September 2012 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Barry Manilow saccharine bomb attacks Old Guard

The US Army's Spirit of America is a visual and musical extravaganza celebrating the history of the Army by focusing on the stories of the Soldiers. It features several units of the Old Guard doing drill and ceremony and reenacting battles and such...

Published Mon, Sep 03 2012 1:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

Noble Bar

There is a lot to be said for eating fresh. There is a lot to be said for eating food that is processed as little as possible. I even support eating fresh local food for a lot of reasons, though I think the "localvore" movement (eating only...

Published Mon, Sep 17 2012 8:25 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Food and Drink

Book Review: Tiger's Claw

The following review by Elise Cooper is an exclusive for BlackFive readers. You can read all of our book reviews by clicking here or on the Books category: Dale Brown’s latest book, Tiger’s Claw, proves once again that he is able to bring to life a thrilling...

Published Wed, Sep 19 2012 12:22 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Rid the World of Those Savages

I had the privilege of attending Ty Woods' funeral this morning at the North Island Naval Air Station Chapel in Coronado. Ty and Glen Doherty are former SEALs and State Department contractors who came to the aid of the US Ambassador to Libya during...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2012 6:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Preparing For An Embed, Part 1

I've had several people ask me about doing embeds, and what it takes to do one. So, I thought I would share a bit from current and past experience. This time is very different, as I have the potential to be gone more than a year (or two even). First...

Published Sun, Sep 02 2012 3:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Charity You Should Know: Operation Bootstrap

[Note: Like all charities that we post about, we believe in BOOTSTRAP and made a donation to the program. Please help if you can.] Background: A few years ago, Uncle Jimbo posted about a new concept of how Yoga can help those with Post Traumatic Stress...

Published Fri, Sep 28 2012 1:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders

Preparing For An Embed, Part 2

This is more "inside baseball" but I continue to be surprised by the amount of interest in the subject. Today, the exploration focuses on the financial cost. Financial covers a variety of the areas I listed in Part 1. Without financing, you...

Published Sat, Sep 29 2012 11:13 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Travel

Introducing The Veteran Tech Brigade

Check out this press release about a new company being managed by one of the most entrepreneurial and energetic vets out there (and A Ranger Up guy and American Sin Bin founder), LTC (ret) Kelly Crigger. Veteran Tech Brigade has our full support! Please...

Published Thu, Sep 06 2012 12:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders

Prizes For Donations

Some of you know that embeds take money. I'll get into that more in the series on preparing for an embed, but the fact is there is at least $10k out of pocket to get ready to go. Sponsorships are nice, but donations can and do make the difference...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 5:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Amazing Photos: Life and death in Aleppo (PHOTOS)

From Syria...at the front line of the insurgency: The photo sequence in this post is amazing for the "now you see it/now you don't" effect a main tank round can have. http://www.globalpost.com/photo-galleries/planet-pic/5718451/life-and...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 12:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Muslims Celebrated The Sep 11 Attacks

The politically correct version of the September 11 attacks holds that the Muslim world rejected such violence as un-Islamic and condemned the attacks. This is not true. The Muslim world celebrated the attacks. I took a trip to Egypt a few years ago to...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 1:32 PM by BLACKFIVE

Thoughts on 9/11

Preparing to read names at a 9/11 Rememberance in Hampton, VA. This thought sprang to mind: Today is about bravery. Sacrifice. Loss. Valor. Uncommon Courage. Today is a number of people finding something about themselves they never knew or rediscovered...

Published Mon, Sep 10 2012 9:22 PM by BLACKFIVE

1979 Anyone?

I have made no secret of the fact I am epically underwhelmed by what the current Occupant in Chief calls "leadership" and what his ignorant buffoons running Foggy Bottom and the Puzzle Palace call "diplomacy." So, after having scanned...

Published Wed, Sep 12 2012 4:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

St. Jacquestobersfest 2012

Michael St. Jacques is a brew meister of rare talent, and once a year he showcases this at an event call St. Jacquestoberfest. I attended the inaugural two years ago and for some reason was cynically excluded from the guest list for this year. That type...

Published Sun, Sep 23 2012 11:16 PM by BLACKFIVE

Troops prefer Obama rally to holiday

NOT! So, some hotshot in the Obama campaign, feeling badly stung by the sparse turnouts for the president's visits to other locales, gets a bright idea of how to produce a really big crowd for a photo op: "Hey, let's schedule one for some...

Published Mon, Sep 03 2012 11:32 PM by BLACKFIVE

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