August 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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

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...

Published Mon, Aug 22 2011 12:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

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...

Published Wed, Aug 17 2011 3:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Into The Light: Robert T. "Zig" Hensley

Mad Mike sends the news that one of the good guys is gone: Sometimes, appearances in my books are auctioned off for charity. Sometimes, a friend or colleague tickles me in a certain way, and I ask if I can use them as a character. My friend Robert "Zig"...

Published Mon, Aug 22 2011 8:25 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

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...

Published Wed, Aug 17 2011 1:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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!

Published Wed, Aug 17 2011 5:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Danger Area

Book Review: DARK WORLD - Into the shadows...

Oldest Bataan Death March Survivor Passes

Into The Light: Robert T. "Zig" Hensley

Book Review: The Eichmann Trial

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

Happy 221st Birthday, Coasties!

Questions Raised Regarding Wisdom of SEAL Mission

Update from Afghanistan- Haqqanis the problem inthe East

"Flying" the F-35

Turning Point in Afghanistan

Biden calls Republicans terrorists

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

Must Read: Godspeed Bryan Nichols

COL Charles Murray - 3rd ID Medal of Honor Recipient from WWII - Passes On