October 2013 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

If You are in the Fort Campbell Area...

Published Wed, Oct 30 2013 11:43 PM by BLACKFIVE

Must Watch Video: Fox Sports on Tim Kennedy's Service in the Special Forces

As a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army's 7th Special Forces Group, UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy has been on the front lines and beyond. Remarkably, his story of service began on one of America's darkest days.

Published Tue, Oct 29 2013 8:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Pritzker Library: Top Ten Favorite Recruiting Posters

Chicago's Pritzker Military Library is a unique non-profit organization that is committed to maintaining and improving the public's appreciation of the military -- past, present, and future. In honor of the Library's 10th anniversary, its...

Published Tue, Oct 29 2013 3:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Military Motivators, Thank You, Internet!

Book Review - "Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House" by Robert Dallek

The following book review is a special for BlackFive readers provided by Elise Cooper. You can read all of our book reviews by clicking on the Books category link on the far right sidebar. With the fiftieth anniversary of JFK’s assassination, November...

Published Sun, Oct 27 2013 11:06 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Photo: LZ Security

U.S. Army Sgt. Walter Miles, foreground, U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nick Wahlquist, center left, and U.S. Army Pfc. Kyle O'Brien practice mountaintop landing zone security techniques with a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct...

Published Sat, Oct 26 2013 8:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Of his honor & his glory, the people would sing

An interesting thing happened yesterday. I bought some CDs and was listening to Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Greatest Hits. The first song was Lucky Man, a beautiful story of a privileged soul with all of the rewards of earthly life. He had white...

Published Sat, Oct 26 2013 5:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

Photo: Apache Preparation

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Amanda Combs prepares her AH-64 Apache helicopter for a security and reconnaissance mission over Logar and Wardak provinces from Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province, Oct. 22, 2013. Combs,...

Published Fri, Oct 25 2013 8:46 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Photo: The Truman at Sunset

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman sails during sunset in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 19, 2013. The Truman, flagship for the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to conduct maritime security operations...

Published Thu, Oct 24 2013 8:44 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Oracle sees the value of vets

It is easy for corporations to donate money to wounded warrior programs or veterans groups and pat themselves on the back for being good people. And doing that is certainly a good thing. But vets don't really want a handout as much as a hand up and...

Published Wed, Oct 23 2013 11:46 PM by BLACKFIVE

Photo: Over Nangarhar...

A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter conducts a mission to move personnel over Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2013. The helicopter crew is assigned to the Massachusetts National Guard, attached to the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade. U.S. Army Photo...

Published Wed, Oct 23 2013 11:43 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Book Review: The Memorial Edition of Chris Kyle's "American Sniper"

The following book review is a special provided for BlackFive readers by Elise Cooper. You can read all of our book reviews by clicking on the Books category link on the far right sidebar. The Memorial Edition of American Sniper by Chris Kyle with Jim...

Published Wed, Oct 23 2013 11:38 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books, Fallen But Never Forgotten

Book Review - David Laskin's "The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century"

The following book review is a special provided for BlackFive readers by Elise Cooper. You can read all of our book reviews by clicking on the Books category on the far right sidebar. David Laskin’s book, The Family: Three Journeys Into The Heart of the...

Published Mon, Oct 21 2013 6:50 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Photo: Huey still in it

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1 Huey lands at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shukvani before a sandstorm in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2013. The Huey was flying in support or 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance...

Published Fri, Oct 18 2013 9:04 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Iranians almost certain to finish their nukes

The follies that are talks with the Iranians about their nuclear weapons program are ongoing and just as substance free as ever. The chances are near zero that the Ayatollahs will give up their decades long plan to become the second nuclear power in the...

Published Fri, Oct 18 2013 12:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Photo: Somwhere Over Eastern Afghanistan

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over a mountain range while moving a passenger in eastern Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Todd Pouliot

Published Thu, Oct 17 2013 9:20 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

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If You are in the Fort Campbell Area...

Must Watch Video: Fox Sports on Tim Kennedy's Service in the Special Forces

Pritzker Library: Top Ten Favorite Recruiting Posters

Book Review - "Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House" by Robert Dallek

Photo: LZ Security

Of his honor & his glory, the people would sing

Photo: Apache Preparation

Photo: The Truman at Sunset

Oracle sees the value of vets

Photo: Over Nangarhar...

Book Review: The Memorial Edition of Chris Kyle's "American Sniper"

Book Review - David Laskin's "The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century"

Photo: Huey still in it

Iranians almost certain to finish their nukes

Photo: Somwhere Over Eastern Afghanistan