December 2013 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Book Review - "George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution"

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 on the far right sidebar. A fascinating new best-selling book, George Washington’s Secret Six...

Published Wed, Dec 11 2013 10:32 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Photo: Fort Hood Air Assault School

Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Stanton, left, instructs two students from Fort Hood Air Assault School as they prepare to rappel 85 feet out of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Fort Hood, Texas, Nov. 20, 2013. Stanton is an air assault instructor. U.S. Army...

Published Mon, Dec 02 2013 8:05 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Photo: USS Truxtun view

U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun prepare for a replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 16, 2013. The Truxtun is conducting its final predeployment...

Published Sun, Dec 22 2013 4:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Voices of the Pacific

I just finished reading "Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II," by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton and what a fabulous read it was. The authors tracked down Marine veterans of the Pacific war, ie Guadalcanal...

Published Sat, Dec 28 2013 5:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Voting Counts

...well at least for the National Geographic Adventurers of the Year. Stacy Bare and Nick Watson are two veterans that use the outdoors to build community among soldiers returned from war. You can read about Stacy and Nick here and then VOTE FOR THEM...

Published Thu, Dec 05 2013 10:52 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Some Retired LTC "Strategist" Living in England Wants to take your guns

Not really wading into the debate on the 2nd Amendment (let's keep it), but going after some of the morons who think they have the moral authority and bright ideas to change it/eliminate it. Take this supposedly retired LTC, Bob Bateman, writing in...

Published Tue, Dec 10 2013 12:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Two Golden Knights Receive Soldier's Medal

Any free fall parachutist's worst nightmare... Everything was wrong. Two members of the Golden Knights parachute team were tangled together, plummeting to Earth at 65 mph with little chance of survival. One of them, Sgt. David Echeverry, was being...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2013 11:42 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

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