April 2013 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Some Thoughts on Boston, Prevention & ...

preparedness are up over at my place. Given that I still don't have comments up, we can discuss some of the points here. Yes, you can discourage such, if you are willing to pay the price to do so. On that score, I'm about ready to make Tom Kratman...

Published Tue, Apr 16 2013 2:45 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Photo: River Fording

U.S. and Afghan soldiers cross the Tarnak River in the Panjwai district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, April 10, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo...

Published Wed, Apr 17 2013 6:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Hero: Officer Sean Collier Killed Because He was a Sheepdog

"...if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? What do you have then? A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human...

Published Fri, Apr 19 2013 1:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten

Duffel Blog Makes the W.S.J.

Congrats to our friends over at the Duffel Blog for making the big time. And for being responsible for filling my inbox with irate emails demanding that we here at B5 take action over one of their stories... General (ret) Mattis agrees: ..."The lads...

Published Mon, Apr 22 2013 2:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military Humor

The Intricate Richard-Dance of The Mentally Insane....

I had no idea when I was young that adults were going to be this foxtrotting dumb when I grew up. It appears that the US Army has now demonstrated that they are capable, on the grandest of scales, of reaching a level of mental midgetry and political correctness...

Published Mon, Apr 22 2013 5:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Bust Their Chops

A Partnership with Lock-N-Load Java

It has been a true pleasure in doing my recent product reviews to point out that Lock-n-Load Java not only seeks to provide good coffee to the troops, but that it also donates $1 on every order to a military charity. To help get good coffee out to the...

Published Wed, Apr 24 2013 1:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Food and Drink

Creative Suggestions and Donations

I need some creative (real) suggestions to help me get to either Indianapolis or Lafayette on Thursday, earlier the better, then back down to Atlanta. A car rental is $600 (best deal so far) with more than half of that being insurance I have to have....

Published Mon, Apr 29 2013 4:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

The Most Fun You've Ever Had With Your Clothes On

U.S. Marines exit the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter while conducting a parachute operation during exercise Eagle Reslove over Qatar, April 26, 2013. The helicopter crew is assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266. U.S. Marine Corps...

Published Mon, Apr 29 2013 11:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

JD Johannes on life Outside the Wire

JD is an all star combat correspondent. He has provided some of the best coverage and certainly some of the most amazing video we have had the pleasure to watch and learn from. He has a piece up looking back at his adventures and what may be ahead. I...

Published Mon, Apr 01 2013 4:20 AM by BLACKFIVE

Photo: The Missing Man

The guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy passes by the Missing Man Memorial on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Pearl Harbor, March 29, 2013. The destroyer is named after Lt. Michael P. Murphy, the first person to be posthumously awarded the Medal...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2013 12:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Lock-N-Load Java A Blended Review

Life can never be all bad when there is good coffee to be had. And, thanks to the fine folks at Lock-N-Load Java there has been good coffee in my life. My hosts and I just have hated having to sample so much good coffee, and I fear we are getting a bit...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2013 2:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Food and Drink

A Cautionary Tale

In a comedic vein, on why departing perfectly good airplanes in flight is not for everyone, is up over at my place. LW

Published Fri, Apr 05 2013 11:17 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Humor

Newsflash: Infantry troops carry heavy loads! Who Knew?

In a story that will surprise no one who has even a lick of common sense and/or intellectual honesty, the national director of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Veterans Health Administration suggests that women may have significant difficulty...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2013 1:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

Army Week NYC

It is a pleasure to be able to introduce you to something I've had a small part in helping get off the ground: Army Week NYC. Don't let the name fool you, this is not something that is or will be limited to New York. Though it is starting there...

Published Thu, Apr 11 2013 3:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Navy Names New Ships

And this time, no politics involved: Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today the names of seven ships: three joint high speed vessels (JHSV), the USNS Trenton, the USNS Brunswick and the USNS Carson City; an amphibious transport dock ship (LPD...

Published Mon, Apr 15 2013 2:07 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

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