April 2012 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

SEALS tell bin Laden slayer to pipe down

Obama has one skill and one skill alone, self-promotion. It makes him an excellent politician, it also makes him overwhelmingly nauseating. The only real leadership he has shown was a Pied Piper like ability to get the child-like left and the feel good...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 11:43 PM by BLACKFIVE

Below Bahrain

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Devon Headley conducts dive operations off the coast of Bahrain, April 19, 2012. The Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2 is deployed with Commander Task Group 56.1, which provides mine counter-measures, explosive ordnance disposal...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 4:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

More Green on Blue Murder as Afghan SF Soldier kills American Counterpart

From the Chicago Tribune: ...NATO's top general in the country, U.S. Marine General John Allen, and Afghan Defence Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak just this month signed an agreement for Afghan special troops to spearhead controversial night raids...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 1:36 AM by BLACKFIVE

Spearhead Recovery

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter piloted by Lt. Col. Blake Alexander, a native of San Antonio, Texas, commander, Task Force Spearhead, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, flies over the hills of western Afghanistan on its way back to FOB Shindand...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 1:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Welcome home Cpl. Vaughan

Hanky alert: Cpl. Kevin Vaughan was wounded while serving his 2nd tour in Afghanistan ultimately resulting in the loss of his leg. After many months of rehabilitation Kevin is finally coming home for the first time. This is short glimpse of the gratitude...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 12:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

New Marine recruiting video

I'm no pop music fan, but I can find absolutely nothing wrong with this video: There is just something irresistible about a woman, a uniform, and a weapon. And what is up with "Uncle Jimbo's Sin Palace"?

Published Mon, Apr 30 2012 12:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Music

"Gutsiest call ever" delegated to man w/ actual guts

Barack Obama has been making a disgrace of himself and his office using the death of Osama bin Laden as a political prop to disguise his complete lack of any other national security accomplishments. It is unseemly enough to be running around spiking OBL's...

Published Sat, Apr 28 2012 5:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

On Patrol in Afghanistan

TSO goes on patrol with some American heroes in Afghanistan. Get to know them and the Afghan soldiers they serve with over at This Ain't Hell. But today I got to follow the CO around, and watch him interact with the troops, the terp (“Cletus” is probably...

Published Sat, Apr 28 2012 12:26 AM by BLACKFIVE

Michael Yon still bats*t crazy

I know, I know this is hardly news to anyone with an above room temperature IQ, but this latest stuff is just psych-ward bait. I can hardly encourage you to read it, but in the same way we slow down to gawk at accidents and train wrecks , well this is...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 5:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

I Think My Book Is Good, But...

$999.99 used plus shipping? For that price, I probably would hand deliver it to you, autograph it on the spot, and pose for pictures. Seriously. I've got PayPal. Or you can buy it for much, much less and have ten percent of the profits go to Cooking...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 1:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Choosing Honor - Ed Eaton - "I won't leave the Old Man to die alone!"

While the word “hero” may hold a different meaning to many, I think we all can agree that Sergeant Ed Eaton demonstrated immense courage and heroism the night his helicopter got shot down during the Vietnam war. At only nineteen years old, Ed single handedly...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 12:13 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

War Memorial Cross will return to Mojave Desert site

Good news: The battle over a 7-foot-high war memorial cross that wound its way from California to the Supreme Court has ended with its restoration, officials said. A settlement has been reached to return the cross to its perch atop Sunrise Rock in the...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 11:37 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Partners

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nickolas Aloi provides security for other soldiers as his military working dog looks on during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012. Aloi is assigned to Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 4:03 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Frank Gaffney Show- The War on Terror is over?

Who won? That is the question I have for the State Department official who said the War on Terror is over. Frank and I discuss that, our submissive strategy in this ex-war and looming across the board budget cuts on Secure Freedom radio. The full show...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 2:08 PM by BLACKFIVE

You Know, I Often Make Fun of Jimbo...

...well, we all do. But I admit that I take it as a kind of personal duty to give him crap now and then. And I've been steadfast in ignoring this Michael Yon stuff these last several years. I ran into Yon being Yon once in Iraq myself, but I've...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 1:41 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Jimbo in Combat

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SEALS tell bin Laden slayer to pipe down

Below Bahrain

More Green on Blue Murder as Afghan SF Soldier kills American Counterpart

Spearhead Recovery

Welcome home Cpl. Vaughan

New Marine recruiting video

"Gutsiest call ever" delegated to man w/ actual guts

On Patrol in Afghanistan

Michael Yon still bats*t crazy

I Think My Book Is Good, But...

Choosing Honor - Ed Eaton - "I won't leave the Old Man to die alone!"

War Memorial Cross will return to Mojave Desert site

Partners

Frank Gaffney Show- The War on Terror is over?

You Know, I Often Make Fun of Jimbo...