February 2012 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

The Shah Karez Streets

U.S. Marines patrol through the streets of Shah Karez city during Operation Alekhine's Gun in the Musa Qaleh district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb 10, 2012. The Marines, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, found numerous weapons...

Published Tue, Feb 21 2012 3:56 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Burning the Koran - Rioting Over American Supplies

First, while many will criticize our government for apologizing for a mistake in burning what appears to be a few Korans, it sure took Afghan President Hamid Karzai long enough to appeal to his citizens for calm... Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed...

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 1:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

HuffPo Right on Time

Just as I predicted, the left is out of the closet with their "propaganda" trope regarding Act of Valor. As a refresher here is what I said in October: It has already been alleged on movie buff blogs (that I started monitoring after watching...

Published Fri, Feb 17 2012 5:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

God Speed, Brothers

On 18 Feb 2012 at night in the Horn of Africa, AFSOC and the USAF SOF community lost 4 warriors. A U-28, a modified Pilatus PC-12, is a single-engine turboprop used by the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The aircraft crashed while returning...

Published Mon, Feb 27 2012 9:47 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Women That We Love - Warrior Wives

We are kicking off Valentine's Day with a tribute to the best of the best, courtesy of the NRA's Life of Duty, "Warrior Wives":

Published Mon, Feb 13 2012 3:48 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Video Channels

Is JSOC Out of Bounds or in the End Zone?

Spencer Ackerman at Wired's Danger Room writes about the resurgence of JSOC - not in the business of fighting (already do that exceptionally well), but in the intelligence world. ...The leader of a JSOC unit in Iraq, known as K-Bar, gets shot in the...

Published Mon, Feb 13 2012 2:19 AM by BLACKFIVE

Lost In The Flames

By now, many of you know of the firestorm created by the arrogant and ignorant comments in a post on the now-apparently-defunct "Army Wife Army Life" blog. The post, with comment and then post by "The Hubs" has set off a chain of events...

Published Sat, Feb 11 2012 2:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Bust Their Chops

How to get a job, Part 2

RE: How to Get a Job Part 1 Ranger Up CEO Nick Palmisciano talks more about tactics to employ in order to secure your objective, a job. I received a lot of positive feedback on the first video that Nick and the guys put together. The only complaints were...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2012 12:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Video Channels

End of an Era

Andi, who founded has led SpouseBuzz for over five years, is now moving on. Congrats, Andi, on your huge accomplishments! Good luck in your new endeavors! And thank you for being such a great supporter of our military men and women and their families...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2012 6:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Can do attitude vs what can you do for me?

INDIANAPOLIS -- A joint color guard made of servicemembers from around Indiana practice presenting the Colors at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Indianapolis Jan. 25. The group will present the Colors at Super Bowl XLVI Feb. 5. Pictured from left to right...

Published Tue, Feb 07 2012 9:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

"Twenty-one years ago tonight"

Go Read LW

Published Thu, Feb 16 2012 7:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Downgrading PTSD to save money?

Budget cuts for the military are a fact of life. We can argue all we want about the relative benefits of building more ships, or planes or the number of troops we need. But the one thing there should be no argument about is taking care of those who have...

Published Tue, Feb 14 2012 10:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Act of Valor Hollywood Premier

The Missus and I were very pleased to join "Senior Chief" and his family at the AOV Hollywood premier Monday night at the Arclight Theater in Hollywood. This is not the kind of event that we had ever been to, and so it was quite an interesting...

Published Wed, Feb 15 2012 8:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Kabuki Dance of The Semi Retarded Inside of A Mature Theater....

This kind of dukey, along with the riots over some scorched books and our Afghan "partners" shooting at us tells me that it is time for us to go. So I get an e-mail from Captain Jack, and I know that some of you are going to immediately feel...

Published Thu, Feb 23 2012 2:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Bust Their Chops

Black Hawks Overhead

U.S. Army Col. Mark H. Landes, Left, and 1st Lt. Josh Kopsie kneel on the landing zone while two UH-60 Black Hawks helicopters begin to land on Command Outpost Nerkh in Afghanistan's Wardak province, Feb. 15, 2012. Landes is the commander of the 1st...

Published Mon, Feb 20 2012 6:51 PM by BLACKFIVE