November 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Nov. 28 in US Military History

1941: The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) departs Pearl Harbor to ferry F4F Hellcat fighters to Wake Island, thus saving the carrier from the coming Japanese attack. 1941: Adolf Hitler meets with Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem...

Published Mon, Nov 28 2011 7:15 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Keils - A Family You Should Know

"Enough bedrooms to have kids. We've got a lot of time on our hands." Tracy Keil talking about having just one requirement for their new home in 2007. This video will be the best four minutes you'll spend today...We last saw the Keils...

Published Tue, Nov 29 2011 12:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

Petraeus Cancels XMas!!!!

Well, sort of... ...“I regret to advise that your invitation is not, in fact, lost in the mail,” the e-mail said. “Reflecting the constrained and possibly worsening fiscal climate, this year’s event has been greatly scaled back.”... More at the WashPo...

Published Tue, Nov 29 2011 11:12 PM by BLACKFIVE

Cooking with the Troops A great NYC Veterans Day event

Cooking with the Troops needs your support to carry on its great work with our troops. Not only does it provide food events for the wounded, but it offers classes to our military members and their families teaching them how to cook healthy and tasty food...

Published Fri, Nov 18 2011 7:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Some national security in the debate tonight?

Let's hope so. Both Heritage and AEI are co-hosting the Presidential debate tonight so perhaps we will, although having Wolf Blitzer hosting doesn't give me great confidence. Heritage has a package for folks who want to have debate parties and...

Published Tue, Nov 22 2011 12:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

Giving Thanks This Day

For all that it has been a rough year in many ways, there is much for which I give thanks this day. A special part of this are those who serve and with whom I serve. Some thoughts on that very special less than one percent are up here. May your day be...

Published Wed, Nov 23 2011 11:03 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

The Sick Lame and Lazy....

I have a news flash for everyone. Brace yourselves, take a seat, it might be shocking... One of the "Occupy" movement crap-weasels appears to be posing as someone who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. I know, I know, hold the Stolen Valor presses...

Published Thu, Nov 24 2011 3:15 PM by BLACKFIVE

Nov. 27 in US Military History

1817: Maj. Gen. Edmund P. Gaines dispatches soldiers to attack the Seminole camp at Fowltown, Fla., formally beginning the First Seminole War. 1868: Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry attacks a peaceful Cheyenne encampment near present...

Published Sun, Nov 27 2011 3:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Colors of Committment - Jospeh Collins

Joseph Collins has experience in the Marines, the Army and as a police officer. He's served tours of duty in Bosnia and Iraq, and is now an instructor at the International School of Tactical Medicine. He is highly respected in all of these fields...

Published Tue, Nov 01 2011 2:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

(Alleged) Jackwagons

First, a militia is taken down for plotting homegrown terrorism based on an online novel... Second, an MP, yes an Military Policeman, was arrested on suspicion of espionage. Charges pending. Anyone want to guess who he was spying for (OWS, anyone? Anyone...

Published Wed, Nov 02 2011 12:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

China ignores sanctions to trade with Iran

For years I’ve heard people say that China isn’t an expansionist military threat on the par of, say, the old Soviet Union. And for the most part, I believe that. I do believe they’re a regional expansionist military threat and I also believe they’re building...

Published Thu, Nov 03 2011 12:13 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Security - Eighty Deuce Style

Spc. Josh Schroeder, gunner, Regional Command (South) protective service detail, 82nd Airborne Division, looks down into his mine resistant ambush protected vehicle from his position in the turret during a mission Nov. 2. Schroeder and his team routinely...

Published Thu, Nov 03 2011 3:17 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Veteran's Day At NASDAQ

A longer post is coming, but I wanted to share a small bit of what happened yesterday with you. These two pictures are something special: In both are Phil Perugini, who is a surviving member of the Band of Brothers. On D-Day, his jump went bad, and he...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2011 11:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

It is shameful to support men and women who have gone overseas to kill other human beings

It never fails that in or around Veteran’s Day, someone decides to show the world what a total jackass they are. And this year doesn’t disappoint. Meet Sufolk University law professor Michael Avery. Professor Avery is a member of the law school staff...

Published Tue, Nov 15 2011 1:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Mastiff Games and Tenyon Announces - Heavy Fire: Afghanistan

Mastiff Games is helping with merchandise to promote the Stachebash and Soldiers' Angels so, in the absence of a great review by Off Duty Gamers, here is the trailer and some information on their latest combat game available for PlayStation®3 system...

Published Wed, Nov 16 2011 2:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Games

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