September 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

The Last Moments Of Flight 77

Integrated Consultants, Inc. has animated the final seconds of the impact of American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 as a fascinating exercise in forensic engineering. You must watch it here. For the brain-dead Truthers who...

Published Sat, Sep 10 2011 9:00 PM by BLACKFIVE

Tammy Duckworth

Tammy Duckworth flew Blackhawk helicopters in Iraq. She has a story to tell you: Running back to the helicopter, jumping in, getting ready to end our day’s missions, we got the call: We have passengers for you over in a base northwest of where we were...

Published Sat, Sep 10 2011 3:30 PM by BLACKFIVE

World Trade Center Remembered In Movies

Dan Meth has taken snippets of scenes from the many movies in which the World Trade Center appeared over the years and woven them into a short movie, which you can watch by clicking on the above. I'm often jarred by the sight of the World Trade Center...

Published Sat, Sep 10 2011 3:01 PM by BLACKFIVE

Where you were, 9-11-01, and where are you now...

This is a different kind of post for us. We want to take a look at how 9-11 has changed our readers. How it has affected you after 10 years, and how it is likely to affect you the next 10. This blog, and blogs like it, came about, eventually, as a result...

Published Sat, Sep 10 2011 11:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Fallen But Never Forgotten

Be Careful Out There

Frankly, I'm not sure what to make of the reports of possible attacks this weekend (particularly tomorrow). There is a lot of talk in the media, but not nearly enough substance out in public yet for meaningful discussion. The one thing I will note...

Published Sat, Sep 10 2011 2:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Wanted: Six Veterans Interested In The Culinary Arts

Recently, the delightful Gina Elise made an introduction for Cooking with the Troops (check out the new site!) to the fine folks at Warrior Gateway. Through that, we learned about their Vets2Chefs program. They are looking for six veterans who are interested...

Published Sat, Sep 10 2011 12:07 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Click To Help Gina Win

A quick and easy one for you this morning. You can help Gina Elise win a contest, and in so doing support troops and veterans. Just go here and vote for her. This is getting down to the wire, and it is close. So, go expend about 2-3 mouse clicks to help...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2011 9:07 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

The Corps of Support

Guest post from LTC Samantha Nerove The Corps of Support Foundation has launched “Campaign 99” and will focus on asking Americans to sign their pledge to follow the “Code of Support” for our troops. The Code's concept is while every member of the...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2011 1:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

Snipers and dead tangos

What's not to love? Bill Ardolino from the Long War Journal spent some time recently in Afghanistan and sends this heartwarming tale of a boy, his gun and a ventilated cranium. The kind of stuff I used to read to my daughter at bed time. At about...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2011 1:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Providing for the Common Defense...

In stark terms, Providing for The Common Defense highlights the impacts that ten years of hard fighting have had on America's military. In the video, Armed Services Chairman (Buck) McKeon previews questions that Committee members will be asking this...

Published Thu, Sep 08 2011 6:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Blog World & Military Track

Okay, we just finalized the last panel for the military track at this year's Blog World and New Media Expo. There are a lot of changes and surprises this year, starting with the fact that it will be in Los Angeles Nov. 3-5. That's right, for all...

Published Wed, Sep 07 2011 11:43 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Weblogs, Web/Tech

Secure Freedom Radio- Bill Roggio & JD Johannes

I guest-hosted for Frank Gaffney today on Secure Freedom Radio and had two of my favorite people on as guests, Bill Roggio & JD Johannes. Frank's production team does a great job of summarizing the game, so I am just gonna steal their write up...

Published Wed, Sep 07 2011 1:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

Is Civil Service The Same As Military Service? NO!

Well, according to some in Congress, yes, it is. In point of fact, not only is it the same but the honors at a funeral should be the same in terms of a flag draped casket and the presentation of a flag. TSO over at This Ain't Hell has an excellent...

Published Tue, Sep 06 2011 11:27 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Bust Their Chops

The Smoke From UA Flight 93

Dave Berkebile, who was about 70, was watching the news of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, when he heard something like a thunderclap outside his house in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He grabbed his videocamera and shot this video of smoke...

Published Tue, Sep 06 2011 6:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

The atom bomb ended WWII.......right?

An interesting thesis has been put forth: Atom bombs were not the proximate cause of the Japanese surrender. Now hold on a second before you dismiss it, and let's examine this idea put forth by a Japanese scholar. In recent years, however, a new interpretation...

Published Mon, Sep 05 2011 3:52 PM by BLACKFIVE

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