March 2014 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Photo - Water Rocket

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin launches an anti-submarine rocket during a live-fire exercise in the Pacific Ocean, March 23, 2014. The Mustin is participating in Multi-Sail 2014, an annual exercise in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility to support...

Published Fri, Mar 28 2014 9:23 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

RADM Jeremiah Denton, RIP

Rear Admiral and later Senator Jeremiah Denton has passed away. As one of the senior prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict, shot down in his A-6 Intruder attack aircraft. RADM Denton displayed what could be called the absolute pinnacle of character...

Published Fri, Mar 28 2014 4:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Photo - Pararescue Helo Hoist

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assists U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Gerald Barnett, left, via hoist into a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as part of a water rescue exercise near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 20, 2014. Barnett, senior enlisted adviser...

Published Thu, Mar 27 2014 9:24 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Photo - Pararescue Parachute

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman gathers his parachute and equipment after completing free fall jump training near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 17, 2014. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Erik Cardenas

Published Thu, Mar 27 2014 12:22 AM by BLACKFIVE

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The Real Michael Bisping (Koala Boy)

Perfect hair, giant ego, the inability to use spell check, an occasional tryst with a koala...this man has it all: Other Michael Bisping vid after the jump... For reference...

Published Wed, Mar 26 2014 4:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Tim Kennedy

Cyber Security Employment

At an event last night, I talked with a gentleman who is seeking to hire veterns with expereince in cyber security. If you have military experience in this area; or, are a veteran who has since moved into the field, and are interested in a challenging...

Published Tue, Mar 25 2014 11:17 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Photo - S.F. Clearing Op

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier provides security during a clearing operation in Denasaro Kelay village in the Mizan district of Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 8, 2014. The soldiers, assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 9:08 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Photo - The Kiss

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Spencer Greer kisses his wife after the return of the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson to Mayport, Fla., March 20, 2014, from a six-month deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. The Simpson conducted more...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 4:07 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

The Damn Few Visit the V.A.

NSFW... Hilarious as @#$%. Might be the best one yet...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 3:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Military Humor

A Toast: To The Fifty!

Seventy years ago, 200 (plus) Allied airmen made a bid for freedom from a German prisoner of war camp. Seventy-three made it out, and only 3 got away. Seventy were recaptured, and fifty were murdered by the Gestapo. There's a small movie about it...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 2:26 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Did Flight MH370 Shadow Another Flight?

While the Aussies are closing in on a possible debris field in the Indian Ocean, this theory is from someone we know...interviewed at the Aviationist: ...As we mentioned a few days back, shadowing another plane at cruising altitude along one of the airways...

Published Sun, Mar 23 2014 11:45 PM by BLACKFIVE

Big Boys Don't Cry

Confession time: I've always enjoyed Keith Laumer's Retief/BOLO universe . My thoughts on Jame Retief versus the (stereo)typical member of the lace panty brigade should come as no surprise. Bolos struck a chord with me early on (Honor of the Regiment...

Published Sat, Mar 22 2014 10:49 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Photo - Aerial Sniper Training

Army Sgt. Chuck Riegel engages a target with a M107 .50-caliber long-range sniper rifle in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over Malamute drop zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 7, 2014. Riegel is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's...

Published Sat, Mar 22 2014 1:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

photo - landing zone

A U.S. Army soldier provides security at the landing zone outside Combat Outpost Koh-E-Safi, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014. The soldier is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Nikayla Shodeen

Published Fri, Mar 21 2014 4:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

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MilBlogger Heads Back to War

Former Paratrooper, now Officer and father, is headed somewhere dangerous. From Tuesday night: ...Tonight I will be leaving everyone and everything I love and begin another journey to Afghanistan. It's much more difficult to leave this time now that...

Published Thu, Mar 20 2014 4:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Weblogs

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Photo - Water Rocket

RADM Jeremiah Denton, RIP

Photo - Pararescue Helo Hoist

Photo - Pararescue Parachute

The Real Michael Bisping (Koala Boy)

Cyber Security Employment

Photo - S.F. Clearing Op

Photo - The Kiss

The Damn Few Visit the V.A.

A Toast: To The Fifty!

Did Flight MH370 Shadow Another Flight?

Big Boys Don't Cry

Photo - Aerial Sniper Training

photo - landing zone

MilBlogger Heads Back to War