December 2013 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

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

Book Review: "Drone" by Mike Maden

The following book review is provided as a special to 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. Mike Maden’s debut novel Drone is a very fascinating exploration...

Published Thu, Dec 05 2013 10:48 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Airborne Assault on Guam...

...by mice. Two thousand mice dropped on Guam by parachute — to kill snakes They floated down from the sky Sunday — 2,000 mice, wafting on tiny cardboard parachutes over Andersen Air Force Base in the U.S. territory of Guam. But the rodent commandos didn't...

Published Tue, Dec 03 2013 1:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Godspeed Edward "Babe" Heffron and Earl "One Lung" McClung

U.S. Army and World War II Veteran Edward "Babe" Heffron, known from the book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers," died December 1st at the age of 90. Heffron served with the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment...

Published Mon, Dec 02 2013 10:44 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Pentagon Floats Plan to Ax All US-based Commissaries

Once again...the fate of the US treasury rests on the backs of US Military and their families...http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/02/pentagon-floats-plan-to-close-us-commissaries/ Now, i'm sure there's room for efficiency and any discussions...

Published Mon, Dec 02 2013 8:51 PM by BLACKFIVE

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: TEN MINUTES!

Army Master Sgt. Raymond Geoghegan gives the 10-minute warning to paratroopers as they approach Luzon Drop Zone and prepare to conduct airborne training on Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 21, 2013. Geoghegan is a jumpmaster assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's...

Published Sun, Dec 01 2013 10:05 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

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