April 2012 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

The Harvet Hawk - Harvesting Terrorists

After a 10-hour flight, the Harvest Hawk sits on the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, March 26. The modified KC-130J is staffed with officers who have experience conducting close-air-support, is equipped with Hellfire and Griffin missiles, and...

Published Tue, Apr 03 2012 12:22 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Tim Kennedy Performs "Part of Me" by Katy Perry

Tim Kennedy, MMA fighter, Special Forces sergeant, Ranger, all around bad ass, shows what can happen to you when you run out of choices in life... From a comment at Ranger Up's You Tube site: I met Tim Kennedy at a grappling competition a couple...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 12:16 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Humor, Military Humor, Tim Kennedy

A Ceremonial First Pitch By A Blind Iraq War Veteran

Iraq War veteran, and Wounded Warrior, Jeremy Feldbusch, threw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Watch his throw: ~McQ Twitter: @McQandO

Published Fri, Apr 06 2012 7:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Always a bad day for jihadis

Well we are working on that , when they don't help us out by self-martyring. The International Security Assistance Force confirmed that it killed Osmani Sahib, who had been appointed to lead the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's operations after...

Published Mon, Apr 09 2012 2:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Spectre Of Un-Won War.....

I have been ruminating on this for awhile now and I have even chronicled in these very pages here that when the death cult of Political Correctness fires into the beaten zone where the spineless civilian politicians are firing back, we get a rancid stew...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 3:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

S.O.F. at the Shura

A Coalition special operations forces soldier gives a pen to a young child in Sanawghan village, Herat province, Afghanistan, April 8. Afghan Local Police leaders and coalition SOF visited the village to conduct a shura with village elders to discuss...

Published Wed, Apr 11 2012 1:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Sergeant Felipe Pereira - Someone You Should Know

This guy is a STALLION! Sergeant Felipe Pereira is going to receive the DSC today, our nation's second highest medal for valor...it is the first DSC award to a Screaming Eagle since Viet Nam... FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (Army News Service, April 11, 2012...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2012 1:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Norks rocket fail

Well that is a sad debut of Kim Young Un's attempt to be as bats**t crazy as his forebears. (CBS/AP) North Korea's much-anticipated rocket launch ended quickly in failure early Friday, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after takeoff...

Published Fri, Apr 13 2012 1:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

American Badass

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christian Aleman scans the area for possible dangers while on patrol on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, April 7, 2012. Aleman, a squad leader, is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment. U...

Published Sun, Apr 15 2012 12:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Stupidest reason yet to do away with the all volunteer force

Reason: Because its just too damn good and too damn successful. No. Really: Since the end of the military draft in 1973, every person joining the U.S. armed forces has done so because he or she asked to be there. Over the past decade, this all-volunteer...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 1:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

S.O.F. Scan

Coalition special operations forces and Afghan National Army special operations forces conduct a security patrol in the mountains around Latif district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, April 17. Security Patrols are used to gain atmospherics and assess...

Published Tue, Apr 24 2012 3:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

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

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

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

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

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The Harvet Hawk - Harvesting Terrorists

Tim Kennedy Performs "Part of Me" by Katy Perry

A Ceremonial First Pitch By A Blind Iraq War Veteran

Always a bad day for jihadis

The Spectre Of Un-Won War.....

S.O.F. at the Shura

Sergeant Felipe Pereira - Someone You Should Know

Norks rocket fail

American Badass

Stupidest reason yet to do away with the all volunteer force

S.O.F. Scan

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

I Think My Book Is Good, But...

Michael Yon still bats*t crazy

New Marine recruiting video