October 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

The Stolen Valor Awards - The Fecal Four

Over at This Ain't Hell, the semi-finals of the Stolen Valor Awards are underway ("The Fecal Four"). Go and vote.

Published Mon, Oct 10 2011 12:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

Occupy Wall Street: Memo from Froggy

Published Tue, Oct 11 2011 4:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Bust Their Chops

Rep. Allen West at Keeper of the Flame Dinner

One of the highlights of the Keeper of the Flame Award Dinner, put on by Frank Gaffney's think tank, Center for Security Policy was the speech by Rep. Allen West. He spoke w/o notes and as usual was inspiring enough that the whole crowd was ready...

Published Thu, Oct 20 2011 4:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Support Staff Sergeant Joe Beimfohr in Sport's Illustrated's "Greatness in Sports"

Meet Staff Sergeant Joe Beimfohr who was in Chuck Z's unit in Iraq where both of them were hit (different times) and recovered together at WRAMC. Joe went to college and has become one of the top handcyclers in the world. He is truly a motivating...

Published Sat, Oct 22 2011 12:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Someone You Should Know

Occupy Wall Street Spitters - part 2

Boston Maggie decided to ask the US Coast Guard to verify the story about the Occupy Boston protesters spitting on a uniformed member of the military. http://bostonmaggie.blogspot.com/2011/10/ok-so-you-know-occupyboston-is-making.html Check it out.

Published Fri, Oct 14 2011 10:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

Makeup sales plummet in Libya

Colonel Dragqueen is allegedly dead. (CBS/AP) Fugitive Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi was killed in fighting around his hometown Thursday, a top official in Libya's transitional government said, citing reports from fighters who claimed they saw the...

Published Wed, Oct 19 2011 11:32 PM by BLACKFIVE

Into The Light: Erich Klinghammer

Long-time readers know that I have done volunteer work at a place called Wolf Park. Some of you have even come down and visited there, or even helped the park out a bit. The park truly began in 1972 when founded by Erich Klinghammer, who taught at Purdue...

Published Sun, Oct 09 2011 11:18 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Ask An Infantryman - She Flies in Coach

Infantrymen, your sage counsel is sought! Dear Ask An Infantryman I have been dating "Claude" for eight months. We are planning a trip in the fall to visit his family's chateau in France. Claude has long legs and refuses to travel in coach...

Published Tue, Oct 04 2011 11:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Ask An Infantryman

The Best Seat in the House

Soldiers with Bravo Company 1-52 Aviation regiment work with the Ch-47 Chinooks…a versatile aircraft for a varied mission here in Afghanistan. Sgt. Andrew Milner joined the crew in the back of the bird for the story.

Published Mon, Oct 10 2011 1:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Video Channels

McChrystal joins board of Spirit of America

Stan the Man McChrystal has joined the board of one of our favorite action-oriented groups Spirit of America. Here is the announcement and congratulations to a great group for adding a great man to their team. At a dinner two weeks ago, General McChrystal...

Published Wed, Oct 19 2011 7:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

US Chamber of Commerce launches program to hire vets

Good stuff from the US Chamber of Commerce. Written by Sean Hackbarth there, I’m just going to repost the whole thing: Marine Corporal Megan Morse served in Iraq, was injured, and returned home looking for work. She is one of more than 2,600 veterans...

Published Fri, Oct 21 2011 5:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

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