March 2012 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Veteran job fairs

The US Chamber of Commerce has embarked on an ambitious project to help veterans get jobs. Veteran unemployment, while falling, is still above the national average. The US Chamber is holding 400 job fairs in the coming months. Next week: March 27, 2012...

Published Sat, Mar 24 2012 12:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Not Forgotten - Search Continues for MIA in Vietnam...

Local Vietnamese men and team members from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command use their hands to remove sediment from a stream bed in Binh Dinh province, Vietnam, March 14, 2012. The sediment will be screened and carefully inspected for any sign of...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 6:06 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten, Picture of the Week

NRA's Life of Duty: Choosing Honor

Sergeant Ed Eaton was only nineteen years old the night he fought off two separate groups of Viet Cong – an act of bravery that saved his life and the life of his fellow comrade. Below is the trailer for the episode on the NRA's Life of Duty. Look...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 4:47 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Video Channels

"Your Next Guinness is Courtesy of a Fallen SEAL"

From SEAL of Honor Reader KG from Alabama sent us this awesome story about a Guinness for Michael Murphy. You will all love this one - from the Blaze, a guy walks into a local pub with a strange request: As promised… I just walked into a local pub (PUB...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 6:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten, Food and Drink

The President Needs a Thesaurus For Foreign Relations

First off, I want to say "Hi!" to all of our friends at the Old Sailor pub in Amsterdam... Next, this Dutch TV program looks at the meaning behind the rhetoric of Presidential photo ops. Notice, there is no teleprompter...or thesaurus, apparently...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 5:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

White Glove Iron Mike - The Movie (trailer)

Go here are vote for Ranger Up's latest movie trailer - Iron Mike White Glove - where a CIF civilian falls in love, sweet forbidden love, with a... Ranger?! The dog at the end kills me...every time.

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 1:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military Humor

Dear Mom, I'm okay...

From Marine Corps Mom's I spoke with a mom of a triple amputee a few weeks ago (edit. note: not the Marine in the photo above) and she told me a heartbreakingly funny story about how her son told of his injuries. He used a Soldiers' Angels phone...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 11:56 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Lying about PTSD and getting arrested

Not Stolen Valor, but just as sleazy and low. Her hair hung askew in curlers. Her shoes and reindeer socks mismatched. Heavy makeup was smeared on her face. Denver District Court Judge Anne Mansfield — presiding over jury selection June 28 — quickly dismissed...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 9:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

Medevac!

Paratroopers assigned to Blackjack Troop, 1st Battalion, 40th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Denali, signal smoke before they assist a paratrooper in boarding a UH-60 after sustaining injuries during a unit air assault mission in the Nadar Shah Khot district...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 5:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Picture of the Week

Miracle Soldier Survives Bullet To The Head

Soldier Survives Miracle Head Wound By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Farrukh Daniel Panjwa’i District, AFGHANISTAN – Warriors are famous for their superstitions. They train tirelessly to prepare for any eventuality, but like athletes and gamblers...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 5:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders

Honoring LCpl Guido Farinaro – And All Who Paid the Ultimate Sacrifice

This is a special for BlackFive.net: “Honoring LCpl Guido Farinaro – And All Who Paid the Ultimate Sacrifice” by JAN SCRUGGS General Peter Pace served this country for 40 years, from Vietnam to the Pentagon, where, as the first Marine to be named Chairman...

Published Thu, Mar 22 2012 12:13 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten

New Army APFT?

In my time in the Army I went through more versions of the APFT than I care to remember. From the run-dodge-and-jump and grenade throw to the inverted crawl to the current one they’ve all been purported to be better than the last in measuring the fitness...

Published Wed, Mar 21 2012 11:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Rescue Swimmer Quals

A U.S. Navy Search and Rescue swimmer waits inside a MH-60S Knighthawk after finishing his qualification jumps in the bay of North Island in Coronado, Calif., March 15, 2012. The Navy SAR swimmers are preforming their final qualifications before they...

Published Wed, Mar 21 2012 4:27 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Veterans Inner Monologue

Okay, I know that most of you have these going on in your heads. The guys at Ranger Up nail it. [NSFW: Language alert]

Published Wed, Mar 21 2012 3:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Video Channels, Military Humor

Marines Openly Insulting the President

It's nothing new. Soldiers have been making fun of the President since after the Revolution ...here's the take from Battle Rattle: The Marine Corps depends its chain of command structure, especially in a time of war. Some Marines say Stein and...

Published Wed, Mar 21 2012 2:54 AM by BLACKFIVE

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