November 2011 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Nov. 23 in US military history

1863:The battles of the Chattanooga campaign begin between newly appointed commander of the Western armies, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. Within days, Union Army forces will attack and capture Orchard Knob, Lookout...

Published Wed, Nov 23 2011 5:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

Nov. 25 in U.S. military history

1783: Three months after the end of the Revolutionary War, the last British soldiers withdraw from New York City. British forces had held the city since 1776, and after its liberation, New York would become the first national capital under the Constitution...

Published Fri, Nov 25 2011 12:15 AM by BLACKFIVE

Pakistan Kicks Us Out

Via the VOA: Pakistan has ordered the United States to move out of an airbase on its territory, after shutting down NATO's two main overland supply routes into Afghanistan. Popular anger is mounting in Pakistan after NATO's killing of 24 Pakistani...

Published Sun, Nov 27 2011 1:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Arab League tells Assad to pack

This is an element of the Arab Fall that we can all get behind, although as usual the law of unintended consequences is still in effect. BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Arab League deepened Syria’s international isolation on Sunday by imposing a battery of economic...

Published Sun, Nov 27 2011 11:12 PM by BLACKFIVE

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

Guest hosted Secure Freedom Radio

With John Weisman, Bill Roggio, Shaun Waterman and host Jim Hanson, sitting in for Frank Gaffney. What does the death of Osama bin Laden mean for politics here in the United States and for our relations abroad? Author John Weisman begins today’s show...

Published Thu, Nov 17 2011 1:08 PM by BLACKFIVE

Hiring our Heroesupcoming events

The US Chamber program “Hiring our Heroes” continues with the following upcoming events: Upcoming Hiring Fairs November 2011 Fredericksburg, VA November 30 December 2011 San Diego (Liberty Station's NTC Prom.), CA* December 1 Fort Carson, CO December...

Published Mon, Nov 28 2011 2:59 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Cross border casualties

This is not good. Administration officials did not respond Monday to Pakistani demands for an apology for the cross-border U.S. airstrike that killed at least 24 Pakistani soldiers early Saturday. Instead, they expressed condolences for the loss of life...

Published Mon, Nov 28 2011 11:04 PM by BLACKFIVE

US Navy - a force for "Globalisation"?

It is, according to CNAS's Robert Kaplan in the Financial Times: ...A world without US naval and air dominance will be one where powers such as China, Russia, India, Japan and others act more aggressively towards each other than they do now, because...

Published Tue, Nov 29 2011 11:17 PM by BLACKFIVE

JAke Tapper: Medevacs in Afghanistan

Jake Tapper spent a week with a Medevac team in Afghanistan. Go here for his blog post about it (he's preparing produced reports) for ABC News.

Published Sun, Nov 06 2011 11:21 PM by BLACKFIVE

Could a Marine Expeditionary Unit Take Down the Roman Empire?

An interesting discussion going on at AskReddit about the comparisons.... Let's say we go back in time with a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), since the numbers of members and equipment is listed for our convenience in this Wikipedia article, could...

Published Tue, Nov 08 2011 11:34 PM by BLACKFIVE

Happy Birthday, Marines! - Part 3

USMC 1st Force Recon, 15th MEU's training and Maritime Assault Force on recapturing the ship and crew of MAGELLAN STAR in September 2010.

Published Thu, Nov 10 2011 12:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Happy Veterans Day! - Part 1 - Mike Royko Style

"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards." - Theodore Roosevelt Again this year (sort of a Veterans Day tradition), I wanted to offer up my favorite Veterans Day article...

Published Thu, Nov 10 2011 8:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

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