aug 05 2011 5:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

OEF X - From "THE ROCK'S" Point of View

The 2-503rd rocking in Afghanistan during OEF X (2009-2010):

Published Fri, Aug 05 2011 5:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Sheep Dog - "We love our Sheep, We Dogs of War!"

Getting ready for the 10th anniversary of 9-11. The center poster - "Sheep Dogs" - is inspired by Milblog Poet Laureate, Russ Vaughn, these posters by Stephen Brooks are free for common non-profit use:

Published Fri, Aug 05 2011 2:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Picture of the Week, Military Motivators

The U.K.'s 2nd Paras Invade the Ukraine

Private Andrei Rvbalko of United Kingdom's 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment conducts airborne operation training in Ukraine as part of Rapid Trident 2011. Rapid Trident 2011 is a U.S. Army Europe led, multi-national exercise taking place at the International...

Published Fri, Aug 05 2011 1:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Video Channels

U.S. Army Paratroopers Jump into Big Lake, Alaska

This video shows some of the more dangerous training that paratroopers can undergo...a jump over water: Paratroopers from 1st Battalion 501st INF. (Airborne), 4th Brigade 25th Infantry Division, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, conducts water...

Published Fri, Aug 05 2011 1:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Video Channels

Oil Rig Taking Down

U.S. Navy SEALs conduct fast roping from an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the High Rollers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 85 onto a gas and oil platform. SEALs conduct these evolutions to hone their various maritime operations skills...

Published Thu, Aug 04 2011 4:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

Americans go back into the Pech Valley

Over at the Stars & Stripes, Martin Kuz describes the latest attempt to enter and hold part of the valley. ...The intensity of their resistance provoked questions among U.S. soldiers about whether the 2-35th will have the resources to prevail in the...

Published Thu, Aug 04 2011 6:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

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