January 2013 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Why Didn't You Guys Tell Me?!

I totally spaced and forgot that today was Inauguration Day. The USPS must have lost my invitation -otherwise, I would have been there with you all...have fun and don't drink all of the Guinness at O'Sullivan's without me.

Published Mon, Jan 21 2013 12:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Happy Obama Day

We are now on the downhill side of the Obama regime and that alone is a nice thing.The euphoric unreality of four years ago is happily gone, but replaced by a steely resolve to do as much taking advantage of crises as possible with all the flexibility...

Published Mon, Jan 21 2013 4:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Misrepresenting the NRA

It is expected that the left will blatantly misrepresent the positions of the NRA to be something along the lines of: "The NRA believes that every citizen, but especially the sociopaths, has a right to nuclear weapons to hunt deer." Noe of us...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 1:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

A Lovely Parting Gift - Mr Panetta To Authorize Women For Combat Roles

In the continuing quest to social engineer the world's finest military (since fiscal management is too hard) outgoing SECDEF Leon Panetta (with CJCS GEN Dempsey) are expect to announce a major policy change any day: ... (He will lift) the military's...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 10:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Anti-Authoritarian Anthems

I am feeling a bit oppressed by the state. The Ministry of Truth tells me the Ministry of Plenty will ensure I have as much little as I have earned need. The looters and moochers are running things and I find myself asking "Who is John Galt?"...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 11:26 PM by BLACKFIVE

Paktya Packages

Supplies drop to U.S. soldiers deployed to the mountainous Paktya province on Forward Operating Base Lightning, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2012. Military leaders coordinated the air drop to resupply the base when adverse weather made roads through mountainous...

Published Thu, Jan 03 2013 2:54 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

US military despised by Progressives

Progressive twit shows amazing combination of condescension, intolerance, ignorance and all around ass-hattery. On her MSNBC show today, Melissa Harris-Perry stated that the U.S. military is "despised as an engine of war by many progressives."...

Published Sun, Jan 27 2013 3:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

An Apology To Mr. E. Dale Buxton II (Esq.) and Justin Weiss

To be transported to Olympian heights of delight and pleasure at the written word declaimed, to learn of the prowess of one Mr. E. Dale Buxton II (Esq.) and the mighty might that is Justin Weiss, please head over to This Ain't Hell for an epic ode...

Published Mon, Jan 28 2013 1:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Skeet Shooter in Chief challenged to match

Heh. Double Barrel Barry has been called out by Rep Marsha Blackburn. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, joined a chorus of skeptics who questioned President Barack Obama's recent comments about his hobby of skeet shooting, a sport where participants...

Published Mon, Jan 28 2013 11:48 PM by BLACKFIVE

Flying the "Sled" and loving it

I love reading about the SR-71. One of my favorite anecdotes is this: One day, high above Arizona, we were monitoring the radio traffic of all the mortal airplanes below us. First, a Cessna pilot asked the air traffic controllers to check his ground speed...

Published Thu, Jan 31 2013 10:18 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Brennan for CIA

Well this is hardly a shock, just another sad side effect of reelecting Obama. We get his naive, America last foreign policies and the buffoons he chooses to implemtn them. In this case John Brennan to run the CIA. If you would like some background on...

Published Sun, Jan 06 2013 10:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

Tribute

Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson, Jr., commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, leads the unveiling of a new stained-glass window commemorating the sacrifices of paratroopers during the Global War on Terrorism in the new division chapel Jan. 9, 2013...

Published Wed, Jan 09 2013 4:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Why Am I Not In Afghanistan?

Okay, there have been some questions raised and comments made, so wanted to get out this short version of why I'm not in Afghanistan. As some of you may remember, I posted here a while back about finding an embed, and that post was answered by a very...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2013 2:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Blackfive Shocking Confession Stories #1! I Was An Air Force PAO

Welcome to the first in a thrilling series of confession stories! Bodices ripped, dramatic poses, skin shown! Of course, that is all in the Jimbo collection, so only the brave will go to see him in the Klinger outfit with pink fuzzy slippers. Or the insane...

Published Sat, Jan 12 2013 10:33 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

A Complex and Interesting Man

Bill Ardolino has an excellent post up about the assasination of Sheikh Aifan Sadoun Aifan al-Issawi. He was one of the leaders who stood up and made the Awakening happen, and let it sweep into the Fallujah area. That was a dangeous time, and an even...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 4:03 AM by BLACKFIVE