September 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Dead Tango dancing at the Jawa Report

I asked for Adam Gadahn to be dead along w/ Awlaki to make it an American al Aqeda twofer. Well it wasn't Gadahn, but it was another traitorous rat ***, one who the intrepid Jawas have been jack slapping for a while, a weaselly little scumbag called...

Published Fri, Sep 30 2011 3:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

Friday Dead Tango Dance- Awlaki edition

Oh please, please please be true, and if you could throw in the reprehensible loser Adam Gadahn to make it an American al Qaeda twofer, I would be eternally grateful. SANAA, Yemen — Anwar al-Aulaqi, a radical U.S.-born Muslim cleric and one of the most...

Published Fri, Sep 30 2011 1:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

GAME ON!

The Farm Team is at it again- just as B5 posited previously, they at THISAINTHELL.US are holding the coveted Jackwagon awards. Up for now is the Special Ops regional- follow along over there and cast a vote! Me- I'm backing Chabot. At least he attempts...

Published Thu, Sep 29 2011 1:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Humor, Bust Their Chops, Weblogs

Mullen says Pakistan runs insurgent groups

Well no kidding. The sad thing is that he couldn't say the blisteringly obvious fact that Pakistan founded many of the Taliban and related insurgent groups that plague Afghanistan and they continue to fund and run them now. Politics and diplomacy...

Published Thu, Sep 29 2011 12:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

Re: This war can be won...

To build on "Longtabsigo's" earlier post featuring the New York Times story about how "This war can still be won": I hesitate to go against an SF officer who has been to Afghanistan when I have not. And I am sure there are plenty...

Published Wed, Sep 28 2011 8:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Releasing the photos of bin Laden

There is a court battle underway regarding the potential release of photos of Osama bin Laden after he was ventilated and returned to room temperature in the raid on his hooch in Pakistan. I am usually a 100% supporter of keeping secrets secret, but I...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 11:37 PM by BLACKFIVE

This War CAN Be One...an on-ground perspective...

US Army Special Forces Major Fernando Lujan just returned from more than a year on the ground in Afghanistan and offers his views on his Afghan allies, and their will to win. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/opinion/this-war-can-still-be-won.html?_r...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 11:08 PM by BLACKFIVE

Michael Yon goes full batshit crazy

I have been watching safe from my hooch here in America as the Greatest Combat Correspondent in His Own Mind, Michael Yon has completely lost it. He has taken to publicly attacking soldiers serving in a war zone......again. Yes, this is not a first for...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 12:12 PM by BLACKFIVE

Jump Master

Army Staff Sgt. Scott Shepro instructs paratroopers during a static jump for a joint operational exercise on Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Sept. 9, 2011. Shepro, a jump master, is a platoon sergeant assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C,...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 4:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Security Expert: U.S. 'Leading Force' Behind Stuxnet

I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App interesting: http://www.npr.org/2011/09/26/140789306/security-expert-u-s-leading-force-behind-stuxnet?sc=17&f=1001Security Expert: U.S. 'Leading Force' Behind Stuxnet by Tom Gjelten - September...

Published Mon, Sep 26 2011 5:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

Cav Scouts Clear...

U.S. Army soldiers fire at an enemy hiding position during Operation Tofan 2 in Suri Khel, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2011. The objective was to clear insurgents from the town of Suri Khel and prevent them from returning. The soldiers are assigned to 6th...

Published Sun, Sep 25 2011 10:13 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Picture of the Week

SFC Alwyn C. Cashe

Since being part of the 2010 Medal of Honor Convention, I have read and published scores of narratives for valor medals. While the actions of these men are all truly incredible, the actions of Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe in Iraq on Oct. 17, 2005...

Published Sun, Sep 25 2011 12:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Afghan Airdrop

Courtesy of the mighty USAF, this is what an airdrop looks like from inside the aircraft as Airmen of the 816 EAS executing Air Drop missions over Afghanistan: Produced by Staff Sgt. Jose Rodriguez.

Published Sat, Sep 24 2011 4:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Video Channels

New Dawn...

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay transits the Arabian Gulf. Mobile Bay is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom...

Published Sat, Sep 24 2011 3:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Through the lens of a combat camera...

British soldiers from Light Regiment Royal Artillery, 29th Commando, 3rd Commando Brigade, attached to Bravo Company, First Battalion the Rifles, finish operations in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand Province. Produced by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 3:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Video Channels, Picture of the Week

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