December 2012 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

"Sir, Tell the T.A.C.P. Thanks!"

You have to read this story by Brigadier General Jack Briggs about a firefight and the USAF TACP who did his job and then some: 'Sir, tell the TACP thanks' by Brig. Gen. Jack L. Briggs II Headquarters, Air Combat Command 12/6/2012 - JOINT BASE...

Published Fri, Dec 07 2012 1:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Never forget ...

~McQ

Published Thu, Dec 06 2012 9:46 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Senate passes National Defense Authorization Act

Approved? $631 billion. [T]he legislation ... authorizes money for weapons, aircraft and ships and provides a 1.7 percent pay raise for military personnel. The vote was 98-0, which, in this day and time, is quite remarkable. However a Presidential veto...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 10:21 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Breaking: Retired ADM Mullen/Foreign Cyber Attack

The intrepid Susan Katz Keating is breaking a big story on Time.com that is merely the tip of an iceberg.... Retired admiral Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently surrendered personal computers to the FBI in the course of...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 9:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Know of anyone with an MOH and 4 Navy Crosses?

Well, you will in a minute. I know, you're saying it has to be a Marine, right? Uh, no. A submarine skipper. The alternate title could be "if you're name is Fluckey, you'd better be good". Well, Eugene Fluckey was very good and the...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 3:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

One more day to go! Vote for Team Rubicon for the Chase Community Giving Awards

About 24 hours left in the competition for many great charities vying for $1 million. Team Rubicon is the only veteran charity in its category. Please consider voting for them via Facebook, and, if you are Chase online member, you can vote at ChaseGiving...

Published Mon, Dec 03 2012 12:07 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

Keith Olbermann accuses OIF Vet, Military amputee and E.S.P.Y. Winner of having "embarrassed the military"

Over at This Ain't Hell, Keith Olbermann appears to have stuck it in the fan yet again. This time with our friend JR Salzman (Lumberjack in the Desert). It's a Twitter fight that JR begins with: Getting 2nd Amendment advice from Bob Costas is...

Published Mon, Dec 03 2012 11:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Book Review: Collateral Damage

The following book review is a special provided to BlackFive readers by Elise Cooper. You can read all of our book reviews by clicking on the Books category on the far right sidebar. Jim DeFelice and Dale Brown’s latest book, Collateral Damage, is another...

Published Sun, Dec 02 2012 11:51 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

We all live in a........

Blue submarine? Really? The Iranians alternate between scaring the crap out of me with a dirty bombish semi-success scenario for their nuke program and stuff like this. Unfortunately we have to err in the side of caution, so this lovely bit of Disny-esque...

Published Sat, Dec 01 2012 7:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

December 2012 - BlackFive

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives