August 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

New Yorker Article Needs a Significant Edit

Remember this New Yorker article on getting bin Laden that I posted on August 2nd? Well, go check this out. It's awesome and it doggedly questions the authenticity of that article in the New Yorker. ...With stakes this high, should not the standards...

Published Thu, Aug 04 2011 6:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Ask Your Senator to Support the "Day of the Deployed"!

In 2006, Soldiers’ Angels asked then-Governor John Hoeven to sign the first ever Day of the Deployed proclamation in honor of deployed warriors from North Dakota. The proclamation grew over the years, with over 40 governors across the nation signing their...

Published Thu, Aug 04 2011 3:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Happy 221st Birthday, Coasties!

Revenue Cutter Bear, circa 1890. Painting by James A. Mitchell, III From District Seven (Miami): MIAMI - A Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew conducts a practice fly over of Sun Life Stadium Aug. 3, 2011. The Florida Marlins are...

Published Thu, Aug 04 2011 1:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

SOCPAC Jump Training

Reconnaissance Marines with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division, and service members with Special Operations Command, Pacific, glide to the ground during parachute operations on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 28, 2011. Over a two-day...

Published Thu, Aug 04 2011 1:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Remote Controlled Trucks in the Stan

Reader Eggs sends this cool story from ABCNews about ingenuity saving lives. Staff Sergeant Chris Fessenden got a remote controled truck for his 2007 Iraq tour and was using it in Afghanistan. Here's part of the story: ...The little truck was used...

Published Thu, Aug 04 2011 1:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Review: Silent Enemy by Thomas W. Young

This is a special review by Elise Cooper for BlackFive. Since many of you have expressed appreciation of Elise's reviews, we are continuing to provide specials from her. Thomas W. Young's latest novel, Silent Enemy, re-unites the characters Major...

Published Wed, Aug 03 2011 4:34 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Michael Yon and his lying source

Michael Yon seems to run into trouble with the Public Affairs folks pretty much every time he heads out. Invariably he ends up writing an angry diatribe about how they are out to get him and he calls them names like crazy monkeys. Another day another...

Published Wed, Aug 03 2011 11:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Obligatory Thank You

I was asked by the Bloomberg folks to read this piece about thanking our service men and women for their service. Personally, I disagree with much of it. Sometimes a "thank you" is just that, a thank you. And today's climate of thanking...

Published Wed, Aug 03 2011 2:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Phony Ranger or True Story

Over at This Ain't Hell, the Farm Team is hard at work uncovering the truth around a case of bullet mistaken identity...Go check it out.

Published Tue, Aug 02 2011 11:29 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Bust Their Chops

YouServed Radio Tonight

The good people at YouServed have quite a good lineup tonight. Part one features Bob "Benny" Goodman and Wally Ward from Get it Done Consulting. Part two features Marta Darby, Val Prieto, Jorge Carmona, and (tentative) Heather Solos. Tune in...

Published Tue, Aug 02 2011 12:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Weblogs

The best article on getting Bin Laden

This New Yorker article which is online only now has been described to us by those in the know as the most accurate and excellent piece about getting Bin Laden to date. It's worth your time to check out. Here's a taste: ...A second SEAL stepped...

Published Tue, Aug 02 2011 12:15 AM by BLACKFIVE

Turning Point in Afghanistan

JD Johannes' last mission Outside the Wire gives cause for some optimism and thanks for the Spartans of 1-32 Infantry (Chosin!) who chose to live in the town where the Taliban was founded... ...What makes it desperate ground to the Taliban is a mosque...

Published Mon, Aug 01 2011 11:51 PM by BLACKFIVE

Biden calls Republicans terrorists

I realize that politicians sometimes wrestle with difficult issues and tempers can flare, but the number of times that Democrats have compared the opposition to terrorists during these debt discussions is disgraceful. It is low and shameful, and I wish...

Published Mon, Aug 01 2011 11:49 PM by BLACKFIVE

An Artistic Reminder

A while back, I wrote about two different artistic endeavors. I wanted to remind you of them, and say that both are well worth your consideration. The Best of Military Cartoons, Volume 1 is quite good. In addition to featuring the outstanding work of...

Published Mon, Aug 01 2011 6:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

All hail the Flying Squirrel

OK I have watched this several times and I still can't see what actually happens. The move is called the Flying Squirrel, and however it works I just know it kicks flips amazing amounts of ass. American wrestler Ellis Coleman at the Junior Championship...

Published Mon, Aug 01 2011 1:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

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